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.
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.
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Acted in
La dottoressa Giò
1997
as Dott. Lombardi
Our God's Brother
1997
as The Monk
Lucky Punch
1996
as Zipolino
Blinde Augen klagen an
1996
Rabid Dogs
1996
as Riccardo
The Castle of Olive Trees
1993
as Jules Campredon
In Calabria
1993
as Narrator (voice)
Pizza Colonia
1991
as Massimo Serboli
Vanille fraise
1989
as Andreani
The secret files of Inspector Lavardin
1988
as Serge Orzyck
32nd of December
1988
as Generale Emanuele Anselmi
Il segreto dell'uomo solitario
1988
as Giorgio
Il coraggio di parlare
1987
as Don Carmelo Fiorillo
Tottering in the Dark
1987
as Teodoro detto Teo
Family Business
1986
as Tiberi
The Assisi Underground
1985
as Luigi Brizzi
The Kid From Ebalus
1984
as Old Farmer
Marco Polo
1982
as Zio Zane
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
1980
as Dominico Villani
Lost in the City of Sarzana
1980
as Terzi, sindaco di Sarzana
Farewell the Last Man
1978
as Narrator (voice)
Tomboy - I misteri del sesso
1977
as Narrator (voice)
Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison
1977
Meet Him and Die
1976
as Police Commissioner Sacchi
The Last Concert
1976
as Stella's father
Stream Line
1976
as Dr. Roder
Rain over Santiago
1975
as Olivares
C.I.A. Secret Story
1975
as Giuseppe Pinelli
The Last Day of School Before Christmas
1975
L'Italia vista dal cielo: Lazio
1975
as Narrator (voice)
Borsalino and Co.
1974
as Volpone
High School Girl
1974
as Celio D'Altamura
The Sensual Man
1973
as Paolo's Father
The Assassination of Matteotti
1973
as Antonio Gramsci
No, the Case Is Happily Resolved
1973
as Professor Eduardo Ranieri
24 Hours... Not a Minute More
1973
as Minister Handras
L'Italia vista dal cielo: Liguria
1973
as (Voice)
Incensurato, provata disonestà, carriera assicurata cercasi
1972
as Commissioner
A Cop
1972
as Paul Weber
One Appreciated Professional of Sure Future
1972
as Nicola Perella
The Sicilian Checkmate
1972
as Professor Salemi
Incontro con Maria Carta
1972
as Self
We Are All in Temporary Liberty
1971
Africa Uncensored
1971
as Narrator
The Case Is Closed, Forget It
1971
as Pesenti
Sacco & Vanzetti
1971
as Nicola Sacco
Al Fatah - Palestina
1970
as Narratore (voice)
Secret Africa
1969
as Narrator
One on Top of the Other
1969
as Benjamin Wormser
Intolerance: il caso Liuzzo
1969
The Sexual Revolution
1968
as Emilio Missiroli
Bandits in Rome
1968
as Vice Commissioner Pascuttini
The Seven Cervi Brothers
1968
as Gelindo Cervi
Grand Slam
1967
as Agostino Rossi
Massacre in the Black Forest
1967
as Narrator (uncredited)
La via del petrolio
1967
as Narrator
Il processo di Savona
1967
The Last Fistful of Land
1966
as Narrator
Francis of Assisi
1966
as Fra' Leone
La fantarca
1966
as Lo speaker
Life of Dante
1965
as Narrator
Women of the Resistance
1965
as Narrator
Six Days a Week
1965
as Alfredo
L'antimiracolo
1965
as Narrator
Vita di Michelangelo
1964
as Narratore (voice)
Attack and Retreat
1964
as Giuseppe Sanna
Malamondo
1964
as Narrator
La quieta febbre
1964
as protagonista
Badoglio: generale e uomo di stato
1963
Son of Hercules vs. Medusa
1963
as (Voice dubbing for Richard Harrison)
Il pane dei pastori
1962
as Narrator (voice)
Nascita e morte nel meridione (S. Cataldo)
1959
as narrator
L'isola del tesoro
1959
as Joyce
L' ultima faccia di Medusa
1958
as Fabio
Rascel-Fifì
1957
as Undici
The Seducer
1954
as Racca
I Vitelloni
1953
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Good Folk's Sunday
1953