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