Stefano Sibaldi (11 June 1905 – 2 July 1996) was an Italian actor and voice actor.
Biography Born in Livorno, Sibaldi was considered to be among the most successful of the early actors and dubbers of the 20th century. He began his acting career in 1928 staying within the field of stage and screen and he worked alongside many related people within his ventures such as Carlo Veneziani and Armando Falconi. Sibaldi's film debut was in the 1934 film Full Speed and he also made radio and television acting contributions.
In 1937, Sibaldi entered a career as a voice dubber. Among the actors he dubbed included Frank Sinatra, Glenn Ford, Louis de Funès, Fred Astaire, Richard Widmark, Groucho Marx, Danny Kaye and many more. In his Italian dubbed animated roles, he voiced Timothy Q. Mouse in Dumbo, Captain Hook in Peter Pan, Tramp in Lady and the Tramp and the Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland. Sibaldi retired from his career in the late 1980s.
Death Sibaldi died in Rome on July 2, 1996, at the age of 91.
Filmography Cinema Full Speed (1934) Sette giorni all'altro mondo (1936) Adam's Tree (1936) Pensaci, Giacomino! (1936) The Fornaretto of Venice (1939) Frenesia (1939) An Impossible Family (1940) Then We'll Get a Divorce (1940) Don Pasquale (1940) Il carnevale di Venezia (1940) Manovre d'amore (1941) Barbablù (1941) The Actor Who Disappeared (1941) La fuggitiva (1941) Il vagabondo (1941) Il pozzo dei miracoli (1941) Wedding Day (1942) Colpi di timone (1942) Sealed Lips (1942) L'amico delle donne (1943) Annabella's Adventure (1943) Il nemico (1943) Silenzio, si gira! (1943) 4 ragazze sognano (1943) La signora in nero (1943) Lascia cantare il cuore (1943) Mist on the Sea (1944) The Man with the Grey Glove (1948) Rascel-Fifì (1957) Il corazziere (1960) Mission Stardust (1967)
Voice work YearTitleRoleNotes1950La Rosa di BagdadGenie of the LampAnimated filmNarrator
Dubbing Films (Animation, Italian dub) YearTitleRole(s) Ref1939Gulliver's TravelsKing Little1946Make Mine MusicNarrator #5Peter and the WolfNarrator1948DumboTimothy Q. MouseThe Three CaballerosProfessor Holloway1950CinderellaGrand DukeSong of the SouthBr'er Rabbit1951Alice in WonderlandCheshire Cat1953Peter PanCaptain HookNarratorBen and MeAmos Mouse1955Lady and the TrampTramp
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