Armando Bandini (born Armando Burlando; 5 June 1926 – 27 May 2011) was an Italian actor and voice actor.
Biography Born in Genoa, Bandini began his career as an actor after the war at the Teatro Sperimentale Luigi Pirandello. In the 1950s he moved to Rome, where he was the protagonist of the revue Il dente senza giudizio and started working in films and on television. Bandini even worked as a voice dubber. He performed the Italian voices of some major Hollywood stars in at least one of two of their films. Among his most prominent dubbing roles, he was the Italian voice of Chi-Fu in the 1998 animated film Mulan.
Personal life In the late 1940s, Bandini married stage actress Emma Fedeli and they were together until her death in 1980. He then married actress Daniela Igliozzi.
Death Bandini died in Rome on 27 May 2011, nine days before his 85th birthday. His wife Daniela Igliozzi survived him.
Filmography Cinema
Tipi da spiaggia (1959) — Prince Joakim's Assistant Love and Larceny (1960) — Il ragioniere Tu che ne dici? (1960) — Gangster 'Tritolo Joe' Bellezze sulla spiaggia (1961) — Ciccio Don Camillo: Monsignor (1961) — Don Carlino His Women (1961) — Bandini The Success (1961) — Romanelli (uncredited) La pupa (1963) Latin Lovers (1965) The Mandrake (1965) — Il servo de Ligurio Maigret a Pigalle (1966) — Il portiere del Picrate Ace High (1968) — Bank Cashier Togli le gambe dal parabrezza (1969) The Eroticist (1972) — Bartolino, Maravidi's Secretary Giovannona Long-Thigh (1973) — Gay Train Passenger The Lady Has Been Raped (1973) — Lama The Sex Machine (1975) — Antique Dealer Son tornate a fiorire le rose (1975) — Commissario Pure as a Lily (1976) — Sandro Scibetta Per amore di Cesarina (1976) — L'impiegato del Grand Hotel Ride bene... chi ride ultimo (1977) — Armandino (segment "La visita di controllo") Ridendo e scherzando (1978) — Il commissario Fontamara (1980) A Proper Scandal (1984) — Orlando Gastaldelli Here's My Brother (1985) — Il preside Una casa in bilico (1987) — Tonino, portiere A Violent Life (1990) — Treasurer
Dubbing roles Animation Chi-Fu in Mulan Doctor Mouse in The Rescuers Down Under Barney Rubble in The New Fred and Barney Show Mr. Piccolo in Porco Rosso
Live action Otis in Superman Frank McCallister in Home Alone Frank McCallister in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
References
External links
Official Website