Stefano Sibaldi
{{Short description|Italian actor and voice actor (1905–1996)}}
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| caption = Sibaldi (left) in An Impossible Family (1940)
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1905|6|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = Livorno, Kingdom of Italy
| death_date = {{death date and age|1996|7|2|1905|6|11|df=y}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|voice actor}}
| yearsactive = 1928–1989
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Stefano Sibaldi (11 June 1905 – 2 July 1996) was an Italian actor and voice actor.
Biography
Born in Livorno, Sibaldi was considered to be among the most successful of the early actors and dubbers of the 20th century. He began his acting career in 1928 staying within the field of stage and screen and he worked alongside many related people within his ventures such as Carlo Veneziani and Armando Falconi. Sibaldi's film debut was in the 1934 film Full Speed and he also made radio and television acting contributions.{{cite web|url=https://www.mymovies.it/biografia/?a=5384 |title=Stefano Sibaldi |author= |publisher=MYmovies |date= |accessdate= 2 July 2019}}
In 1937, Sibaldi entered a career as a voice dubber. Among the actors he dubbed included Frank Sinatra, Glenn Ford, Louis de Funès, Fred Astaire, Richard Widmark, Groucho Marx, Danny Kaye and many more. In his Italian dubbed animated roles, he voiced Timothy Q. Mouse in Dumbo, Captain Hook in Peter Pan, Tramp in Lady and the Tramp and the Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland. Sibaldi retired from his career in the late 1980s.{{cite web|url=http://www.antoniogenna.net/doppiaggio/voci/vocissib.htm|title=Stefano Sibaldi's voice acting and dubbing contributions|website=Il mondo dei doppiatori, antoniogenna.net |date= |accessdate=27 March 2019|language=it}}
Death
Sibaldi died in Rome on July 2, 1996, at the age of 91.
Filmography
= Cinema =
- Full Speed (1934)
- Sette giorni all'altro mondo (1936)
- Adam's Tree (1936)
- Pensaci, Giacomino! (1936)
- The Fornaretto of Venice (1939)
- Frenesia (1939)
- An Impossible Family (1940)
- Then We'll Get a Divorce (1940)
- Don Pasquale (1940)
- Il carnevale di Venezia (1940)
- Manovre d'amore (1941)
- Barbablù (1941)
- The Actor Who Disappeared (1941)
- La fuggitiva (1941)
- Il vagabondo (1941)
- Il pozzo dei miracoli (1941)
- Wedding Day (1942)
- Colpi di timone (1942)
- Sealed Lips (1942)
- L'amico delle donne (1943)
- Annabella's Adventure (1943)
- Il nemico (1943)
- Silenzio, si gira! (1943)
- 4 ragazze sognano (1943)
- La signora in nero (1943)
- Lascia cantare il cuore (1943)
- Mist on the Sea (1944)
- The Man with the Grey Glove (1948)
- Rascel-Fifì (1957)
- Il corazziere (1960)
- Mission Stardust (1967)
Voice work
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
!scope="col"|Year !scope="col"|Title !scope="col"|Role !scope="col"|Notes |
| rowspan=2|1950
|rowspan=2|La Rosa di Bagdad |Genie of the Lamp |rowspan=2|Animated film |
| Narrator |
= Dubbing =
== Films (Animation, Italian dub) ==
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
!scope="col"|Year !scope="col"|Title !scope="col"|Role(s) !scope="col" class="unsortable" | Ref |
| 1939
|King Little | |
| rowspan=2|1946
|Narrator #5 |
| Peter and the Wolf
|Narrator | |
| rowspan=2|1948
|Timothy Q. Mouse |
| The Three Caballeros
|Professor Holloway | |
| rowspan=2|1950
|Grand Duke |
| Song of the South |
| 1951 |
| rowspan=3|1953
|rowspan=2|Peter Pan |
| Narrator |
| Ben and Me
|Amos Mouse | |
| 1955
|Tramp |
References
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External links
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- {{IMDb name|0796222|Stefano Sibaldi}}
- {{BTVA person}}
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Category:Male actors from Tuscany
Category:Italian male voice actors
Category:Italian male stage actors
Category:Italian male television actors
Category:Italian male film actors