Nando Gazzolo | |
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| Born | Ferdinando Gazzolo 16 October 1928 Savona, Kingdom of Italy |
| Died | 16 November 2015 (aged 87) Nepi, Italy |
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| Years active | 1948–2015 |
| Spouse |
Rita Di Leonardo
(m. 1961; div. 1999) |
| Children | 3, including Matteo Gazzolo |
| Parent(s) | Lauro Gazzolo Aida Ottaviani Piccolo |
| Relatives | Virginio Gazzolo (paternal half-brother) |
Ferdinando "Nando" Gazzolo (16 October 1928 – 16 November 2015) was an Italian actor and voice actor.[1]
Born in Savona, the son of the actor and voice actor Lauro Gazzolo and EIAR radio announcer Aida Ottaviani Piccolo, Gazzolo debuted at young age on radio, and in 1948, at twenty years old, he started his acting career entering the stage company led by Antonio Gandusio.[2] He achieved his first personal success in 1951, in the adaptation of Antonio e Cleopatra staged by Renzo Ricci.[2] He later worked on stage with Vittorio Gassman and Luigi Squarzina, among others, before focusing in voice acting and dubbing.[2][3] Gazzolo was also active in films and starred in several TV-series of good success.[3]
As a voice actor, Gazzolo served as the regular dubbing voice for Peter Cushing, David Niven and Richard Widmark. Other actors he occasionally dubbed included Rex Harrison, Michael Caine, Frank Sinatra, Yul Brynner, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Donald Sutherland, Laurence Olivier, Clint Eastwood, Louis Jourdan, Henry Fonda and was also the voice of the narrator in the Italian dubbed version of Beauty and the Beast.[4]
Gazzolo was married with three children. One of whom, Matteo, is also an actor.[2] He also had a half-brother, Virginio, from his father's second marriage.
