Carlo Croccolo
Carlo Croccolo (born April 9, 1927 in Naples - † October 12, 2019 ) was an Italian actor and film director .
Life
Croccolo began his stage career with amateur ensembles and amateur theaters. In 1945 he was under contract with Radio Napoli and two years later he switched to radio in the Italian capital, where he also did dubbing. During appearances with Luciano Tajoli he developed the character of Pinozzo - a somewhat retarded and inexperienced naive - which he portrayed in a number of plays and also in a film. In his long film career, which began in the late 1940s, he starred in 118 films, mostly comedies. When the role offers became rarer from the mid-1960s, he intensified his career as a voice actor for numerous films; Among other things, he was the Italian voice of Oliver Hardy and Totò in his last films. He was also an important factor in children's programs on Italian television.
1971 Croccolo led under the pseudonym "Lucky Moore" directed two spaghetti westerns . In the middle of the following decade he resumed his work as an actor on stage and also in film. He has received several awards: 1989 a. a. with David di Donatello for best supporting role in 'O re .
Filmography (selection)
- actor
- 1950: Sweet Rice (L'inafferrabile 12)
- 1950: The great Juxbaron (47 morto che parla)
- 1950: Totò as sheikh (Totò sceicco)
- 1952: Chains of Passion (L'eterna catena)
- 1953: The daughter of the company
- 1960: Lovers for five days (L'Amant à cinq jours)
- 1961: The Reluctant Saint
- 1961: Jessica (Jessica)
- 1962: An odd saint (The Reluctant Saint)
- 1963: The rivals of the four musketeers (I quattro moschettieri)
- 1964: Freddy and the Song of the Prairie
- 1966: That certain something for women (Come imparai ad amare le donne)
- 1968: Danger: Diabolics! (Diabolic)
- 1977: Beach Whispers (Casotto)
- 1984: Picone sent me (MI manda Picone)
- 2001: The traveling salesman (Commesso viaggiatore)
- Director
- 1971: Django, a pistol for a hundred crosses (Una pistola per cento croci)
- 1971: Black Killer (Black Killer)
Web links
- Carlo Croccolo in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- detailed filmographies at mondo dei doppiatori on antoniogenna.net
Individual evidence
- ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano. I registi, Gremese 2002, p. 127.
- ^ Roberto Poppi, article Carlo Croccolo , in: Roberto Chiti, Enrico Lancia, Andrea Orbicciani, Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori. Rome, Gremese 1998. pp. 143/144
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Croccolo, Carlo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Moore, Lucky (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 9, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Naples |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 12, 2019 |