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Riccardo Cucciolla
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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 br…
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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. Source: Article "Riccardo Cucciolla" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Riccardo Cucciolla's Filmography
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No Poster
Morte di una ragazza perbene
as Prof. Giussani
Our God's Brother
as The Monk
No Poster
Lucky Punch
as Zipolino
No Poster
Blinde Augen klagen an
Rabid Dogs
as Riccardo
In Calabria
as Narrator (voice)
Pizza Colonia
as Massimo Serboli
Vanille fraise
as Andreani
32nd of December
as Generale Emanuele Anselmi
No Poster
Il segreto dell'uomo solitario
as Giorgio
No Poster
Il coraggio di parlare
as Don Carmelo Fiorillo
No Poster
Tottering in the Dark
as Teodoro detto Teo
The Assisi Underground
as Luigi Brizzi
The Kid From Ebalus
as Old Farmer
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
as Dominico Villani
Lost in the City of Sarzana
as Terzi, sindaco di Sarzana
Farewell the Last Man
as Narrator (voice)
Tomboy - I misteri del sesso
as Narrator (voice)
Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison
as Antonio Gramsci
Meet Him and Die
as Police Commissioner Sacchi
The Last Concert
as Stella's father
Stream Line
as Dr. Roder
Rain over Santiago
as Olivares
C.I.A. Secret Story
as Giuseppe Pinelli
The Last Day of School Before Christmas
as Ambro
No Poster
Il fratello
L'Italia vista dal cielo: Lazio
as Narrator (voice)
Borsalino and Co.
as Volpone
High School Girl
as Celio D'Altamura
The Sensual Man
as Paolo's Father
The Assassination of Matteotti
as Antonio Gramsci
No, the Case Is Happily Resolved
as Professor Eduardo Ranieri
24 Hours... Not a Minute More
as Minister Handras
L'Italia vista dal cielo: Liguria
as (Voice)
Incensurato, provata disonestà, carriera assicurata cercasi
as Commissioner
Un Flic
as Paul Weber
One Appreciated Professional of Sure Future
as Nicola Perella
The Sicilian Checkmate
as Professor Salemi
Incontro con Maria Carta
as Self
We Are All in Temporary Liberty
as Mario De Rossi
Africa Uncensored
as Narrator
The Case Is Closed, Forget It
as Pesenti
Sacco & Vanzetti
as Nicola Sacco
No Poster
Al Fatah - Palestina
as Narratore (voice)
Secret Africa
as Narrator
One on Top of the Other
as Benjamin Wormser
No Poster
Intolerance: il caso Liuzzo
The Sexual Revolution
as Emilio Missiroli
Bandits in Rome
as Vice Commissioner Pascuttini
The Seven Cervi Brothers
as Gelindo Cervi
Il pane dei pastori
as Narrator (voice)
Grand Slam
as Agostino Rossi
Massacre in the Black Forest
as Narrator (uncredited)
The Path of Oil
as Narrator
No Poster
Il processo di Savona
The Last Fistful of Land
as Narrator
Francis of Assisi
as Fra' Leone
La fantarca
as Lo speaker
Women of the Resistance
as Narrator (voice)
Six Days a Week
as Alfredo
L'antimiracolo
as Narrator
Attack and Retreat
as Sanna
Malamondo
as Narrator
La quieta febbre
as protagonista
Badoglio: generale e uomo di stato
Son of Hercules vs. Medusa
as (Voice dubbing for Richard Harrison)
Down with Uncle
as Narrator
La trincea
as narratore
Nascita e morte nel meridione (S. Cataldo)
as narrator
No Poster
L' ultima faccia di Medusa
as Fabio
Rascel-Fifì
as Undici
Sardegna terra di contrasti
as Narrator (voice)
The Seducer
as Racca
I Vitelloni
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Good Folk's Sunday
La roccia incantata
as Dottor Lisi