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.
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Filmography
all 82
Movies 74
Narrator 20
TV Shows 8
Voice 2
self 1
La dottoressa Giò (1997)
Our God's Brother (1997)
Lucky Punch (1996)
Blinde Augen klagen an (1996)
The Castle of Olive Trees (1993)
In Calabria (1993)
Pizza Colonia (1991)
Vanille fraise (1989)
The secret files of Inspector Lavardin (1988)
32nd of December (1988)
Il segreto dell'uomo solitario (1988)
Il coraggio di parlare (1987)
Tottering in the Dark (1987)
Family Business (1986)
The Assisi Underground (1985)
The Kid From Ebalus (1984)
Marco Polo (1982)
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story (1980)
Lost in the City of Sarzana (1980)
Tecnica di un colpo di stato: la marcia su Roma (1978)
Farewell the Last Man (1978)
Tomboy - I misteri del sesso (1977)
Dear Monsters of the Sea (1977)
Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison (1977)
Meet Him and Die (1976)
The Last Concert (1976)
Stream Line (1976)
Rain over Santiago (1975)
C.I.A. Secret Story (1975)
The Last Day of School Before Christmas (1975)
Mondo Magic (1975)
L'Italia vista dal cielo: Lazio (1975)
Borsalino and Co. (1974)
High School Girl (1974)
Rabid Dogs (1974)
The Assassination of Matteotti (1973)
No, the Case Is Happily Resolved (1973)
24 Hours... Not a Minute More (1973)
L'Italia vista dal cielo: Liguria (1973)
The Sensuous Sicilian (1973)
Incensurato, provata disonestà, carriera assicurata cercasi (1972)
Un Flic (1972)
One Appreciated Professional of Sure Future (1972)
The Sicilian Checkmate (1972)
We Are All in Temporary Liberty (1971)
Africa Uncensored (1971)
The Case Is Closed, Forget It (1971)
Sacco & Vanzetti (1971)
Al Fatah - Palestina (1970)
Secret Africa (1969)
One on Top of the Other (1969)
Intolerance: il caso Liuzzo (1969)
The Sexual Revolution (1968)
Bandits in Rome (1968)
The Seven Cervi Brothers (1968)
Grand Slam (1967)
Massacre in the Black Forest (1967)
La via del petrolio (1967)
Il processo di Savona (1967)
Macabro (1966)
The last fistful of land (1966)
Francis of Assisi (1966)
La fantarca (1966)
Vita di Dante (1965)
Women of the Resistance (1965)
Six Days a Week (1965)
L'antimiracolo (1965)
Vita di Michelangelo (1964)
Attack and Retreat (1964)
Primitive Love (1964)
Malamondo (1964)
La quieta febbre (1964)
Mondo Inferno (1964)
Badoglio: generale e uomo di stato (1963)
Son of Hercules vs. Medusa (1963)
Nascita e morte nel meridione (S. Cataldo) (1959)
L'isola del tesoro (1959)
L' ultima faccia di Medusa (1958)
Rascel-Fifì (1957)
The Seducer (1954)
I Vitelloni (1953)
Good Folk's Sunday (1953)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1924-09-05
Deathday1999-09-17 (75 years old)
Birth PlaceBari, Italy
CitizenshipsKingdom of Italy, Italy
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