Background
The son of a painter, he studied painting at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze.
The son of a painter, he studied painting at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze.
Moved to Rome, he attended the acting course held by Alessandro Blasetti who gave him a small role in 1860.
Born in Florence, Checchi appeared in over 150 films in his lengthy career, which spanned from 1934 to his death in 1974. After graduating at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, he had his first role of weight in the 1940 historical drama film L"assedio di Alcazar by Augusto Genina. He later appeared in Mario Camerini"s Due lettere anonime (for which he received a Silver Ribbon as best actor), Giuseppe de Santis"s Tragic Hunt (1947), Michelangelo Antonioni"s Louisiana signora senza camelie (1953), Vittorio De Sica"s Two Women (1960), and Mario Bava"s Black Sunday (1960), among many other films.
In 1971, he starred with Giancarlo Giannini in East le stelle stanno a guardare, an adaptation of A. J. Cronin"s novel, The Stars Look Down.