Riccardo Garrone (actor)
Riccardo Garrone was an Italian actor and dubber.
Biography
Garrone began his acting career in 1949 and attended the Silvio d'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Arts. He appeared in more than 140 films from 1949 until his retirement in 2014. He made his debut in the film Adam and Eve directed by Mario Mattoli. He also worked in several theatre productions alongside other actors such as Vittorio Gassman, Diana Torrieri and Elena Zareschi.
Garrone often portrayed characters with persuasive, polite personalities in a variety of B movie comedies, spaghetti-westerns and horrors. In the 1980s, he made frequent stage collaborations with Antonella Steni and he made more appearances on television. One of his most popular television roles was on Un medico in famiglia in which he portrayed Nicola Solari. He also had a recurring role on Amico mio starring Massimo Dapporto.
Garrone also worked occasionally as a voice actor and dubber. He often dubbed characters in animated films. He was internationally renowned for providing the Italian voice of Lots-O'-Huggin' Bear in Toy Story 3.
Personal life
Garrone was married to Grazia Maria Verità and they had one daughter, Francesca. Garrone was also the younger brother of director Sergio Garrone. He retired in 2014.
Garrone died in Milan on 14 March 2016 at the age of 89.
Selected filmography
Adam and Eve - Pistolero sudista Torment of the Past - Complice di BianchiBrothers of Italy I sette dell'Orsa maggiore Two Nights with Cleopatra - Ufficiale delle guardie Woman of Rome - GiancarloIl Bidone - RiccardoLa rossa - PierreUna sera di maggio Helen of Troy - Minor Role Guardia, guardia scelta, brigadiere e maresciallo - The Driver into No-Parking AreaThe Railroad Man - L'amico di Marcello Una voce, una chitarra, un po' di luna - MarioIl prezzo della gloria - capo macchinista MorabitoAddio sogni di gloria Fathers and Sons - Carlo Corallo The Most Wonderful Moment - Il dottor BenvenutiDoctor and the Healer - SergeantLazzarella - Sandra's fatherPretty But Poor - FrancoL'ultima violenza - Giorgio CaraniLove and Chatter - Il telecronistaLe dritte - LelloVenice, the Moon and You - Don FulgenzioCaporale di giornata - The LieutenantThe Friend of the Jaguar - Il rappresentanteMy Wife's Enemy - MicheleCiao, ciao bambina! - Guido BrancaLa cento chilometri - Cesare MalabroccaAudace colpo dei soliti ignoti - Virgilio, 'Il milanese'Nel blu dipinto di blu - "Tre Stecche"La Dolce Vita - RiccardoThe Loves of Salammbo - HamilcarGentlemen Are Born - EnzoThe Warrior Empress - HyperbioThe Traffic Policeman - Il tenente dei vigiliMadri pericolose - Count Massimo SoderiniGirl with a Suitcase - RomoloCaptain Fracasse - LampourdeLaura nuda - AlviseCronache del '22 Day by Day, Desperately - DottoreCaccia all'uomo - Commissario NardelliCacciatori di dote - ManlioFra' Manisco cerca guai - Don LiborioPontius Pilate - GalbaPeccati d'estate - ToniEva - Michele - a playerSwordsman of Siena - Don CarlosThe Legion's Last Patrol - PaoloI Don Giovanni della Costa Azzurra - Protettore di AssuntinaThe Reunion - SandrinoIl successo - Ex fidanzato di LauraLa pupa - BaroneI terribili 7 - GiornalistaIl treno del sabato - RiccardoLet's Talk About Women Amore facile - Carlo The Yellow Rolls-Royce - Bomba2 mattacchioni al Moulin Rouge - Proprietario localeI due pericoli pubblici - Il BaroneTerror-Creatures from the Grave - Joseph MorganTwo Sergeants of General Custer - SpecialistaI complessi - Alvaro Morandini Idoli controluce - Arturo BaldiI soldi Spiaggia libera - RiccardoDeguejo - ForanLe voyage du père - Un voyageurMaigret a Pigalle - La PointeThree Bites of the Apple - CroupierThe Seventh Floor - The BarberHow to Kill 400 Duponts - Vladimiro DupontBang Bang Kid - Killer KossockUn colpo da re - Moulin RougeSe vuoi vivere... spara! - DonovanThe Killer Likes Candy - NicoloMadigan's Millions - Matteo CiriniLa vuole lui... lo vuole lei - FerruccioI ragazzi di Bandiera Gialla - Pizzini, the ProducerIl ragazzo che sorride - Father of LiviaA Noose for Django - Mr. FargoOh, Grandmother's Dead - Galeazzo GhiaDeath Knocks Twice - Amato LocatelliPensando a te The Avenger, Zorro - Albert PisonHow Did a Nice Girl Like You Get Into This Business? - OlivettiLa colomba non deve volare Il divorzio - UmbertoA Girl Called Jules - CarvalliA Man Called Sledge - The WardenBasta guardarla - PediconiMazzabubù... quante corna stanno quaggiù? - Agilulfo, the crusaderGrazie zio, ci provo anch'io - Agente X-15Trastevere - Il produttore A Girl in Australia - Giuseppe BartoniSiamo tutti in libertà provvisoria Cerco de terror - Doctor WarrenDecameron proibitissimo - Count GuidobaldoNaughty Nun - Giovanni PiccolominiReturn of Halleluja - ZagayaSting of the West - SheriffWhat Am I Doing in the Middle of a Revolution? - PeppinoDecameroticus - GerbinoMaria Rosa la guardona Giovannona Long-Thigh - RobertuzzoRugantino - Il PrincipeIl figlioccio del padrino - Petruzzo4 marmittoni alle grandi manovre - Tenente SpezziniIl bacio di una morta - On. LampedusaDi Tresette ce n'è uno, tutti gli altri son nessuno - Frisco Joe / Tutti FruttiScusi, si potrebbe evitare il servizio militare?... No! L'eredità dello zio buonanima - Notaio PotenzaLa mafia mi fa un baffo - Police Manager The Silkworm - Commissario GuarnieriIl fidanzamento - Vincenzo - brother of LuigiThe Cursed Medallion - Police InspectorThe Loves and Times of Scaramouche - Citoyen CapitainConfessions of a Lady Cop - Federico Innocenti, detto 'BorotalcoLa sposina - ArnaldiCampagnola bella Sins in the Country - Zito / LawyerThe Cynic, the Rat and the Fist - NataliLa vergine, il toro e il capricorno - Enrica's HusbandRene the Cane - KarlThe Cricket - ErmeteDon't Play with Tigers - Admiral OlderisiOdd Squad - Tenente RondiVacanze di Natale - Giovanni CovelliFantozzi subisce ancora - Ragionier CalboniAmarsi un po' - Principe CelliniWindsurf - Il vento nelle mani - Anacleto StellaMy First Forty Years Paprika - ZioA Cold, Cold Winter - Avv. Rossi MannelliSimpatici & antipatici - FaustoThe Dinner - DiomedeI fobici - Carlo's father At the Right Moment - Direttore TGPadre Pio: Between Heaven and Earth - EminenzaArresti domiciliari I Love You Eugenio - MarescialloAmore 14 - TommasoLa città invisibile - Nonno CarmineLa legge è uguale per tutti... forse - Barbone