Riccardo Pazzaglia (12 September 1926 – 4 October 2006) was an Italian actor, film director, screenwriter, songwriter (for Domenico Modugno), TV and radio personality.
Born in Naples, Pazzaglia graduated in direction from the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome. He entered the film industry as an assistant director and screenwriter, specializing in adventure and comedy films. Pazzaglia made his directional debut with L'onorata società, starring the comedy duo Franco and Ciccio, whom he also directed in Farfallon. After some years of hiatus, Pazzaglia got a personal success thanks to his participation to the Renzo Arbore's variety show Quelli della notte. He later reprised his film activities, collaborating to the screenplays of some films by Luciano De Crescenzo and writing, directing and also starring in his last film, Separati in casa.
KNOWN FOR
Quelli della notte
1985
You, Your Mother, and Me
1958
The Man Who Wagged His Tail
1957
Pirate of the Half Moon
1957
Teatro 11
1972
32nd of December
1988
FF.SS. cioè '...che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene?'
1983
Franco, Ciccio and the Pirate Blackbeard
1969
Thus Spoke Bellavista
1984
Il Mistero di Bellavista
1985
Corporal of the day
1958
Croce e Delizia
1995
FILMOGRAPHY
All
Movies
TV
Acting
7
Directing
6
Writing
23