Riccardo Cucciolla
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
82
Gender
Male
Birthday
1924-09-05
Day of death
1999-09-17 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
Bari, Puglia, Italy
Riccardo Cucciolla
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. Source: Article "Riccardo Cucciolla" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known For
The Last Day of School Before Christmas
24 Hours... Not a Minute More
Africa Uncensored
The Seducer
I Vitelloni
Marco Polo
Il fratello
Morte di una ragazza perbene
Secret Africa
Rabid Dogs
Vanille fraise
La fantarca
Good Folk's Sunday
Borsalino and Co.
32nd of December
Il processo di Savona
One on Top of the Other
Son of Hercules vs. Medusa
L' ultima faccia di Medusa
Francis of Assisi
Rain over Santiago
Sacco & Vanzetti
Lost in the City of Sarzana
Massacre in the Black Forest
Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison
The Sensual Man
Our God's Brother
Grand Slam
The Kid From Ebalus
Lucky Punch
The Assisi Underground
The Last Fistful of Land
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
The Case Is Closed, Forget It
Tomboy - I misteri del sesso
Bandits in Rome
Nascita e morte nel meridione (S. Cataldo)
The Sicilian Checkmate
Al Fatah - Palestina
Incontro con Maria Carta
The Last Concert
Il pane dei pastori
The Seven Cervi Brothers
Down With Uncle
Incensurato, provata disonestà, carriera assicurata cercasi
The Sexual Revolution
Attack and Retreat
La quieta febbre
Life of Dante
Stream Line
The Castle of Olive Trees
La dottoressa Giò
High School Girl
The secret files of Inspector Lavardin
Sardegna terra di contrasti
Vita di Michelangelo
The Assassination of Matteotti
Il coraggio di parlare
L'isola del tesoro
A Cop
Meet Him and Die
No, the Case Is Happily Resolved
We Are All in Temporary Liberty
C.I.A. Secret Story
Malamondo
Family Business
Women of the Resistance
Pizza Colonia
Blinde Augen klagen an
Rascel-Fifì
Six Days a Week
Farewell the Last Man
Il segreto dell'uomo solitario
Badoglio: generale e uomo di stato
One Appreciated Professional of Sure Future
The Path of Oil
Intolerance: il caso Liuzzo
Tottering in the Dark
In Calabria
L'Italia vista dal cielo: Liguria
L'antimiracolo
L'Italia vista dal cielo: Lazio
