Italian actor (1924?1999)
Riccardo Cucciolla
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Born
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1924-09-05
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5 September 1924
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Died
| 17 September 1999
(1999-09-17)
(aged 75)
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Occupations
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- Actor
- voice actor
- dubbing director
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Years active
| 1953?1999
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Children
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Riccardo Cucciolla
(5 September 1924 – 17 September 1999) was an Italian actor and voice actor.
[1]
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
.
Biography
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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.
[2]
[3]
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.
[4]
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).
[4]
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.
[4]
Starting from eighties he thinned out his appearances, mainly focusing on dubbing and television roles.
[4]
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.
[5]
On 17 September 1999, Cucciolla died in Rome at the age of 75.
[6]
He is survived by his wife, the poet Alida Sessa; their son Riccardo; and two children by his first wife, Francesco and Lietta.
Selected filmography
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Dubbing roles
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Live action
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References
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Further reading
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- Vito Attolini, Alfonso Marrese.
Riccardo Cucciolla. Ritratto di attore
. Edizioni Dal Sud, 1990.
ISBN
8875531528
.
External links
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Media related to
Riccardo Cucciolla
at Wikimedia Commons
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