Cesare Fantoni (1 January 1905 – 15 January 1963) was an Italian actor and voice actor.
Biography
Born in Bologna, Fantoni began his acting career in
Luchino Visconti
Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo (; 2 November 1906 – 17 March 1976) was an Italian filmmaker, stage director, and screenwriter. A major figure of Italian art and culture in the mid-20th century, Visconti was one of the fat ...
’s stage proses until making his first on-screen appearance in 1937. He made his debut film appearance in ''
Doctor Antonio''. He then appeared in more than 70 films between 1939 and 1962. Fantoni made light appearances later in his career as Don Ignazio in the films ''
The Overtaxed'' and ''
Letto a tre piazze''.
Fantoni was also a voice actor, dubbing foreign films for release in the Italian market.
Cronologia fondamentale dell'epoca d'oro del doppiaggio italiano Dagli albori agli anni 1970
(in Italian) He dubbed the voices of Leo G. Carroll, Donald Crisp
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, Frank Faylen
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, Alan Napier
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, Thomas Gomez
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and many more.
Fantoni was the father of actor Sergio Fantoni
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Biography
Fantoni was born in Rome to the actor Cesare Fantoni. He began his career appearing in films, radio dramas, television and theatrical p ...
.
Selected filmography
* '' Doctor Antonio'' (1937)
* '' Guest for One Night'' (1939)
* ''Non me lo dire!
''Non me lo dire!'' is a 1940 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Erminio Macario.
Plot
Italy, early 1940s. A rich and noble man, returning from America, has the unpleasant surprise of being dirt poor. ...
'' (1940)
* ''Then We'll Get a Divorce
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The film's sets were designed b ...
'' (1940)
* '' The Sinner'' (1940)
* '' The King's Jester'' (1941)
* ''Light in the Darkness
''Light in the Darkness'' (Italian: ''Luce nelle tenebre'') is a 1941 Italian drama film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Fosco Giachetti, Alida Valli and Clara Calamai.Gundle p.215 The film's sets were designed by the art director Ottav ...
'' (1941)
* ''The Two Tigers
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Plot summary
India, 1857. Just when Tremal-Naik's life was getting back to ...
'' (1941)
* '' Pirates of Malaya'' (1941)
* ''The Hero of Venice
''The Hero of Venice'' (Italian: ''Il bravo di Venezia'') is a 1941 Italian historical adventure film directed by Carlo Campogalliani and starring Gustav Diessl, Paola Barbara, Rossano Brazzi and Valentina Cortese.Damiani p.256-257
It was shot ...
'' (1941)
* '' Invisible Chains'' (1942)
* ''The Gorgon
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'' (1942)
* '' Girl of the Golden West'' (1942)
* '' Lively Teresa'' (1943)
* ''La Fornarina
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It is pro ...
'' (1944)
* '' The Testimony'' (1946)
* ''Fatal Symphony
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'' (1947)
* ''Anthony of Padua
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'' (1949)
* '' Red Shirts'' (1952)
* '' Drama on the Tiber'' (1952)
* '' At the Edge of the City'' (1953)
* '' Sunday Heroes'' (1953)
* '' Captain Phantom'' (1953)
* '' Passionate Song'' (1953)
* ''Frine, Courtesan of Orient
''Frine, Courtesan of Orient'' ( it, Frine, cortigiana d'Oriente) is a 1953 Italian epic adventure film directed by Mario Bonnard and starring Elena Kleus and Pierre Cressoy. Sergio Leone served as assistant director.
Plot
Cast
* Elena Kleus: ...
'' (1953)
* ''Love Song
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'' (1954)
* '' Barrier of the Law'' (1954)
* '' Pietà per chi cade'' (1954)
* '' Tragic Ballad'' (1954)
* ''Disowned
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'' (1954)
* '' I Tartassati'' (1959)
* '' Attack of the Moors'' (1959)
* ''Carthage in Flames
''Carthage in Flames'' ( it, Cartagine in fiamme) is a 1960 Italian historical drama film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Pierre Brasseur, José Suárez, Daniel Gélin and Anne Heywood. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The ...
'' (1960)
*'' Revenge of the Barbarians'' (1960)
References
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1905 births
1963 deaths
Actors from Bologna
Italian male film actors
Italian male voice actors
20th-century Italian male actors