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.
1982 | Testa o croce as il nonno |
1982 | Amici miei - Atto II° as Savino Capogreco |
1982 | Domani si balla! as Padre di Mariangela |
1981 | Il marchese del Grillo as Papa Pio VII |
1978 | La mazzetta as Don Michele Miletti |
1977 | Casotto as Nonno |
1977 | Nerone as San Pietro |
1974 | Les bidasses s'en vont en guerre as Le Colonel |
1974 | Così è (se vi pare) as Signor Ponza |
1973 | Rugantino as Mastro Titta |
1972 | Jus primae noctis as The pope |
1968 | La matriarca as Professor Zauri |
1968 | Batıda Kan Var as Sam |
1968 | Il marito è mio e l'ammazzo quando mi pare as Doctor Sperenzoni |
1966 | Sevimli Mahkûm as Polio |
1964 | Un monsieur de compagnie as Professor Gaetano |
1964 | Behold a Pale Horse as Pedro |
1964 | The Visit as Doctor |
1964 | Becket as Pope Alexander III |
1963 | Leopar as Don Calogero Sedara |
1963 | Il giorno più corto as Padre di Dino |
1962 | La steppa |
1962 | Boccaccio '70 as Lawyer Alcamo (segment "Il lavoro") (uncredited) |
1962 | Horace 62 |
1961 | Il giudizio universale as Giorgio |
1961 | Vanina Vanini as Asdrubale Vanini |
1961 | Che gioia vivere as Hairdresser |
1961 | La Menace as Cousin |
1961 | Viva l'Italia! as Nino Bixio |
1960 | La giornata balorda as Rag. Alberto Moglie |
1960 | Era notte a Roma as Prince Alessandro Antoniani |
1960 | Rocco e i suoi fratelli as Cerri |
1960 | La contessa azzurra as Don Peppino Razzi |
1960 | Le tre eccetera del colonnello as Le marquis |
1960 | Cartagine in fiamme as Astarito |
1960 | Gastone as Achille |
1959 | La Legge as Tonio |
1958 | È arrivata la parigina |
1957 | Vacanze a Ischia as Advocate Appicciato |
1957 | La nonna Sabella as Avvocato Mancuso |
1957 | Los jueves, milagro as Don Salvador |
1956 | Una pelliccia di visone |
1956 | Una pelliccia di visone as Russo |
1956 | Mi tío Jacinto as Restorer |
1955 | Ragazze d'oggi as Giuseppe Bardelotti |
1955 | Destinazione Piovarolo as Gorini |
1955 | Il padrone sono me as Mingòn |
1955 | La bella mugnaia as Gardunia |
1955 | La bella di Roma as Oreste |
1955 | Il Conte Aquila as Principe di Metternich |
1955 | Siamo uomini o caporali as Il caporale |
1955 | Scampolo 53 |
1955 | Donne sole as L'inquilino del piano di sopra |
1954 | L’ombra as Michele |
1954 | Allegro squadrone as Il maresciallo Flick |
1954 | L'oro di Napoli as Don Peppino, the widower (segment Pizza on Credit) |
1954 | Casa Ricordi as Giovanni Ricordi |
1954 | J'avais sept filles |
1954 | Uomini ombra as Antiquario Bertrand |
1954 | La Belle Otéro as Frédéric |
1954 | Prima di sera as Paolo Bancani |
1954 | Carosello napoletano as Salvatore Esposito |
1954 | Sinfonia d'amore as Calafatti |
1954 | Mizar as Console Italiano |
1954 | Destinées as Nicephore (segment "Lysistrata") |
1954 | Le Comte de Monte-Cristo as Bertuccio |
1953 | L'Amour d'une femme as Le Curé |
1953 | L'Ennemi public n°1 as Tony Fallone |
1953 | Ci troviamo in galleria as Voce (uncredited) |
1953 | Il sole negli occhi as Egisto Palmucci |
1953 | Le Retour de Don Camillo as Marchetti |
1953 | Bufere as Amedeo Cini |
1953 | Non è mai troppo tardi as Antonio Trabbi |
1953 | Puccini as Giocondo |
1953 | Stazione Termini as Traveling Salesman |
1953 | La maison du silence |
1953 | La maison du silence as der Verleger |
1953 | Gioventù alla sbarra as Il giudice Benni |
1953 | La passeggiata as preside del collegio |
1952 | Gli eroi della domenica as Piero |
1952 | Les Belles de nuit as Direktor der Oper |
1952 | Cani e gatti as don Cosimo |
1952 | Altri tempi - Zibaldone n. 1 as Guido's father (segment "L'Idillio") |
1952 | Papà diventa mamma as Lo psicanalista |
1952 | Processo alla città as Delegato di polizia Perrone |
1952 | Il tallone di Achille as Lo Strozzino Serafino |
1952 | Wanda, la peccatrice as Marco |
1952 | Moglie per una notte as Agusto |
1952 | Les Sept Péchés capitaux as Mr. Alvaro (segment "Avarice and Anger") |
1952 | Roma, ore 11 as Impiegato |
1951 | Le Cap de l'Espérance as Simon Liakim |
1951 | Miracolo a Milano as Rappi |
1950 | Land der Sehnsucht |
1950 | Sambo as Manuel, il pittore |
1950 | Il ladro di Venezia as Marco |
1950 | Donne e briganti as Peppino Luciani |
1950 | Vogliamoci bene! as Rocchetti |
1950 | La Beauté du diable as Official |
1949 | Maracatumba... ma non è una rumba! as Miguel Martinez, l'impresario |
1948 | Che tempi! as Alessandro Raffo |
1948 | I cavalieri dalle maschere nere (I beati paoli) as nobile balbuziente |
1947 | Fumeria d’oppio as Amico di Za-la-mort |
1946 | Aquila Nera as Un bandito |
1946 | Un americano in vacanza as Augusto |
1946 | Canto, ma sottovoce... as Fabrizio |
1946 | Addio, mia bella Napoli! as Ruocco |
1945 | Che distinta famiglia! as James |
1945 | Quartetto pazzo as Filippo |
1944 | Il Fiore sotto gli Occhi as Arrigo Santucci |
1943 | Ti conosco, mascherina! as Luigi |
1943 | Apparizione as Alberto |
1943 | Gli assi della risata |
1943 | I nostri sogni as Oreste |
1943 | 4 ragazze sognano |
1943 | Sant'Elena, piccola isola as Il medico curante di Napoleone |
1943 | Grattacieli as Frank Millstone |
1943 | Gente dell’aria as Il tenente Guido Landi |
1943 | Il nostro prossimo as Il campanaro |
1943 | Fuga a due voci as Fogliatti, il produttore |
1943 | Giorni felici as Bernardo |
1942 | Acque di primavera as Doctor Berni |
1942 | Il romanzo di un giovane povero as Enrico di Bevallan |
1942 | Non ti pago! as L'avvocato Lorenzo Strumillo |
1942 | Don Cesare di Bazan as Sancho |
1942 | Gioco pericoloso as Giovanni |
1942 | A che servono questi quattrini? as Marchetiello |
1942 | Rossini as Tottola |
1942 | La regina di Navarra |
1942 | Se io fossi onesto as barone Paolo Vareghi |
1941 | La famiglia Brambilla in vacanza |
1941 | Se non son matti non li vogliamo as Il conte Giuseppe Bardonazzi |
1941 | Cenerentola e il signor Bonaventura as Herr Bonaventura |
1941 | Divieto di sosta |
1941 | La corona di ferro as Trifilli |
1941 | L'ultimo ballo as Felix |
1941 | L'allegro fantasma as Gigetto |
1941 | Giuliano de' Medici as Volpino |
1940 | Melodie Eterne as Haibl |
1940 | Una famiglia impossibile |
1940 | Amami, Alfredo! as Cecè |
1940 | Trappola d'amore as Il finto poliziotto |
1940 | Pazza di gioia as Alvaro Montero |
1940 | Ricchezza senza domani as Buby D'Alfia |
1939 | Un'avventura di Salvator Rosa as Il secondo contadino |
1939 | L'amore si fa così as Zaccaria Poussier |
1939 | Assenza ingiustificata as Eugenio Sinibaldi |
1939 | Frenesia as Bobby |
1939 | Il sogno di Butterfly |
1938 | La dama bianca as Direttore d'albergo |
1937 | Marcella |
1935 | Lorenzino de' Medici as Giomo, soldato del Duca Alessandro |
1935 | Il serpente a sonagli as Andry, l'aiutante dell'ispettore |
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