Riccardo Cucciolla
Known For
Acting
Born
1924-09-05 in Bari, Puglia, Italy
Died
1999-09-17
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.
Most Known For
I Vitelloni
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Castle of Olive Trees
as Jules Campredon
Il fratello
Marco Polo
as Zio Zane
32nd of December
as Generale Emanuele Anselmi
Secret Africa
as Narrator
Sacco & Vanzetti
as Nicola Sacco
A Cop
as Paul Weber
One on Top of the Other
as Benjamin Wormser
Rabid Dogs
as Riccardo
La dottoressa Giò
as Dott. Lombardi
Son of Hercules vs. Medusa
as (Voice dubbing for Richard Harrison)
Tomboy - I misteri del sesso
as Narrator (voice)
Vita di Dante
as Narrator
Borsalino and Co.
as Volpone
Grand Slam
as Agostino Rossi
High School Girl
as Celio D'Altamura
L'isola del tesoro
as Joyce
The secret files of Inspector Lavardin
as Serge Orzyck
Attack and Retreat
as Giuseppe Sanna