Elio Zamuto (born 1 May 1941 in

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) is an Italian actor and voice actor.

Life and career

Born in

as Elio Mazzamuto, Zamuto started his career in the mid-1960s, and had a prolific career between television and cinema, especially during the 1970s and mainly playing roles of seducer, gangster or police officer. As voice actor, he is best known as the official Italian dubbing voice of

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Partial filmography

* ' (1969) - Le soldat jobard * ''

Un caso di coscienza ''Un caso di coscienza'' (Italian for ''A matter of conscience'') is a 1970 Italian comedy-drama film written and directed by Giovanni Grimaldi. It is based on the Leonardo Sciascia's short story with the same name, which is part of the collect ...

'' (1970) - Nunzio * ''

The Sicilian Checkmate ''The Sicilian Checkmate'' ( it, La violenza: quinto potere) is a 1972 Cinema of Italy, Italian crime film, crime-drama film directed by Florestano Vancini. Plot The construction of a dam in Sicily triggers unspeakable interests and appetites th ...

'' (1972) - Verzi * '' Shadows Unseen'' (1972) - Sgt. Mortesi * ''

The Assassin of Rome ''The Assassin of Rome'' ( it, Girolimoni, il mostro di Roma) is a 1972 Italian historical drama film directed by Damiano Damiani. The film tells, with some historical licenses, the story of Gino Girolimoni, wrongfully accused of a series of chil ...

'' (1972) - Italo Balbo * ''

Black Turin ''Black Turin'' ( it, Torino nera) is a 1972 crime film directed by Carlo Lizzani. The film received mixed reviews, but was commercially successful. Cast * Bud Spencer: Rosario Rao * Françoise Fabian: Lucia Rao * Marcel Bozzuffi: Fridda * G ...

'' (1972) - Scarcella * ''

Shoot First, Die Later ''Shoot First, Die Later'' ( it, Il poliziotto è marcio) is a 1974 Italian poliziottesco-noir film directed by Fernando Di Leo. Di Leo reprises some elements of the novel ''Rogue Cop'' by William P. McGivern. Luc Merenda later starred in two o ...

'' (1974) - Rio * '' Silence the Witness'' (1974) - Judge Belli * ''

Prostituzione ''Prostituzione'' (also known as ''Love Angels'' and ''The Red Light Girls'') is a 1974 Italian giallo film written and directed by Rino Di Silvestro Salvatore Di Silvestro, best known as Rino Di Silvestro (30 January 1932 - 3 October 2009) wa ...

'' (1974) - Michele Esposito * ''

Il trafficone ''Il trafficone'' is a 1974 Italian commedia sexy all'italiana written and directed by Bruno Corbucci and starring Carlo Giuffré. Plot A Neapolitan Vincenzo LoRusso that lives of expedients in Rome, as he tries to sell at an intersection a faux ...

'' (1974) - Vito Macaluso * ''

How to Kill a Judge ''How to Kill a Judge'' ( it, Perché si uccide un magistrato), also known as ''The Murder of a Magistrate'' and ''Why Does One Kill a Magistrate?'', is a 1974 Italian crime-thriller film directed by Damiano Damiani. It is the final chapter in th ...

'' (1975) - Onorevole Ugo Selimi * ''

Calling All Police Cars ''Calling All Police Cars'' ( it, ...a tutte le auto della polizia..., literally "...To All the Police Cars") is a 1975 Italian giallo/poliziottesco film. It stars Antonio Sabàto, Gabrielle Ferzetti and Enrico Maria Salerno. The film is very gra ...

'' (1975) - Professore Giacometti * ''

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'' (1975) - Procuratore Forel * ''

Werewolf Woman ''Werewolf Woman'' ( it, La lupa mannara) is a 1976 Italian horror film directed by Rino Di Silvestro. Plot When Daniella Neseri was a child, she was raped. The trauma from this has stunted her emotional growth and sexuality, so much so that she c ...

'' (1976) - Psychiatrist * ''

Violent Naples ''Violent Naples'' ( it, Napoli violenta) is a 1976 ''poliziottesco'' film directed by Umberto Lenzi. It starred Maurizio Merli, John Saxon and Barry Sullivan, and was the first sequel to ''Violent Rome''. Saxon appeared in several such movies. Pl ...

'' (1976) - Franco Casagrande * ''

Bloody Payroll ''Bloody Payroll'' ( it, Milano violenta) is a 1976 Italian noir-poliziotteschi crime film written and directed by Mario Caiano. Author Roberto Curti described the film as more of a film noir than a ''poliziottesco''. Cast *Claudio Cassinelli ...

'' (1976) - Police Commissioner Foschi * ''

Destruction Force ''Destruction Force'' (originally titled ''La banda del trucido'' (''The Numbskull's Gang''), also known as ''Dirty Gang'') is a 1977 Italian poliziottesco directed by Stelvio Massi. It is the second film in which Tomas Milian plays the character ...

'' (1977) - Belli * ''Il mammasantissima'' (1979) - Avvocato * ''

The Nurse in the Military Madhouse ''L'infermiera nella corsia dei militari'', internationally released as ''The Nurse in the Military Madhouse'', is a 1979 commedia sexy all'italiana directed by Mariano Laurenti. Plot Grazia Mancini (Nadia Cassini) is an aspiring night club sing ...

'' (1979) - John - the Thief * ''

The Finzi Detective Agency ''The Finzi Detective Agency'' ( it, Agenzia Riccardo Finzi... praticamente detective) is a 1979 Italian crime-comedy film written and directed by Bruno Corbucci and starring Renato Pozzetto. It is loosely based on the comic character Riccardo Fi ...

'' (1979) - Commissario Salimbeni * '' Blood Ties'' (1986)

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* 1941 births Italian male film actors Italian male voice actors People from Syracuse, Sicily Actors from Sicily Living people Italian male television actors {{Italy-voice-actor-stub