PAOLO STOPPA
ACTING
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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).
- The Leopard1963
- House of Ricordi1954
- My Friends Act II1982
- The Marquis of Grillo1981
- Miracle in Milan1951
- Becket1964
- Oh! Sabella1957
- Rookies Go to War1974
- The Love of a Woman1953
- The Iron Crown1941
- The Miller's Beautiful Wife1955
- L'allegro fantasma1941
- The Most Wanted Man1953
- The Gold of Naples1954
- Beach House1977
- Tomorrow We Dance1982
- The Last Judgment1961
- The Beauty of the Devil1950
- Destinazione Piovarolo1955
- Escape by Night1960
- Miracles of Thursday1957
- Heads I Win, Tails You Lose1982
- The Joy of Living1961
- Storms1953
- Don Cesare di Bazan1942
- Empty Eyes1953
- Dad Becomes Mom1952
- Rome 11:001952
- Viva l'Italia!1961
- Behold a Pale Horse1964
- Our Dreams1943
- The Payoff1978
- Un americano in vacanza1946
- La contessa azzurra1960
- Nerone1977
- The Visit1964
- The King's Guerrillas1950
- The Return of Don Camillo1953
- Symphony of Love1954
- La bella di Roma1955
- Uomini ombra1954
- Neapolitan Carousel1954
- Vanina Vanini1961
- Giorni felici1943
- Apparizione1943
- Sunday Heroes1952
- If I Was Honest1942
- Sant'Elena, piccola isola1943
- Gastone1960
- Girls of Today1955
- Holiday Island1957
- Rocco and His Brothers1960
- The Seven Deadly Sins1952
- You Love Me, I Love You1939
- Rugantino1973
- L'amore si fa così1939
- The Thief of Venice1950
- Beauties of the Night1952
- A Mink Coat1956
- The Menace1961
- Male Companion1964
- After the Fox1966
- Carthage in Flames1960
- I cavalieri dalle maschere nere (I beati paoli)1948
- Non ti pago!1942
- Il marito è mio e l'ammazzo quando mi pare1968
- The Cheerful Squadron1954
- It's Never Too Late1953
- Jus primae noctis1972
- The City Stands Trial1952
- The Woman Who Came from the Sea1954
- The Libertine1968
- I'll See You on the Balcony1953
- Quartetto pazzo1945
- From a Roman Balcony1960
- Daughters of Destiny1954
- Uncle Hyacynth1956
- The Lady in White1938
- Are We Men or Corporals?1955
- Once Upon a Time in the West1968
- Aquila Nera1946
- The Shortest Day1963
- Gioventù alla sbarra1953
- Indiscretion of an American Wife1953
- Sambo1950
- Il romanzo di un giovane povero1942
- Trappola d'amore1940
- Frenesia1939
- Lorenzino de' Medici1935
- Puccini1953
- Rossini1942
- Boccaccio '701962
- The Count of Monte Cristo1954
- Wife for a Night1952