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Arturo Dominici
Arturo Dominici
	Dominici in Two Escape from Sing Sing (1964)
Born	2 January 1916; Palermo, Kingdom of Italy
Died	7 September 1992 (aged 76); Rome, Italy
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1947–1983
Spouse	Irene Quattrini
Children	3

Arturo Dominici (2 January 1916 – 7 September 1992) was an Italian film, television and voice actor.^[1]

Biography

Born in Palermo, Dominici became best known for his many villainous roles in horror and fantasy films. He is best remembered for his performance as the monstrous Igor Javuto in Mario Bava's Black Sunday (1960), the evil Eurysteus in the 1958 Steve Reeves epic Hercules, and Papa Smurf in the 1981 cartoon The Smurfs.

His filmography includes more than 80 titles, including Antonio Margheriti's Castle of Blood (1964), in which he appeared with Black Sunday star Barbara Steele. Dominici dubbed the voice of Austrian actor Walter Ladengast in the Italian release version of Werner Herzog's Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979).

Dominici's daughter, Germana, is an Italian stage actress; at the age of 14 she had a small role as a farm girl in Black Sunday.

Death

Dominici died of cancer on 7 September 1992, aged 76, and is buried in Rome.^[2]

Partial filmography

Il principe ribelle (1949)
Yvonne of the Night (1949) – Un ufficiale di cavalleria
Cavalcade of Heroes (1950) – Generale Gilletti
The Last Race (1954) – Doctor Magni
Red and Black (1955)
Hercules (1958) – Eurysteus
Lost Souls (1959) – Franco
Goliath and the Barbarians (1959) – Svevo
Caltiki – The Immortal Monster (1959) – Nieto
Messalina (1960) – Caio Silio
I piaceri del sabato notte (1960) – Un cliente dell'atelier
Black Sunday (1960) – Igor Javutich / Javuto
Revenge of the Barbarians (1960) – Antemius
Un dollaro di fifa (1960) – Chancellor
The Thief of Baghdad (1961) – Prince Osman
The Story of Joseph and His Brethren (1961) – Rekmira, the Minister
The Trojan Horse (1961) – Achilles
A Difficult Life (1961) – Ragana (voice, uncredited)
Charge of the Black Lancers (1962) – Il capo dei Krevires
The Triumph of Robin Hood (1962) – Baron Elwin, Sheriff of Nottingham
Seven Seas to Calais (1962) – Don Bernardino de Mendoza, the Spanish Ambassador
Perseo l'invincibile (1963) – Acrisio
The Sign of the Coyote (1963) – Judge Clemens
Hercules and the Masked Rider (1963) – Don Ramiro Suarez
Hercules vs. Moloch (1963) – Penthius, General of Micenas
The Betrothed (1964) – Il cardinale Federico Borromeo
Temple of the White Elephant (1964) – Maharajah
L'ultima carica (1964)
Castle of Blood (1964, aka Danza Macabre) – Dr. Carmus
I due evasi di Sing Sing (1964) – Attanasia
Hercules and the Tyrants of Babylon (1964)
Goliath at the Conquest of Damascus (1965) – Kaichev
Fantômas se déchaîne (1965) – Le professeur canadien
A Coffin for the Sheriff (1965) – Jerry Krueger
Giant of the Evil Island (1965) – Don Alvarado
Zorro il ribelle (1966) – Don Alvarez
Untamable Angelique (1967) – Mezzo Morte (uncredited)
Fantabulous Inc. (1967) – Captain Fenninger
Angelique and the Sultan (1968) – Mezzo Morte (uncredited)
The Moment to Kill (1968) – Forester
VIP my Brother Superman (1968) – (voice)
Dio perdoni la mia pistola (1969) – Judge Collins
Catherine, il suffit d'un amour [fr] (1969) – La Grêle
Love Is a Funny Thing (1969) – Le douanier
Satiricosissimo (1970) – Tigellino
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970) – Mangani
Confessions of a Police Captain (1971) – Lawyer Canistraro
Zorro il cavaliere della vendetta (1971)
The Adventures of Pinocchio (1972) – The Green Fisherman (voice)
The Eroticist (1972) – His Excellency
The Assassin of Rome (1972) – Ing. Jaccarino
Il caso Pisciotta (1972) – Michele Scauri
Sinbad and the Caliph of Baghdad (1973) – Visir
Special Killers (1973) – District Attorney
Il nano e la strega (1973) – Il Notaio (voice)
Silent Action (1975) – Chief of police
Lo sgarbo (1975)
Free Hand for a Tough Cop (1976) – De Rita
Tony, l'altra faccia della Torino violenta (1980) – (voice)
Cappotto di legno (1981) – Ministro Interni
The Professor (1986) – Joe Gambino (voice, uncredited)

References

^ "Arturo Dominici's dubbing contributions". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
^ "Arturo Dominici". IMDb. Retrieved 18 April 2023.

External links

Arturo Dominici at IMDb

[1] "Arturo Dominici's dubbing contributions". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 31 May 2019.

[2] "Arturo Dominici". IMDb. Retrieved 18 April 2023.

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