Silvio Spaccesi

Italian actor and voice actor

  • Actor
  • voice actor
Years active1955–2015Partner(s)Rosaura Marchi
(1985–2015)

Silvio Spaccesi (1 August 1926 – 2 June 2015) was an Italian actor and voice actor.[1]

Biography

Born in Macerata, Spaccesi studied in a Salesians of Don Bosco School, and made his official theatrical debut with the stage company held by Angelo Perugini.[2][3] After moving to Rome, he formed at the Silvio d’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts.[3] He was best known for the musical comedy Forza venite gente, in which he played the role of Pietro di Bernardone, Francis of Assisi's father.[2][4]

Spaccesi was also active as a voice actor and a dubber.[5] He voiced Yoda in the Italian versions of the Star Wars original trilogy and Santa Claus in The Nightmare Before Christmas.[2][6] He was also the Italian voice of Orville in the 1977 Disney film The Rescuers and the second voice of Barney Rubble in The Flintstones. Spaccesi often dubbed actors such as Gustav Knuth, Charles Durning, Frank Oz and Jack Warden in a select number of their films.

Death

Spaccesi died in Rome on June 2, 2015, at the age of 88 just a few days after the death of his partner Rosaura Marchi.

Filmography

Cinema

  • Adriana Lecouvreur (1955)
  • In Prison Awaiting Trial (1972) - Maresciallo
  • Aretino's Blue Stories (1972) - Cecco
  • Aretino's Stories of the Three Lustful Daughters (1972) - Cecco
  • Come fu che Masuccio Salernitano, fuggendo con le brache in mano, riuscì a conservarlo sano (1972) - Swindler
  • They Were Called Three Musketeers But They Were Four (1973) - King Louis XIII
  • Il colonnello Buttiglione diventa generale (1974) - General Damigiani
  • La minorenne (1974) - The Uncle Priest
  • The Immortal Bachelor (1975) - Lawyer
  • Café Express (1980) - Giuseppe Sanguigno
  • Il carabiniere (1981) - Don Saverio
  • Segni particolari: bellissimo (1983) - Priest
  • Mezzo destro mezzo sinistro - 2 calciatori senza pallone (1985) - President Beccaceci
  • Italians in Rio (1987) - Romolo Cococcia
  • Anni 90: Parte II (1993) - Bastiano Ciccone
  • Package, Double Package and Counterpackage (1993) - Nicola Settimelli
  • Keys in Hand (1996) - Judge

Dubbing roles

Animation

Live action

References

  1. ^ "Silvio Spaccesi's dubbing contributions". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved September 12, 2018.
  2. ^ a b c Lorenzo Monachesi (June 3, 2015). "Addio a Spaccesi, attore genuino: indimenticabile tra cinema e teatro". Il Resto del Carlino. Retrieved June 7, 2015.
  3. ^ a b Maurizio Verdenelli (June 7, 2015). "I "ragazzi" di viale don Bosco ricordano Silvio Spaccesi". Cronache Maceratesi. Retrieved June 7, 2015.
  4. ^ "Macerata, è morto Silvio Spaccesi "Forza venite gente" lo rese famoso". Il Messaggero. June 2, 2015. Retrieved June 7, 2015.
  5. ^ Cronologia fondamentale dell'epoca d'oro del doppiaggio italiano Dagli albori agli anni 1970 (in Italian)
  6. ^ Andrea Francesco Berni (June 2, 2015). "Addio a Silvio Spaccesi, iconica voce di Yoda negli Star Wars originali". Bad Taste. Retrieved June 7, 2015.

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