{{Short description|Italian actor (1909–1985)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Checco Rissone | image = Miracolo a Milano 21.png | imagesize = | caption = Checco Rissone in Miracolo a Milano | birth_name = Francesco Rissone | birth_date = {{birth date|1909|7|7|df=yes}} | birth_place = Turin, Piedmont, Italy | death_date = {{death date and age |1985|9|26|1909|7|7|df=yes}} | death_place = Vicenza, Veneto, Italy | years_active = | spouse = | 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.<ref name=bio>{{cite book|author1=Roberto Chiti |author2=Roberto Poppi |author3=Enrico Lancia |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori|date=2003 |publisher=Gremese Editore, 2003|isbn=8884402131}}</ref> 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.<ref name=bio/><ref name="la re">{{cite news|last=Rodolfo Di Giammarco|title=E' morto Checco Rissone attore con Tofano e De Sica|url= http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1985/09/27/morto-checco-rissone-attore-con-tofano.html?ref=search |accessdate=20 December 2014|newspaper=La Repubblica|date=27 September 1985}}</ref> At the Piccolo Teatro, he also worked as assistant director and later as teacher at the drama school of the theatre.<ref name=bio/><ref name="la re" />
==Partial filmography== {{Div col}} * ''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) * ''Alone at Last'' (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 * ''Death Occurred Last Night'' (1970) – Ing. Salvarsanti * ''Come Have Coffee with Us'' (1970) – Mansueto * ''Il generale dorme in piedi'' (1972) – Gen. Ciccolo {{div col end}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rissone, Checco}} Category:1909 births Category:1985 deaths Category:Italian male film actors Category:Italian male television actors Category:Italian male stage actors Category:Male actors from Turin Category:20th-century Italian male actors