

Riccardo Cucciolla
1924 — 1999 Age: 75 years oldinfo
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.
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Friday, September 17, 1999
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Works 55
1953
I VitelloniNarratore
1964
Attack and RetreatGiuseppe Sanna
1967
Grand SlamAgostino Rossi
1968
Bandits in RomeVice Commissioner Pascuttini
1969
One on Top of the OtherBenjamin Wormser
1971
Sacco & VanzettiNicola Sacco
1972
Un FlicPaul Weber
1973
The Sensual ManPaolo's Father
1974
Rabid DogsRiccardo
1974
Borsalino and Co.Volpone
1974
High School GirlCelio D'Altamura
1976
The Last ConcertStella's Father
1980
Sophia Loren: Her Own StoryDomenico
1985
The Assisi UndergroundLuigi Brizzi
1988
32nd of DecemberGenerale Emanuele Anselmi
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