Riccardo Garrone

Riccardo Garrone (1 November 1926 – 14 March 2016) was an Italian actor and dubber.

Biography Garrone began his acting career in 1949 and attended the Silvio d'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Arts. He appeared in more than 140 films from 1949 until his retirement in 2014. He made his debut in the film Adam and Eve directed by Mario Mattoli. He also worked in several theatre productions alongside other actors such as Vittorio Gassman, Diana Torrieri and Elena Zareschi.

Garrone often portrayed characters with persuasive, polite personalities in a variety of B movie comedies, spaghetti-westerns and horrors. In the 1980s, he made frequent stage collaborations with Antonella Steni and he made more appearances on television. One of his most popular television roles was on Un medico in famiglia in which he portrayed Nicola Solari. He also had a recurring role on Amico mio starring Massimo Dapporto.

Garrone also worked occasionally as a voice actor and dubber. He often dubbed characters in animated films. He was internationally renowned for providing the Italian voice of Lots-O'-Huggin' Bear in Toy Story 3.

Personal life Garrone was married to Grazia Maria Verità and they had one daughter, Francesca. Garrone was also the younger brother of director Sergio Garrone. He retired in 2014.

Garrone died in Milan on 14 March 2016 at the age of 89.

Selected filmography

Adam and Eve (1949) - Pistolero sudista (uncredited) Torment of the Past (1952) - Complice di Bianchi Brothers of Italy (1952) I sette dell'Orsa maggiore (1953) Two Nights with Cleopatra (1954) - Ufficiale delle guardie (uncredited) Woman of Rome (1954) - Giancarlo Il Bidone (1955) - Riccardo La rossa (1955) - Pierre Una sera di maggio (1955) Helen of Troy (1956) - Minor Role (uncredited) Guardia, guardia scelta, brigadiere e maresciallo (1956) - The Driver into No-Parking Area The Railroad Man (1956) - L'amico di Marcello (uncredited) Una voce, una chitarra, un po' di luna (1956) - Mario Il prezzo della gloria (1956) - capo macchinista Morabito Addio sogni di gloria (1957) Fathers and Sons (1957) - Carlo Corallo (uncredited) The Most Wonderful Moment (1957) - Il dottor Benvenuti Doctor and the Healer (1957) - Sergeant Lazzarella (1957) - Sandra's father Pretty But Poor (1957) - Franco L'ultima violenza (1957) - Giorgio Carani Love and Chatter (1958) - Il telecronista Le dritte (1958) - Lello Venice, the Moon and You (1958) - Don Fulgenzio Caporale di giornata (1958) - The Lieutenant The Friend of the Jaguar (1959) - Il rappresentante My Wife's Enemy (1959) - Michele Ciao, ciao bambina! (1959) - Guido Branca La cento chilometri (1959) - Cesare Malabrocca Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti (1959) - Virgilio, 'Il milanese' Nel blu dipinto di blu (1959) - "Tre Stecche" La Dolce Vita (1960) - Riccardo The Loves of Salammbo (1960) - Hamilcar Gentlemen Are Born (1960) - Enzo The Warrior Empress (1960) - Hyperbio The Traffic Policeman (1960) - Il tenente dei vigili Madri pericolose (1960) - Count Massimo Soderini Girl with a Suitcase (1961) - Romolo Captain Fracasse (1961) - Lampourde Laura nuda (1961) - Alvise Cronache del '22 (1961) Day by Day, Desperately (1961) - Dottore Caccia all'uomo (1961) - Commissario Nardelli Cacciatori di dote (1961) - Manlio Fra' Manisco cerca guai (1961) - Don Liborio Pontius Pilate (1962) - Galba Peccati d'estate (1962) - Toni Eva (1962) - Michele - a player Swordsman of Siena (1962) - Don Carlos The Legion's Last Patrol (1962) - Paolo I Don Giovanni della Costa Azzurra (1962) - Protettore di Assuntina The Reunion (1963) - Sandrino Il successo (1963) - Ex fidanzato di Laura La pupa (1963) - Barone I terribili 7 (1963) - Giornalista Il treno del sabato (1964) - Riccardo Let's Talk About Women (1964) Amore facile (1964) - Carlo (segment "Una casa rispettabile") The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964) - Bomba 2 mattacchioni al Moulin Rouge (1964) - Proprietario locale I due pericoli pubblici (1964) - Il Barone Terror-Creatures from the Grave (1965) - Joseph Morgan Two Sergeants of General Custer (1965) - Specialista I complessi (1965) - Alvaro Morandini (segment "Una Giornata decisiva") Idoli controluce (1965) - Arturo Baldi I soldi (1965) Spiaggia libera (1966) - Riccardo Deguejo (1966) - Foran Le voyage du père (1966) - Un voyageur Maigret a Pigalle (1966) - La Pointe Three Bites of the Apple (1967) - Croupier The Seventh Floor (1967) - The Barber How to Kill 400 Duponts (1967) - Vladimiro Dupont Bang Bang Kid (1967) - Killer Kossock Un colpo da re (1967) - Moulin Rouge Se vuoi vivere... spara! (1968) - Donovan The Killer Likes Candy (1968) - Nicolo Madigan's Millions (1968) - Matteo Cirini La vuole lui... lo vuole lei (1968) - Ferruccio I ragazzi di Bandiera Gialla (1968) - Pizzini, the Producer Il ragazzo che sorride (1969) - Father of Livia A Noose for Django (1969) - Mr. Fargo Oh, Grandmother's Dead (1969) - Galeazzo Ghia Death Knocks Twice (1969) - Amato Locatelli Pensando a te (1969) The Avenger, Zorro (1969) - Albert Pison How Did a Nice Girl Like You Get Into This Business? (1970) - Olivetti La colomba non deve volare (1970) Il divorzio (1970) - Umberto A Girl Called Jules (1970) - Carvalli A Man Called Sledge (1970) - The Warden Basta guardarla (1970) - Pediconi Mazzabubù... quante corna stanno quaggiù? (1971) - Agilulfo, the crusader Grazie zio, ci provo anch'io (1971) - Agente X-15 Trastevere (1971) - Il produttore (scenes deleted) A Girl in Australia (1971) - Giuseppe Bartoni Siamo tutti in libertà provvisoria (1971) Cerco de terror (1972) - Doctor Warren Decameron proibitissimo (Boccaccio mio statte zitto) (1972) - Count Guidobaldo Naughty Nun (1972) - Giovanni Piccolomini Return of Halleluja (1972) - Zagaya Sting of the West (1972) - Sheriff What Am I Doing in the Middle of a Revolution? (1972) - Peppino Decameroticus (1972) - Gerbino Maria Rosa la guardona (1973) Giovannona Long-Thigh (1973) - Robertuzzo Rugantino (1973) - Il Principe Il figlioccio del padrino (1973) - Petruzzo 4 marmittoni alle grandi manovre (1974) - Tenente Spezzini Il bacio di una morta (1974) - On. Lampedusa Di Tresette ce n'è uno, tutti gli altri son nessuno (1974) - Frisco Joe / Tutti Frutti Scusi, si potrebbe evitare il servizio militare?... No! (1974) L'eredità dello zio buonanima (1974) - Notaio Potenza La mafia mi fa un baffo (1974) - Police Manager (uncredited) The Silkworm (1974) - Commissario Guarnieri Il fidanzamento (1975) - Vincenzo - brother of Luigi The Cursed Medallion (1975) - Police Inspector The Loves and Times of Scaramouche (1976) - Citoyen Capitain Confessions of a Lady Cop (1976) - Federico Innocenti, detto 'Borotalco La sposina (1976) - Arnaldi Campagnola bella (1976) Sins in the Country (1976) - Zito / Lawyer The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist (1977) - Natali La vergine, il toro e il capricorno (1977) - Enrica's Husband Rene the Cane (1977) - Karl The Cricket (1980) - Ermete Don't Play with Tigers (1982) - Admiral Olderisi Odd Squad (1983) - Tenente Rondi Vacanze di Natale (1983) - Giovanni Covelli Fantozzi subisce ancora (1983) - Ragionier Calboni Amarsi un po' (1984) - Principe Cellini Windsurf - Il vento nelle mani (1984) - Anacleto Stella My First Forty Years (1987) Paprika (1991) - Zio A Cold, Cold Winter (1996) - Avv. Rossi Mannelli Simpatici & antipatici (1998) - Fausto The Dinner (1998) - Diomede I fobici (1999) - Carlo's father (segment "Ho chiuso il gas?") (voice, uncredited) At the Right Moment (2000) - Direttore TG Padre Pio: Between Heaven and Earth (2000, TV Movie) - Eminenza Arresti domiciliari (2000) I Love You Eugenio (2002) - Maresciallo Amore 14 (2009) - Tommaso La città invisibile (2010) - Nonno Carmine La legge è uguale per tutti... forse (2014) - Barbone