Checco Rissone

Checco Rissone (7 July 1909 – 26 September 1985) was an Italian film, stage and television actor.

Checco Rissone
Born	Francesco Rissone 7 July 1909 Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Died	26 September 1985 (aged 76) Vicenza, Veneto, Italy

Life and career

Born Francesco Rissone in Turin, the younger brother of the more famous Giuditta, Rissone debuted on stage at young age, and often worked in the same companies of her sister.[1] Graduated in Economics, in the postwar years he specialized in character roles, in films, television and particularly on stage, often working at the Piccolo Teatro in Milan under the direction of Giorgio Strehler.[1][2] At the Piccolo Teatro Rissone also worked as assistant director and later as teacher at the drama school of the theatre.[1][2]

Partial filmography

• La segretaria per tutti (1933)
• Full Speed (1934) – Un ciclista (uncredited)
• Il signore desidera? (1934)
• These Children (1937)
• L'orologio a cucù (1938) – Narciso
• Departure (1938) – Il fattore
• The Lady in White (1938) – L'autista del pullman a Cervinia
• Duetto vagabondo (1939)
• Ai vostri ordini, signora.. (1939)
• Scandalo per bene (1940)
• Centomila dollari (1940) – L'infermiere ambulanza
• The Two Mothers (1940)
• La granduchessa si diverte (1940)
• The Siege of the Alcazar (1940) – Il radiotelegrafista
• The Sinner (1940) – Tonio (uncredited)
• L'arcidiavolo (1940)
• Inspector Vargas (1940) – Roulis
• Ragazza che dorme (1941) – Lo scemo
• The Betrothed (1941) – Gervaso (uncredited)
• Finalmente soli (1942) – Paolo
• Odessa in Flames (1942) – Gruscenko
• A Living Statue (1943)
• Gente dell'aria (1943) – Il tenente Zaccheo
• The Peddler and the Lady (1943) – Giovanni (uncredited)
• T'amerò sempre (1943) – Un giovane mantenuto (uncredited)
• Enrico IV (1943) – Fino Pagliuca / Bertoldo
• La carica degli eroi (1943)
• The Priest's Hat (1944) – Filippino
• Nessuno torna indietro (1945) – Ignazio
• Incontro con Laura (1945)
• Outcry (1946) – Mario
• Vanity (1947)
• Tragic Hunt (1947) – Mimì
• The Street Has Many Dreams (1948) – Donato
• Bicycle Thieves (1948) – Guard in Piazza Vittorio (uncredited)
• Bitter Rice (1949) – Aristide
• The Walls of Malapaga (1949) – Le faux-monnayeur / il contraffattore
• Patto col diavolo (1950)
• Il sentiero dell'odio (1950)
• Miracle in Milan (1951) – Il comandante in secondo
• Mamma mia, che impressione! (1951) – L'uomo del panino
• Bread, Love and Dreams (1953) – Barbiere
• Bread, Love and Jealousy (1954) – Barbiere
• Eva (1962) – Pieri
• Seasons of Our Love (1966) – Olindo Civinini
• La morte risale a ieri sera (1970) – Ing. Salvarsanti
• Come Have Coffee with Us (1970) – Mansueto
• Il generale dorme in piedi (1972) – Gen. Ciccolo

References

1. Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 8884402131.
2. Rodolfo Di Giammarco (27 September 1985). "E' morto Checco Rissone attore con Tofano e De Sica". La Repubblica. Retrieved 20 December 2014.

External links

• Checco Rissone at IMDb