Glauco Onorato | |
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 Onorato inW Django! (1971) | |
| Born | (1936-12-07)7 December 1936 |
| Died | 31 December 2009(2009-12-31) (aged 73) Rome, Italy |
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| Years active | 1959–2009 |
| Children | 3, including Riccardo Nissem Onorato |
| Father | Giovanni Onorato |
| Relatives | Marco Onorato (brother) Maria Virginia Onorato (sister) |
Glauco Onorato (7 December 1936 – 31 December 2009) was an Italian actor and voice actor.
As an actor and dubber popular with audiences throughout Italy, he was renowned for voicing over nearly all ofBud Spencer's roles as Spencer had a thickNeapolitan accent. Onorato had worked consistently from the late 1950s until shortly before his death.
Glauco Onorato was born inTurin on 7 December 1936 and was educated at theSilvio D'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Arts. His father wasGiovanni Onorato, also an actor, and his brother wasMarco Onorato, who was a cinematographer.
Active in film, theater, and television, Onorato starred in over 31 films and 51 television shows. Among Onorato's most notable roles were as a man haunted by the supernatural inMario Bava's masterpieceBlack Sabbath, a soldier returning from the Russian front inVittoria De Sica'sSunflower, and as a ruthless gangster in the crime filmThe Big Racket.[1] He also starred asLeonardo da Vinci's father Piero da Vinci in the television miniseriesThe Life of Leonardo da Vinci. Onstage, Onorato starred in the 1978 edition of the 1962 musical comedy playRugantino and made collaborations with many other stage actors and directors such asEnrico Montesano andOttavia Piccolo. He also starred as Sir John Falstaff in stage adaptation ofThe Merry Wives of Windsor.
With a deep, booming, yet comical voice, Onorato gained his greatest fame as a voice actor.[2] He had dubbed many foreign-language films and television shows into Italian. He provided the Italian voice for actors such asDanny Glover,James Coburn,Anthony Quinn andCharles Bronson as well asArnold Schwarzenegger in his earlier and iconic films, most notablyThe Terminator. He may however be best known for dubbing Italian actorBud Spencer (whose heavy Neapolitan accent was considered unsuitable for his roles) in nearly all of his movies. In Onorato's animated roles, he provided the Italian voices of Captain Gantu in theLilo & Stitch franchise, Sykes inOliver & Company, Professor Ratigan inThe Great Mouse Detective, Carface Caruthers inAll Dogs Go to Heaven andWillie the Giant inMickey's Christmas Carol in the second redubbing.[3]
Onorato had three children: two of his children, Riccardo Nissem and Sara, are also voice actors, while Giovanni is a priest.
Onorato died at the San Camillo Hospital inRome on 31 December 2009, at the age of 73, after battling an undisclosed serious illness for some time.[4]
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