Carlo Croccolo
Carlo Croccolo was an Italian actor, voice artist, director and screenwriter.
Biography
Born in Naples, Croccolo began his acting career on the radio and appeared in more than 100 films since 1949. His debut came in the 1949 film The Firemen of Viggiù and he made his first television debut in 1956. He also had an intense career onstage, as he often starred in plays directed by Eduardo De Filippo and Giorgio Strehler. Croccolo was best known for his collaboration with Antonio "Totò" De Curtis, mainly throughout the 1950s and 1960s.In the early 1950s, he replaced Alberto Sordi performing the Italian voice of Oliver Hardy in the redubs of Laurel and Hardy made between 1951 and 1953, in which he was paired with Fiorenzo Fiorentini ; he came back to dubbing Hardy in the 1968-1970 redubs, this time paired with Franco Latini. Since 1957, Croccolo also served as a dubbing artist for Totò in some of his films, as his friend had gradually lost his sight and had thus become unable to post-syncronize his own lines: having previously dubbed Totò in French during his stay in Canada and due to his ability in imitating his speech, Croccolo was chosen by the artist himself to dub his voice in Italian when needed.
In 1989, Croccolo received the David di Donatello for best supporting actor in the film 'O Re. Croccolo’s international notoriety came in 1996 with the film In Love and War, directed by Richard Attenborough.
Croccolo died in his home in Castel Volturno on 12 October 2019 at the age of 92. His funeral was held in the Church of San Ferdinando and his body was cremated at the request of the family.
Selected filmography
The Firemen of Viggiù - Fireman from PiemontL'inafferrabile 12 - Il barbiereThe Cadets of Gascony - Soldato PinozzoTotò Tarzan - Lo sposinoToto the Sheik - Il cameriere47 morto che parla - Gondrano, il cameriereBeauties on Bicycles - PinozzoIl caimano del Piave - EspositoArrivano i nostri - Karl, il guardino del circoLa paura fa 90 - Pinotto, guardiano in primaStasera sciopero - PasqualeTizio, Caio, Sempronio Porca miseria - Carletto Esposito aka Professore Sik-SikLicenza premio - Pinozzo MolliconiFree Escape - Pinozzo MolliconiHa fatto 13 - Mario RossiAuguri e figli maschi! - ToniottoSardinian Vendetta - Pinuccio PorchidduThe Eternal Chain - PeppinoRagazze da marito - SalvatorePrimo premio: Mariarosa Non è vero... ma ci credo! - Alberto SammariaThe Daughter of the Regiment Siamo tutti Milanesi The Count of Saint Elmo - AlbericoGran varietà - Battaglia, il comico 'militare' Poverty and Nobility - LuiginoRed and Black Di qua, di là del Piave Assi alla ribalta - HimselfAltair - LabbateI pinguini ci guardano Totò lascia o raddoppia? - CamilloCerasella Gentlemen Are Born - BattistaMy Friend, Dr. Jekyll - ArguzioThe Two Rivals - CarlettoFountain of Trevi - Ali BabaAppuntamento a Ischia - CarlettoFive Day Lover - MariusPulcinella, cetrulo di Acerra - PulcinellaHercules in the Valley of Woe - FetontePesci d'oro e bikini d'argento Mina... fuori la guardia - CarlettoFra' Manisco cerca guai - Fra LeoneJessica - Beppi TorielloThe Reluctant Saint - The Gobbo - the HunchbackGli eroi del doppio gioco - Secondo RossiNoches de Casablanca Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow - Auctioneer The Four Musketeers Panic Button - GuidoI marziani hanno 12 mani - X2Freddy in the Wild West - Sheriff Mickey StantonThe Yellow Rolls-Royce - Michele, Mrs. Millett's chauffeurNon son degno di te - Pinosso MorriconeMe, Me, Me... and the Others - JokingTravellerDio, come ti amo! - GennaroAfter the Fox - Café OwnerHow I Learned to Love Women - Direttore autosalonePerdono - PolicemanTesta di rapa - Il Brigante SalomoneTreasure of San Gennaro - Various characters The Biggest Bundle of Them All - FrancoDanger: Diabolik - Lorry DriverGunman of One Hundred Crosses - Slim - Stuttering HenchmanBlack Killer - Fred, Deputy SheriffLe seminariste - San GiulivoGoodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen - Tax Inspector Passi furtivi in una notte boia - Ragionier DolciBeach House - CarloWhere's Picone? - Barone ArmatoMassimamente folle The Professor ’O Re - RafeleVia Lattea... la prima a destra The Miser - Mastro SimoneIn the Name of the Sovereign People - Carlo BonaparteIn camera mia Camerieri - Salvatore AzzaroMen Men Men - PeppinoIl cielo è sempre più blu Giovani e belli - BonafoniIn Love and War - Town MayorA Cold, Cold Winter - Dr CrocchiaCommercial Break - Ciro EspositoThree Men and a Leg - Cecconi, father in lawLi chiamarono... briganti! - Vincenzo, il calzolaioLa vita, per un'altra volta - CesariTerra bruciata - MarescialloOgni lasciato è perso - PrimarioIl commesso viaggiatore Amore con la S maiuscola - PasqualeIl quaderno della spesa - Cavalier Angelo MarconiCose da pazzi - Nonno- ''Italian Dream''