Roberto Risso
Roberto Risso (22 November 1925 – 16 November 2010) was a Swiss-born Italian film actor.
Roberto Risso | |
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Born | Pietro Roberto Strub 22 November 1925 Geneva, Switzerland |
Died | 16 November 2010 84) Milan, Italy | (aged
Occupation | Actor |
Life and career
Born Pietro Roberto Strub in Geneva, Risso joined the cinema industry when he was still a university student of architecture, playing a minor role in Pietro Francisci's The Lion of Amalfi (1950).[1][2] One year later he was chosen to play the seducer of Pier Angeli in Tomorrow Is Another Day, and the success of the film allowed him to play similar roles in a large number of films, mainly romantic comedies.[1] In 1953 Risso touched the peak of his career with the role of the shy Carabiniere Pietro Stelluti madly in love with Gina Lollobrigida in Luigi Comencini's Bread, Love and Dreams, a role that he reprised in the film sequel Bread, Love and Jealousy.[1][2] Later his career continued in many films in which he appeared mostly in character roles, until his retirement in 1968.[1][2]
Selected filmography
- The Lion of Amalfi (1950)
- Tomorrow Is Another Day (1951)
- The Seven Dwarfs to the Rescue (1951)
- Operation Mitra (1951)
- The Black Captain (1951)
- Revenge of the Pirates (1951)
- Three Forbidden Stories (1952)
- La figlia del diavolo (1952)
- Finishing School (1953)
- Bread, Love and Dreams (1953)
- Francis the Smuggler (1953)
- One Step to Eternity (1954)
- Bread, Love and Jealousy (1954)
- Le signorine dello 04 (1955)
- Songs of Italy (1955)
- The Rival (1956)
- Angel in a Taxi (1958)
- Tuppe tuppe, Marescià! (1958)
- Adorabili e bugiarde (1958)
- Il raccomandato di ferro (1959)
- A Breath of Scandal (1960)
- Cocagne (1961)
- The Valiant (1962)
- The Fury of Achilles (1962)
- The Captive City (1962)
- Gladiator of Rome (1962)
- Zorro and the Three Musketeers (1963)
- Revenge of the Musketeers (1964)
- Hate Thy Neighbor (1968)
References
- Ida Biondi. "Biografia - Roberto Risso". MyMovies. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
- Redazione (16 November 2010). "Morto l'attore Roberto Risso". Il Secolo XIX. Retrieved 18 March 2014.