Nando Gazzolo


Ferdinando "Nando" Gazzolo was an Italian actor and voice actor.

Biography

Born in Savona, the son of the actor and voice actor Lauro Gazzolo and EIAR radio announcer Aida Ottaviani Piccolo, Gazzolo debuted at young age on radio, and in 1948, at twenty years old, he started his acting career entering the stage company led by Antonio Gandusio. He achieved his first personal success in 1951, in the adaptation of Antonio e Cleopatra staged by Renzo Ricci. He later worked on stage with Vittorio Gassman and Luigi Squarzina, among others, before focusing on voice acting and dubbing. Gazzolo was also active in films and starred in several TV-series of good success.
As a voice actor, Gazzolo voiced the main character in Bruno Bozzetto's animated spaghetti western West and Soda and served as the regular dubbing voice for Peter Cushing, David Niven and Richard Widmark. Other actors he occasionally dubbed included Rex Harrison, Michael Caine, Frank Sinatra, Yul Brynner, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Donald Sutherland, Laurence Olivier, Clint Eastwood, Louis Jourdan, Henry Fonda and was also the voice of the narrator in the Italian dubbed version of Beauty and the Beast.

Personal life

Gazzolo was married with three children. One of whom, Matteo, is also an actor. He also had a half-brother, Virginio, from his father's second marriage.

Death

Gazzolo died on 16 November 2015 in Nepi, aged 87.

Filmography

Cinema

Black Sunday - Narrator Letto a tre piazze - Narrator Constantine and the Cross - LiciniusThe Trojan Horse - Narrator Jeff Gordon, Secret Agent - Le docteur MercierToto and Cleopatra - Narrator Il mistero del tempio indiano - Narrator La Cittadella - Freddie HamsonGladiators Seven - Sar / MiloPirates of Malaysia - Lt. ClintockWest and Soda - Johnny The Spy with Ten Faces - KobrasThe Hills Run Red - Ken Seagull / Ken MiltonDjango Shoots First - Ken KlusterLa volpe e le camelie Un caso di coscienza - Alfredo SerpieriMaddalena Il nano e la strega - Narrator ' Magnificat - Narrator Valeria medico legale - Il procuratoreThe Comeback Our Tropical Island - TacchiniLe ragioni del cuore
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Dubbing roles

Animation

Live action