About
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...
Known for
Marco PoloSeries • 1982
I VitelloniMovie • 1953
Un FlicMovie • 1972
Borsalino and Co.Movie • 1974
Sacco & VanzettiMovie • 1971
Attack and RetreatMovie • 1964
The Case Is Closed, Forget ItMovie • 1971
One on Top of the OtherMovie • 1969
Rabid DogsMovie • 1995
Grand SlamMovie • 1967
The Assassination of MatteottiMovie • 1973
32nd of DecemberMovie • 1988
No, the Case Is Happily ResolvedMovie • 1973