Elio Pandolfi

{{Short description|Italian actor and voice actor (1926–2021)}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Elio Pandolfi

| image = Elio Pandolfi.jpg

| caption = Pandolfi in 1954

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1926|6|17}}

| birth_place = Rome, Kingdom of Italy

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2021|10|11|1926|6|17}}

| death_place = Rome, Italy

| occupation = {{hlist|actor|voice actor|director}}

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Elio Pandolfi (17 June 1926 – 11 October 2021) was an Italian stage, film and television actor, voice actor, and radio personality.

Life and career

Born in Rome, Pandolfi got a degree in accounting, and then enrolled at the Silvio d’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts graduating in 1948.{{cite book|last=Roberto Poppi, Enrico Lancia|title=Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori|publisher=Gremese Editore, 2003|pages=95–96|isbn=8884402697}} He debuted on stage the same year, and was mainly active in theater, including operetta, musical theatre and revue. Pandolfi appeared as a character actor in a number of films, mainly in humorous roles, and was known for his skills as an impressionist, imitating other people (both men and women), foreign accents, and languages.{{cite video|author=RAI|url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rMcnK8G5T2k|title=ELIO PANDOLFI, un attore, mille voci|website=YouTube|date=14 February 1991|language=it}} Pursuing a career as a voice actor and dubber, he was renowned for his ability in dubbing even female roles effectively, which sometimes led him to provide post-syncronized dialogue of a few Italian actresses.{{cite video|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-ZWfupObPk|title=ELIO PANDOLFi e il DOPPIAGGIO (2011)|author=Andrea Razza|website=YouTube|date=9 September 2011|language=it}}{{cite video|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvFl01xRj5k|title=Elio Pandolfi ricorda Luchino Visconti|website=YouTube|language=it}} With some help from Marcello Mastroianni, later described by Pandolfi as "the best friend I ever had", he met and got to work with Federico Fellini, who hired him to voice many characters in films such as La dolce vita and .

Pandolfi died on 11 October 2021, at the age of 95.{{cite web |url=https://www.repubblica.it/spettacoli/teatro-danza/2021/10/11/news/e_morto_elio_pandolfi-321722170/?ref=RHTP-BH-I319608174-P2-S5-F|title=È morto Elio Pandolfi, una vita tra radio e palcoscenico |publisher=La Repubblica |date=11 October 2021|accessdate=11 October 2021}}{{Citation|title=Morto l'attore Elio Pandolfi, una lunga carriera tra palco, radio e doppiaggio - Cultura & Spettacoli|date=2021-10-11|url=https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/cultura/2021/10/11/morto-lattore-elio-pandolfi-_606d2ef5-ced2-4b40-bfd2-8ad59e3a530e.html|language=it|access-date=2021-10-14}}

Selected filmography

Voice work

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1963

|Black Sabbath

|Voice on the phone

|Horror film, voice-over

|{{cite web|url=https://www.antoniogenna.net/doppiaggio/voci/vociepan.htm|title=Elio Pandolfi's voice acting and dubbing works|website=Il mondo dei doppiatori, antoniogenna.net|language=it}}

1981

|{{ill|Che casino... con Pierino!|it}}

|rowspan=2|Narrator

|Comedy film

|{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/che-casino-con-pierino%21-am353817/cast-crew|title=Che casino... con Pierino! (1982) - Bitto Albertini - Cast & Crew|website=allmovie.com}}

1989

|{{ill|12 registi per 12 città|it}}

|Documentary ("Verona" segment)

|{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/12-directors-for-12-cities-am323926/cast-crew|title=12 directors for 12 cities|website=allmovie.com}}

2004

|La storia di Leo

|Camea

|Rowspan=3|Animated film

|{{cite web|url=https://www.cinemaitaliano.info/lastoriadileo|title=La storia di Leo (2004), di Mario Cambi|website=cinemaitaliano.info|language=it}}

2005

|{{ill|Yo-Rhad - Un amico dallo spazio|it}}

|Merope

|{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/yo-rhad-un-amico-dallo-spazio-am542555/cast-crew|title=Yo-rhad, un amico dallo spazio (2006) - Camillo Teti, Vittorio Rambaldi|website=allmovie.com}}

2006

|{{ill|Tormenti - Film disegnato|it}}

|Tarantinellis, commissioner, porter, La Merz, Spanish guard, English officer

|{{cite web|url=https://www.antoniogenna.net/doppiaggio/film1/tormenti.htm|title=Tormenti - Film disegnato|website=Il mondo dei doppiatori, antoniogenna.net|language=it}}

References

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