Paolo Stoppa

Paolo Stoppa

06 Jun 1906 (118 years old) in Rome, Italy

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Paolo Stoppa (6 June 1906 – 1 May 1988) was an Italian actor and dubber. Born in Rome, he began as a stage actor in 1927 in the theater in Rome and began acting in films in 1932. As a stage actor, his most celebrated works include those after World War II, when he met director Luchino Visconti: the two, together with Stoppa's wife, actress Rina Morelli, formed a trio whose adaptions of works by authors such as Chekhov, Shakespeare and Goldoni became highly acclaimed. He debuted in television in 1960 in the drama series Vita col padre e con la madre, reaching the top of the popularity in the 1970s, in particular in the adaption of crime novels by Friedrich Dürrenmatt (Il giudice e il suo boia and Il sospetto) and Augusto De Angelis. As a film actor, Stoppa made some 194 appearances between 1932 and his retirement in 1983: films he appeared in include popular classics such as Miracolo a Milano (1951), Rocco e i suoi fratelli (1960), Viva l'Italia! (1961), Il Gattopardo (1962), La matriarca (1968), Amici miei atto II (1982). He also had a role in the Sergio Leone epic Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) and cameoed in Becket (1964). Stoppa was also a renowned dubber of films into Italian. He began this activity in the 1930s as dubber of Fred Astaire. Other actors he dubbed include Richard Widmark, Kirk Douglas and Paul Muni. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paolo Stoppa, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Credits

  • 1982 · Heads I Win, Tails You Lose as il nonno
  • 1982 · My Friends Act II as Savino Capogreco
  • 1982 · Tomorrow We Dance as Padre di Mariangela
  • 1981 · The Marquis of Grillo as Papa Pio VII
  • 1978 · The Payoff as Don Michele Miletti
  • 1977 · Beach House as Nonno
  • 1977 · Nerone as San Pietro
  • 1975 · L'amaro caso della Baronessa di Carini as Don Ippolito
  • 1974 · Rookies Go to War as Le Colonel
  • 1974 · Right You Are (if you think so) as Signor Ponza
  • 1973 · Rugantino as Mastro Titta
  • 1972 · Jus primae noctis as The pope
  • 1968 · The Libertine as Professor Zauri
  • 1968 · Once Upon a Time in the West as Sam
  • 1968 · Il marito è mio e l'ammazzo quando mi pare as Doctor Sperenzoni
  • 1966 · After the Fox as Polio
  • 1964 · Male Companion as Professor Gaetano
  • 1964 · Behold a Pale Horse as Pedro
  • 1964 · The Visit as Doctor
  • 1964 · Becket as the Pope / Pope Alexander III
  • 1963 · The Leopard as Don Calogero Sedara
  • 1963 · The Shortest Day as Padre di Dino
  • 1962 · The Steppe as
  • 1962 · Boccaccio '70 as Lawyer Alcamo (segment "Il lavoro") (uncredited)
  • 1962 · The Fabiani Affair as
  • 1961 · The Last Judgment as Giorgio
  • 1961 · Vanina Vanini as Asdrubale Vanini
  • 1961 · The Joy of Living as Hairdresser
  • 1961 · The Menace as Cousin
  • 1961 · Viva l'Italia! as Nino Bixio
  • 1960 · From a Roman Balcony as Rag. Alberto Moglie
  • 1960 · Escape by Night as Prince Alessandro Antoniani
  • 1960 · Rocco and His Brothers as Cerri
  • 1960 · La contessa azzurra as Don Peppino Razzi
  • 1960 · Three Etc.'s and the Colonel as Le marquis
  • 1960 · Carthage in Flames as Astarito
  • 1960 · Gastone as Achille
  • 1959 · The Law as Tonio
  • 1958 · È arrivata la parigina as
  • 1957 · Holiday Island as Advocate Appicciato
  • 1957 · Oh! Sabella as Avvocato Mancuso
  • 1957 · Miracles of Thursday as Don Salvador
  • 1956 · A Mink Coat as
  • 1956 · A Mink Coat as Russo
  • 1956 · Uncle Hyacynth as Restorer
  • 1955 · Girls of Today as Giuseppe Bardelotti
  • 1955 · Destinazione Piovarolo as Gorini
  • 1955 · Il padrone sono me as Mingòn
  • 1955 · The Miller's Beautiful Wife as Gardunia
  • 1955 · La bella di Roma as Oreste
  • 1955 · Il Conte Aquila as Principe di Metternich
  • 1955 · Are We Men or Corporals? as Il caporale
  • 1955 · Scampolo 53 as
  • 1955 · A Woman Alone as L'inquilino del piano di sopra
  • 1954 · The Shadow as Michele
  • 1954 · The Cheerful Squadron as Il maresciallo Flick
  • 1954 · The Gold of Naples as Don Peppino, the widower (segment Pizza on Credit)
  • 1954 · House of Ricordi as Giovanni Ricordi
  • 1954 · My Seven Little Sins as
  • 1954 · Uomini ombra as Antiquario Bertrand
  • 1954 · The Beautiful Otero as Frédéric
  • 1954 · Prima di sera as Paolo Bancani
  • 1954 · Neapolitan Carousel as Salvatore Esposito
  • 1954 · Symphony of Love as Calafatti
  • 1954 · The Woman Who Came from the Sea as Console Italiano
  • 1954 · Daughters of Destiny as Nicephore (segment "Lysistrata")
  • 1954 · The Count of Monte Cristo as Bertuccio
  • 1953 · The Love of a Woman as Le Curé
  • 1953 · The Most Wanted Man as Tony Fallone
  • 1953 · I'll See You on the Balcony as Voce (uncredited)
  • 1953 · Empty Eyes as Egisto Palmucci
  • 1953 · The Return of Don Camillo as Marchetti
  • 1953 · Storms as Amedeo Cini
  • 1953 · It's Never Too Late as Antonio Trabbi
  • 1953 · Puccini as Giocondo
  • 1953 · Indiscretion of an American Wife as Traveling Salesman
  • 1953 · Voice of Silence as der Verleger
  • 1953 · Voice of Silence as
  • 1953 · Gioventù alla sbarra as Il giudice Benni
  • 1953 · La passeggiata as preside del collegio
  • 1952 · Sunday Heroes as Piero
  • 1952 · Beauties of the Night as Direktor der Oper
  • 1952 · Dogs and Cats as don Cosimo
  • 1952 · Times Gone By as Guido's father (segment "L'Idillio")
  • 1952 · Dad Becomes Mom as Lo psicanalista
  • 1952 · The City Stands Trial as Delegato di polizia Perrone
  • 1952 · Il tallone di Achille as Lo Strozzino Serafino
  • 1952 · Wanda the Sinner as Marco
  • 1952 · Wife for a Night as Agusto
  • 1952 · The Seven Deadly Sins as Mr. Alvaro (segment "Avarice and Anger")
  • 1952 · Rome 11:00 as Impiegato
  • 1951 · The Cape of Hope as Simon Liakim
  • 1951 · Miracle in Milan as Rappi
  • 1950 · Sambo as Manuel, il pittore
  • 1950 · Land der Sehnsucht as
  • 1950 · The Thief of Venice as Marco
  • 1950 · The King's Guerrillas as Peppino Luciani
  • 1950 · High Time as Rocchetti
  • 1950 · The Beauty of the Devil as Official
  • 1949 · Maracatumba... ma non è una rumba! as Miguel Martinez, l'impresario
  • 1948 · Che tempi! as Alessandro Raffo
  • 1948 · I cavalieri dalle maschere nere (I beati paoli) as nobile balbuziente
  • 1947 · Fumeria d’oppio as Amico di Za-la-mort
  • 1946 · Aquila Nera as Un bandito
  • 1946 · Un americano in vacanza as Augusto
  • 1946 · Canto, ma sottovoce... as Fabrizio
  • 1946 · Farewell, My Beautiful Naples as Ruocco
  • 1945 · Che distinta famiglia! as James
  • 1945 · Quartetto pazzo as Filippo
  • 1944 · Il Fiore sotto gli Occhi as Arrigo Santucci
  • 1943 · Ti conosco, mascherina! as Luigi
  • 1943 · Apparizione as Alberto
  • 1943 · Gli assi della risata as
  • 1943 · Our Dreams as Oreste
  • 1943 · 4 girls dream as
  • 1943 · Sant'Elena, piccola isola as Il medico curante di Napoleone
  • 1943 · Skyscrapers as Frank Millstone
  • 1943 · Gente dell’aria as Il tenente Guido Landi
  • 1943 · Il nostro prossimo as Il campanaro
  • 1943 · Music on the Run as Fogliatti, il produttore
  • 1943 · Giorni felici as Bernardo
  • 1942 · Acque di primavera as Doctor Berni
  • 1942 · Il romanzo di un giovane povero as Enrico di Bevallan
  • 1942 · Non ti pago! as L'avvocato Lorenzo Strumillo
  • 1942 · Don Cesare di Bazan as Sancho
  • 1942 · Gioco pericoloso as Giovanni
  • 1942 · A che servono questi quattrini? as Marchetiello
  • 1942 · Rossini as Tottola
  • 1942 · La regina di Navarra as
  • 1942 · If I Was Honest as barone Paolo Vareghi
  • 1941 · Se non son matti non li vogliamo as Il conte Giuseppe Bardonazzi
  • 1941 · La famiglia Brambilla in vacanza as
  • 1941 · Princess Cinderella as Herr Bonaventura
  • 1941 · Divieto di sosta as
  • 1941 · The Iron Crown as Trifilli
  • 1941 · L'ultimo ballo as Felix
  • 1941 · L'allegro fantasma as Gigetto
  • 1941 · Giuliano de' Medici as Volpino
  • 1940 · Eternal Melody as Haibl
  • 1940 · Una famiglia impossibile as
  • 1940 · Amami, Alfredo! as Cecè
  • 1940 · Trappola d'amore as Il finto poliziotto
  • 1940 · Pazza di gioia as Alvaro Montero
  • 1940 · Ricchezza senza domani as Buby D'Alfia
  • 1939 · An Adventure of Salvator Rosa as Il secondo contadino
  • 1939 · L'amore si fa così as Zaccaria Poussier
  • 1939 · You Love Me, I Love You as Eugenio Sinibaldi
  • 1939 · Frenesia as Bobby
  • 1939 · The Dream of Butterfly as
  • 1938 · The Lady in White as Direttore d'albergo
  • 1937 · Marcella as
  • 1935 · Lorenzino de' Medici as Giomo, soldato del Duca Alessandro
  • 1935 · The Serpent's Fang as Andry, l'aiutante dell'ispettore