Roberto Del Giudice

Roberto Del Giudice (September 25, 1940 – November 25, 2007) was an Italian actor and voice actor.[1]

Roberto Del Giudice
Born	September 25, 1940 Milan, Italy
Died	November 25, 2007 (aged 67) Rome, Italy
Occupation	Actor, voice actor, dubbing director
Years active	1962-2007

Biography

Born in Milan, Del Giudice studied at the Silvio d'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Arts and he began his career in the 1960s mainly working as a television and stage actor. His roles were fairly minor. He then eventually found success as a voice dubber. He was well known for voicing Arsène Lupin III in the Italian version of the Lupin III manga series. He was also famous for providing the Italian voices of Miss Piggy in The Muppets, Zazu in The Lion King film series, Benny in Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Death in Family Guy.[2]

Del Giudice was renowned for dubbing live action characters as well. He voiced Lee Majors in most of his work, most notably The Six Million Dollar Man as well as Terry Jones in Monty Python's Flying Circus. He even lent his voice to the character Neelix in Star Trek: Voyager and Snowbell in the last two succeeding Stuart Little films, replacing television presenter Paolo Bonolis, who voiced him in the first film.

Death

Del Giudice passed away on the evening of November 25th 2007 in Rome at the age of 67 after suffering a long illness.[3]

Dubbing roles

Animation

• Arsène Lupin III in Lupin III (1979-2007)[4][5][6]
• Miss Piggy in The Muppet Show (2nd voice)
• Miss Piggy in The Muppet Movie[7]
• Miss Piggy in The Great Muppet Caper[8]
• Miss Piggy (Emily Cratchit) / Robin the Frog (Tiny Tim Cratchit) in The Muppet Christmas Carol[9]
• Miss Piggy (Benjamina Gunn) in Muppet Treasure Island[10]
• Miss Piggy in Muppets From Space[11]
• Miss Piggy in It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie[12]
• Miss Piggy in The Muppets' Wizard of Oz[13]
• Zazu in The Lion King[14]
• Zazu in The Lion King II: Simba's Pride[15]
• Zazu in The Lion King 1½[16]
• Zazu in Timon & Pumbaa[17]
• Zazu in Disney's House of Mouse[18]
• Benny the Cab in Who Framed Roger Rabbit[19]
• Kwicky Koala in The Kwicky Koala Show
• Porky Pig in The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie
• Death in Family Guy (seasons 1-5)[20]
• Loopy De Loop in Loopy De Loop
• Precious Pupp in Precious Pupp
• Snowbell in Stuart Little 2
• Snowbell in Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild
• Nergal in The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (seasons 1-3)
• Le Quack in Courage the Cowardly Dog (seasons 1-3)
• Frodo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings
• Martin Hacker in Gargoyles
• Muscles in Jerry's Cousin
• Dynomutt in Dynomutt, Dog Wonder
• Various characters in SilverHawks

Live action

• Steve Austin in The Six Million Dollar Man
• Steve Austin in The Bionic Woman
• Bo Duke in The Dukes of Hazzard (seasons 5-6)
• Heath Barkley in The Big Valley
• Neelix in Star Trek: Voyager
• Corporal Reyes in Zorro (1992 redub)
• Terry Jones's roles in Monty Python's Flying Circus
• Willi Keun in The Devil Strikes at Night
• Frederick Keinszig in The Godfather Part III
• Norman Bates in Psycho IV: The Beginning
• Dr. McClean in Superman III
• Almanzo Wilder in Little House on the Prairie
• Mike Yanagita in Fargo
• Wally Thurman in He Said, She Said
• Leo Franks in 52 Pick-Up
• Ed Couch in Fried Green Tomatoes
• Lucky Leadbetter in Up at the Villa
• Gwildor in Masters of the Universe
• Sonny Crawford in The Last Picture Show
• Sonny Crawford in Texasville
• Pee-wee Herman in Big Top Pee-wee
• Murray in Torch Song Trilogy

Video games

• Arsène Lupin III in Lupin the 3rd: Treasure of the Sorcerer King
• Arsène Lupin III in Lupin the Third: Lupin is Dead, Zenigata is in Love

References

1. "Roberto Del Giudice's dubbing contributions". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
2. Intervista a ROBERTO DEL GIUDICE (2007) | enciclopediadeldoppiaggio.it
3. "È morto Roberto Del Giudice, la voce italiana di Lupin III" (in Italian). Il mondo dei doppiatori. 26 November 2007. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
4. "Lupin III: Parts I-III Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
5. "Lupin III: The Mystery of Mamo Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
6. "Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
7. "The Muppet Movie Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
8. "The Great Muppet Caper Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
9. "The Muppet Christmas Carol Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
10. "Muppet Treasure Island Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
11. "Muppets From Space Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
12. "It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
13. "The Muppets' Wizard of Oz Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
14. "The Lion King Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
15. "The Lion King II: Simba's Pride Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
16. "The Lion King 1½ Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
17. "Timon & Pumbaa Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-06-03.
18. "Disney's House of House Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
19. "Who Framed Roger Rabbit Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
20. "Family Guy Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-06-04.

External links

• Roberto Del Giudice at IMDb
• Roberto Del Giudice at Anime News Network's encyclopedia