Nando Gazzolo

Nando Gazzolo
Born
Ferdinando Gazzolo

(1928-10-16)16 October 1928
Savona, Kingdom of Italy
Died16 November 2015(2015-11-16) (aged 87)
Nepi, Italy
Occupations
  • Actor
  • voice actor
Years active1948–2015
Spouse
Rita Di Leonardo
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(m. 1961; div. 1999)​
Children3, including Matteo Gazzolo
Parents
RelativesVirginio Gazzolo (paternal half-brother)

Ferdinando "Nando" Gazzolo (16 October 1928 – 16 November 2015) was an Italian actor and voice actor.

Biography

Born in Savona, the son of the actor and voice actor Lauro Gazzolo and EIAR radio announcer Aida Ottaviani Piccolo, Gazzolo debuted at young age on radio, and in 1948, at twenty years old, he started his acting career entering the stage company led by Antonio Gandusio.[1] He achieved his first personal success in 1951, in the adaptation of Antonio e Cleopatra staged by Renzo Ricci.[1] He later worked on stage with Vittorio Gassman and Luigi Squarzina, among others, before focusing on voice acting and dubbing.[1][2] Gazzolo was also active in films and starred in several TV-series of good success.[2]

As a voice actor, Gazzolo voiced the main character in Bruno Bozzetto's animated spaghetti western West and Soda and served as the regular dubbing voice for Peter Cushing, David Niven and Richard Widmark. Other actors he occasionally dubbed included Rex Harrison, Michael Caine, Frank Sinatra, Yul Brynner, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Donald Sutherland, Laurence Olivier, Clint Eastwood, Louis Jourdan, Henry Fonda and was also the voice of the narrator in the Italian dubbed version of Beauty and the Beast.[3]

Personal life

Gazzolo was married with three children. One of whom, Matteo, is also an actor.[1] He also had a half-brother, Virginio, from his father's second marriage.

Death

Gazzolo died on 16 November 2015 in Nepi, aged 87.[4]

Filmography

Gazzolo on stage with actress Laura Solari (1956)

Cinema

Dubbing roles

Animation

Live action

References

  1. ^ a b c d Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: Gli artisti: Vol. 3, Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 8884402131.
  2. ^ a b "Gazzolo, Nando". Treccani. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  3. ^ Intervista a NANDO GAZZOLO (2011) | enciclopediadeldoppiaggio.it
  4. ^ "Addio a Nando Gazzolo, grande voce del teatro e della tv". La Repubblica. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Nando Gazzolo's voice acting and dubbing contributions". Il mondo dei doppiatori, antoniogenna.net (in Italian). Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  6. ^ "Shakespeare - I capolavori animati". Il mondo dei doppiatori, antoniogenna.net (in Italian).
  7. ^ "Nello e Patrasche". Il mondo dei doppiatori, antoniogenna.net (in Italian).
  8. ^ "Dark Crystal". Il mondo dei doppiatori, antoniogenna.net (in Italian).
  9. ^ "Orizzonti di gloria". Il mondo dei doppiatori, antoniogenna.net (in Italian).

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