Ferruccio Amendola (22 July 1930 – 3 September 2001) was an Italian actor and voice actor.

Biography

Born in Turin to actors Federico Amendola and Amelia Ricci and the nephew of director and screenwriter

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, he was among Italy's most accomplished actors who worked for cinema and television and also did extensive voice dubbing work. Amendola moved to Rome with his family at a young age and he made his film debut at age 13 in '' Gian Burrasca'' directed by

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and continued working on cinema, television and theatre in his later years. In 1945, Amendola made his voice-over debut dubbing over Vito Annicchiarico's role in the film ''

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''. By 1968, Amendola began devoting most of his time to voice-over acting and eventually became well known as an Italian voice dubbing pioneer. He was best known as the Italian voice of famous actors including

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and

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in a majority of their movies. He also dubbed

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as well as

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in the television series ''

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'' as well as '' Cosby''. In addition, he has done the voice over in commercials and TV dramas with great success.

Personal life

From his relationship with his ex-wife

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who is a voice-over actress, he had two sons, Federico, who was named after his father and

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, who is also an actor. He also had a daughter, Silvia from his second marriage. Through Claudio, his granddaughter

Alessia Amendola Alessia Amendola (born 27 February 1984) is an Italian voice actress. Biography Born in Rome, Amendola is the daughter of actor Claudio Amendola and the granddaughter of voice actors Ferruccio Amendola and Rita Savagnone. Amendola started her ...

is a voice actress.

Death

Amendola died of

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on 3 September 2001 at the age of 71. He was interred at the

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Filmography

Cinema

Television

Voice work

Dubbing

Films (Animation, Italian dub)

Films (Live action, Italian dub)

Television (Animation, Italian dub)

Television (Live action, Italian dub)

References

External links

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