Giuseppe Rinaldi (14 September 1919 – 15 December 2007) was an Italian actor and voice actor.

Biography

Born in

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, Rinaldi appeared in more than 20 films between 1939 and 1982. During his time, he was considered to be one of the greatest dubbers in Italy. He provided the Italian voices of

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and

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. Other actors dubbed by him included

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, and

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. In Rinaldi's animated film roles, he voiced

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's character Mr. Rossi in two films and a TV show, Pongo in the Italian dub of the 1961 animated film ''

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'' as well as Prince Charming in the Italian version of ''

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''. Other animated dubbing roles included Jim Dear in ''

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'', The Great Prince of the Forest in the 1968 redub of ''

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'' and Dallben in '' The Black Cauldron''. He also voiced

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in the 1991 live-action film ''

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'' and in the following short-lived

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(in the English language edition, the same character was voiced by

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Personal life

Rinaldi was once married to actress Marina Dolfin. They had two children together; Massimo and Antonella. From his second marriage to actress

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, they had one daughter; Francesca. All three of his children are voice actors. Rinaldi died on 15 December 2007, aged 88. He had retired from his career 10 years earlier.

Filmography

Cinema

Television

Voice work

Dubbing

Films (Animation, Italian dub)

Films (Live action, Italian dub)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rinaldi, Giuseppe 1919 births 2007 deaths Male actors from Rome Italian male voice actors Italian male film actors Italian male radio actors Italian voice directors 20th-century Italian male actors