Cast & creator
Riccardo Cucciolla
Best known for Marco Polo, The Castle of Olive Trees, La dottoressa Giò
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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film credits
10
television credits
86
1949–1999 · acting roles
6.9
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (86)
Showing 86 of 86 credits
Marco Polo
Zio Zane
1982
The Castle of Olive Trees
Jules Campredon
1993
La dottoressa Giò
Dott. Lombardi
1997
I Vitelloni
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1953
The Secret Files of Inspector Lavardin
Serge Orzyck
1988
L'isola del tesoro
Joyce
1959
Un Flic
Paul Weber
1972
Sacco & Vanzetti
Nicola Sacco
1971
Borsalino and Co.
Volpone
1974
The Case Is Closed, Forget It
Pesenti
1971
One on Top of the Other
Benjamin Wormser
1969
Vita di Dante
Narrator
1965
Il segreto di Luca
Andrea Cipriani
1969
Rabid Dogs
Riccardo
1995
The Last Concert
Stella's father
1976
Son of Hercules vs. Medusa
(Voice dubbing for Richard Harrison)
1963
We Are All in Temporary Liberty
Mario De Rossi
1971
Vita di Michelangelo
Narratore (voice)
1964
Massacre in the Black Forest
Narrator (uncredited)
1967
The Seven Cervi Brothers
Gelindo Cervi
1968
No, the Case Is Happily Resolved
Professor Eduardo Ranieri
1973
Attack and Retreat
Sanna
1964
Our God's Brother
The Monk
1997
Good Folk's Sunday
1953
The Sicilian Checkmate
Professor Salemi
1972
Vanille fraise
Andreani
1989
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
Dominico Villani
1980
Stream Line
Dr. Roder
1976
Incensurato, provata disonestà, carriera assicurata cercasi
Commissioner
1972
The Assisi Underground
Luigi Brizzi
1985
C.I.A. Secret Story
Giuseppe Pinelli
1975
Family Business
Tiberi
1986
32nd of December
Generale Emanuele Anselmi
1988
Secret Africa
Narrator
1969Una lepre con la faccia di bambina
Psichiatra
1989
One Appreciated Professional of Sure Future
Nicola Perella
1972
Grand Slam
Agostino Rossi
1967
The Sensual Man
Paolo's Father
1973Blinde Augen klagen an
1996
High School Girl
Celio D'Altamura
1974
Rain over Santiago
Olivares
1975
Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison
Antonio Gramsci
1977
Tomboy - I misteri del sesso
Narrator (voice)
1977
The Assassination of Matteotti
Antonio Gramsci
1973Il segreto dell'uomo solitario
Giorgio
1988
Bandits in Rome
Vice Commissioner Pascuttini
1968Morte di una ragazza perbene
Prof. Giussani
1999
Meet Him and Die
Police Commissioner Sacchi
1976
Six Days a Week
Alfredo
1965Il fratello
1975Il coraggio di parlare
Don Carmelo Fiorillo
1987
Lost in the City of Sarzana
Terzi, sindaco di Sarzana
1980
The Seducer
Racca
1954
Badoglio: generale e uomo di stato
1963
The Path of Oil
Narrator
1967Lucky Punch
Zipolino
1996
24 Hours... Not a Minute More
Minister Handras
1973Tottering in the Dark
Teodoro detto Teo
1987
The Last Day of School Before Christmas
Ambro
1975L' ultima faccia di Medusa
Fabio
1958
The Kid From Ebalus
Old Farmer
1984Al Fatah - Palestina
Narratore (voice)
1970
The Sexual Revolution
Emilio Missiroli
1968
L'Italia vista dal cielo: Liguria
(Voice)
1973
La roccia incantata
Dottor Lisi
1949
Women of the Resistance
Narrator (voice)
1965
The Last Fistful of Land
Narrator
1966Intolerance: il caso Liuzzo
1969
Francis of Assisi
Fra' Leone
1966
Incontro con Maria Carta
Self
1972
L'Italia vista dal cielo: Lazio
Narrator (voice)
1975Il processo di Savona
1967
Farewell the Last Man
Narrator (voice)
1978
Africa Uncensored
Narrator
1971
Rascel-Fifì
Undici
1957
Pizza Colonia
Massimo Serboli
1991
La trincea
narratore
1961
Nascita e morte nel meridione (S. Cataldo)
narrator
1959
Il pane dei pastori
Narrator (voice)
1968
Malamondo
Narrator
1964
La quieta febbre
protagonista
1964
L'antimiracolo
Narrator
1965
Sardegna terra di contrasti
Narrator (voice)
1956
Down with Uncle
Narrator
1962
In Calabria
Narrator (voice)
1993
La fantarca
Lo speaker
1966