Mario Pisu
Mario Pisu was an Italian actor and voice actor.
Biography
Born in Montecchio Emilia, Pisu was considered to be one of the most elegant performers of the Italian cinema. He began his career on stage and screen in 1935, making his debut appearance in The Joker King and also making frequent on-stage collaborations with Andreina Pagnani, Evi Maltagliati, Rina Morelli, Paolo Stoppa and Gino Cervi. Pisu appeared in 90 films between 1935 and 1976 and among his most popular appearances includes the 1965 film Juliet of the Spirits starring Giulietta Masina. He also appeared on television.
Pisu was also a popular voice actor and dubber. With a very modulated voice, he dubbed actors such as Gregory Peck, John Wayne, Ward Bond, Walter Pidgeon, Lee J. Cobb, Robert Mitchum, Victor Mature, Fred MacMurray, Kenneth Tobey and many more. In Pisu's animated roles, he voiced Captain in the Italian dub of the 1961 animated film One Hundred and One Dalmatians.
Pisu was the older brother of the actor Raffaele Pisu. He was married to Lilli Trucchi and they had a son, Silverio.
Pisu died in Velletri from a cerebral hemorrhage on 17 July 1976, at the age of 66.
Selected filmography
Red Passport - Gianni CasatiThe Joker King - Captain RodriguezKing of Diamonds - FrancoWhite Amazons - BiancheriThe Carnival Is Here Again - Fausto, il pittoreIl suo destino - Andrea, l'ingegnereLa sposa dei Re - Il conte Giovanbattista BernadotteCrispino e la comare - Il giovane pittoreL'aria del continente The [Last Enemy (film)|The Last Enemy] - Ferdinando De MedioManovre d'amore - Il tenente medico SkafosPrincess Cinderella - Il bellissimo CecèWe the Living - Viktor DunaevAddio Kira! - Victor DunaevIl nostro prossimo - Don LuigiThe Innkeeper - FabrizioLettere al sottotenente Romulus and the Sabines - Alberto RandoniIl canto della vita - RimondinoIl marito povero Professor, My Son - Ettore GiraldiBiraghin - MorenoMargaret of Cortona - Rinaldo Degli UbertiThe Merry Widower - Rinaldo Degli UbertiBluebeard's Six Wives - SergioThe Devil in the Convent - Padre ClaudioI'm the Capataz - HurtadoThe Reluctant Magician Anna Gli uomini non guardano il cielo Five Paupers in an Automobile - Il direttore del salone autoThe Temptress Jealousy - Barone Antonio Dieci canzoni d'amore da salvare - Delle PianeDi qua, di là del Piave Toto in Hell - TolomeoPoor, But Handsome - Amico del padre di Giovanna Hercules First Love - PaoloHannibal The Cossacks - Prince VoronzovMariti a congresso Roaring Years - Peppino The Slave - Goular Lo smemorato di Collegno - Avvocato Dell'OrsoI motorizzati - AngeloSexy Toto - L'impresario 8½ - Mario MezzabottaZorro and the Three Musketeers - Count of TequelThe Organizer - ManagerI diavoli di Spartivento Soldati e caporali - Colonnello RigamontiLa violenza e l'amore Juliet of the Spirits - Giorgio Gendarme in New York - L'adjudant RenzoI soldi Made in Italy - The Lawyer Te lo leggo negli occhi - Dino's FatherLo scippo - comm. FrascàMe, Me, Me... and the Others - Winner of the 'Capranica'How We Robbed the Bank of Italy - PaoloAdultery Italian Style - Il vicinoOur Husbands - The Andrologist Atout cœur à Tokyo pour OSS 117 - VargasPardon, Are You For or Against? - Barone Renato SantambrogioThe Looters - Patrick O'HaraJohnny Banco - Spia spione Morire gratis - GiovanniEmma Hamilton - Le roi Ferdinand de NaplesL'amore è come il sole Temptation Zingara - Marisa and Silvia's fatherIn Prison Awaiting Trial - PsichiatraWe Are All in Temporary Liberty Il Boss - Onorevole GabrielliSans sommation - Io e lui - ProttiThe Sensual Man - Lorenzo BanchieriOrdine firmato in bianco - Attorney GeneralCarnalità - Count OrsaniThe Sex Machine - MinisterThe Sensuous Nurse - Leonida BottacinIl giustiziere di mezzogiorno - Capo della PoliziaBlue Jeans - Mario / LawyerNick the Sting - PhilSorbole... che romagnola - The Vicar