Paolo Stoppa Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (Roma, Itàlia, 6 de juny de 1906 - Roma, Itàlia, 1 de maig de 1988) va ser un actor italià de teatre, cinema i doblatges.

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Paolo Stoppa (6 June 1906 – 1 May 1988) was an Italian actor and dubber.

Born in Rome, he began as a stage actor in 1927 in the theater in Rome and began acting in films in 1932. As a stage actor, his most celebrated works include those after World War II, when he met director Luchino Visconti: the two, together with Stoppa's wife, actress Rina Morelli, formed a trio whose adaptions of works by authors such as Chekhov, Shakespeare and Goldoni became highly acclaimed.

He debuted in television in 1960 in the drama series Vita col padre e con la madre, reaching the top of the popularity in the 1970s, in particular in the adaption of crime novels by Friedrich Dürrenmatt (Il giudice e il suo boia and Il sospetto) and Augusto De Angelis.

As a film actor, Stoppa made some 194 appearances between 1932 and his retirement in 1983: films he appeared in include popular classics such as Miracolo a Milano (1951), Rocco e i suoi fratelli (1960), Viva l'Italia! (1961), Il Gattopardo (1962), La matriarca (1968), Amici miei atto II (1982). He also had a role in the Sergio Leone epic Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) and cameoed in Becket (1964).

Stoppa was also a renowned dubber of films into Italian. He began this activity in the 1930s as dubber of Fred Astaire. Other actors he dubbed include Richard Widmark, Kirk Douglas and Paul Muni.

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Paolo Stoppa fue un célebre actor italiano de teatro y cine y de doblajes.

En 1975, fue nombrado Cavaliere di Gran Croce Ordine al merito della Repubblica Italiana.

Actuó en más de 190 películas del periodo 1932-1983, entre ellas Rocco y sus hermanos y El gatopardo, de Luchino Visconti, y Milagro en Milán y El oro de Nápoles, de Vittorio De Sica.

Fue ganador en tres ocasiones del premio del sindicato de críticos italianos (1952, 1955 y 1982)

Formó pareja con la actriz Rina Morelli. Junto al realizador Luchino Visconti, integrarían uno de los tríos más importantes del teatro de posguerra1 representando obras de autores como Shakespeare, Goldoni y Chéjov.