Roberto Risso

Roberto Risso (22 November 1925 – 16 November 2010) was a Swiss-born Italian film actor.

Life and career Born Pietro Roberto Strub in Geneva, Risso joined the cinema industry when he was still a university student of architecture, playing a minor role in Pietro Francisci's The Lion of Amalfi (1950). One year later he was chosen to play the seducer of Pier Angeli 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 Pietro Stelluti madly in love with Gina Lollobrigida in Luigi Comencini's Bread, Love and Dreams, a role that he reprised in the film sequel Bread, Love and Jealousy. Later his career continued in many films in which he appeared mostly in character roles, until his retirement in 1968.

Selected filmography

The Lion of Amalfi (1950) Tomorrow Is Another Day (1951) - Paolo The Black Captain (1951) - Paolo Adinolfi Revenge of the Pirates (1951) - Miguel The Seven Dwarfs to the Rescue (1951) - Prince Charming Operation Mitra (1951) - Marco Fornari La voce del sangue (1952) - Sergio Scala Rosalba, la fanciulla di Pompei (1952) - Giorgio de Montera Three Forbidden Stories (1952) - Bernardo (First segment) Finishing School (1952) - Steve La figlia del diavolo (1952) - Roberto Nessuno ha tradito (1952) - Bruno I Piombi di Venezia (1953) - Il Tintoretto Francis the Smuggler (1953) - Davide La valigia dei sogni (1953) - Giorgio Astori Bread, Love and Dreams (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 (1954) - Carabiniere Stelluti One Step to Eternity (1954) - Mario Mirador, l'amant de Véra Le signorine dello 04 (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 (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 (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 (1960) - Aide de camp Call Girls of Rome (1960) - Carlo Malpighi A Qualcuna Piace Calvo (1960) - Renato Salustri Cocagne (1961) - Vincente Un figlio d'oggi (1961) - Raul The Valiant (1962) - Emilio Bianchi Gladiator of Rome (1962) - Valerio jr. The Fury of Achilles (1962) - Paris The Captive City (1962) - Loveday Zorro and the Three Musketeers (1963) - Aramis The Shortest Day (1963) - Soldato austriaco (uncredited) Rocambole (1963) Revenge of the Musketeers (1963) - Aramis Hate Thy Neighbor (1968) - Duke (final film role)