Riccardo Cucciolla
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. Source: Article "Riccardo Cucciolla" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known for
ActingBirthday
September 5, 1924Deathday
September 17, 1999Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
69Place of birth
Bari, Puglia, ItalyCast credits
Rabid Dogs
RiccardoPizza Colonia
Massimo SerboliFarewell the Last Man
Narrator (voice)Un Flic
Paul WeberBorsalino and Co.
VolponeThe Assassination of Matteotti
Antonio GramsciSacco & Vanzetti
Nicola SaccoRain over Santiago
OlivaresGrand Slam
Agostino RossiThe Seven Cervi Brothers
Gelindo CerviVanille fraise
AndreaniThe Sicilian Checkmate
Professor SalemiNo, the Case Is Happily Resolved
Professor Eduardo RanieriAfrica Uncensored
NarratorAntonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison
La via del petrolio
NarratorAttack and Retreat
Giuseppe SannaSix Days a Week
AlfredoC.I.A. Secret Story
Giuseppe Pinelli