Carlo D'Angelo
Carlo D'Angelo (February 2, 1919 – June 9, 1973) was an Italian actor and voice actor.[1]
Biography edit
Born in Milan, the son of a Neapolitan father and a Florentine mother, at 9 years old D'Angelo was part of the Voci Bianche choir at La Scala.[2] After studying law at the University of Milan, in 1941 he started working on radio and shortly later as a film dubber.[2] In 1947 he made his stage debut at the Piccolo Teatro di Milano, under Giorgio Strehler.[2] In the 1950s he worked several times in the theatrical company of Vittorio Gassman, and in 1958 he formed a stage company together with Lia Zoppelli and Renzo Giovampietro.[2]
Between 1963 and 1964, he got large critical acclaim for his performance in Il diavolo e il buon Dio, under the direction of Luigi Squarzina.[2] D'Angelo was also active in films, where alternated major and character roles, and on television, where he had several significant roles in a number of TV-series.[2] D'Angelo was also diction teacher at the Silvio d’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts and recorded several albums of prose and poetry.
As a voice actor, D'Angelo provided the voice of Shere Khan in The Jungle Book and Jesus Christ in the italian political comedy I 2 deputati.
Death edit
D’Angelo died at the Sant’Orsola-Malpighi Polyclinic in Bologna on June 9, 1973, at the age of 54. He had undergone stomach surgery 25 days prior to his death.[3]
Selected filmography edit
- La primadonna (1943)
- Uomini senza domani (1948)
- Giudicatemi! (1948)
- Ho sognato il paradiso (1950) - Magnaccia
- Fugitive in Trieste (1951)
- Lorenzaccio (1951)
- Perdonami! (1953) - Commissioner
- Pietà per chi cade (1954) - Mari's defense attorney
- Land of the Pharaohs (1955) - Nabuna, Nellifer's Bodyguard (uncredited)
- Adriana Lecouvreur (1955)
- La ladra (1955) - Il Parocco
- The Rival (1956) - Primo ufficiale inquirente
- Terrore sulla città (1957) - Professor Gallura
- I Vampiri (1957) - L'ispettore Chantal
- Dreams in a Drawer (1957) - The Substitute
- La canzone più bella (1957) - Il Supplente
- L'ultima violenza (1957) - Notaio Bartoli
- The Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1958, TV series) - Newman Noggs
- Herod the Great (1959) - Man who saw the Messiah's birth
- Hercules Unchained (1959) - Creonte, High Priest of Thebes
- The Great War (1959) - Capitano Ferri
- David and Goliath (1960)
- Everybody Go Home (1960) - Partigiano napoletano
- Sword of the Conqueror (1961) - Falisque
- Pigeon Shoot (1961) - Mattei
- A Day for Lionhearts (1961) - Il prete
- Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile (1961) - Seper
- Battle of the Worlds (1961) - Gen. Varreck
- Ten Italians for One German (1962) - Obersturmbannfuhrer Herbert Kappler
- Gli eroi del doppio gioco (1962) - Riccio
- The Verona Trial (1963) - Italo Vianini
- Giulietta e Romeo (1964) - Principe di Verona
- Secret Agent Super Dragon (1966) - Fernand Lamas
- One Thousand Dollars on the Black (1966) - Judge Waldorf
- VIP my Brother Superman (1968) - Narrator (voice)
- The Great Silence (1968) - Governor of Utah
- I 2 deputati (1968) - Statue of Jesus Christ (voice)
Notes edit
- ^ "Carlo D'Angelo's dubbing contributions". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano : Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2002. ISBN 8884402131.
- ^ a. bl. (10 June 1973). "Morto l'attore Carlo D'Angelo famosa voce del nostro teatro". La Stampa. No. 135.
External links edit
Media related to Carlo D'Angelo at Wikimedia Commons
- Carlo D'Angelo at IMDb
- https://www.antoniogenna.net/doppiaggio/game/199.htm