Giuseppe Rinaldi

Giuseppe Rinaldi
Rinaldi in The Man on the Street (1941)
Born(1919-09-14)14 September 1919
Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Died15 December 2007(2007-12-15) (aged 88)
Rome, Italy
Other namesPeppino Rinaldi
Occupations
  • Actor
  • voice actor
  • dubbing director
Years active1939–1997
Spouse(s)Marina Dolfin (divorced)
Maria Pia Casilio
Children

Giuseppe Rinaldi (14 September 1919 – 15 December 2007) was an Italian actor and voice actor.

Biography

Born in Rome, Rinaldi appeared in more than 20 films between 1939 and 1982. During his time, he was considered to be one of the greatest dubbers in Italy.[1] He provided the Italian voices of Marlon Brando, Jack Lemmon, Rock Hudson, Paul Newman, Van Johnson and James Dean. Other actors dubbed by him included Peter Sellers, Frank Sinatra, Glenn Ford, David Tomlinson, Richard Burton, George Peppard, Burt Lancaster, Charles Bronson, Kirk Douglas, Gregory Peck, Roger Moore, Jeffrey Hunter, Max von Sydow, and Christopher Plummer.[2]

In Rinaldi's animated film roles, he voiced Bruno Bozzetto's character Mr. Rossi in two films and a TV show, Pongo in the Italian dub of the 1961 animated film One Hundred and One Dalmatians as well as Prince Charming in the Italian version of Cinderella. Other animated dubbing roles included Jim Dear in Lady and the Tramp, The Great Prince of the Forest in the 1968 redub of Bambi and Dallben in The Black Cauldron. He also voiced Jolly Jumper in the 1991 live-action film Lucky Luke and in the following short-lived TV series (in the English language edition, the same character was voiced by Roger Miller).

Personal life

Rinaldi was once married to actress Marina Dolfin. They had two children together; Massimo and Antonella. From his second marriage to actress Maria-Pia Casilio, they had one daughter; Francesca. All three of his children are voice actors.

Rinaldi died on 15 December 2007, aged 88. He had retired from his career 10 years earlier.[3]

Filmography

Cinema

Year Title Role Notes
1939 Department Store Skier
The Night of Tricks
Heartbeat
1940 The First Woman Who Passes Raoul d'Aubigny
Then We'll Get a Divorce Bob
The Cavalier from Kruja Essad Haidar
Tormented Hearts [it] Paolo Antinori
1941 The Man on the Street Stelio Corsi
The Prisoner of Santa Cruz Paolo Costa
1942 Forbidden Music Giulio Folchi
Disturbance Saverio
Black Gold Carlo Marini
1943 Farewell Love! Giustino Morelli
1945 Romulus and the Sabines Emilio
1946 L'elisir d'amore [it]
1947 L'amante del male [it] Cugino della contessina
Sangue a Ca' Foscari [it]
1948 Immigrants Ingegnere
1950 Night Taxi Il ragionere
1970 A Pocketful of Chestnuts Poker Player Doctor

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1983 La fuggidiva Rinaldi, the interviewer TV film[4]

Voice work

Year Title Role Notes
1972–1981 SuperGulp! [it] Mr. Rossi Animated series
1977 Mr. Rossi's Dreams Animated film
1978 Mr. Rossi's Vacation Animated film

Dubbing

Films (Animation, Italian dub)

Year Title Role(s) Ref
1950 Cinderella Prince Charming [5]
1955 Lady and the Tramp Jim Dear [6]
1960 Alakazam the Great Prince Amat [7]
1961 One Hundred and One Dalmatians Pongo [8]
1966 Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree Narrator
1968 Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day
Bambi The Great Prince of the Forest (1968 redub) [9]
1985 The Black Cauldron Dallben [10]
1986 Peter Pan Captain Hook (1986 redub) [11]

Films (Live action, Italian dub)

Year Title Role(s) Original actor Ref
1946 It's a Wonderful Life Marty Hatch Harold Landon [12]
1964 Mary Poppins George Banks David Tomlinson
1967 Casino Royale Evelyn Tremble Peter Sellers
1972 The Godfather Vito Corleone Marlon Brando [13]
1973 Hitler: The Last Ten Days Adolf Hitler Alec Guinness
1983 The World of Don Camillo Crucifix Allan Arbus [14]
1994 The Hudsucker Proxy Sidney J. Mussburger Paul Newman

References

  1. ^ Cronologia fondamentale dell'epoca d'oro del doppiaggio italiano Dagli albori agli anni 1970 (in Italian)
  2. ^ "Dubbing". Archived from the original on 1 November 2008. Retrieved 3 September 2008.
  3. ^ "È scomparso Peppino Rinaldi, uno dei più grandi doppiatori italiani". Antoniogenna.net. 15 December 2007. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Monica Vitti: La fuggidiva". Rai Teche. 2 February 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Cinderella Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  6. ^ "Lady and the Tramp Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  7. ^ "Alakazam the Great Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  8. ^ "One Hundred and One Dalmatians Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  9. ^ "Bambi Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  10. ^ "The Black Cauldron Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  11. ^ "Peter Pan Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  12. ^ "It's a Wonderful Life Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
  13. ^ "The Godfather Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
  14. ^ "The World of Don Camillo Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 24 September 2024.

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