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Riccardo Cucciolla
Bari, Puglia, Italy
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 1…
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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.
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1999
Morte di una ragazza perbene
Movie Prof. Giussani
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1997
La dottoressa Giò
TV show Dott. Lombardi
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1997
Our God's Brother
Movie The Monk
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1996
Lucky Punch
Movie Zipolino
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1996
Blinde Augen klagen an
Movie
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1995
Rabid Dogs
Movie Riccardo
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1993
The Castle of Olive Trees
TV show Jules Campredon
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1993
In Calabria
Movie Narrator (voice)
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1991
Pizza Colonia
Movie Massimo Serboli
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1989
Vanille fraise
Movie Andreani
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1988
The Secret Files of Inspector Lavardin
TV show Serge Orzyck
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1988
32nd of December
Movie Generale Emanuele Anselmi
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1988
Il segreto dell'uomo solitario
Movie Giorgio
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1987
Il coraggio di parlare
Movie Don Carmelo Fiorillo
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1987
Tottering in the Dark
Movie Teodoro detto Teo
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1986
Family Business
TV show Tiberi
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1985
The Assisi Underground
Movie Luigi Brizzi
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1984
The Kid From Ebalus
Movie Old Farmer
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1982
Marco Polo
TV show Zio Zane
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1980
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
Movie Dominico Villani
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1980
Lost in the City of Sarzana
Movie Terzi, sindaco di Sarzana
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1978
Farewell the Last Man
Movie Narrator (voice)
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1977
Tomboy - I misteri del sesso
Movie Narrator (voice)
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1977
Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison
Movie Antonio Gramsci
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1976
Meet Him and Die
Movie Police Commissioner Sacchi
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1976
The Last Concert
Movie Stella's father
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1976
Stream Line
Movie Dr. Roder
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1975
Rain over Santiago
Movie Olivares
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1975
C.I.A. Secret Story
Movie Giuseppe Pinelli
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1975
The Last Day of School Before Christmas
Movie Ambro
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1975
Il fratello
Movie
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1975
L'Italia vista dal cielo: Lazio
Movie Narrator (voice)
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1974
Borsalino and Co.
Movie Volpone
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1974
High School Girl
Movie Celio D'Altamura
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1973
The Sensual Man
Movie Paolo's Father
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1973
The Assassination of Matteotti
Movie Antonio Gramsci
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1973
No, the Case Is Happily Resolved
Movie Professor Eduardo Ranieri
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1973
24 Hours... Not a Minute More
Movie Minister Handras
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1973
L'Italia vista dal cielo: Liguria
Movie (Voice)
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1972
Incensurato, provata disonestà, carriera assicurata cercasi
Movie Commissioner
