Ferruccio Amendola

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Ferruccio Amendola (Turin, July 22, 1930 - Rome, September 3, 2001) was an actor and Italian dubber who worked for cinema and television.

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[edit] Biography

Son of actors, newphew of director/screenwriter Mario Amendola, he started in films with Gian Burrasca directed by Sergio Tofano and soon began working as a dubber. After years of theater magazines, cinema and TV, in 1968 he began devoting most of his time to dubbing.

[edit] Dubbing

Amendola is best know as the Italian dubber of famous actors including Al Pacino, Sylvester Stallone, Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Christopher Lloyd, and Tomas Milian in movies as well as Bill Cosby in the television series The Robinsons. In addition, he has done the voice over in commercials and TV dramas with great success.

Married to female dubber Rita Savagnone, he had a son Claudio, who was also an actor.

[edit] Filmography

  • Gian Burrasca, directed by Sergio Tofano (1943)
  • Undici uomini e un pallone, directed by Giorgio Simonelli (1948)
  • Le signorine dello 04 (1955)
  • La ragazza di Via Veneto, directed by Marino Girolami (1955)
  • 7 canzoni per 7 sorelle (1957)
  • I dritti, directed by Mario Amendola (1958)
  • Napoli, sole mio! (1958)
  • I prepotenti, directed by Mario Amendola (1958)
  • La zia d'america va a sciare (1958)
  • La cento chilometri (1959)
  • Prepotenti più di prima, directed by Mario Mattòli (1959)
  • Fantasmi e ladri, directed by Giorgio C. Simonelli (1959)
  • La grande guerra, directed by Mario Monicelli (1959)
  • Simpatico mascalzone, directed by Mario Amendola (1959)
  • La banda del buco, directed by Mario Amendola (1960)
  • Il ladro di Damasco, directed by Mario Amendola (1963)
  • Maciste gladiatore di Sparta, directed by Mario Caiano (1965)
  • Viaggio di nozze all'italiana, directed by Mario Amendola (1965)
  • Folli d'estate (1966)
  • Cuore matto... matto da legare, directed by Mario Amendola (1967)
  • Marinai in coperta, directed by Bruno Corbucci (1967)
  • Riderà, directed by Bruno Corbucci (1967)
  • La vuole lui... lo vuole lei, directed by Mario Amendola (1967)
  • Vacanze sulla Costa Smeralda, directed by Ruggero Deodato (1968)
  • Donne, botte e bersaglieri, directed by Ruggero Deodato (1968)
  • Lacrime d'amore, directed by Mario Amendola (1970)
  • Chissà perché... capitano tutte a me, directed by Michele Lupo (1980)
  • Storia d'amore e d'amicizia, directed by Franco Rossi (1982)
  • Quei trentasei gradini, directed by Luigi Perelli (1984)-(1985)
  • Little Roma, directed by Francesco Massaro (1987)
  • Pronto soccorso, directed by Francesco Massaro (1990)
  • Pronto soccorso 2, directed by Francesco Massaro (1992)
  • La Tosca, directed by Luigi Magni (1973)
  • Tre tigri contro tre tigri, directed by Sergio Corbucci e Steno (1977)

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