Giorgio Lopez (16 February 1947 – 10 August 2021) was an Italian actor, voice actor, and theatre director.

Biography

Born in

Naples Naples ( ; ; ) is the Regions of Italy, regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 908,082 within the city's administrative limits as of 2025, while its Metropolitan City of N ...

, Lopez began his career during the late 1960s. Remembered for his work as a stage actor, director and playwright, he was also widely known as a voice actor, being the official Italian voice dubber of

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, also regularly dubbing

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since the death of

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in 2001. Lopez had also dubbed the voices of characters portrayed by

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and

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. His character roles include Garrick Ollivander (portrayed by John Hurt) in the ''

Harry Potter ''Harry Potter'' is a series of seven Fantasy literature, fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The novels chronicle the lives of a young Magician (fantasy), wizard, Harry Potter (character), Harry Potter, and his friends ...

'' films, Geoffrey Butler (portrayed by

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) in ''

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'' and

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(portrayed by Pat Morita) in ''

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''. Some of Lopez’s animated roles include King Harold in the ''

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'' movies,

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in '' DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp'',

Baby Herman ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'' is a media franchise that began with the 1981 novel ''Who Censored Roger Rabbit'' by Gary K. Wolf. It was adapted into a feature film in 1988, produced by Amblin Entertainment and released by Touchstone Pictures. Th ...

as a grown-up in ''

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'', J. Audubon Woodlore in

Hooked Bear ''Hooked Bear'' is a 1956 short film in the '' Humphrey the Bear'' series. Plot Fishing season has begun and park ranger J. Audubon Woodlore goes out on the lake to check on the anglers. Humphrey the Bear is trying to catch some fish, but canno ...

, Bootle Beetle in named character short and

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in the 1991 redubbing,

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from 1996 until 2020, replacing

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, and many characters in

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's ''

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'' (of which Lopez served as a dubbing director and dialogue writer for the Italian-dubbed version) and ''

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''. From 2005 to 2011 Lopez directed his brother

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in the theatre one-man-show ''Ciao Frankie'' (''Goodbye, Frankie''), dedicated to

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, featuring songs, gags and impressions, which was also performed at the

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Personal life

Lopez was the father of voice actors Gabriele and Andrea Lopez. He was also the older brother of actor and ''

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'' member

Massimo Lopez Massimo Lopez (born 11 January 1952) is an Italian actor, voice actor, comedian, impressionist and television presenter. Together with fellow actors Anna Marchesini and Tullio Solenghi, he has been a member of the comic group known as '' Il Tr ...

Death

Ill with

cardiopathy Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is any disease involving the heart or blood vessels. CVDs constitute a class of diseases that includes: coronary artery diseases (e.g. angina, heart attack), heart failure, hypertensive heart disease, rheumatic he ...

and

diabetes Diabetes mellitus, commonly known as diabetes, is a group of common endocrine diseases characterized by sustained high blood sugar levels. Diabetes is due to either the pancreas not producing enough of the hormone insulin, or the cells of th ...

, Lopez died in Rome on the morning of 10 August 2021, at the age of 74.

Filmography

Cinema

Television

Dubbing

Films (Animation, Italian dub)

Films (Live action, Italian dub)

Television (Animation, Italian dub)

Television (Live action, Italian dub)

Video games (Italian dub)

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lopez, Giorgio 1947 births 2021 deaths Male actors from Naples Theatre people from Naples Sapienza University of Rome alumni Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico alumni Italian male film actors Italian male stage actors Italian male television actors Italian male voice actors Italian theatre directors Italian voice directors Italian people of Spanish descent 20th-century Italian male actors 21st-century Italian male actors