Mario Besesti
Mario Besesti (20 November 1894 – 21 June 1968) was an Italian actor and voice actor.[1]
Mario Besesti | |
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 Besesti in The Mill on the Po (1949) | |
| Born | 20 November 1894 Milan, Italy |
| Died | 21 June 1968 (aged 73) Rome, Italy |
| Occupation | Actor, voice actor |
| Years active | 1932–1968 |
Biography
Besesti begun a career acting on stage and screen in 1932.[2] He made his film debut in 1938 and among his most popular filmography includes the 1949 film The Mill on the Po. Besesti was also well known as a voice dubber. Because of his strong voice and large build, he usually dubbed actors with the same stature such as Charles Laughton, Edward Arnold, Thomas Mitchell, Raymond Massey, Sydney Greenstreet, Charles Coburn and many more.
Besesti was considered to be one of Italy's most significant, well-known dubbers during the Golden Ages.[3] He worked for the Cooperativa Doppiatori Cinematografici and made collaborations with other dubbers which included Gualtiero De Angelis, Lauro Gazzolo, Carlo Romano, Wanda Tettoni and Nino Pavese.
Besesti was also active in the Italian dubs of some of the early Disney animated films. He dubbed Stromboli in Pinocchio, The Huntsman in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Trusty in Lady and the Tramp.
Death
Besesti died in Rome on 21 June 1968 at the age of 73.
Filmography
Cinema
- Orgoglio (1938)
- Then We'll Get a Divorce (1940)
- Short Circuit (1943)
- O sole mio (1945)
- Eugenia Grandet (1947)
- The Mill on the Po (1949)
- La Rosa di Bagdad (1949) – Voice
- My Beautiful Daughter (1950)
- The Thief of Venice (1950)
Dubbing roles
Animation
- Stromboli in Pinocchio
- The Huntsman in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
- Narrator in Dumbo
- Trusty in Lady and the Tramp
- The King in Cinderella
- Walrus in Alice in Wonderland
- Great Prince of the Forest in Bambi
- King Bombo in Gulliver's Travels
Live action
- Phineas V. Lambert in If I Had a Million
- Quasimodo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- Sir Humphrey Pengallan in Jamaica Inn
- William Kidd in Captain Kidd
- Albert Lory in This Land Is Mine
- Uncle William "Billy" Bailey in It's a Wonderful Life
- Michael Howland in Within These Walls
- Tom Blue in The Black Swan
- Thad Vail in High Barbaree
- Reginald "Rags" Barnaby in Destry
- Jim Taylor in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
- Amory Stilham in Mrs. Parkington
- Judge Wilkins in Dear Wife
- Penrod Biddel in City That Never Sleeps
- Jimmy Norton in Meet John Doe
- Wolf Larsen in The Sea Wolf
- James R. Judson in From Here to Eternity
- Pablo in For Whom the Bell Tolls
- Pancho Villa in Viva Villa!
- Max Fabian in All About Eve
References
- "Mario Besesti's dubbing contributions". Antoniogenna.net. Archived from the original on 19 November 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
- "Mario Besesti". MYmovies. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
- "Cronologia fondamentale dell'epoca d'oro del doppiaggio italiano Dagli albori agli anni 1970" (in Italian). antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
