Mario Milita (26 June 1923 – 22 August 2017) was an Italian actor and voice actor.
Biography An actor with a career spanning over 65 years, performing for the theatre, films, television, and radio shows, he became well known to the audiences for his voice work in animation. Because of his coarse, raspy voice, he was typically known for voicing elderly characters in cartoons, movies and other entertainment. He was known for being the official Italian voice of Grampa SimpsonWhen the character appears, in ending credits, under "Doppiaggio" (i.e. "Dubbing"). in The Simpsons from 1991 until his retirement in 2012 (except for the young Abraham, for which he alternated with the official Italian Homer voice, Tonino Accolla).From season 1 to season 22 (until Accolla's death), in ending credits, under "Doppiaggio". He has also been the first Italian voice of Herbert from Family Guy and dubbed Fred Flintstone for many years.
In Italian dubs of live action films, Milita dubbed actors such as Desmond Llewelyn, Ed Williams and Brian Doyle-Murray. He provided the voice of Amos Tupper (portrayed by Tom Bosley) in a few episodes of Murder, She Wrote and Old Man Peabody (portrayed by Will Hare) in Back to the Future.
Since 2004, however, his voice had begun to weaken over time, causing it to become feeble and almost unrecognizable in his last years of activity. After Milita retired in 2012, he passed on the roles of Grampa Simpson and Herbert to Mino CaprioNew official voice actor of Grampa Simpson after Milita's retirement and Valerio RuggeriIn a few episodes, when Mino Caprio doesn't dub him. respectively. In 2011, a year before his retirement, he released an interview.
Death Milita died in Rome on 22 August 2017 at the age of 94, of natural causes.
Filmography Cinema Montecassino (1946) Non ho paura di vivere (1952) (1962) The Hyena of London (1964) I criminali della metropoli (1967) (1973) Television Diagnosi - TV miniseries (1975) Gente tutto cuore - TV play (1965) La scalata - TV miniseries (1993) Lo zio d'America - TV series (2002) - TV series, episode 11 (2002) Il mondo è meraviglioso - TV film (2005)
Voice work Animation - Geremia Lettiga Pimpa - Additional voices - Quarto Kate - the Taming of the Shrew - Gremio Italian-dubbed animated roles Fred Flintstone in The Flintstones (3rd voice), The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones, The New Fred and Barney Show Grandpa Lou Pickles in The Rugrats Movie, Rugrats in Paris: The Movie, Rugrats Go Wild Grampa Simpson and The Pope in The Simpsons (seasons 1-22), Grampa Simpson in The Simpsons Movie Narrator and Doctor Harada in Captain Tsubasa Marvin Marsh and Harold Cartman in South Park (1st Italian dub) Herbert (seasons 1–9) and Francis Griffin (episodes 2x02, 4x18) in Family Guy Treebeard in The Lord of the Rings Ebeneezer Scrooge (Scrooge McDuck) in Mickey's Christmas Carol (1st Italian dub) Mumm-Ra in ThunderCats The Old Heretic in The Hunchback of Notre Dame Laughing Bull in Cowboy Bebop Old Theban in Hercules Gennai in Digimon Adventure Sparky in Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure
Live action Fantozzi va in pensione - Additional voices Italian-dubbed live action roles George "Miles" Jergens in Rocky Mickey Goldmill in Rocky V Old Man Peabody in Back to the Future Amos Tupper in Murder, She Wrote (episodes 1x01, 2x07, 2x14, 3x03, 3x06) Monsignor Fargo in True Confessions The Ancient One in Santa Claus: The Movie Ted Olsen in The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear, Naked Gun : The Final Insult Q in Moonraker, A View to a Kill Orderly Turkle in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Doc Wallace in The Quick and the Dead Grandpa Sam in ...And Justice for All Rabbi Ben Lewis in Keeping the Faith Frank Slater in Last Action Hero Man in Airport in Home Alone Cliff in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Ernie in Snow Dogs Bud Beckett in Philadelphia Rudolf Smuntz in Mouse Hunt Priest in Bedazzled Bradley Tozer in High Road to China Mr. Finkle in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective Acme Vice President in Looney Tunes: Back in Action Abdul Ben Hassan in Blade Runner
Video games Fakir in Disney's Aladdin in Nasira's Revenge Grampa Simpson in The Simpsons Game
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