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).
Known For
The roles that explain the career.
Filmography
32 credits across 2 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Rabid Dogs | Riccardo | Film |
| 1991 | Pizza Colonia | Massimo Serboli | Film |
| 1989 | Vanille fraise | Andreani | Film |
| 1988 | 32nd of December | Generale Emanuele Anselmi | Film |
| 1988 | Il segreto dell'uomo solitario | Giorgio | Film |
| 1978 | Farewell the Last Man | Narrator (voice) | Film |
| 1976 | The Last Concert | Stella's father | Film |
| 1976 | Meet Him and Die | Police Commissioner Sacchi | Film |
| 1975 | Rain over Santiago | Olivares | Film |
| 1975 | C.I.A. Secret Story | Giuseppe Pinelli | Film |
| 1974 | Borsalino and Co. | Volpone | Film |
| 1974 | High School Girl | Celio D'Altamura | Film |
| 1973 | The Sensual Man | Paolo's Father | Film |
| 1973 | The Assassination of Matteotti | Antonio Gramsci | Film |
| 1972 | The Sicilian Checkmate | Professor Salemi | Film |
| 1972 | Un Flic | Paul Weber | Film |
| 1971 | Africa Uncensored | Narrator | Film |
| 1971 | The Case Is Closed, Forget It | Pesenti | Film |
| 1971 | Sacco & Vanzetti | Nicola Sacco | Film |
| 1969 | One on Top of the Other | Benjamin Wormser | Film |
| 1969 | Secret Africa | Narrator | Film |
| 1968 | The Seven Cervi Brothers | Gelindo Cervi | Film |
| 1968 | Bandits in Rome | Vice Commissioner Pascuttini | Film |
| 1967 | Massacre in the Black Forest | Narrator (uncredited) | Film |
| 1967 | Grand Slam | Agostino Rossi | Film |
| 1966 | Francis of Assisi | Fra' Leone | Film |
| 1965 | Six Days a Week | Alfredo | Film |
| 1965 | Women of the Resistance | Narrator (voice) | Film |
| 1954 | The Seducer | Racca | Film |
| 1953 | Good Folk's Sunday | Film | |
| 1953 | I Vitelloni | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | Film |
| 1949 | La roccia incantata | Dottor Lisi | Film |
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