Roberto Risso
Roberto Risso was a Swiss-born Italian film actor.
Life and career
Born Pietro Roberto Strub in Geneva, Risso joined the cinema industry when he was still a university student of architecture, playing a minor role in Pietro Francisci's The Lion of Amalfi. One year later he was chosen to play the seducer of Pier Angeli in Tomorrow Is Another Day, and the success of the film allowed him to play similar roles in a large number of films, mainly romantic comedies. In 1953 Risso touched the peak of his career with the role of the shy Carabiniere Pietro Stelluti madly in love with Gina Lollobrigida in Luigi Comencini's Bread, Love and Dreams, a role that he reprised in the film sequel Bread, Love and Jealousy. Later his career continued in many films in which he appeared mostly in character roles, until his retirement in 1968.
Selected filmography
The Lion of Amalfi Tomorrow Is Another Day - PaoloThe Black Captain - Paolo AdinolfiRevenge of the Pirates - MiguelThe Seven Dwarfs to the Rescue - Prince CharmingOperation Mitra - Marco FornariLa voce del sangue - Sergio ScalaRosalba, la fanciulla di Pompei - Giorgio de MonteraThree Forbidden Stories - Bernardo Finishing School - SteveLa figlia del diavolo - RobertoNessuno ha tradito - BrunoI Piombi di Venezia - Il TintorettoFrancis the Smuggler - DavideLa valigia dei sogni - Giorgio AstoriBread, Love and Dreams - Carabiniere StellutiTormento d'anime - MicheleSua altezza ha detto: no! - Giorgio RovereIl bacio dell'Aurora Balocchi e profumi - Raimundo MuzziAngels of Darkness - BrunoThe Desperate Women - JimmyBread, Love and Jealousy - Carabiniere StellutiOne Step to Eternity - Mario Mirador, l'amant de VéraLe signorine dello 04 - Carlo ContiLa moglie è uguale per tutti - MicheleIl campanile d'oro - PasqualeSongs of Italy Accadde di notte Paris, Palace Hotel - Gérard Necker dit BrugnonThe Rival - Tenente Ugo PerelliUna pelliccia di visone - FrancoSi le roi savait ça - PascalAdorabili e bugiarde - Gino GorniAngel in a Taxi - FilippoTuppe tuppe, Marescià! - Maresciallo Pietro StellutiTe doy mi vida Sergente d'ispezione - BacciL'ultima canzone Caterina Sforza, la leonessa di Romagna - Giovanni de Medici dalle Bande NereIl raccomandato di ferro A Breath of Scandal - Aide de campCall Girls of Rome - Carlo MalpighiA Qualcuna Piace Calvo - Renato SalustriCocagne - VincenteUn figlio d'oggi - RaulThe Valiant - Emilio BianchiGladiator of Rome - Valerio jr.The Fury of Achilles - ParisThe Captive City - LovedayZorro and the Three Musketeers - AramisThe Shortest Day - Soldato austriaco Rocambole Revenge of the Musketeers - AramisHate Thy Neighbor - Duke