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 (Switzerland), 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 inTomorrow 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 Lollobrigidain Luigi Comencini's Bread, Love and Dreams, a role that he reprised in the film sequelBread, 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)
• The Seven Dwarfs to the Rescue (1951)
• Revenge of the Pirates (1951)
• Three Forbidden Stories (1952)
• La figlia del diavolo (1952)
• Bread, Love and Dreams (1953)
• One Step to Eternity (1954)
• Bread, Love and Jealousy (1954)
• Le signorine dello 04 (1955)
• The Rival (1956)
• Angel in a Taxi (1958)
• Adorabili e bugiarde (1958)
• A Breath of Scandal (1960)
• The Valiant (1962)
• The Fury of Achilles (1962)
• The Captive City (1962)
• Gladiator of Rome (1962)
• Revenge of the Musketeers (1964)
• Hate Thy Neighbor (1968)