Alvaro Piccardi (3 June 1941 – 18 August 2025) was an Italian actor and director.
Life and career
editPiccardi was born in Ponte San Pietro on 3 June 1941. Throughout his career, he has appeared in a number of television dramas, including the 1959 adaptation of Treasure Island, directed by Anton Giulio Majano, in which he portrayed Jim Hawkins.[1] In 1968, he starred in the feature film Italian Secret Service.[2] He was also a prominent voice actor and is credited in Radici (The New Generations) and Villa Bianca.[3]
He was primarily a theatre actor, being a member of the Gruppo della Rocca company from 1969 to 1980.[4] He was also a teacher and director at the Q Academy - Nuova Accademia Internazionale d'Arte Drammatica in Rome.[5]
Alvaro Piccardi died on 18 August 2025, at the age of 84.[6]
References
edit- ^ Stevenson, Robert Louis (18 October 2010). L'isola del tesoro (in Italian). Feltrinelli Editore. ISBN 978-88-07-94300-3.
- ^ "Dal genio di Pasolini al noir del commissario Soneri, cultura ed emozioni al Teatro Duse". IlPiacenza (in Italian). Retrieved 19 August 2025.
- ^ "IL MONDO DEI DOPPIATORI - La pagina di ALVARO PICCARDI". www.antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
- ^ "Alvaro Piccardi". www.ilguazzabuglio.it. Archived from the original on 8 April 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
- ^ "FESTIVAL DELL'ECONOMIA DELLA CULTURA". www.qacademy.it. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
- ^ "Dora Romano ricorda Alvaro Piccardi: "Un maestro indimenticabile" - La Prima Pagina" (in Italian). 18 August 2025. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
