Riccardo Cucciolla


Riccardo Cucciolla 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.

Biography

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, followed by a further significant role in Giuliano Montaldo's Grand Slam.
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.

Selected filmography

Good Folk's Sunday - CescoI Vitelloni - Narrator Il seduttore - RaccaIl piccolo vetraio - Rascel-Fifì - UndiciSilver Spoon Set - Anselmo Foresi Love in Rome - Narrator Primitive Love - Narrator Attack and Retreat - SannaSix Days a Week Grand Slam - Agostino RossiThe Seven Cervi Brothers - Gelindo CerviBandits in Rome - Vice Commissioner PascuttiniLa rivoluzione sessuale - Emilio MissiroliUna sull'altra - Benjamin WormserGiacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence - Narratore Sacco e Vanzetti - Nicola SaccoThe Case Is Closed, Forget It - PesentiWe Are All in Temporary Liberty - Mario De RossiThe Sicilian Checkmate - Professor SalemiUn apprezzato professionista di sicuro avvenire - Nicola PerellaUn flic - Paul WeberIncensurato provata disonestà carriera assicurata cercasi - CommissarioThe Assassination of Matteotti - Antonio GramsciNo, The Case Is Happily Resolved - Professor Eduardo RanieriPaolo il caldo - Paolo's Father24 ore... non un minuto di più - Minister HandrasThe Sensual Man - Celio D'AltamuraLe Hasard et la Violence - Dr. Puget High School Girl Borsalino & Co. - VolponeRabid Dogs - RiccardoThe Last Day of School Before Christmas - AmbroC.I.A. Secret Story - Giuseppe Pinelli' - OlivaresIl fratello La linea del fiume - Dr. RoderTake All of Me - Padre di StellaMeet Him and Die - Commissioner SacchiAntonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison - Antonio GramsciTuri and the Paladins - Don SaverioIl ragazzo di Ebalus - Old farmerThe Assisi Underground - Luigi BrizziUna casa in bilico - Teodoro detto TeoIl coraggio di parlare - Don Carmelo FiorilloRemake - Himself32 dicembre - Anselmi, lo spasimante Il segreto dell'uomo solitario Vanille fraise - Andreani

Dubbing roles

Live action