Orlando Drummond

{{Short description|Brazilian actor (1919–2021)}}

{{Portuguese name|Drummond|Cardoso}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2019}}

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| name = Orlando Drummond

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| birth_name = Orlando Drummond Cardoso

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1919|10|18|df=y}}

| birth_place = Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|7|27|1919|10|18|df=y}}

| death_place = Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|comedian}}

| years_active = 1942–2021

| spouse = {{Marriage|Glória Drummond|1951}} (her death in 2022)

| children = 2

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Orlando Drummond Cardoso (18 October 1919 – 27 July 2021) was a Brazilian actor and comedian, best known for his works as "Senhor Peru" (literally "Mr. Turkey") in the sitcom Escolinha do Professor Raimundo{{Cite web |title=G1 > Pop & Arte - NOTÍCIAS - "Eu estou rindo, mas por dentro estou chorando", diz Scooby-Doo |url=https://g1.globo.com/Noticias/PopArte/0,,AA1394174-7084,00.html |access-date=2023-07-10 |website=g1.globo.com}} and also as the voice of the dubbed versions of Scooby-Doo, ALF, and Popeye.

Life and career

Drummond was born in Rio de Janeiro on 18 October 1919. He began working in 1942 as a foley artist and, with help from Paulo Gracindo, started his dubbing career.{{Cite web |date=2014-09-13 |title=Dia do Dublador: As vozes por trás dos grandes personagens - 2 - Notícias famosos - MSN Entretenimento |url=http://entretenimento.br.msn.com/famosos/noticias-artigo.aspx?cp-documentid=24722741&page=2 |access-date=2023-07-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913001158/http://entretenimento.br.msn.com/famosos/noticias-artigo.aspx?cp-documentid=24722741&page=2 |archive-date=September 13, 2014 }} He also worked as an actor in the films Rei do Movimento (1954) and Angu de Caroço (1955), but he is primarily known for his dubbing works during the 1950s. He acted also in the telenovela Caça Talentos as Zarathustra from 1996 to 1998.{{Cite web |last=Araújo |first=Marina |date=2016-12-06 |title=Orlando Drummond dá exemplo de humor e longevidade aos 97 anos |url=https://g1.globo.com/hora1/noticia/2016/12/orlando-drummond-da-exemplo-de-humor-e-longevidade-aos-97-anos.html |access-date=2023-07-10 |website=Hora 1 |language=pt-br}}

He died on 27 July 2021 from multiple organ failure, at the age of 101.{{Cite web |date=2021-07-27 |title=Morre Orlando Drummond, o 'Seu Peru' |url=https://istoe.com.br/morre-orlando-drummond-o-seu-peru/ |access-date=2023-07-10 |website=ISTOÉ Independente |language=pt-br}} He had also been hospitalised for a urinary tract infection three months before his death.{{Cite web |date=2021-07-27 |title=Orlando Drummond, intérprete do seu Peru, morre aos 101 anos |url=https://g1.globo.com/rj/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/2021/07/27/orlando-drummond-interprete-do-seu-peru-morre-no-rio-aos-101-anos.ghtml |access-date=2023-07-10 |website=G1 |language=pt-br}} Perhaps as an incredible coincidence, his long-standing friend Mário Monjardim Filho (who voiced Shaggy Rogers, Scooby-Doo's best friend) died only 3 days after Drummond's passing.

Voice acting

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