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