Olinto Cristina

• Name — Olinto Cristina • Born — 5 February 1888 • Birthplace — Florence, Italy • Died — 17 June 1962 • Place of death — Rome, Italy • Occupation — * Actor • voice actor • Years Active — 1932–1962 • Relatives — Ines Cristina Zacconi (sister) Ada Cristina Almirante (sister) Jone Frigerio (sister) Margherita Bagni (niece) Nora Ricci (great-niece) • Spouse — Augusta Petoni

Born in Florence to stage actors Raffaello Cristina and Cesira Sabatini, Cristina began acting on stage as a child, within the company of Tina Di Lorenzo and Flavio Andò.

Following World War I, he participated in various ensembles alongside local theatre personalities such as Armando Falconi, Ruggero Ruggeri, Emma Gramatica, Antonio Gandusio and his brother-in-law Ermete Zacconi. In 1956, he was among the actors to star in the first Italian theatrical production of The Crucible by Arthur Miller. On screen, Cristina debuted during the sound period in the 1932 musical film Pergolesi, directed by Guido Brignone. He appeared in more than 75 films between 1932 and 1957, usually playing tertiary or supporting characters. He made his last film appearance in the 1957 film L'ultima violenza. Cristina also made ten appearances on television, debuting in the 1954 TV miniseries Doctor Antonio, directed by Alberto Casella. Cristina was also a radio actor, reciting plays for RAI such as Look Back in Anger and Blood Wedding. He was also a renowned voice dubber in Italian post-synchronised versions of foreign films, usually providing his voice for actors such as C. Aubrey Smith, Sig Ruman, Frank Morgan and Lionel Barrymore. He also dubbed over the voices of Edward Everett Horton, Thomas Mitchell, Alan Hale Sr., Jay C. Flippen and more. In Cristina's animated roles, he provided the Italian voices of Doc in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs as well as Friend Owl in Bambi and one of the crows in Dumbo. In 1949, he voiced Calif Oman in the 1949 animated film La Rosa di Bagdad.

Cristina was married to the actress Augusta Petoni. His sisters Ines Cristina Zacconi, Jone Frigerio and Ada Cristina Almirante were also actresses. His sister Ines was the mother of actress Margherita Bagni and the grandmother of actress Nora Ricci. Cristina died in Rome on 17 June 1962, aged 74. He was buried at Campo Verano.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1954 — Doctor Antonio — TV miniseries • 1956 — Lo scialle • 1957 — Il romanzo di un giovane povero — Marchese Cristiano di Champcey — TV miniseries • Viaggio verso l'ignoto • Piccolo mondo antico — Dr. Alipranti — TV miniseries • Il gabbiano • 1959 — La casa delle sette torri • 1960 — Il costruttore Solness — TV play • La pisana — TV miniseries • 1962 — La pecora bianca — TV play

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1950 — La Rosa di Bagdad — Calif Oman — Animated film

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1932 — Pergolesi • 1933 — Il treno delle 21,15 • 1934 — Creatures of the Night • Tenebre — Police inspector • 1935 — I'll Give a Million — Police Commissioner — Uncredited • The Joker King — Prussian ambassador • Red Passport — Il commissario di bordo del 'Marseille' • Ginevra degli Almieri — L'Abate di Badia • 1936 — A Woman Between Two Worlds — Signor Trenchman • White Amazons — Biancheri • Pensaci, Giacomino! — Il preside della scuola • Adam's Tree — Prospero Pupini • Lo squadrone bianco — Donati • 1937 — To Live — Un ascaltatore all'audizione • The Black Corsair — Rabouillon • Doctor Antonio — Ambasciatore inglese • Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal — Ambasciatore • Felicita Colombo — L'ingegner Hirsch • 1938 — Chi è più felice di me! — impresario Molchi • L'allegro cantante • Duetto vagabondo • Giuseppe Verdi — Il censore • 1939 — The Sons of the Marquis Lucera — Matteo Tortorelli • Due occhi per non vedere • Diamonds • Piccolo hotel — Hermann Daniell • Cose dell'altro mondo — Procuratore generale • Wealth Without a Future • Dora Nelson — Il signor Gabardo • Ho visto brillare le stelle — Il presidente • The Boarders at Saint-Cyr — Il marchese di St. Herem • 1940 — La última falla — Il giudice — Italian release • Piccolo re • Le sorprese del vagone letto • Vento di milioni — Tim Browning • Big Shoes — Dossena • Antonio Meucci — Wilson • The Secret of Villa Paradiso — L'ispettore capo • One Hundred Thousand Dollars — Il comandante dell'aeroporto di Budapest • Amore di ussaro • Fortuna • The First Woman Who Passes — Il conte di Vervins • 1941 — La canzone rubata — l'impresario di riviste Anselmi • Il bazar delle idee — Il commendator Parodi • La forza bruta — Colombier • L'elisir d'amore — Don Alvaro • Caravaggio, il pittore maledetto — Il cardinale Dal Monte • Lucky Night • Ridi pagliaccio — Bernardo Silvagni • The Betrothed — presidente del Tribunale di Sanità • 1942 — Divieto di sosta • Le signorine della villa accanto • Love Story — Il presidente del tribunale • 1943 — Il nostro prossimo • Principessina — Baron • The Children Are Watching Us — The Chancellor • No Turning Back — Il presidente • Silenzio, si gira! — Il produttore dell'Alba Film • Lucky Night • Farewell Love! — Dr. Montechiaro • In cerca di felicità — Direttore teatro • 1944 — The Devil Goes to Boarding School — Il direttore del teatro • 1945 — I'll Sing No More — Carlo Baratti • The Innocent Casimiro — Principal • 1946 — Biraghin — Direttore • Un uomo ritorna • Uno tra la folla • Voglio bene soltanto a te! — Direttore dell'Aurora Film • 1948 — Crossroads of Passion — Dr. Slaceck • Difficult Years — Sacchi • 1950 — Due sorelle amano • Santo disonore • Romanzo d'amore — Count Contini • Il sentiero dell'odio • 1951 — The Crowd • Operation Mitra • The Ungrateful Heart — L'avvocato amico di Enrico • Revenge of a Crazy Girl — Paola Micheli's father • 1952 — The Eternal Chain — Maestro Vallini • The Overcoat — Professor Filini • Ragazze da marito — Commendator Spadoni • 1953 — Noi peccatori — Surgeon — Uncredited • It's Never Too Late — Franci • Canto per te • Torna! — Attorney • 1954 — Schiava del peccato — Director • 1957 — L'ultima violenza — Dr. Silvestri

• Year — Title — Role(s) — Ref • 1938 — Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs — Doc • 1948 — Dumbo — Crow #2 • Bambi — Friend Owl • The Three Caballeros — Narrator of The Flying Gauchito • 1950 — Cinderella — Jaq