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Acting
Birthday:
June 6, 1906
Place of Birth:
Rome, Italy
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Paolo Stoppa
Biography
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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.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | My Friends Act II | Savino Capogreco |
| 1982 | Tomorrow We Dance | Padre di Mariangela |
| 1982 | Heads I Win, Tails You Lose | il nonno |
| 1981 | The Marquis of Grillo | Papa Pio VII |
| 1978 | The Payoff | Don Michele Miletti |
| 1977 | Beach House | Nonno |
| 1977 | Nerone | San Pietro |
| 1974 | Rookies Go to War | Le Colonel |
| 1974 | Right You Are (if you think so) | Signor Ponza |
| 1973 | Rugantino | Mastro Titta |
| 1972 | Jus primae noctis | The pope |
| 1970 | The Adventures of Gerard | Santarem, Count of Morales |
| 1968 | Il marito è mio e l'ammazzo quando mi pare | Doctor Sperenzoni |
| 1968 | The Libertine | Professor Zauri |
| 1968 | Once Upon a Time in the West | Sam |
| 1966 | After the Fox | Polio |
| 1964 | Becket | Pope Alexander III |
| 1964 | Behold a Pale Horse | Pedro |
| 1964 | The Visit | Doctor |
| 1964 | Male Companion | Professor Gaetano |
| 1963 | The Leopard | Don Calogero Sedara |
| 1963 | The Shortest Day | Padre di Dino |
| 1962 | Boccaccio '70 | Lawyer Alcamo (segment "Il lavoro") (uncredited) |
| 1962 | The Fabiani Affair | Graziani |
| 1962 | The Steppe | |
| 1961 | The Last Judgment | Giorgio |
| 1961 | The Joy of Living | Hairdresser |
| 1961 | Viva l'Italia! | Nino Bixio |
| 1961 | Vanina Vanini | Asdrubale Vanini |
| 1961 | The Menace | Cousin |
| 1960 | Escape by Night | Prince Alessandro Antoniani |
| 1960 | La contessa azzurra | Don Peppino Razzi |
| 1960 | Gastone | Achille |
| 1960 | Rocco and His Brothers | Cerri |
| 1960 | Carthage in Flames | Astarito |
| 1960 | From a Roman Balcony | Rag. Alberto Moglie |
| 1960 | Three Etc.'s and the Colonel | Le marquis |
| 1959 | The Law | Tonio |
| 1958 | È arrivata la parigina | |
| 1957 | Oh! Sabella | Avvocato Mancuso |
| 1957 | Miracles of Thursday | Don Salvador |
| 1957 | Holiday Island | Advocate Appicciato |
| 1956 | A Mink Coat | |
| 1956 | A Mink Coat | Russo |
| 1956 | Uncle Hyacynth | Restorer |
| 1955 | The Miller's Beautiful Wife | Gardunia |
| 1955 | Destinazione Piovarolo | Gorini |
| 1955 | Scampolo 53 | |
| 1955 | La bella di Roma | Oreste |
| 1955 | A Woman Alone | L'inquilino del piano di sopra |
| 1955 | Il padrone sono me | Mingòn |
| 1955 | Girls of Today | Giuseppe Bardelotti |
| 1955 | Il Conte Aquila | Principe di Metternich |
| 1955 | Are We Men or Corporals? | Il caporale |
| 1954 | House of Ricordi | Giovanni Ricordi |
| 1954 | The Shadow | Michele |
| 1954 | The Gold of Naples | Don Peppino, the widower (segment Pizza on Credit) |
| 1954 | Symphony of Love | Calafatti |
| 1954 | Prima di sera | Paolo Bancani |
| 1954 | Uomini ombra | Antiquario Bertrand |
| 1954 | Neapolitan Carousel | Salvatore Esposito |
| 1954 | The Count of Monte Cristo | Bertuccio |
| 1954 | My Seven Little Sins | |
| 1954 | The Beautiful Otero | Frédéric |
| 1954 | The Cheerful Squadron | Il maresciallo Flick |
| 1954 | The Woman Who Came from the Sea | Console Italiano |
| 1954 | Daughters of Destiny | Nicephore (segment "Lysistrata") |
| 1953 | Indiscretion of an American Wife | Traveling Salesman |
| 1953 | The Love of a Woman | Le Curé |
| 1953 | The Most Wanted Man | Tony Fallone |
| 1953 | Storms | Amedeo Cini |
| 1953 | Empty Eyes | Egisto Palmucci |
| 1953 | La passeggiata | preside del collegio |
| 1953 | The Return of Don Camillo | Marchetti |
| 1953 | Puccini | Giocondo |
| 1953 | Voice of Silence | der Verleger |
| 1953 | It's Never Too Late | Antonio Trabbi |
| 1953 | I'll See You on the Balcony | Voce (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Gioventù alla sbarra | Il giudice Benni |
| 1953 | Voice of Silence | |
| 1952 | Times Gone By | Guido's father (segment "L'Idillio") |
| 1952 | Dad Becomes Mom | Lo psicanalista |
| 1952 | Rome 11:00 | Impiegato |
| 1952 | Il tallone di Achille | Lo Strozzino Serafino |
| 1952 | Sunday Heroes | Piero |
| 1952 | Dogs and Cats | don Cosimo |
| 1952 | Wife for a Night | Agusto |
| 1952 | The Seven Deadly Sins | Mr. Alvaro (segment "Avarice and Anger") |
| 1952 | Beauties of the Night | Direktor der Oper |
| 1952 | Wanda the Sinner | Marco |
| 1952 | The City Stands Trial | Delegato di polizia Perrone |
| 1951 | Miracle in Milan | Rappi |
| 1951 | The Cape of Hope | Simon Liakim |
| 1950 | The Beauty of the Devil | Official |
| 1950 | Sambo | Manuel, il pittore |
| 1950 | High Time | Rocchetti |
| 1950 | The King's Guerrillas | Peppino Luciani |
| 1950 | The Thief of Venice | Marco |
| 1950 | Land der Sehnsucht | |
| 1950 | Il principe ribelle | Emissario Spagnolo |
| 1949 | Maracatumba... ma non è una rumba! | Miguel Martinez, l'impresario |
| 1949 | Fabiola | Manlio |
| 1948 | I cavalieri dalle maschere nere (I beati paoli) | nobile balbuziente |
| 1948 | Che tempi! | Alessandro Raffo |
| 1947 | Fumeria d’oppio | Amico di Za-la-mort |
| 1946 | Un americano in vacanza | Augusto |
| 1946 | Canto, ma sottovoce... | Fabrizio |
| 1946 | Farewell, My Beautiful Naples | Ruocco |
| 1946 | Aquila Nera | Un bandito |
| 1945 | Che distinta famiglia! | James |
| 1945 | Quartetto pazzo | Filippo |
| 1944 | Il Fiore sotto gli Occhi | Arrigo Santucci |
| 1943 | Our Dreams | Oreste |
| 1943 | Il nostro prossimo | Il campanaro |
| 1943 | Apparizione | Alberto |
| 1943 | Giorni felici | Bernardo |
| 1943 | Sant'Elena, piccola isola | Il medico curante di Napoleone |
| 1943 | Skyscrapers | Frank Millstone |
| 1943 | Ti conosco, mascherina! | Luigi |
| 1943 | 4 girls dream | |
| 1943 | Gli assi della risata | |
| 1943 | Music on the Run | Fogliatti, il produttore |
| 1943 | Gente dell’aria | Il tenente Guido Landi |
| 1943 | Incontri di notte | |
| 1942 | A che servono questi quattrini? | Marchetiello |
| 1942 | Don Cesare of Bazan | Sancho |
| 1942 | Gioco pericoloso | Giovanni |
| 1942 | Il romanzo di un giovane povero | Enrico di Bevallan |
| 1942 | La regina di Navarra | |
| 1942 | Non ti pago! | L'avvocato Lorenzo Strumillo |
| 1942 | If I Was Honest | barone Paolo Vareghi |
| 1942 | Rossini | Tottola |
| 1942 | Acque di primavera | Doctor Berni |
| 1941 | The Iron Crown | Trifilli |
| 1941 | L'allegro fantasma | Gigetto |
| 1941 | Se non son matti non li vogliamo | Il conte Giuseppe Bardonazzi |
| 1941 | Divieto di sosta | |
| 1941 | Princess Cinderella | Herr Bonaventura |
| 1941 | L'ultimo ballo | Felix |
| 1941 | La famiglia Brambilla in vacanza | |
| 1941 | Giuliano de' Medici | Volpino |
| 1940 | Una famiglia impossibile | |
| 1940 | Trappola d'amore | Il finto poliziotto |
| 1940 | Eternal Melody | Haibl |
| 1940 | Ricchezza senza domani | Buby D'Alfia |
| 1940 | Pazza di gioia | Alvaro Montero |
| 1940 | Amami, Alfredo! | Cecè |
| 1939 | Frenesia | Bobby |
| 1939 | An Adventure of Salvator Rosa | Il secondo contadino |
| 1939 | You Love Me, I Love You | Eugenio Sinibaldi |
| 1939 | L'amore si fa così | Zaccaria Poussier |
| 1939 | The Dream of Butterfly | |
| 1938 | The Lady in White | Direttore d'albergo |
| 1937 | Marcella | |
| 1935 | Lorenzino de' Medici | Giomo, soldato del Duca Alessandro |
| 1935 | The Serpent's Fang | Andry, l'aiutante dell'ispettore |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | L'amaro caso della Baronessa di Carini | Don Ippolito |
| 1971 | I Buddenbrook | Jean Buddenbrook |