Giuseppe Rinaldi (14 September 1919 – 15 December 2007) was an Italian actor and voice actor.
Biography Born in Rome, 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.Cronologia fondamentale dell'epoca d'oro del doppiaggio italiano Dagli albori agli anni 1970 (in Italian) He provided the Italian voices of Marlon Brando, Jack Lemmon, Rock Hudson, Paul Newman, Van Johnson and James Dean. Other actors dubbed by him included Peter Sellers, Frank Sinatra, Glenn Ford, David Tomlinson, Richard Burton, George Peppard, Burt Lancaster, Charles Bronson, Kirk Douglas, Gregory Peck, Roger Moore, Jeffrey Hunter, Max von Sydow, and Christopher Plummer. He even dubbed many Italian actors in post-syncronization, voicing many roles performed by Antonio Cifariello, Mario Merola, and Renato Salvatori.
In Rinaldi's animated film roles, he voiced Bruno Bozzetto's character Mr. Rossi in two films and a TV show, Pongo in the Italian dub of the 1961 animated film One Hundred and One Dalmatians as well as Prince Charming in the Italian version of Cinderella. Other animated dubbing roles included Jim Dear in Lady and the Tramp, The Great Prince of the Forest in the 1968 redub of Bambi and Dallben in The Black Cauldron. He also voiced Jolly Jumper in the 1991 live-action film Lucky Luke and in the following short-lived TV series (in the English language edition, the same character was voiced by Roger Miller).
Personal life Rinaldi was once married to actress Marina Dolfin. They had two children together; Massimo and Antonella. From his second marriage to actress Maria Pia Casilio, 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 YearTitleRoleNotes1939Department Store SkierThe Night of Tricks Heartbeat1940The First Woman Who PassesRaoul d'AubignyThen We'll Get a DivorceBobThe Cavalier from KrujaEssad HaidarTormented Hearts [it]Paolo Antinori1941The Man on the StreetStelio CorsiThe Prisoner of Santa CruzPaolo Costa1942Forbidden MusicGiulio FolchiDisturbanceSaverioBlack GoldCarlo Marini1943Farewell Love!Giustino Morelli1945Romulus and the SabinesEmilio1946L'elisir d'amore [it]1947Cugino della contessina1948ImmigrantsIngegnere1950Night TaxiIl ragionere1963Outlaws of LoveNarrator Anthology comedy1970A Pocketful of ChestnutsPoker Player Doctor1972Chung Kuo, CinaNarrator (voice)Documentary1977Mr. Rossi's DreamsMr. Rossi (voice)Animated film1978Mr. Rossi's Vacation
Television YearTitleRoleNotes1955L'assassinoCorradoTV play1972–1981Mr. Rossi (voice)Animated seriesAlso voicing Nick Carter in some episodes1983La fuggidivaRinaldi, the interviewerTV film
Dubbing Films (Animation, Italian dub) YearTitleRole(s) Ref1950CinderellaPrince Charming1955Lady and the TrampJim Dear1960Alakazam the GreatPrince Amat1961One Hundred and One DalmatiansPongo1966Winnie the Pooh and the Honey TreeNarrator1968Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery DayBambiThe Great Prince of the Forest (1968 redub)1985The Black CauldronDallben1986Peter PanCaptain Hook (1986 redub)
Films (Live action, Italian dub) YearTitleRole(s)Original actor Ref1946It's a Wonderful LifeMarty HatchHarold Landon1964Mary PoppinsGeorge BanksDavid Tomlinson1967Casino RoyaleEvelyn TremblePeter Sellers1972The GodfatherVito CorleoneMarlon Brando1973Hitler: The Last Ten DaysAdolf HitlerAlec Guinness1983The World of Don CamilloCrucifixAllan Arbus 1994The Hudsucker ProxySidney J. MussburgerPaul Newman
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