Carlo Croccolo (9 April 1927 – 12 October 2019) was an Italian actor, voice actor, director and screenwriter.

Biography

Born in Naples, Croccolo began his acting career on the radio and he appeared in more than 100 films since 1949. His debut came in the 1949 film ''

The Firemen of Viggiù ''The Firemen of Viggiù'' ( it, I pompieri di Viggiù) is a 1949 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Nino Taranto. Plot In the village of Viggiù the men of the local volunteer fire brigade, believing their famous song ...

'' and he made his first television debut in 1956. He was best known for some of his collaborations with

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mainly throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Croccolo’s international appearance came from the 1996 film '' In Love and War'' directed by

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. He also had an intense theatrical career as he often starred in plays directed by

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and

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. As a voice actor, Croccolo performed the Italian voice of

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in the 1951-1953 redubs of ''

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'' in which he was paired with

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(the Italian voice of

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). He returned to dub Hardy in the 1968-1970 redubs, this time, paired with

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. Since 1957, Croccolo had served as a dubbing artist for Totò in some of his films. In 1989, Croccolo received the

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for best supporting actor in the film '' 'O Re''. Croccolo died in his home in Castel Volturno on 12 October 2019 at the age of 92. His funeral was held in the Church of San Ferdinando and his body was cremated at the request of the family.

Selected filmography

* ''

'' (1949) - Fireman from Piemont * ''

L'inafferrabile 12 ''The Elusive Twelve'' (Italian: ''L'inafferrabile 12'') is a 1950 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Walter Chiari, Silvana Pampanini and Isa Barzizza. It was shot at the Farnesina Studios of Titanus in Rome. The film's ...

'' (1950) - Il barbiere * ''

The Cadets of Gascony ''The Cadets of Gascony'' (Italian: ''I cadetti di Guascogna'') is a 1950 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Walter Chiari, Carlo Campanini and Mario Riva. It was shot at the Farnesina Studios in Rome, with sets designed b ...

'' (1950) - Soldato Pinozzo * ''

Totò Tarzan ''Totò Tarzan'' is a 1950 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Totò, Marilyn Buferd and Alba Arnova. It is a parody of Edgar Rice Burroughs's novel ''Tarzan of the Apes''. It was shot at the Farnesina Studios in Rome. ...

'' (1950) - Lo sposino * ''

Toto the Sheik ''Toto the Sheik'' ( it, Totò sceicco) is a 1950 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Totò.Curti p.145 It is a parody of desert films such as '' The Son of the Sheik'' and '' Siren of Atlantis''. Plot Antonio is the hu ...

'' (1950) - Il cameriere * ''

47 morto che parla ''47 morto che parla'' is a 1950 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia. The film stars Totò and Silvana Pampanini. Plot The story is set in a small town near Naples in early 1900. Baron Antonio Peletti is a stingy and cruel ...

'' (1950) - Gondrano, il cameriere * ''

Beauties on Bicycles ''Beauties on Bicycles'' (Italian: ''Bellezze in '') is a 1951 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Campogalliani and starring Silvana Pampanini and Delia Scala.Parish p.142 It was filmed at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome with sets designed by Al ...

'' (1951) - Pinozzo * '' Il caimano del Piave'' (1951) - Esposito * ''

Arrivano i nostri ''Arrivano i nostri'' is a 1951 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Mario Riva. Cast * Mario Riva * Riccardo Billi as The showman playing Carmen Miranda * Franca Marzi as Gloria Chelli — Garlandi's lover * Lisett ...

'' (1951) - Karl, il guardino del circo * '' La paura fa 90'' (1951) - Pinotto, guardiano in prima * ''

Stasera sciopero ''Stasera sciopero'' is a 1951 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Bonnard. Plot Augusto, rich and miserly ''pizzicagnolo'', is attacked on his way home. During the fight the attacker is fatally wounded with his own revolver. He was a poor ...

'' (1951) - Pasquale * ''Tizio, Caio, Sempronio'' (1951) * ''

Porca miseria ''Porca Miseria'' is a 1951 Italian comedy film directed by Giorgio Bianchi. Plot Two friends, Giacomino and Carletto, have no job and no money and are looking for a job, or any device that will help them to meet expenses and especially will gi ...

'' (1951) - Carletto Esposito aka Professore Sik-Sik * ''

Licenza premio ''Licenza premio'' is a 1951 Italian comedy film directed by Max Neufeld and starring Nino Taranto and Carlo Croccolo. Plot Italy, early 1950s. Two troopers, Domenico, Neapolitan, and Pinozzo, Piedmontese, are sent on a special mission: they mu ...

'' (1951) - Pinozzo Molliconi * ''

Free Escape ''Free Escape'' (Italian: ''Libera uscita'') is a 1951 Italian comedy film directed by Duilio Coletti and starring Nino Taranto, Ludmilla Dudarova and Laura Gore.Sorrenti p.21 The film's sets were designed by Alberto Boccianti. It was made at Cin ...

'' (1951) - Pinozzo Molliconi * ''Ha fatto 13'' (1951) - Mario Rossi * ''

Auguri e figli maschi! ''Auguri e figli maschi!'' is a 1951 Italian film directed by Giorgio Simonelli. Plot A marshal's daughters are engaged to three boys, but they can't get married because they can't find apartments to live in on their own. The boys finally find ...

'' (1951) - Toniotto * '' Vendetta... sarda'' (1952) - Pinuccio Porchiddu * ''

The Eternal Chain ''The Eternal Chain'' ( it, L'eterna catena) is a 1952 Italian melodrama film directed by Anton Giulio Majano. Plot A naval officer becomes the lover of his brother's girlfriend. The latter kills a suitor of the girl; of the murder, however, th ...

'' (1952) - Peppino * ''

Ragazze da marito ''Ragazze da marito'' is a 1952 Italian comedy film. Cast * Eduardo De Filippo as Oreste Mazzillo * Peppino De Filippo as Giacomo Scognamiglio * Titina De Filippo as Agnese Mazzillo * Lianella Carell as Gina Mazzillo * Anna Maria Ferrero as An ...

'' (1952) - Salvatore * ''Primo premio: Mariarosa'' (1952) * ''Non è vero... ma ci credo!'' (1952) - Alberto Sammaria * ''

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'' (1953) * ''Siamo tutti Milanesi'' (1953) * ''

The Count of Saint Elmo ''The Count of Saint Elmo'' (Italian: ''Il Conte di Sant'Elmo'') is a 1950 historical adventure film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Massimo Serato, Anna Maria Ferrero and Tino Buazzelli.Chiti & Poppi p.103-4 It was shot at the Farnesi ...

'' (1953) - Alberico * ''Gran varietà'' (1954) - Battaglia, il comico 'militare' (episodio 'Cruttica') * ''

Poverty and Nobility ''Poverty and Nobility'' ( it, Miseria e nobiltà) is a 1954 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli starring Sophia Loren and Totò. Plot The story is taken from the Eduardo Scarpetta's play of the same name. Naples, second half of the ...

'' (1954) - Luigino * '' Red and Black'' (1954) * ''Di qua, di là del Piave'' (1954) * ''Assi alla ribalta'' (1954) - Himself * ''

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'' (1956) - Labbate * ''

I pinguini ci guardano ''I pinguini ci guardano'' (i.e. "Penguins look at us") is a 1956 Italian comedy film written and directed by and starring Renato Rascel and Carlo Croccolo. Plot The daily life in a zoo seen through the eyes of their residents, with the ani ...

'' (1956) * '' Totò lascia o raddoppia?'' (1956) - Camillo * ''Cerasella'' (1959) * '' Gentlemen Are Born'' (1960) - Battista * ''

My Friend, Dr. Jekyll ''My Friend, Dr. Jekyll'' ( it, Il mio amico Jekyll), is a 1960 Italian comedy film directed by Marino Girolami. It is a parody of the Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 novella ''Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde''. The film deals with the conce ...

'' (1960) - Arguzio * '' The Two Rivals'' (1960) - Carletto * ''

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'' (1960) - Ali Baba * ''

Appuntamento a Ischia ''Appuntamento a Ischia'' is a 1960 Italian "musicarello" comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Domenico Modugno. Cast * Domenico Modugno as Mimmo * Antonella Lualdi as Mirella Argente * Maria Letizia Gazzoni as Letizia * Carlo C ...

'' (1960) - Carletto * ''

Five Day Lover ''Five Day Lover'' (french: L'Amant de cinq jours) is a 1961 French sex comedy film directed by Philippe de Broca, starring Jean Seberg and Micheline Presle. It is based on the 1959 novel ''L'amant de cinq jours'' by Françoise Parturier. The ...

'' (1961) - Marius * ''Pulcinella, cetrulo di Acerra'' (1961) - Pulcinella * ''

Hercules in the Valley of Woe ''Hercules in the Vale of Woe'' ( it, Maciste contro Ercole nella valle dei guai/ ''Maciste vs Hercules in the Valley of Woe''), a.k.a. ''Hercules in the Valley of Woe'', is a 1961 Italian Franco and Ciccio comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli ...

'' (1961) - Fetonte * ''Pesci d'oro e bikini d'argento'' (1961) * ''Mina... fuori la guardia'' (1961) - Carletto * ''Fra' Manisco cerca guai'' (1961) - Fra Leone * '' Jessica'' (1962) - Beppi Toriello * ''

The Reluctant Saint ''The Reluctant Saint'' is a 1962 American-Italian historical comedy drama film which tells the story of Joseph of Cupertino, a 17th-century Italian Conventual Franciscan friar and mystic honored as a saint by the Catholic Church. It stars Ma ...

'' (1962) - The Gobbo - the Hunchback * ''

Gli eroi del doppio gioco ''Gli eroi del doppio gioco'' (Italian for "Heroes of the double play") is a 1962 Italian comedy film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque. Plot The film tells the successful attempts of two families of cancelling the traces of their involvement w ...

'' (1962) - Secondo Rossi * ''Noches de Casablanca'' (1963) * ''

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow ''Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow'' ( it, Ieri, oggi, domani) is a 1963 comedy anthology film by Italian director Vittorio De Sica. It stars Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni. The film consists of three short stories about couples in different ...

'' (1963) - Auctioneer (segment "Adelina") * '' The Four Musketeers'' (1963) * '' Panic Button'' (1964) - Guido * ''I marziani hanno 12 mani'' (1964) - X2 * ''

Freddy in the Wild West ''Freddy in the Wild West'' (german: Freddy und das Lied der Prärie, lang-it, 6 pallottole per Ringo Kid) is a 1964 West German/Italian musical Western film directed by Sobey Martin and starring Freddy Quinn, Rik Battaglia, and Beba Lončar. P ...

'' (1964) - Sheriff Mickey Stanton * ''

The Yellow Rolls-Royce ''The Yellow Rolls-Royce'' is a 1964 British dramatic composite film written by Terence Rattigan, produced by Anatole de Grunwald, and directed by Anthony Asquith, the trio responsible for '' The V.I.P.s'' (1963). Apparently adapting an idea fr ...

'' (1964) - Michele, Mrs. Millett's chauffeur * ''Non son degno di te'' (1965) - Pinosso Morricone * '' Me, Me, Me... and the Others'' (1966) - JokingTraveller * ''Dio, come ti amo!'' (1966) - Gennaro * ''

After the Fox ''After the Fox'' ( it, Caccia alla volpe) is a 1966 heist comedy film directed by Vittorio De Sica and starring Peter Sellers, Victor Mature and Britt Ekland. The English-language screenplay was written by Neil Simon and De Sica's longti ...

'' (1966) - Café Owner * ''

How I Learned to Love Women ''How I Learned to Love Women'' ( it, Come imparai ad amare le donne, french: Comment j'ai appris à aimer les femmes, german: Das gewisse Etwas der Frauen, also known as ''Love Parade'') is a 1966 Italian-French-German comedy film directed by L ...

'' (1966) - Direttore autosalone * ''

Perdono "Perdono" (also released under the title "Xdono"; ) is a 2001 song recorded by Italian singer Tiziano Ferro. Released on May 12, 2001, it was the singer's debut single and the lead single from his album '' Rosso Relativo'', which was released f ...

'' (1966) - Policeman * ''Testa di rapa'' (1966) - Il Brigante Salomone * '' The Biggest Bundle of Them All'' (1968) - Franco * '' Danger: Diabolik'' (1968) - Lorry Driver * ''Gunman of One Hundred Crosses'' (1971) - Slim - Stuttering Henchman * ''

Black Killer ''Black Killer'' is a 1971 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Carlo Croccolo and starring Klaus Kinski. Plot James Webb arrives to town with a casket full of books. He discovers that the judge co-operates with the wanted O'Hara brothers ...

'' (1971) - Fred, Deputy Sheriff * ''Le seminariste'' (1976) - San Giulivo * ''

Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen ''Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen'' ( it, Signore e signori, buonanotte, french: Mesdames et messieurs bonsoir) is a 1976 French-Italian satirical comedy anthology film. It comprises twelve episodes on themes of corruption in various Italian i ...

'' (1976) - Tax Inspector (uncredited) * ''Passi furtivi in una notte boia'' (1976) - Ragionier Dolci * ''

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'' (1977) - Carlo * ''

Where's Picone? ''Where's Picone?'' ( it, Mi manda Picone, also known as ''Picone Sent Me'') is a 1983 Italian comedy film directed by Nanni Loy. Overview For this film Lina Sastri was awarded with a David di Donatello for Best Actress and a Silver Ribbon in t ...

'' (1984) - Barone Armato * ''Massimamente folle'' (1985) * '' Il camorrista'' (1986) * '' ’O Re'' (1987) - Rafele * ''Via Lattea... la prima a destra'' (1989) * ''

The Miser ''The Miser'' (french: L'Avare; ; also known by the longer name ''L'Avare ou L'École du Mensonge,'' meaning The Miser, or the School for Lies) is a five-act comedy in prose by the French playwright Molière. It was first performed on September ...

'' (1990) - Mastro Simone * ''

In the Name of the Sovereign People ''In the Name of the Sovereign People'' ( it, In nome del popolo sovrano) is a 1990 Italian historical comedy-drama film written and directed by Luigi Magni. It won the David di Donatello for best costumes. Plot Rome, Papal States, 1849. Pope ...

'' (1990) - Carlo Bonaparte * ''In camera mia'' (1992) * ''

Camerieri ''Camerieri'' (''Waiters'') is a 1995 Italian comedy-drama film written and directed by Leone Pompucci. The film won two Silver Ribbons, for best screenplay and best supporting actress (to Regina Bianchi). Plot summary In a lonely restaurant ...

'' (1995) - Salvatore Azzaro * ''

Men Men Men ''Men Men Men'' ( it, Uomini uomini uomini) is a 1995 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Christian De Sica. The film, a comedy about four friends, was the first mainstream Italian film dealing with gay lifestyles. Cast *Christian De Sica as Vi ...

'' (1995) - Peppino * ''Il cielo è sempre più blu'' (1996) * '' Giovani e belli'' (1996) - Bonafoni * '' In Love and War'' (1996) - Town Mayor * ''

A Cold, Cold Winter ''A Cold, Cold Winter'' ( it, Un inverno freddo freddo) is a 1996 Italian romantic comedy film directed by Roberto Cimpanelli. For this film Cimpanelli won the 1997 Nastro d'Argento for best new director. Cast * Cecilia Dazzi: Rosanna * Carl ...

'' (1996) - Dr Crocchia * ''

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'' (1997) - Ciro Esposito * ''

Three Men and a Leg ''Three Men and a Leg'' ( it, Tre uomini e una gamba) is a 1997 Italian road film and romantic comedy co-written and co-directed by the comedy trio Aldo, Giovanni & Giacomo and by Massimo Venier. Plot Three friends – Aldo, Giovanni, and Giacomo ...

'' (1997) - Cecconi, father in law * '' Li chiamarono... briganti!'' (1999) - Vincenzo, il calzolaio * ''La vita, per un'altra volta'' (1999) - Cesari * ''Terra bruciata'' (1999) - Maresciallo * ''Ogni lasciato è perso'' (2001) - Primario * ''Il commesso viaggiatore'' (2001) * ''Amore con la S maiuscola'' (2002) - Pasquale * '' Il quaderno della spesa'' (2003) - Cavalier Angelo Marconi * ''Cose da pazzi'' (2005) - Nonno * ''Italian Dream'' (2007)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Croccolo, Carlo 1927 births 2019 deaths Male actors from Naples Italian male film actors Italian male voice actors Italian male stage actors Italian male television actors Italian male screenwriters Italian film directors David di Donatello winners Ciak d'oro winners 20th-century Italian male actors Film people from Naples