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Claudio Capone

{{short description|Italian voice actor (1952–2008)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1952|11|18}}

| birth_place = Rome, Italy

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2008|6|23|1952|11|18}}

| death_place = Perth, Scotland

| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|voice actor|narrator}}

| yearsactive = 1964–2008

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| children = 2, including Davide Capone

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Claudio Capone (18 November 1952 – 23 June 2008) was an Italian actor, voice actor and narrator.{{cite web |url=http://www.antoniogenna.net/doppiaggio/voci/vocicc.htm |title=Claudio Capone's dubbing contributions |publisher=Antoniogenna.net |date= |accessdate=4 June 2019}}

Biography

Born in Rome, Capone began an acting career on television at the age of 11. His first on screen appearance was in Il giornalino di Gian Burrasca directed by Lina Wertmüller. He also worked on stage alongside Luigi Almirante, Silvio Noto and Roldano Lupi. He devoted himself exclusively to dubbing and narrating in the 1970s.

Capone's most notable roles include the dubbing of Ridge Forrester in the Italian version of The Bold and the Beautiful, and Stephen Collins as the Rev. Eric Camden in 7th Heaven.{{cite web |url=http://www.doppiatoriitaliani.com/slider/claudio-capone/ |website=doppiatoriitaliani.com |title=Il film su Claudio Capone |date=19 June 2012 |access-date=6 June 2019}} Previously, he was also the voice of Luke Skywalker (portrayed by Mark Hamill) in the Star Wars original trilogy and as Carey Mahoney (portrayed by Steve Guttenberg) in the Police Academy franchise, the voice of Stephen Fry, who played Oscar Wilde in the film Wilde, Franz Joseph I of Austria in the Sissi trilogy, and Don Johnson in the programme Miami Vice.{{cite web |publisher=La Repubblica |title=Doppiaggio, addio Claudio Capone - si è spenta la voce di Superquark |url=http://www.repubblica.it/2008/06/sezioni/persone/morto-capone/morto-capone/morto-capone.html |language=it |accessdate=2012-08-23}}

As a popular film and television program narrator, he was the narrator of many documentaries on the Italian national television network RAI, but none more so than his narration of Rai's scientific documentary Superquark, presented by Piero Angela and Geo & Geo. His voice (and often his image) can be seen and heard in many national and local advertising campaigns in Italy.{{cite web |publisher=Il Messaggero |title=Con Claudio Capone 5 giorni di spensieratezza in Scozia prima della tragedia |url=http://www.ilmessaggero.it/articolo.php?id=26579&sez=HOME_SPETTACOLO |language=it |accessdate=2012-08-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080710044311/http://www.ilmessaggero.it/articolo.php?id=26579&sez=HOME_SPETTACOLO |archive-date=2008-07-10 |url-status=dead}}

=Personal life=

Capone was married with two children. His son Davide is also a voice actor.

Death

Capone died of a stroke on 23 June 2008, at the age of 55, while in Scotland on business. He had been assisting with creating a documentary at the time. Two days before his death, he became extremely ill. Because of this, he had to be transported from Crieff to a nearby hospital in Perth where he died.{{cite web |url=https://antoniogenna.com/2008/06/24/e’-morto-il-doppiatore-claudio-capone/ |title=È morto il doppiatore Claudio Capone, storica voce di "Superquark" e "Beautiful" |publisher=Il mondo dei doppiatori |language=it |date=24 June 2008 |accessdate=19 December 2019}}

Voice work

  • Narrator in {{ill|Il santo patrono|it}}
  • Piccolo's second brother in L'eroe dei due mondi{{cite web|url=https://www.antoniogenna.net/doppiaggio/film1/leroedeiduemondi.htm|title=L'eroe dei due mondi|website=Il mondo dei doppiatori, antoniogenna.net|language=it}}

=Dubbing=

==Animation==

==Live action==

References

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External links

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Category:1952 births

Category:2008 deaths

Category:Male actors from Rome

Category:Italian male voice actors

Category:Italian male television actors

Category:Italian male stage actors

Category:Italian male child actors

Category:20th-century Italian male actors

Category:21st-century Italian male actors