Giuseppe Rinaldi

• Name — Giuseppe Rinaldi • Born — 14 September 1919 • Birthplace — Rome, Italy • Died — 15 December 2007 • Place of death — Rome, Italy • Other Names — Peppino Rinaldi • Occupation — * Actor • voice actor • dubbing director • Years Active — 1939–1997 • Spouse — Marina Dolfin (divorced) Maria Pia Casilio • Children — * Massimo • Antonella • Francesca

Born in Rome, Rinaldi appeared in more than 20 films between 1939 and 1982. During his time, he was considered to be one of the greatest dubbers in Italy. He provided the Italian voices of Marlon Brando, Jack Lemmon, Rock Hudson, Paul Newman, Van Johnson and James Dean. Other actors dubbed by him included Peter Sellers, Frank Sinatra, Glenn Ford, David Tomlinson, Richard Burton, George Peppard, Burt Lancaster, Charles Bronson, Kirk Douglas, Gregory Peck, Roger Moore, Jeffrey Hunter, Max von Sydow, and Christopher Plummer. He even dubbed many Italian actors in post-syncronization, voicing many roles performed by Antonio Cifariello, Mario Merola, and Renato Salvatori. In Rinaldi's animated film roles, he voiced Bruno Bozzetto's character Mr. Rossi in two films and a TV show, Pongo in the Italian dub of the 1961 animated film One Hundred and One Dalmatians as well as Prince Charming in the Italian version of Cinderella. Other animated dubbing roles included Jim Dear in Lady and the Tramp, The Great Prince of the Forest in the 1968 redub of Bambi and Dallben in The Black Cauldron. He also voiced Jolly Jumper in the 1991 live-action film Lucky Luke and in the following short-lived TV series (in the English language edition, the same character was voiced by Roger Miller).

Rinaldi was once married to actress Marina Dolfin. They had two children together; Massimo and Antonella. From his second marriage to actress Maria Pia Casilio, they had one daughter; Francesca. All three of his children are voice actors. Rinaldi died on 15 December 2007, aged 88. He had retired from his career 10 years earlier.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1939 — Department Store — Skier • The Night of Tricks • Heartbeat • 1940 — The First Woman Who Passes — Raoul d'Aubigny • Then We'll Get a Divorce — Bob • The Cavalier from Kruja — Essad Haidar • Tormented Hearts [it] — Paolo Antinori • 1941 — The Man on the Street — Stelio Corsi • The Prisoner of Santa Cruz — Paolo Costa • 1942 — Forbidden Music — Giulio Folchi • Disturbance — Saverio • Black Gold — Carlo Marini • 1943 — Farewell Love! — Giustino Morelli • 1945 — Romulus and the Sabines — Emilio • 1946 — L'elisir d'amore [it] • 1947 — L'amante del male — Cugino della contessina • Sangue a Ca' Foscari • 1948 — Immigrants — Ingegnere • 1950 — Night Taxi — Il ragionere • 1963 — Outlaws of Love — Narrator — Anthology comedy • 1970 — A Pocketful of Chestnuts — Poker Player Doctor • 1972 — Chung Kuo, Cina — Narrator (voice) — Documentary • 1977 — Mr. Rossi's Dreams — Mr. Rossi (voice) — Animated film • 1978 — Mr. Rossi's Vacation

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1955 — L'assassino — Corrado — TV play • 1972–1981 — SuperGulp! — Mr. Rossi (voice) — Animated series • 1983 — La fuggidiva — Rinaldi, the interviewer — TV film

• Year — Title — Role(s) — Ref • 1950 — Cinderella — Prince Charming • 1955 — Lady and the Tramp — Jim Dear • 1960 — Alakazam the Great — Prince Amat • 1961 — One Hundred and One Dalmatians — Pongo • 1966 — Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree — Narrator • 1968 — Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day • Bambi — The Great Prince of the Forest (1968 redub) • 1985 — The Black Cauldron — Dallben • 1986 — Peter Pan — Captain Hook (1986 redub)

• Year — Title — Role(s) — Original actor — Ref • 1946 — It's a Wonderful Life — Marty Hatch — Harold Landon • 1964 — Mary Poppins — George Banks — David Tomlinson • 1967 — Casino Royale — Evelyn Tremble — Peter Sellers • 1972 — The Godfather — Vito Corleone — Marlon Brando • 1973 — Hitler: The Last Ten Days — Adolf Hitler — Alec Guinness • 1983 — The World of Don Camillo — Crucifix — Allan Arbus • 1994 — The Hudsucker Proxy — Sidney J. Mussburger — Paul Newman