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Checco Rissone

Italian actor (1909–1985)

Checco Rissone
Checco Rissone in Miracolo a Milano
Born	Francesco Rissone (1909-07-07)7 July 1909 Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Died	26 September 1985(1985-09-26) (aged 76) Vicenza, Veneto, Italy
Relatives	Giuditta Rissone (sister)

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

Life and career

Rissone was born in Turin, the younger brother of the more famous Giuditta. He debuted on stage at a young age and often worked in the same companies as his sister.^[1] Graduating in economics, in the post-war years Rissone 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, he also worked as assistant director and later as teacher at the drama school of the theatre.^[1]^[2]

Partial filmography

Everybody's Secretary (1933)
Full Speed (1934) – Un ciclista (uncredited)
Il signore desidera? (1934)
These Children (1937)
The Cuckoo Clock (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)
I'll Always Love You (1943) – Un giovane mantenuto (uncredited)
Enrico IV (1943) – Fino Pagliuca / Bertoldo
La carica degli eroi (1943)
The Priest's Hat (1944) – Filippino
No Turning Back (1945) – Ignazio
Incontro con Laura (1945)
The Sun Still Rises (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, What an Impression! (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

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