Riccardo Cucciolla

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.

Riccardo Cucciolla
Cucciolla in Sacco & Vanzetti (1971)
Born(1924-09-05)5 September 1924
Bari, Italy
Died17 September 1999(1999-09-17) (aged 75)
Rome, Italy
OccupationActor, voice actor, dubbing director
Years active1953-1999
Children3

Biography

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
Cucciolla (second left) in Rascel-Fifì (1957)

Dubbing roles

Live action

References
  1. "Riccardo Cucciolla's dubbing contributions". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  2. "Riccardo Cucciola". MYmovies. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  3. Felice Cappa; Piero Gelli; Marco Mattarozzi. Dizionario dello spettacolo del '900. Dalai editore, 1998. ISBN 8880892959.
  4. Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 8884402131.
  5. Cronologia fondamentale dell'epoca d'oro del doppiaggio italiano Dagli albori agli anni 1970 (in Italian)
  6. "È morto l'attore che portò sullo schermo la vicenda degli anarchici italiani giustiziati in America Cucciolla, per tutti era Sacco Tanti film e tv, ma anche il lavoro come doppiatore" (in Italian). ricerca.gelocal.it. 18 September 1999. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  7. Adler, Renata; Thompson, Howard (21 February 1968). "Movie Review". The New York Times.
  8. "The Godfather Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  9. "The Godfather Part II Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  10. "I Am Afraid Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  11. "Tomorrow Never Dies Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  12. "Countdown Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  13. "Rambling Rose Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 18 April 2020.

Further reading
  • Vito Attolini, Alfonso Marrese. Riccardo Cucciolla. Ritratto di attore. Edizioni Dal Sud, 1990. ISBN 8875531528.

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