Paolo Stoppa

Paolo Stoppa (6 June 1906 – 1 May 1988) was an Italian actor.

Biography

Paolo Stoppa was born in Rome into a family of a ministerial official, Luigi Stoppa, and Adriana De Antonis. He began as a stage actor in 1927 in the theater in Rome and began acting in films in 1932. From 1938 to 1940, he worked at the Teatro Eliseo, playing characters from the classical and modern repertoire.

Stoppa's 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 adaptations of works by authors such as Chekhov, Shakespeare and Goldoni became highly acclaimed. He gave to the theater a personal touch with his energetic play.

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 adaptation 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, with roles in popular classics such as Miracle in Milan (1951), Rocco and His Brothers (1960), Garibaldi (1961), The Leopard (1963), The Libertine (1968), and All My Friends Part 2 (1982). He also had a role in the Sergio Leone epic Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) and a cameo 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.

Stoppa was initiated into the Scottish Rite Freemasonry.

Stoppa died of leukemia on 1 May 1988. His funeral chamber was set up in the foyer of the Teatro Eliseo, and the funeral ceremony was held at Sant'Ignazio.

Filmography

L'Armata Azzurra (1932) Quella vecchia canaglia (1934) – Giacomo Aurora sul mare (1934) Il serpente a sonagli (1935) – Andry – L'aiutante dell'ispettore The Joker King (1936) – Filuccio L'aria del continente (1936) The Anonymous Roylott (1936) Marcella (1937) The Lady in White (1938) – Il direttore dell'hotel a Cervinia The Dream of Butterfly (1939) L'amore si fa così (1939) – Zaccaria Poussier Frenzy (1939) – Bobby Unjustified Absence (1939) – Eugenio Sinibaldi L'aria del continente (1939) An Adventure of Salvator Rosa (1939) – Il secondo contadino Un mare di guai (1939) – Teodoro Wealth Without a Future (1939) – Buby D'Alfia Le sorprese del vagone letto (1940) – Il marchese Gino Two on a Vacation (1940) – Alvaro Monteiro, il capo reparto della ditta Do-re-mi Love Trap (1940) – Il finto poliziotto Love Me, Alfredo! (1940) – Cecè La canzone rubata (1940) – Alfredo, il maggiordomo Una famiglia impossibile (1940) Eternal Melodies (1940) – Haibl, clarinettista Il sogno di tutti (1940) – Il signore genovese Orizzonte dipinto (1941) – Lighetti Giuliano de' Medici (1941) – Volpino The Happy Ghost (1941) – Gigetto The Iron Crown (1941) – Trifilli Divieto di sosta (1941) Princess Cinderella (1941) – Il signor Bonaventura [Mr. Goodluck – US] The Last Dance (1941) – Felix Se non son matti non li vogliamo (1941) – Il conte Giuseppe Bardonazzi The Brambilla Family Go on Holiday (1941) – Gastone Non mi sposo più (1942) Se io fossi onesto (1942) – Il conte Paolo Vareghi The Queen of Navarre (1942) – Il corriere Babieca A che servono questi quattrini? (1942) – Marchitiello La signorina (1942) – L' amate di Fani Gioco pericoloso (1942) – Giovanni The Taming of the Shrew (1942) – Righetto Don Giovanni (1942) – Sganarello Rossini (1942) – Andrea Tòttola, il librettista Don Cesare di Bazan (1942) – Sancho Non ti pago! (1942) – L'avvocato Lorenzo Strumillo (1942) – Bellavan d'Ormea Seven Years of Happiness (1942) – Il bandito balbuziente Torrents of Spring (1942) – Il dottore Berni Happy Days (1942) – Bernardo Music on the Run (1943) – Fogliatti, il produttore Il nostro prossimo (1943) – Il campanaro Incontri di notte (1943) – Francesco Gente dell'aria (1943) – Il tenente Guido Landi Il treno crociato (1943) – Il ferito con i cani (uncredited) Sant'Elena, piccola isola (1943) – Il medico curante di Napoleone Grattacieli (1943) – Frank Millstone Quattro ragazze sognano (1943) – Al Strong, il gangster I nostri sogni (1943) – Oreste Gli assi della risata (1943) – Cirillo Mele (segment "L'ombrello smarrito") The Last Wagon (1943) Apparition (1943) – Alberto Ti conosco, mascherina! (1943) – Luigi Grazia (1943) Il fiore sotto gli occhi (1944) – Arrigo Santucci Finalmente sì (1944) – Rossi Quartetto pazzo (1945) – Filippo Osman What a Distinguished Family (1945) – James A Yank in Rome (1946) – Sor Augusto I Met You in Naples (1946) Canto, ma sottovoce... (1946) – Arturo Il marito povero (1946) – Arturo Black Eagle (1946) – Un bandito Biraghin (1946) – Osvaldo Lanza di Robbio Farewell, My Beautiful Naples (1947) – Ruocco The Opium Den (1947) – amico di Za-la-Mort Il principe ribelle (1947) The Knights of the Black Masks (1948) – Un nobile balbuziente Che tempi! (1948) – Alessandro Raffo Fabiola (1949) – Proconsul Manlius Valerian Maracatumba... ma non è una rumba (1949) – Miguel Martinez, l'impresario I peggiori anni della nostra vita (1949) – Ninetto TRaballa Son of d'Artagnan (1950) – Paolo Beauty and the Devil (La beauté du diable) (1950) – Official Ring Around the Clock (1950) – Rocchetti Women and Brigands (1950) – Peppino Luciani The Thief of Venice (1950) – Marco Sambo (1950) – Manuel Lubreno Abbiamo vinto! (1951) – Augusto Fabriano Miracle in Milan (1951) – Rappi Without a Flag (1951) – Poggi – Il professore The Cape of Hope (1951) – Simon Liakim Roma ore 11 (1952) – Impiegato The Seven Deadly Sins (1952) – M. Alvaro (segment "Avarice and Anger") Wife For a Night (1952) – Agusto The City Stands Trial (1952) – Delegato di Polizia Perrone Little World of Don Camillo (1952) The Shameless Sex (1952) – Marco Beauties of the Night (1952) – Le directeur de l'Opéra Papà diventa mamma (1952) In Olden Days (1952) – Guido's father (segment "Idillio") Article 519, Penal Code (1952) – Avv. Sardi Sunday Heroes (1952) – Piero – aunt Carolina's nephew Il tallone d'Achille (1952) – Lo Strozzino Serafino Cats and Dogs (1952) – Don Cosimo Storms (1953) – Amedeo Cini Gioventù alla sbarra (1953) – Il giudice Benni Terminal Station (1953) – Annoying man with oranges (uncredited) Puccini (1953) – Giocondo Voice of Silence (1953) It's Never Too Late (1953) – Antonio Trabbi The Return of Don Camillo (1953) – Marchetti Buon viaggio pover'uomo (1953) Empty Eyes (1953) – Egisto Palmucci Ci troviamo in galleria (1953) – Voce (uncredited) Nemico pubblico n. 1 (1953) – Tony Fallone The Love of a Woman (1953) – Le curé The Walk (1953) – Il rettore Scampolo 53 (1953) The Count of Monte Cristo (1954) – Bertuccio (2) Daughters of Destiny (1954) – Nicephore (segment "Lysistrata") Mizar (1954) – Console italiano Neapolitan Carousel (1954) – Salvatore Esposito The Cheerful Squadron (1954) – Il maresciallo Flick Prima di sera (1954) – Paolo Bancani The Beautiful Otero (1954) – Frédéric Uomini ombra (1954) – Antiquario Bertrand House of Ricordi (1954) – Giovanni Ricordi The Gold of Naples (1954) – Don Peppino – il vedovo (segment "Pizze a credito") The Shadow (1954) – Michele My Seven Little Sins (1954) – Antonio La corrida dei mariti (1955) – (uncredited) Siamo uomini o caporali? (1955) – Capt. Black Il padrone sono me (1955) – Mingòn The Belle of Rome (1955) – Oreste The Miller's Beautiful Wife (1955) – Gardunia Destination Piovarolo (1955) – Gorini Il conte Aquila (1955) – Principe di Metternich Girls of Today (1955) – Peppino Bardellotti A Woman Alone (1956) Symphony of Love (1956) – Calafatti Pepote (Mi tío Jacinto) (1956) – Restaurador Arrivederci Dimas (1957) – Don Salvador Una pelliccia di visone (1957) – Russo Vacanze a Ischia (1957) – Advocate Appicciato Oh! Sabella (1957) – Avvocato Emilio Mancuso Miracles of Thursday (1957) - Don Salvador Avventura a Capri (1958) È arrivata la parigina (1958) The Law (1959) – Tonio Carthage in Flames (1960) – Astarito Escape by Night (1960) – Prince Alessandro Antoniani Le tre eccetera del colonnello (1960) – Le marquis Rocco and His Brothers (1960) – Cerri La contessa azzurra (1960) – Don Peppino Razzi From a Roman Balcony (1960) – Moglie Gastone (1960) – Achille Garibaldi (1961) – Nino Bixio (1961) – Cousin The Joy of Living (1961) – Giuseppe Gorgolano, the Hairdresser Vanina Vanini (1961) – Asdrubale Vanini The Last Judgment (1961) – Giorgio (1962) – Graziani Boccaccio '70 (1962) – Lawyer Alcamo (segment "Il lavoro") (uncredited) The Steppe (1962) The Shortest Day (1962) – Padre di Dino The Leopard (1963) – Don Calogero Sedara Becket (1964) – the Pope / Pope Alexander III The Visit (1964) – Doctor Behold a Pale Horse (1964) – Pedro After the Fox (1966) – Polio Il marito è mio e l'ammazzo quando mi pare (1966) – Sperenzoni Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) – Sam The Libertine (1968) – Professor Zauri The Adventures of Gerard (1970) – Santarem, Count of Morales Hector the Mighty (1972) Jus primae noctis (1972) – The pope Rugantino (1973) – Mastro Titta Les Bidasses s'en vont en guerre (1974) – Le colonel Nerone (1977) – San Pietro Beach House (1977) – Il nonno The Payoff (1978) – don Michele Miletti Il Marchese del Grillo (1981) – Papa Pio VII Tomorrow We Dance (1982) – Father of Mariangela All My Friends Part 2 (1982) – Savino Capogreco Heads I Win, Tails You Lose (1982) – The Grandpa