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Renato Mori

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Renato Mori
Mori in Il marsigliese (1975)
Born
Renato Pietro Mori

(1935-05-29)29 May 1935
Milan, Kingdom of Italy
Died22 August 2014(2014-08-22) (aged 79)
Rome, Italy
Occupations
  • Actor
  • voice actor
  • dubbing director
Years active1962–2011
ChildrenSimone Mori

Renato Pietro Mori (29 May 1935 – 22 August 2014) was an Italian actor and voice actor.[1]

Biography

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Mori was born in Milan in 1935. He started his career in the 1950s, appearing on several television series and acting on stage. Starting from the 1970s, he was often cast in roles of inspectors, police commissioners and men in uniform in poliziotteschi and crime films and TV-series, notably Il marsigliese and La piovra.[2][3]

Mori was also very active as a voice actor and a dubber. A co-founder of Sefit, the largest Italian company of dubbing, he was the official Italian voice of Morgan Freeman as well as often dubbing James Earl Jones and John Rhys-Davies, among other actors. He also substituted for his colleague Sergio Fiorentini as the Italian voice of Gene Hackman.[2]

Personal life

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Mori was the father of Simone Mori, who is also an actor and voice actor.[2][4]

Death

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Mori died on 22 August 2014, at the age of 79, after a long illness which caused him to retire from his career since 2011.[2]

Partial filmography

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  • Sword of the Conqueror (1961)
  • Uno dei tre (1972)
  • E cominciò il viaggio nella vertigine (1974) – Lepa
  • Bruciati da cocente passione (1976)
  • Free Hand for a Tough Cop (1976)
  • Lobster for Breakfast (1979) – Sommelier
  • Assassinio sul Tevere (1979) – commissioner Galbiati
  • I Hate Blondes (1980) – Literary Agent
  • Delitti, amore e gelosia (1982)
  • Pizza Connection (1985) – Commissioner Giovanni Astarita
  • Voyage à Rome (1992) – Le contrôleur (uncredited)
  • Power and Lovers (1994) – Turi
  • Banditi (1995) – Karl

Dubbing roles

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Animation

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Live action

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References

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  1. ^ "Renato Mori's voice acting and dubbing contributions". Il mondo dei doppiatori, antoniogenna.net (in Italian). Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d "Addio a Renato Mori, recitò ne "La Piovra" e con Vittorio Gassman". La Repubblica (in Italian). 22 August 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  3. ^ Alberto Pallotta (2005). Quel fenomeno der Monnezza. Un Mondo A Parte, 2005. ISBN 8889481048.
  4. ^ Andrea Barsanti (22 August 2014). "Addio a Renato Mori, storica voce di Morgan Freeman". Yahoo! Cinema. Archived from the original on 28 August 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
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