Mario Milita
Mario Milita (June 26, 1923 – August 22, 2017) was an Italian actor and voice actor.[1]
Mario Milita | |
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Born | Cori, Italy | June 26, 1923
Died | August 22, 2017 94) Rome, Italy | (aged
Occupation | Actor, voice actor |
Years active | 1946–2012 |
Biography
An actor with a career spanning over 65 years, he became well known to the audiences for his work in animation.[2] Because of his coarse, raspy voice, he was typically known for voicing elderly characters in cartoons, movies and other entertainment.[3] For example, he has been the voice of Grampa Simpson in The Simpsons from 1991 until his retirement in 2012. He has also been the first voice of Herbert from Family Guy and gave his voice for many years to Fred Flintstone.[4]
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.
Retirement and death
After Milita retired in 2012, he passed on the roles of Grampa Simpson and Herbert to Mino Caprio and Valerio Ruggeri respectively and he died on 22 August 2017 at the age of 94, of natural causes.[5]
Filmography
Cinema
- Montecassino (1946)
- Non ho paura di vivere (1952)
- Ultimatum alla vita (1962)
Dubbing roles
Animation
- Grampa Simpson in The Simpsons (seasons 1-22)[6]
- Grampa Simpson in The Simpsons Movie[7]
- Herbert in Family Guy (seasons 1-9)[8]
- Francis Griffin in Family Guy (episodes 2x02, 4x18)
- Fred Flintstone (3rd voice) in The Flintstones[9]
- Fred Flintstone in The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones[10]
- Fred Flintstone in The New Fred and Barney Show[11]
- The Old Heretic in The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- Sparky in Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure
- Old Theban in Hercules
- Gennai in Digimon Adventure
- Laughing Bull in Cowboy Bebop
- Mumm-Ra in ThunderCats[12]
Live action
- George "Miles" Jergens in Rocky[13]
- Mickey Goldmill in Rocky V[14]
- Old Man Peabody in Back to the Future[15]
- 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[16]
- Ted Olsen in Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult[17]
- Q in Moonraker
- Q in 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[18]
- Cliff in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York[19]
- Ernie in Snow Dogs
- 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
- Fachiro in Disney's Aladdin in Nasira's Revenge
References
- "Mario Milita's dubbing contributions". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
- "Mario Milita". MYmovies. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- Cronologia fondamentale dell'epoca d'oro del doppiaggio italiano Dagli albori agli anni 1970 (in Italian)
- Intervista a MARIO MILITA (2011) | enciclopediadeldoppiaggio.it
- "Addio a Mario Milita, la voce di nonno Simpson". video.repubblica.it. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- "The Simpsons Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
- "The Simpsons Movie Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
- "Family Guy Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
- "The Flintstones Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
- "The Jetsons Meet The Flintstones Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
- "The New Fred and Barney Show Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
- "ThunderCats Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
- "Rocky Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
- "Rocky V Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
- "Back to the Future Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
- "The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
- "Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
- "Home Alone Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
- "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
External links
- Mario Milita at IMDb
- Mario Milita at Anime News Network's encyclopedia