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Riccardo Cucciolla

Riccardo Cucciolla

Actor · Born 1924-09-05 · Bari, Puglia, Italy

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Biography

Riccardo Cucciolla (5 September 1924 – 17 September 1999) was an Italian actor and voice actor. He appeared in 60 films between 1953 and 1999. He won the Best Actor Award at the 1971 Cannes Film Festival for the film Sacco & Vanzetti. Born in Bari, in southern Italy, Cucciolla gained a degree in law, then made his stage debut in an amateur production in his home city. From 1946, he started working in radio as a voice actor and as the narrator of documentaries; at the same time, he started working in cinema, as a dubber and a voice actor. Cucciolla made his film debut in 1953, in Anton Giulio Majano's Good Folk's Sunday. After some minor roles, he had his first important role in Italiani brava gente (1965), followed by a further significant role in Giuliano Montaldo's Grand Slam (1967). Cucciolla came to national and international recognition with the leading role in Montaldo's Sacco e Vanzetti, for which he was awarded best actor at Cannes and won a Silver Ribbon. In the wake of that sudden popularity, he intensively worked throughout the decade, alternating notable films with others of more modest quality and ambition. Starting from eighties he thinned out his appearances, main…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. I Vitelloni (1953) — Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
  2. Un Flic (1972) — Paul Weber
  3. Rabid Dogs (1995) — Riccardo
  4. Sacco & Vanzetti (1971) — Nicola Sacco
  5. Borsalino and Co. (1974) — Volpone
  6. One on Top of the Other (1969) — Benjamin Wormser
  7. 32nd of December (1988) — Generale Emanuele Anselmi
  8. Attack and Retreat (1964) — Giuseppe Sanna
  9. Grand Slam (1967) — Agostino Rossi
  10. The Case Is Closed, Forget It (1971) — Pesenti
  11. The Assassination of Matteotti (1973) — Antonio Gramsci
  12. Marco Polo (1982) — Zio Zane
  13. No, the Case Is Happily Resolved (1973) — Professor Eduardo Ranieri
  14. The Seven Cervi Brothers (1968) — Gelindo Cervi
  15. Vanille fraise (1989) — Andreani
  16. Rain over Santiago (1975) — Olivares
  17. The Seducer (1954) — Racca
  18. The Sensual Man (1973) — Paolo's Father
  19. Son of Hercules vs. Medusa (1963) — (Voice dubbing for Richard Harrison)
  20. Sophia Loren: Her Own Story (1980) — Dominico Villani
  21. High School Girl (1974) — Celio D'Altamura
  22. Good Folk's Sunday (1953)
  23. Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison (1977) — Antonio Gramsci
  24. The Assisi Underground (1985) — Luigi Brizzi
  25. Malamondo (1964) — Narrator
  26. Africa Uncensored (1971) — Narrator
  27. C.I.A. Secret Story (1975) — Giuseppe Pinelli
  28. The Sexual Revolution (1968) — Emilio Missiroli
  29. Farewell the Last Man (1978) — Narrator (voice)
  30. Six Days a Week (1965) — Alfredo
  31. Meet Him and Die (1976) — Police Commissioner Sacchi
  32. The Last Concert (1976) — Stella's father
  33. Francis of Assisi (1966) — Fra' Leone
  34. Massacre in the Black Forest (1967) — Narrator (uncredited)
  35. Our God's Brother (1997) — The Monk
  36. The Sicilian Checkmate (1972) — Professor Salemi
  37. The Castle of Olive Trees (1993) — Jules Campredon
  38. Bandits in Rome (1968) — Vice Commissioner Pascuttini
  39. Tomboy - I misteri del sesso (1977) — Narrator (voice)
  40. Incensurato, provata disonestà, carriera assicurata cercasi (1972) — Commissioner