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 Franchi and Ciccio Ingrassia, who he also directed in Farfallon. After some years of hyatus, 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.
Filmography
Writer
1995
Croce e delizia (screenplay)
1986
Separati in casa
1985
Il mistero di Bellavista
1984
Così parlò Bellavista
1974
Farfallon
1972
Teatro 11 (TV Special) (writer)
1969
Franco, Ciccio and Blackbeard the Pirate (writer)
1961
L'urlo dei bolidi
1961
L'onorata società (screenplay) / (story)
1958
Caporale di giornata (screenplay) / (story)
1958
Io, mammeta e tu (screenplay) / (story)
1957
Lazzarella (idea) / (screenplay)
1957
Il corsaro della mezzaluna (writer)
1955
Il mantello rosso (story adaption)
1954
Cañas y barro (adaptation: Italian version)
Assistant Director
1966
Les combinards (director: Naples sequences)
1961
L'urlo dei bolidi (assistant director)
1957
Lazzarella (assistant director)
1957
The Man Who Wagged His Tail (first assistant director)
1955
Il mantello rosso (assistant director)
1953
Carmen proibita (assistant director)
1953
Carne de horca (assistant director)
Actor
1995
Croce e delizia as
Il regista
1988
32 dicembre as
Il signore del bar (segment "I penultimi fuochi")
1986
Separati in casa as
Riccardo
1985
Il mistero di Bellavista as
Marchese Filiberto Bonajuto di Pontecagnano
1984
Così parlò Bellavista as
Il signore del cavalluccio
1983
F.F.S.S., cioè: '...che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene?' as
Pazzaglia
Soundtrack
2012
Pauline détective (writer: "Una donna nel mondo")
2011
Pan Am (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Pilot (2011) - (writer: "Lazzarella" - uncredited)
2008
Por Toda Minha Vida (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Dolores Duran (2008) - (writer: "Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu")
2006
La cura del gorilla (writer: "Meraviglioso")
1993
A Bronx Tale (writer: "Sole Malato")
1965
Lika fi tadmur (writer: "Estate violenta" - uncredited)
1961
Girl with a Suitcase (writer: "Estate violenta")
1959
Violent Summer (writer: "Estate Violenta")
1959
Ich bin kein Casanova (lyrics: "Espresso Café (O'Café)")
1958
Io, mammeta e tu (writer: "Io mammet' e tu", "Viento di Scirocco", "'O specchio")
1957
Lazzarella (writer: "Lazzarella", "La signora a fianco", "'A pizza c'a' pummarola")
Director
1986
Separati in casa
1974
Farfallon
1966
Les combinards (segment "La morte in affitto")
1961
L'onorata società
Self
2004
How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio (Documentary) as
Self
1998
Scirocco (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #1.3 (1998) - Self
1996
Maurizio Costanzo Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 26 June 1998 (1998) - Self
- Episode dated 2 June 1997 (1997) - Self
- Episode dated 3 March 1997 (1997) - Self
- Episode dated 3 February 1997 (1997) - Self
- Episode dated 12 November 1996 (1996) - Self
- Episode dated 12 September 1996 (1996) - Self
1998
Buona Domenica (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 5 April 1998 (1998) - Self
1985
Quelli della notte (TV Series) as
Riccardo Pazzaglia
- Episode #1.1 (1985) - Riccardo Pazzaglia
Archive Footage
2022
Visioni senza tempo - Anna Napoli e il montaggio cinematografico (Video)
