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Renato Turi

{{short description|Italian actor and voice actor}}

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

{{Infobox person

| name = Renato Turi

| image = Renato Turi.jpg

| caption = Turi in 1958

| birthname =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1920|5|12|df=y}}

| birth_place = Florence, Kingdom of Italy

| death_date = {{death date and age|1991|4|5|1920|5|12|df=y}}

| death_place = Rome, Italy

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

| yearsactive = 1946–1991

| other_names =

| relatives =

| spouse = Clara Bartolomei

| children = 2

}}

Renato Turi (12 May 1920 – 5 April 1991) was an Italian actor and voice actor.

Biography

Renato Turi was born in Florence to Umberto Turi, from Naples and Giulia Ragni, from Rome. He was considered to be an important figure in Italian dubbing. At an early age, Turi visited theatres across Italy with his parents before moving to Rome. He felt a great desire to perform on stage during those visits. During the outbreak of World War II, Turi served at the airport in Elmas, Sardinia which was bombarded by American forces, seriously injuring Turi resulting in his leg amputation. As a result, he had to give up his dreams as a theatre actor.

Nevertheless, Turi pursued an acting career in film, television and radio, acting in over six films and starring in many television productions. Despite his inability to make a stage appearance, he served as the voice of God in the 1973 musical comedy Aggiungi un posto a tavola. His voice was then re-recorded for later performances even after his death.

Turi was more successful as a voice dubber.[https://sedifmovie.it/sedif-una-storia-in-evoluzione/?lang Sedif, a story in evolution][https://www.antoniogenna.net/doppiaggio/speciali/cronologia.htm Cronologia fondamentale dell'epoca d'oro del doppiaggio italiano Dagli albori agli anni 1970] (in Italian) He was the founder of the dubbing society SEDIF and he frequently collaborated with other dubbers including Giuseppe Rinaldi, Wanda Tettoni, Oreste Lionello, Gianfranco Bellini and Emilio Cigoli.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTKOtYYSy1Y Renato Turi Doppiatore] Turi often provided the Italian voices of Walter Matthau, Lee Marvin, Christopher Lee, Telly Savalas, Lee Van Cleef, John Carradine, Lionel Jeffries, Charlton Heston, Sidney Poitier, Livio Lorenzon and Arthur Kennedy in most of their movies. In his animated roles, Turi voiced Jasper in the Italian version of One Hundred and One Dalmatians as well as Edgar in the Italian version of The Aristocats.{{cite web|url=http://www.antoniogenna.net/doppiaggio/voci/vocirt.htm|title=Renato Turi's voice acting and dubbing contributions|website=Il mondo dei doppiatori, antoniogenna.net |date= |accessdate=23 December 2018|language=it}}

Death

Turi died in Rome on 5 April 1991, at the age of 70. He was laid to rest in the Campo Verano. Turi's family members were given important positions within the dubbing company which he founded.

Filmography

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Dubbing roles

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References

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External links

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Category:1920 births

Category:1991 deaths

Category:Male actors from Florence

Category:People of Campanian descent

Category:People of Lazian descent

Category:Italian male voice actors

Category:Italian male stage actors

Category:Italian male television actors

Category:Italian male film actors

Category:Italian male radio actors

Category:Italian voice directors

Category:Italian military personnel of World War II

Category:Italian amputees

Category:Burials at Campo Verano

Category:20th-century Italian male actors