Riccardo Cucciolla
Known for Acting · 86 credits
- Born
- 1924-09-05
- Died
- 1999-09-17
- Place of birth
- Bari, Puglia, Italy
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, mainly focusing on dubbing and television roles. As a dubber, he provided voice-overs for Roger Moore, Claudio Villa, Erland Josephson, John Cazale, Jonathan Pryce, Richard Egan, James Caan, Robert Duvall and more.
On 17 September 1999, Cucciolla died in Rome at the age of 75. He is survived by his wife, the poet Alida Sessa; their son Riccardo; and two children by his first wife, Francesco and Lietta.
Known For
TV Shows (9)
Marco Polo
1982
as Zio Zane
The Castle of Olive Trees
1993
as Jules Campredon
La dottoressa Giò
1997
as Dott. Lombardi
The Secret Files of Inspector Lavardin
1988
as Serge Orzyck
L'isola del tesoro
1959
as Joyce
Vita di Dante
1965
as Narrator
Vita di Michelangelo
1964
as Narratore (voice)
Il segreto di Luca
1969
as Andrea Cipriani
Family Business
1986
as Tiberi
Movies (77)
I Vitelloni
1953
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Un Flic
1972
as Paul Weber
Borsalino and Co.
1974
as Volpone
32nd of December
1988
as Generale Emanuele Anselmi
Sacco & Vanzetti
1971
as Nicola Sacco
One on Top of the Other
1969
as Benjamin Wormser
The Assassination of Matteotti
1973
as Antonio Gramsci
The Sensual Man
1973
as Paolo's Father
Attack and Retreat
1964
as Giuseppe Sanna
Secret Africa
1969
as Narrator
The Last Concert
1976
as Stella's father
The Case Is Closed, Forget It
1971
as Pesenti
The Assisi Underground
1985
as Luigi Brizzi
Il fratello
1975
Rabid Dogs
1995
as Riccardo
Una lepre con la faccia di bambina
as Psichiatra
Meet Him and Die
1976
as Police Commissioner Sacchi
Grand Slam
1967
as Agostino Rossi
Incensurato, provata disonestà, carriera assicurata cercasi
1972
as Commissioner
Lucky Punch
1996
as Zipolino
Tomboy - I misteri del sesso
1977
as Narrator (voice)
Rain over Santiago
1975
as Olivares
The Seducer
1954
as Racca
La roccia incantata
1949
as Dottor Lisi
Our God's Brother
1997
as The Monk
High School Girl
1974
as Celio D'Altamura
Vanille fraise
1989
as Andreani
C.I.A. Secret Story
1975
as Giuseppe Pinelli
Al Fatah - Palestina
1970
as Narratore (voice)
Stream Line
1976
as Dr. Roder
Incontro con Maria Carta
1972
as Self
Good Folk's Sunday
1953
Il segreto dell'uomo solitario
1988
as Giorgio
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
1980
as Dominico Villani
Francis of Assisi
1966
as Fra' Leone
Bandits in Rome
1968
as Vice Commissioner Pascuttini
The Seven Cervi Brothers
1968
as Gelindo Cervi
Farewell the Last Man
1978
as Narrator (voice)
La quieta febbre
1964
as protagonista
Africa Uncensored
1971
as Narrator
The Last Day of School Before Christmas
1975
as Ambro
The Sexual Revolution
1968
as Emilio Missiroli
Son of Hercules vs. Medusa
1963
as (Voice dubbing for Richard Harrison)
One Appreciated Professional of Sure Future
1972
as Nicola Perella
We Are All in Temporary Liberty
1971
as Mario De Rossi
Pizza Colonia
1991
as Massimo Serboli
No, the Case Is Happily Resolved
1973
as Professor Eduardo Ranieri
The Sicilian Checkmate
1972
as Professor Salemi
Rascel-Fifì
1957
as Undici
Women of the Resistance
1965
as Narrator (voice)
Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison
1977
as Antonio Gramsci
Badoglio: generale e uomo di stato
1963
Massacre in the Black Forest
1967
as Narrator (uncredited)
Il coraggio di parlare
1987
as Don Carmelo Fiorillo
Intolerance: il caso Liuzzo
1969
Morte di una ragazza perbene
1999
as Prof. Giussani
Down With Uncle
1962
as Narrator
Six Days a Week
1965
as Alfredo
La fantarca
1966
as Lo speaker
La trincea
1961
as narratore
The Kid From Ebalus
1984
as Old Farmer
L'Italia vista dal cielo: Lazio
1975
as Narrator (voice)
The Path of Oil
1967
as Narrator
Malamondo
1964
as Narrator
Tottering in the Dark
1987
as Teodoro detto Teo
Sardegna terra di contrasti
1956
as Narrator (voice)
24 Hours... Not a Minute More
1973
as Minister Handras
In Calabria
1993
as Narrator (voice)
L'antimiracolo
1965
as Narrator
Blinde Augen klagen an
1996
L'Italia vista dal cielo: Liguria
1973
as (Voice)
Lost in the City of Sarzana
1980
as Terzi, sindaco di Sarzana
Il processo di Savona
1967
Nascita e morte nel meridione (S. Cataldo)
1959
as narrator
The Last Fistful of Land
1966
as Narrator
L' ultima faccia di Medusa
1958
as Fabio
Il pane dei pastori
1968
as Narrator (voice)
About Riccardo Cucciolla
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. Cucci… With 86 credits spanning from 1949 to 1999, Riccardo Cucciolla has appeared in 77 films and 9 TV shows.
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- I Vitelloni (1953) — as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- Un Flic (1972) — as Paul Weber
- Borsalino and Co. (1974) — as Volpone
- 32nd of December (1988) — as Generale Emanuele Anselmi
- Sacco & Vanzetti (1971) — as Nicola Sacco
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