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Riccardo Garrone

Riccardo Garrone

Birthday: 1926-11-01 | Place of Birth: Rome, Lazio, Italy

Riccardo Garrone (1 November 1926 – 14 March 2016) was an Italian actor, voice actor and director. Garrone began his acting career in 1949 and attended the Silvio d'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Arts. He appeared in more than 140 films from 1949 until his retirement in 2014. He made his debut in the film Adam and Eve directed by Mario Mattoli. He also worked in several theatre productions alongside other actors such as Vittorio Gassman, Diana Torrieri and Elena Zareschi. Garrone often portrayed characters with persuasive, polite personalities in a variety of B movie comedies, spaghetti-westerns and horrors. In the 1980s, he made frequent stage collaborations with Antonella Steni and he made more appearances on television. One of his most popular television roles was on Un medico in famiglia in which he portrayed Nicola Solari. He also had a recurring role on Amico mio starring Massimo Dapporto. Garrone was married to Grazia Maria Verità and they had one daughter, Francesca. Garrone was also the younger brother of director Sergio Garrone. He retired in 2014. Garrone died in Milan on 14 March 2016 at the age of 89. Description above from the Wikipedia article Riccardo Garrone (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2009
Amore 14

as    Tommaso

1983
Fantozzi Still Suffers

as    Ragionier Calboni

1980
The Cricket

as    Ermete

1975
The Night Child

as    Police Inspector

1974
Father Jackleg

as    Sheriff

1969
No Room to Die

as    Mr. Fargo

1968
If You Want to Live... Shoot!

as    Donovan

1968
Madigan's Millions

as    Mattaeo Cirini

1966
Terror-Creatures from the Grave

as    Joseph Morgan

1966
Maigret at the Pigalle

as    Lapointe

1962
Eva

as    Michele - a Player

1961
La Dolce Vita

as    Riccardo

1961
Girl with a Suitcase

as    Romolo

1960
The Warrior Empress

as    Hyperbius

1954
Two Nights with Cleopatra

as    Ufficiale delle guardie (uncredited)