1924-09-05 ( 100 years old ) in 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 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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1999-11-08
Our God's Brother
1997-06-08
Lucky Punch
1996-07-24
Blinde Augen klagen an
1996-04-06
Rabid Dogs
1996-01-17
In Calabria
1993-04-01
Pizza Colonia
1991-12-05
Vanille fraise
1989-11-29
32nd of December
1988-01-28
Il segreto dell'uomo solitario
1988-01-01
Il coraggio di parlare
1987-05-02
Tottering in the Dark
1987-01-31
The Assisi Underground
1985-05-03
The Kid From Ebalus
1984-09-01
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
1980-10-26
Lost in the City of Sarzana
1980-01-09
Farewell the Last Man
1978-11-14
Tomboy - I misteri del sesso
1977-12-02
Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison
1977-02-06
Meet Him and Die
1976-10-08
The Last Concert
1976-07-15
Stream Line
1976-05-06
Rain over Santiago
1975-12-10
C.I.A. Secret Story
1975-08-21
The Last Day of School Before Christmas
1975-03-20
L'Italia vista dal cielo: Lazio
1975-01-01
Il fratello
1975-01-01
Borsalino and Co.
1974-10-23
High School Girl
1974-03-08
The Sensual Man
1973-10-24
The Assassination of Matteotti
1973-09-13
No, the Case Is Happily Resolved
1973-08-01
24 Hours... Not a Minute More
1973-08-01
L'Italia vista dal cielo: Liguria
1973-01-01
A Cop
1972-10-01
One Appreciated Professional of Sure Future
1972-04-25
The Sicilian Checkmate
1972-02-03
Incontro con Maria Carta
1972-01-01
We Are All in Temporary Liberty
1971-12-24
Africa Uncensored
1971-11-05
The Case Is Closed, Forget It
1971-10-27
Sacco & Vanzetti
1971-03-16
Al Fatah - Palestina
1970-01-01
Secret Africa
1969-11-20
One on Top of the Other
1969-08-15
Intolerance: il caso Liuzzo
1969-01-01
The Sexual Revolution
1968-11-21
Bandits in Rome
1968-11-20
The Seven Cervi Brothers
1968-02-16
Grand Slam
1967-09-28
Massacre in the Black Forest
1967-02-03
La via del petrolio
1967-01-02
Il processo di Savona
1967-01-01
The Last Fistful of Land
1966-11-01
Francis of Assisi
1966-09-01
La fantarca
1966-05-31
Life of Dante
1965-12-12
Women of the Resistance
1965-04-24
Six Days a Week
1965-03-22
L'antimiracolo
1965-01-01
Attack and Retreat
1964-09-16
Malamondo
1964-04-30
La quieta febbre
1964-02-11
Badoglio: generale e uomo di stato
1963-11-14
Son of Hercules vs. Medusa
1963-02-07
Il pane dei pastori
1962-10-30
Nascita e morte nel meridione (S. Cataldo)
1959-07-01
L' ultima faccia di Medusa
1958-10-01
Rascel-Fifì
1957-10-09
Sardegna terra di contrasti
1956-01-01
The Seducer
1954-12-29
I Vitelloni
1953-09-17
Good Folk's Sunday
1953-01-25
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