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

Biography Born in Naples, Croccolo began his acting career on the radio and appeared in more than 100 films since 1949. His debut came in the 1949 film The Firemen of Viggiù and he made his first television debut in 1956. He also had an intense career onstage, as he often starred in plays directed by Eduardo De Filippo and Giorgio Strehler. Croccolo was best known for his collaboration with Antonio "Totò" De Curtis, mainly throughout the 1950s and 1960s.

In the early 1950s, he replaced Alberto Sordi performing the Italian voice of Oliver Hardy in the redubs of Laurel and Hardy made between 1951 and 1953, in which he was paired with Fiorenzo Fiorentini (who provided the Italian voice of Stan Laurel); he came back to dubbing Hardy in the 1968-1970 redubs, this time paired with Franco Latini. Since 1957, Croccolo also served as a dubbing artist for Totò in some of his films,Cronologia fondamentale dell'epoca d'oro del doppiaggio italiano Dagli albori agli anni 1970 (in Italian) as his friend had gradually lost his sight and had thus become unable to post-synchronize his own lines: having previously dubbed Totò in French during his stay in Canada and due to his ability in imitating his speech, Croccolo was chosen by the artist himself to dub his voice in Italian when needed.

In 1989, Croccolo received the David di Donatello for best supporting actor in the film 'O Re. Croccolo's international notoriety came in 1996 with the film In Love and War, directed by Richard Attenborough.

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

The Firemen of Viggiù (1949) - Fireman from Piemont L'inafferrabile 12 (1950) - Il barbiere The Cadets of Gascony (1950) - Soldato Pinozzo Totò Tarzan (1950) - Lo sposino Toto the Sheik (1950) - Il cameriere 47 morto che parla (1950) - Gondrano, il cameriere Beauties on Bicycles (1951) - Pinozzo Il caimano del Piave (1951) - Esposito Arrivano i nostri (1951) - Karl, il guardino del circo La paura fa 90 (1951) - Pinotto, guardiano in prima Stasera sciopero (1951) - Pasquale Tizio, Caio, Sempronio (1951) Porca miseria (1951) - Carletto Esposito aka Professore Sik-Sik Licenza premio (1951) - Pinozzo Molliconi Free Escape (1951) - Pinozzo Molliconi Ha fatto 13 (1951) - Mario Rossi Auguri e figli maschi! (1951) - Toniotto Sardinian Vendetta (1952) - Pinuccio Porchiddu The Eternal Chain (1952) - Peppino Ragazze da marito (1952) - Salvatore Primo premio: Mariarosa (1952) Non è vero... ma ci credo! (1952) - Alberto Sammaria The Daughter of the Regiment (1953) Siamo tutti Milanesi (1953) The Count of Saint Elmo (1953) - Alberico Gran varietà (1954) - Battaglia, il comico 'militare' (episodio 'Cruttica') Poverty and Nobility (1954) - Luigino Red and Black (1954) Di qua, di là del Piave (1954) Assi alla ribalta (1954) - Himself Altair (1956) - Labbate I pinguini ci guardano (1956) Totò lascia o raddoppia? (1956) - Camillo Cerasella (1959) Gentlemen Are Born (1960) - Battista My Friend, Dr. Jekyll (1960) - Arguzio The Two Rivals (1960) - Carletto Fountain of Trevi (1960) - Ali Baba Appuntamento a Ischia (1960) - Carletto Five Day Lover (1961) - Marius Pulcinella, cetrulo di Acerra (1961) - Pulcinella Hercules in the Valley of Woe (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 (1962) - The Gobbo - the Hunchback Gli eroi del doppio gioco (1962) - Secondo Rossi Noches de Casablanca (1963) Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963) - Auctioneer (segment "Adelina") The Four Musketeers (1963) Panic Button (1964) - Guido I marziani hanno 12 mani (1964) - X2 Freddy in the Wild West (1964) - Sheriff Mickey Stanton The Yellow Rolls-Royce (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 (1966) - Café Owner How I Learned to Love Women (1966) - Direttore autosalone Perdono (1966) - Policeman Testa di rapa (1966) - Il Brigante Salomone Treasure of San Gennaro (1966) - Various characters (voice) The Biggest Bundle of Them All (1968) - Franco Danger: Diabolik (1968) - Lorry Driver Gunman of One Hundred Crosses (1971) - Slim - Stuttering Henchman Black Killer (1971) - Fred, Deputy Sheriff Le seminariste (1976) - San Giulivo Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen (1976) - Tax Inspector (uncredited) Passi furtivi in una notte boia (1976) - Ragionier Dolci Beach House (1977) - Carlo Where's Picone? (1984) - Barone Armato Massimamente folle (1985) The Professor (1986) ’O Re (1987) - Rafele Via Lattea... la prima a destra (1989) The Miser (1990) - Mastro Simone In the Name of the Sovereign People (1990) - Carlo Bonaparte In camera mia (1992) Camerieri (1995) - Salvatore Azzaro Men Men Men (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 (1996) - Dr Crocchia Commercial Break (1997) - Ciro Esposito Three Men and a Leg (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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