Paolo Stoppa
Date of birth: 1906-06-06
Place of birth: Rome, Italy
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Паоло Стоппа
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paolo Stoppa, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie Credits
The Leopard
1963-03-27
As Garibaldi's troops begin the unification of Italy in the 1860s, an aristocratic Sicilian family g
Indiscretion of an American Wife
1953-04-02
While on vacation in Rome, married American Mary Forbes becomes entangled in an affair with an Itali
House of Ricordi
1954-12-01
The film covers a hundred years in the lives of the Ricordi family, the Milan publishing house of th
The Shadow
1954-12-26
A painter's wife becomes ill. A friend comes to comfort him,but he falls in love with her.
My Friends Act II
1982-12-22
The four old friends meet on the grave of the fifth of them, Perozzi, who died at the end of the fir
Boccaccio '70
1962-02-23
An anthology of four comic moral tales about the hypocrisies surrounding sex in 1960s Italy: frothy
The Marquis of Grillo
1981-12-23
In 18th-century Rome, impish aristocrat Onofrio del Grillo amuses himself by playing pranks on all s
Miracle in Milan
1951-02-08
Once upon a time a wise and kind old woman discovers a baby in her cabbage patch. She brings up the
Rookies Go to War
1974-11-11
A Grand Slapstick comedy about four buddies serving in the army. Their long-suffering sergeant attem
Becket
1964-03-11
Thomas Becket, Henry II's longtime advisor, finds his friendship with the debauched king corroding w
Oh! Sabella
1957-08-29
Raffaele, a Neapolitan student, get the news that his beloved grandmother Sabella is dying. He immed
Fumeria d’oppio
1947-09-05
A young woman is murdered and robbed in broad daylight. A young man is arrested, in possession of so
The Love of a Woman
1953-12-13
Marie, a young doctor, settles down on the Ouessant Island. She will be able to win the diffidence o
A che servono questi quattrini?
1942-04-06
Marquis Eduardo Parascandolo, after having squandered all his possessions for not having cared about
The Iron Crown
1941-09-07
In the kingdom of Kindaor, traitor Sedesmondo kills his brother, the King of Kindaor, and becomes th
Times Gone By
1952-09-28
A number of different segments taken from 19th century Italian stories.
The Cape of Hope
1951-11-14
Lyria, a faded beauty who runs a seedy waterfront bar, is madly in love with Bob, a crooked attorney
The Miller's Beautiful Wife
1955-10-27
A lecherous governor of Naples in 1680 lusts after the wives of several peasants, particularly after
L'allegro fantasma
1941-03-16
The noble Pantaleo Di Santa Paola has just died, and the preamble to his will is a confession in whi
The Gold of Naples
1954-12-03
A tribute to Naples, this film presents six episodes: a clown exploited by a gangster, a pizza selle
Beach House
1977-10-27
Summer Sunday at a small beach house at the coast of Rome. Many people and stories: women's basketba
The Most Wanted Man
1953-12-02
A nearsighted clerk gets fired after embarrassing mishaps. He mistakenly takes a gangster's raincoat
Tomorrow We Dance
1982-09-09
Aliens send a hypnotic signal through a TV channel, and the signal makes people dance and makes them
The Last Judgment
1961-10-26
In Naples, a voice from the skies announces one morning that the final judgment will be at 6 p.m. on
The Beauty of the Devil
1950-03-16
Henri Faust, retiring after 50 years as a professor in a circa-1700 French university, despairs at t
Destinazione Piovarolo
1955-12-16
Antonio La Quaglia becomes the railroader in Piovarolo during 1922 meanwhile the fascism is raising.
Escape by Night
1960-07-31
In Nazi-occupied Rome, a beautiful bootlegger, to the chagrin of her lover, gives sanctuary to three
Miracles of Thursday
1957-08-22
In Fontecilla, a Spanish village in decline, the mayor and other illustrious citizens hatch a crazy
Heads I Win, Tails You Lose
1982-12-26
Two back-to-back stories that deals with two "taboo" themes, the celibacy of the clergy in the episo
Scampolo 53
1955-03-08
A young girl meets by chance an engineer who lives with an unbearable mistress. After abandoning his
The Joy of Living
1961-05-11
Ulisse is a naive young man out looking for a job after being released from the army. He drops the o
Storms
1953-05-29
A renowned surgeon becomes involved with an attractive circus trapeze artist with the relationship t
Right You Are (if you think so)
1974-01-01
Absurdism’s king of comedy, Luigi Pirandello, adapted a 1915 short story he wrote titled “Signora Fr
Don Cesare of Bazan
1942-10-04
In Barcelona, in 1650, Count Don Cesare di Bazan tries to foil, with the help of an actress, a plot
A Mink Coat
1956-08-21
A newlywed couple win the lottery and the prize is a mink fur which might change their lives forever
Empty Eyes
1953-09-18
A young and shy girl Celestina arrives from her small home village to Rome to become a housemaid. He
Dad Becomes Mom
1952-09-26
The Passaguai family is living peacefully, but then they go to see the magician Bhorman, starting a
Rome 11:00
1952-02-27
The story of 5 girls among 200 who answer a wanted ad for a modest secretarial position, which leads
Viva l'Italia!
1961-02-02
The film shows how Italy's historic national hero Giuseppe Garibaldi (embodied by Renzo Ricci) leads
Behold a Pale Horse
1964-08-14
Manuel Artiguez, a famous bandit during the Spanish civil war, has lived in French exile for 20 year
The Payoff
1978-03-17
Sasà Jovine (Nino Manfredi) is a self-styled lawyer involved in petty businesses with Neapolitan mob
Our Dreams
1943-09-27
Leo (Vittorio De Sica) is young man trying to make a living without any success. Through fortuitous
Un americano in vacanza
1946-09-07
Sambo
1950-12-31
A fallen nobleman convinces a Roman coachman that he has found the way to win at Sambo, a Brazilian
High Time
1950-04-12
The historic clock of a small town needs to be repaired but there is no money in the town coffers to
La contessa azzurra
1960-09-16
Loreley looks back to the happy times when she became a silent movie star with the huge success of "
Gioco pericoloso
1942-09-11
La passeggiata
1953-01-27
A meek and simple-minded boarding school teacher falls in love with a prostitute and gets the boot f
Nerone
1977-01-02
Parody of real life events of the Roman emperor Nero.
Una famiglia impossibile
1940-12-01
A wealthy young woman falls in love with a radio singer without ever having seen him. She forces her
Holiday Island
1957-12-20
Intersecting lives on an island holiday: A lawyer anxious he caused a youth's death.An engineer susp
The King's Guerrillas
1950-11-03
Diavolo's bandits fight Napoleon's troops and so King Ferdinand IV, the Neapolitan king, makes Fra D
The Visit
1964-05-06
Carla Zachanassian had a child by Serge Miller as a teenager. When Serge refused to marry her, she w
Marcella
1937-01-01
È arrivata la parigina
1958-06-26
An ambitious French girl who moved to Italy to be an actress cannot break through and then opts for
The Return of Don Camillo
1953-06-05
Energetic priest Don Camillo returns to the town of Brescello for more political and personal duels
Il romanzo di un giovane povero
1942-10-14
La regina di Navarra
1942-03-30
La bella di Roma
1955-10-04
Nannina is engaged to a sleazy, unruly boxer who ends up in jail after a fight with a traffic police
Trappola d'amore
1940-04-01
Frenesia
1939-11-03
Se non son matti non li vogliamo
1941-12-18
Lorenzino de' Medici
1935-11-29
Lorenzino de 'Medici manipulates Alessandro ruler of Florence to save his beloved Bianca.
Il nostro prossimo
1943-02-26
Canto, ma sottovoce...
1946-06-13
Il fiore sotto gli occhi
1944-11-28
Symphony of Love
1954-08-04
It is a biopic portraying the life of the composer Franz Schubert.
An Adventure of Salvator Rosa
1939-12-16
Everything unfolds in Naples seventeenth century, when a mysterious masked swordsman who calls Salva
Prima di sera
1954-10-21
A middle-aged insurer, after spending a sleepless night because of a quarrel with his wife, goes to
Uomini ombra
1954-11-26
Italian naval secret agents acquire a British codebook and the Italian counter-espionage agents star
Neapolitan Carousel
1954-10-14
Music, ballet, folk dances and mime eliciting the spirit of Naples across the ages are loosely tied
Il tallone di Achille
1952-08-18
Tino Scotti plays a man who is tricked into trying to kill himself. When all his attempts fail, he i
Puccini
1953-04-29
Produced in Italy in breathtaking Technicolor, this biographical story of Puccini (played by L'avven
Maracatumba... ma non è una rumba!
1949-01-14
The Count of Monte Cristo
1954-01-14
Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the
Vanina Vanini
1961-10-12
Vanina Vanini, a bored, spoiled Roman countess, falls in love with a dedicated young patriot who is
Non ti pago!
1942-10-07
The owner of a lottery store refuses to pay a large sum won by one of his workers that he hates, bec
Gastone
1960-01-26
During the period between world wars, vaudeville sketches were popular before film showings.Gastone
Apparizione
1943-12-23
One of the most famous movie stars of the moment has a problem with his car. The actor is obliged to
Giorni felici
1943-01-01
A Woman Alone
1955-01-01
Three women share the same apartment and the same goal, to find a wealthy husband and settle down.
Che distinta famiglia!
1945-10-03
Sunday Heroes
1952-12-30
Gino Bardi is a centre-forward in a football team which is about to be relegated to the second divis
Dogs and Cats
1952-10-15
In a village, the pharmacist and the innkeeper have an intense rivalry fuelled by the fact that they
If I Was Honest
1942-02-12
The nephew of a wealthy nobleman, convicted for a forged check, is replaced in prison by a poor engi
Sant'Elena, piccola isola
1943-06-26
The last days of Napoleon on the island of Saint Helena.
The Law
1959-01-25
A gorgeous housekeeper turns the tables on the men in a small Mediterranean coastal town by using th
Skyscrapers
1943-06-17
During a party a drunken guest falls from the terrace, killing himself. The police inspector in char
My Seven Little Sins
1954-11-29
The Count of Courvallon, whose gallant exploits have made the headlines, has uncoupled and lives in
Ti conosco, mascherina!
1943-12-24
An unscrupulous theatrical agent introduces his latest "discovery" to an elderly baron who becomes i
Rossini
1942-04-01
The famous composer's life and his career. His love story with Isabella Colbran, the soprano who was
Il padrone sono me
1955-11-17
In Romagna, an Italian district, at the beginning of the twentieth century, the owners of an estate
The Fabiani Affair
1962-01-24
The tale of the famous vendetta, vengeance over the years between two families. For nearly nothing a
Divieto di sosta
1941-11-20
A wealthy widow becomes infatuated with an adventurer posing as a poet and, forgetting her responsib
Wife for a Night
1952-07-12
A poor musician hires a courtesan to pose as his wife so he can "give" her to a wealthy count in ret
Girls of Today
1955-12-27
Peppino Bardellotti, a widower, lives in Milan with his four daughters and ex sister-in-law Matilde,
Rocco and His Brothers
1960-10-07
When a impoverished widow’s family moves to the big city, two of her five sons become romantic rival
The Seven Deadly Sins
1952-03-27
A compilation of segments covers the seven deadly sins of greed, wrath, envy, pride, lust, sloth, an
Rugantino
1973-10-25
A beautiful girl Rosina lives In Rome. Her husband is strong as a bull and jealous as Shakespeare's
You Love Me, I Love You
1939-11-15
L'amore si fa così
1939-11-22
Princess Cinderella
1941-12-04
Cinderella manages to marry the prince and move to the palace, where she is well-liked and loved by
Beauties of the Night
1952-11-14
A daydreaming French composer sees himself as a fine figure dashing through history.
Voice of Silence
1953-04-01
The film follows men from all walks of life, seeking to give meaning to their lives and rediscover t
The Thief of Venice
1950-12-22
A beautiful tavern-keeper finds herself getting caught up in a war between Italy and Turkey.
The Menace
1961-03-01
Josepha is on the verge eighteen living with her drunken washed up actor uncle. She longs for the c
Male Companion
1964-11-04
A dedicated layabout (Jean-Pierre Cassel) bounces from relationship to relationship, moving on only
A Mink Coat
1956-08-21
A newlywed couple win the lottery and the prize is a mink fur which might change their lives forever
After the Fox
1966-09-08
A criminal mastermind sets up a phony film production as part of a plan to smuggle stolen gold.
The Serpent's Fang
1935-09-28
Early, proto giallo set in a boarding house for girls.
4 girls dream
1943-08-05
Carthage in Flames
1960-01-29
Historical drama depicting the last of the Punic Wars between the Roman Republic and Carthage.
Gli assi della risata
1943-11-01
An anthology of several segments about everyday Italian life.
I cavalieri dalle maschere nere (I beati paoli)
1948-03-27
Sicily, 17th Century. When his fiancée is kidnapped, a young man sets out to find her.
Wanda the Sinner
1952-08-16
Wrongly accused of his wife's death, a marine officer is forced to resign and sees his life fall apa
Music on the Run
1943-02-23
An Italian comedy from 1943.
The Beautiful Otero
1954-11-04
An Italo-French biopic about one of the most famous women of Belle Époque, Spanish-born dancer and a
Che tempi!
1948-08-20
Anna, only daughter of Felice Pastorino, a rich Genoese merchant, falls in love with a young sailor,
The Steppe
1962-03-06
Based on a Anton Chekhov short story, this slight tale has some good moments as the drama of a young
Il marito è mio e l'ammazzo quando mi pare
1968-02-08
Ignazio is married to a much younger girl, as she starts being attracted by a handsome young man. Th
The Cheerful Squadron
1954-12-05
The Cheerful Squadron is a 1954 Italian war-comedy film directed by Paolo Moffa and Interpreted by m
It's Never Too Late
1953-05-15
Jus primae noctis
1972-09-07
Ariberto de Ficulle is a nobleman who came into possession of a small feud by marrying the ugly Mati
Land der Sehnsucht
1950-12-31
Since the envisaged tour guide for a tourist crowd on the way to Italy is allegedly suddenly prevent
The City Stands Trial
1952-09-05
Turn-of-the-century Naples. Salvatore Ruotolo and his wife are murdered and their bodies are found i
The Woman Who Came from the Sea
1954-01-22
The Libertine
1968-12-23
A sexy widow discovers her late husband had a secret apartment where he cheated on her. Now she deci
I'll See You on the Balcony
1953-11-13
Ignazio Panizza goes from one failure to the other until he meets a singer, Caterina, provided with
Quartetto pazzo
1945-08-22
Elena invites her former husband Roberto to her country house with the aim of winning him back while
From a Roman Balcony
1960-10-29
The ironic study of a young man's poignant adventures and sensual adventures...based on "Roman Tales
Daughters of Destiny
1954-01-21
Three stories, very different in space and time. Lysistrata, a dancer from ancient times, Jeanne d'A
Uncle Hyacynth
1956-03-31
Hyacinth, a former matador who lives miserably with his nephew Pepote, receives a letter reminding h
Il Conte Aquila
1955-09-07
The Lady in White
1938-05-30
The lawyer Giulio Gualandi plans yet another escapade in Viareggio while he is with his wife on holi
Are We Men or Corporals?
1955-08-26
These are the years of the Second World War, and Toto is imprisoned in a concentration camp, sufferi
Three Etc.'s and the Colonel
1960-08-26
In Spain, during the Napoleonic rule, the French Governor of Andalusia is besieged by the locals who
Gente dell’aria
1943-03-04
Two half brothers, one a pilot, the other a repairman at the plane factory of their father, are in a
L'ultimo ballo
1941-05-12
A good lady, taken by the fear of getting old, gives herself to the frivolities of worldly life.
Farewell, My Beautiful Naples
1946-01-01
In Naples, a local composer falls in love with an American tourist.
Once Upon a Time in the West
1968-12-21
As the railroad builders advance unstoppably through the Arizona desert on their way to the sea, Jil
Eternal Melody
1940-12-03
The life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Acque di primavera
1942-11-12
La famiglia Brambilla in vacanza
1941-12-18
Ricchezza senza domani
1940-01-25
The Dream of Butterfly
1939-01-10
Italian filmmaker Carmine Gallone was still in his "operetta" mode when he helmed 1938's Il Sogno di
Aquila Nera
1946-09-21
An evil Czarist landowner had mistreated the father and friends of an officer.The officer wreaks ven
The Shortest Day
1963-02-14
Two jerks are enlisted in the Italian army during W.W.1 and by pure luck manage to help win an impor
Gioventù alla sbarra
1953-03-12
Voice of Silence
1953-04-01
The film follows men from all walks of life, seeking to give meaning to their lives and rediscover t
Pazza di gioia
1940-03-07
A modest accountant wins a utility vehicle in a contest and publishes an ad looking for a companion
Amami, Alfredo!
1940-09-29
Giuliano de' Medici
1941-02-27
Incontri di notte
1943-03-17
Il principe ribelle
1950-04-30
Fabiola
1949-03-03
In ancient Rome a love story blossoms between Fabiola, daughter of a senator, and Rhual, a Gallic gl
The Adventures of Gerard
1970-07-03
Based on satirical short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle about a vain, egotistical Etienne Gerard,
The King's Jester
1935-01-01
A young girl learns that she is the daughter of an executed politician and conspires to avenge her f
La canzone rubata
Dove andiamo, signora?
1942-12-21