Luigi "Gigi" Angelillo (20 December 1939 – 21 July 2015) was an Italian actor, voice actor and theatre director.

Biography

Angelillo began an acting career on stage and screen in the 1960s and during the 1980s. He appeared in more than 20 films from 1966 to 2012 and he became well known to the Italian public as a voice dubber. From 1987 to 1995, he was the official Italian voice of

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and he has performed other voice acting work for Disney. He has dubbed

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in a select number of their films. In 1978, he founded the Società Teatrale 'l'Albero' with the actress and voice actress Ludovica Modugno.

Personal life

Angelillo was married to fellow actress and voice actress Ludovica Modugno until his death in 2015.

Death

Angelillo died on 21 July 2015, aged 75, after suffering a long illness.

Filmography

Cinema

*'' Tesoro mio'' (1979) *''

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'' (2006) *'' Cado dalle nubi'' (2009)

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* * 1939 births 2015 deaths Male actors from Apulia Italian male film actors Italian male voice actors Italian male stage actors Italian theatre directors 20th-century Italian male actors 21st-century Italian male actors {{Italy-film-actor-stub