Riccardo Garrone

Biography

Riccardo Garrone (1 November 1926 – 14 March 2016) was an Italian actor, voice actor and director. Garrone began his acting career in 1949 and attended the Silvio d'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Arts. He appeared in more than 140 films from 1949 until his retirement in 2014. He made his debut in the film Adam and Eve directed by Mario Mattoli. He also worked in several theatre productions alongside other actors such as Vittorio Gassman, Diana Torrieri and Elena Zareschi. Garrone often portrayed characters with persuasive, polite personalities in a variety of B movie comedies, spaghetti-westerns and horrors. In the 1980s, he made frequent stage collaborations with Antonella Steni and he made more appearances on television. One of his most popular television roles was on Un medico in famiglia in which he portrayed Nicola Solari. He also had a recurring role on Amico mio starring Massimo Dapporto. Garrone was married to Grazia Maria Verità and they had one daughter, Francesca. Garrone was also the younger brother of director Sergio Garrone. He retired in 2014. Garrone died in Milan on 14 March 2016 at the age of 89. Description above from the Wikipedia article Riccardo Garro…

Movies & TV Shows

1. La Dolce Vita (1960) — Riccardo
2. Paprika (1991) — Uncle Lele
3. Fantozzi Still Suffers (1983) — Ragionier Calboni
4. Christmas Holidays (1983) — Giovanni Covelli
5. Amore 14 (2009) — Tommaso
6. The Swindle (1955) — Riccardo
7. The Traffic Policeman (1960) — Il tenente dei vigili
8. Fiasco in Milan (1959) — Virgilio "il Milanese"
9. Girl with a Suitcase (1961) — Romolo
10. Complexes (1965) — Alvaro Morandini (I)
11. A Girl in Australia (1971) — Giuseppe
12. Signori si nasce (1960) — Enzo
13. Don't Play with Tigers (1982) — Ammiraglio Ulderisi
14. The Railroad Man (1956) — L'amico di Marcello
15. The Cynic, the Rat & the Fist (1977) — Natali
16. Eva (1962) — Michele - a Player
17. The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964) — Bomba
18. Rugantino (1973) — 2nd Prince Capitelli
19. Giovannona Long-Thigh (1973) — Robertuzzo
20. Amarsi un po'... (1984) — Principe Cellini
21. The Dinner (1998) — Diomede
22. Confessions of a Lady Cop (1976) — Federico Innocenti (detto: Borotalco)
23. Venice, the Moon and You (1958) — Don Fulgenzio
24. The Night Child (1975) — Police Inspector
25. Terror-Creatures from the Grave (1965) — Joseph Morgan
26. A Man Called Sledge (1970) — The Warden
27. Simpatici & antipatici (1998) — Fausto
28. Captain Fracasse (1961) — Lampourde
29. A Doctor in the Family (1998) — Nicola Solari
30. Poor Girl, Pretty Girl (1957) — Franco
31. Doctor and the Healer (1957) — Sergeant
32. I Spy (1965)
33. Let's Talk About Women (1964)
34. Fathers and Sons (1957) — Carlo
35. Guardia, guardia scelta, brigadiere e maresciallo (1956) — The Driver into No-Parking Area
36. The Virgo, the Taurus and the Capricorn (1977) — Marito di Enrica
37. Naughty Nun (1972) — Giovanni Piccolomini
38. A Noose for Django (1969) — Mr. Fargo
39. Woman of Rome (1954) — Giancarlo
40. Two Nights with Cleopatra (1954) — Ufficiale delle guardie (uncredited)

Directed

1. La commessa (1975) — Director
2. La mafia mi fa un baffo (1974) — Director