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Antolín García (5 April 1928 - 23 August 1990) was a Spanish voice actor, television presenter and radio personality.


Biography

He began building engineering studies, which he combined with sport, becoming a University champion of Spain in athletics. He quit studies to begin a career in radio. He started as an apprentice in University radio Radio SEU, and afterwards he began his professional career in Radio Intercontinental, and then in Radio Nacional de España. From 1952, García also worked in dubbing, becoming the Spanish voice of actors like Cary Grant, Glenn Ford,
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. He later began his television career in
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. He presented different kind of shows, but his specialty were sport broadcasts; among others he covered the
1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...
in Moscow and the
1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...
in Los Angeles. In 1984, García was dismissed by the management board of TVE due to his connection to advertising company Unipublic. In 1970, García was handed an Antena de Oro award for his radio work. 1928 births 1990 deaths Spanish television presenters Spanish male voice actors 20th-century Spanish male actors {{Spain-bio-stub