Roberto Risso (22 November 1925 – 16 November 2010) was a Swiss-born Italian film actor.
Life and career
Born Pietro Roberto Strub in
Geneva
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, Risso joined the cinema industry when he was still a university student of architecture, playing a minor role in
Pietro Francisci
Pietro Francisci (9 September 1906 – 1977) was an Italian film director, best remembered for the film ''Hercules'' (1958) which inspired the sword and sandal boom of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Born in Rome, his career took a distinct tur ...
's '' The Lion of Amalfi'' (1950). One year later he was chosen to play the seducer of
Pier Angeli
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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. In 1953 Risso touched the peak of his career with the role of the shy
Carabiniere
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Pietro Stelluti madly in love with
Gina Lollobrigida
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in
Luigi Comencini
Luigi Comencini (; 8 June 1916 – 6 April 2007) ''The Guardian'' was an Italian
's ''
Bread, Love and Dreams
''Bread, Love and Dreams'' ( it, Pane, amore e fantasia) is a 1953 Italian romantic comedy film directed by Luigi Comencini. At the 4th Berlin International Film Festival it won the Silver Bear award.
Plot
The film is set in Sagliena, an imagina ...
'', a role that he reprised in the film sequel ''
Bread, Love and Jealousy
''Bread, Love and Jealousy'' ( it, Pane, amore e gelosia), known as ''Frisky'' in the US, is a 1954 Italian romantic comedy film directed by Luigi Comencini. It is the second part of the Italian trilogy, preceded by ''Bread, Love and Dreams'' an ...
''. Later his career continued in many films in which he appeared mostly in character roles, until his retirement in 1968.
The Black Captain
''The Black Captain'' (Italian: ''Il capitano nero'') is a 1951 Italian historical adventure film directed by Giorgio Ansoldi and Alberto Pozzetti and starring Steve Barclay, Marina Berti and Paul Muller.
The film's sets were designed by Alf ...
La voce del sangue
''La voce del sangue'' is a 1952 Italian melodrama film directed by Pino Mercanti.
Cast
* Paul Muller as Count Franco Sampieri
* Franca Marzi as Elsa Di Lauro
* Otello Toso as Carlo Mattei
* Evi Maltagliati as Giulia Scala
* Lyla Rocco as Lu ...
Finishing School
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'' (1952) - Steve
* ''
La figlia del diavolo
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Plot
Garibaldi, after landing in Marsala, moves on to Naples. Th ...
Bread, Love and Dreams
''Bread, Love and Dreams'' ( it, Pane, amore e fantasia) is a 1953 Italian romantic comedy film directed by Luigi Comencini. At the 4th Berlin International Film Festival it won the Silver Bear award.
Plot
The film is set in Sagliena, an imagina ...
'' (1953) - Carabiniere Stelluti
* ''Tormento d'anime'' (1953) - Michele
* ''Sua altezza ha detto: no!'' (1953) - Giorgio Rovere
* ''Il bacio dell'Aurora'' (1953)
* ''Balocchi e profumi'' (1953) - Raimundo Muzzi
* '' Angels of Darkness'' (1954) - Bruno
* ''The Desperate Women'' (1954) - Jimmy
* ''
Bread, Love and Jealousy
''Bread, Love and Jealousy'' ( it, Pane, amore e gelosia), known as ''Frisky'' in the US, is a 1954 Italian romantic comedy film directed by Luigi Comencini. It is the second part of the Italian trilogy, preceded by ''Bread, Love and Dreams'' an ...
'' (1954) - Carabiniere Stelluti
* '' One Step to Eternity'' (1954) - Mario Mirador, l'amant de Véra
* ''
Le signorine dello 04
''Le signorine dello 04'' (''The ladies of the 04'') is a 1955 Italian romantic comedy-drama film directed by Gianni Franciolini.
Cast
* Antonella Lualdi: Maria Teresa Landolfi
*Antonio Cifariello: Amleto
* Giovanna Ralli: Bruna
* Roberto Ri ...
'' (1955) - Carlo Conti
* ''La moglie è uguale per tutti'' (1955) - Michele
* ''Il campanile d'oro'' (1955) - Pasquale
* '' Songs of Italy'' (1955)
* ''Accadde di notte'' (1956)
* ''
Paris, Palace Hotel
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It was shot in Eastmancolor at the Boulogne Studios in Paris. The fi ...
'' (1956) - Gérard Necker dit Brugnon
* '' The Rival'' (1956) - Tenente Ugo Perelli
* ''Una pelliccia di visone'' (1957) - Franco
* ''Si le roi savait ça'' (1958) - Pascal
* ''
Adorabili e bugiarde
''Adorabili e bugiarde'' (also known as ''Adorable and a Liar'') is a 1958 Italian comedy film directed by Nunzio Malasomma.
Plot
Three beautiful girls, a model, a journalist and a painter, eager for celebrity at all costs, decide to stage a ...
'' (1958) - Gino Gorni
* '' Angel in a Taxi'' (1958) - Filippo
* '' Tuppe tuppe, Marescià!'' (1958) - Maresciallo Pietro Stelluti
* ''Te doy mi vida'' (1958)
* ''Sergente d'ispezione'' (1958) - Bacci
* ''L'ultima canzone'' (1958)
* ''Caterina Sforza, la leonessa di Romagna'' (1959) - Giovanni de Medici dalle Bande Nere
* '' Il raccomandato di ferro'' (1959)
* ''
A Breath of Scandal
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Romantic may refer to:
Genres and eras
* The Romantic era, an artistic, literary, musical and intellectual movement of ...
'' (1960) - Aide de camp
* ''
Call Girls of Rome
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'' (1960) - Carlo Malpighi
* ''
A Qualcuna Piace Calvo
''A Qualcuna Piace Calvo'' is a 1959 Italian film, directed by Mario Amendola, starring Magali Noël, Antonio Cifariello, Roberto Risso and Gisella Sofio.
Plot
Giovanna has taken an infatuation with a film actor who has a bald head as a parti ...
Gladiator of Rome
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The Shortest Day
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Revenge of the Musketeers ''Revenge of the Musketeers'' may refer to
* ''Revenge of the Musketeers'' (1994 film)
* ''Revenge of the Musketeers'' (1964 film)
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'' (1963) - Aramis
* '' Hate Thy Neighbor'' (1968) - Duke (final film role)