Ferruccio Amendola

Ferruccio Amendola (22 July 1930 – 3 September 2001) was an Italian actor and voice actor.

Biography

Born in Turin to actors Federico Amendola and Amelia Ricci and the nephew of director and screenwriter Mario Amendola, he was among Italy's most accomplished actors who worked for cinema and television and also did extensive voice dubbing work. Amendola moved to Rome with his family at a young age and he made his film debut at age 13 in ''Gian Burrasca'' directed by Sergio Tofano and continued working on cinema, television and theatre in his later years.

In 1945, Amendola made his voice-over debut dubbing over Vito Annicchiarico's role in the film ''Rome, Open City''. By 1968, Amendola began devoting most of his time to voice-over acting and eventually became well known as an Italian voice dubbing pioneer. He was best known as the Italian voice of famous actors including Al Pacino, Sylvester Stallone, Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro and Tomas Milian in a majority of their movies. He also dubbed Peter Falk as well as Bill Cosby in the television series ''The Cosby Show'' as well as '' Cosby''. In addition, he has done the voice over in commercials and TV dramas with great success.

Personal life

From his relationship with his ex-wife Rita Savagnone who is a voice-over actress, he had two sons, Federico, who was named after his father and Claudio, who is also an actor. He also had a daughter, Silvia from his second marriage. Through Claudio, his granddaughter Alessia Amendola is a voice actress.

Death

Amendola died of throat cancer in Rome on 3 September 2001 at the age of 71. He was interred at the Campo Verano.

Filmography

Cinema

*''Gian Burrasca'' (1943)
* ''Eleven Men and a Ball'' (1948)
*''Le signorine dello 04'' (1955)
*''La ragazza di Via Veneto'' (1955)
*''7 canzoni per 7 sorelle'' (1957)
*''I dritti'' (1958)
*''Napoli, sole mio!'' (1958)
*''I prepotenti'' (1958)
*''La zia d'america va a sciare'' (1958)
*''La cento chilometri'' (1959)
*''Prepotenti più di prima'' (1959)
*''Fantasmi e ladri'' (1959)
*''La grande guerra'' (1959)
*''Simpatico mascalzone'' (1959)
*''La banda del buco'' (1960)
*'' Il ladro di Damasco'' (1963)
*'' Maciste gladiatore di Sparta'' (1965)
*''West and Soda'' (1965) – Voice
*''Folli d'estate'' (1966)
* ''Honeymoon, Italian Style'' (1966)
*'' Cuore matto... matto da legare'' (1967)
*''Marinai in coperta'' (1967)
*''Riderà'' (1967)
*''La vuole lui... lo vuole lei'' (1967)
*''Vacanze sulla Costa Smeralda'' (1968)
*''Donne, botte e bersaglieri'' (1968)
*''Lacrime d'amore'' (1970)
*''La Tosca'' (1973)
*''Extra'' (1976)
*'' Tre tigri contro tre tigri'' (1977)
*'' Chissà perché... capitano tutte a me'' (1980)
*''Storia d'amore e d'amicizia'' (1982)
*''Quei trentasei gradini'' (1984–1985)
*''Little Roma'' (1987)
*''Pronto soccorso'' (1990)
*''Pronto soccorso 2'' (1992)

Dubbing roles

Animation

*Corporal Weaver in ''Antz''
*Brom Bones in ''The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad''
*Narrator (2nd voice) in ''Wacky Races''

Live action

*Jon Rubin in ''Greetings''
*Jon Rubin in ''Hi, Mom!''
*Alfredo Berlinghieri in ''1900''
*Travis Bickle in ''Taxi Driver''
*Jimmy Doyle in ''New York, New York''
*Mike Vronsky in ''The Deer Hunter''
* Jake LaMotta in ''Raging Bull''
*Rupert Pupkin in '' The King of Comedy''
* "Noodles" in ''Once Upon a Time in America''
*Frank Raftis in ''Falling in Love''
*Al Capone in ''The Untouchables''
*Jack Walsh in ''Midnight Run''
*Ned in '' We're No Angels''
* Jimmy Conway in ''Goodfellas''
*Leonard Lowe in ''Awakenings''
*Max Cady in '' Cape Fear''
*Donald Rimgale in ''Backdraft''
*Lorenzo Anello in ''A Bronx Tale''
*Dwight Hansen in ''This Boy's Life''
*The Creation in '' Mary Shelley's Frankenstein''
*Neil McCauley in ''Heat''
*Gil "Curly" Renard in '' The Fan''
*Father Bobby in ''Sleepers''
*Wally Carter in '' Marvin's Room''
*Moe Tilden in ''Cop Land''
*Louis Gara in ''Jackie Brown''
*Walter Koontz in '' Flawless''
*Paul Vitti in ''Analyze This''
*Leslie Sunday in ''Men of Honor''
*David Merrill in ''Guilty by Suspicion''
*Joseph "Megs" Megessey in ''Jacknife''
*Evan Wright in ''Mistress''
*Wayne Dobie in ''Mad Dog and Glory''
*Harry Fabian in ''Night and the City''
*Stanley Cox in ''Stanley & Iris''
*Ted Kramer in ''Kramer vs. Kramer''
*Jack Crabb in ''Little Big Man''
*Carl Bernstein in ''All the President's Men''
*Dutch Schultz in ''Billy Bathgate''
*Captain Hook in ''Hook''
*Michael Dorsey in ''Tootsie''
*Wally Stanton in '' Agatha''
*Enrico Salvatore "Ratso" Rizzo in ''Midnight Cowboy''
*David Sumner in '' Straw Dogs''
*Georgie Soloway in '' Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?''
*Alfredo Sbisà in ''Alfredo, Alfredo''
*Louis Dega in '' Papillon''
*Max Dembo in ''Straight Time''
*Dustin Hoffman in ''Terror in the Aisles''
*Willy Loman in ''Death of a Salesman''
*Chuck Clarke in ''Ishtar''
*Raymond Babbitt in ''Rain Man''
*Vito McMullen in ''Family Business''
*Bernie LaPlante in ''Hero''
*Sam Daniels in ''Outbreak''
*Teach in ''American Buffalo''
*Max Brackett in '' Mad City''
*Norman Goodman in ''Sphere''
*Michael Corleone in ''The Godfather''
*Michael Corleone in ''The Godfather Part II''
*Michael Corleone in ''The Godfather Part III''
*Tony Montana in '' Scarface''
*Tom Dobb in ''Revolution''
*Bobby in ''The Panic in Needle Park''
*Frank Serpico in ''Serpico''
*Bobby Deerfield in ''Bobby Deerfield''
*Frank Keller in ''Sea of Love''
* "Big Boy" in ''Dick Tracy''
*Johnny in '' Frankie and Johnny''
*Grandpa in ''Two Bits''
*Arthur Kirkland in '' ...And Justice for All''
*Rocky Balboa in ''Rocky II''
*Rocky Balboa in ''Rocky III''
*Rocky Balboa in ''Rocky IV''
*Rocky Balboa in ''Rocky V''
*Jack Carter in ''Get Carter''
*Jerry Savage in '' No Place to Hide''
*Cosmo Carboni in ''Paradise Alley''
*Robert Hatch in ''Escape to Victory''
*John Rambo in ''First Blood''
*John Rambo in '' Rambo: First Blood Part II''
*John Rambo in ''Rambo III''
*Deke DaSilva in '' Nighthawks''
*Nick Martinelli in ''Rhinestone''
*Marion "Cobra" Cobretti in '' Cobra''
*Lincoln Hawk in ''Over the Top''
*Raymond Tango in ''Tango & Cash''
*Frank Leone in '' Lock Up''
*Angelo "Snaps" Provolone in ''Oscar''
*Joe Bomowski in ''Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot''
*John Spartan in '' Demolition Man''
*Gabe Walker in ''Cliffhanger''
*Ray Quick in ''The Specialist''
*Judge Joseph Dredd in ''Judge Dredd''
*Robert Rath in ''Assassins''
*Kit Latura in ''Daylight''
*Sylvester Stallone in '' An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn''
*Nico Giraldi in '' The Cop in Blue Jeans''
*Nico Giraldi in ''Hit Squad''
*Nico Giraldi in ''Squadra antitruffa''
*Nico Giraldi in ''Little Italy''
*Nico Giraldi in '' The Gang That Sold America''
*Nico Giraldi in '' Assassination on the Tiber''
*Nico Giraldi in '' Crime at Porta Romana''
*Nico Giraldi / Ciu Ci Ciao in ''Crime at the Chinese Restaurant''
*Nico Giraldi in '' Crime on the Highway''
*Nico Giraldi in ''Crime in Formula One''
*Nico Giraldi in ''Cop in Drag''
*Giulio Sacchi in '' Almost Human''
*Rienzi in ''Silent Action''
*Rambo in ''Syndicate Sadists''
*Vincenzo Moretto in ''The Tough Ones''
*Detective in '' The Twist''
*Sergio Marazzi in ''Free Hand for a Tough Cop''
*Sergio Marazzi in ''Destruction Force''
*Vincenzo Marazzi / Sergio Marazzi in '' Brothers Till We Die''
*Commissioner in ''Young, Violent, Dangerous''
*Luigi Maietto in ''The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist''
*Baba in ''Messalina, Messalina!''
*Cuckoo in ''The Wolf and the Lamb''
*Gino Quirino in ''Manolesta''
*Quinto Cecioni in '' Against Each Other, Practically Friends''
* Lieutenant Colombo in ''Columbo'' (pilot episodes)
*Tony Pino in ''The Brink's Job''
*Vince Ricardo in '' The In-Laws''
*Harry Buscafusco in '' Vibes''
*Nick Longhetti in ''A Woman Under the Influence''
*Pedro Carmichael in ''Tune in Tomorrow''
*Rocky Holzcek in '' Roommates''
*Cliff Huxtable in ''The Cosby Show''
*Guy Hanks in ''The Cosby Mysteries''
*Hilton Lucas in '' Cosby''
*Auguste Rodin in ''Camille Claudel''
*Bernard Coudray in ''The Woman Next Door''
*The Graf in '' The Marquise of O''
*Jonathan Harker in ''Nosferatu the Vampyre''
* Emmett "Doc" Brown in ''Back to the Future''
*White Knight in ''Alice in Wonderland''
*Corporal Reyes in ''Zorro''
*Tequila in ''Tequila and Bonetti''
*Charlie Snow in ''Too Much, Too Soon''
*Frank McAfee in ''The Boston Strangler''
*Pepi in '' The Return of the Pink Panther''
*Hercule Lajoy in ''Trail of the Pink Panther''
*Cleve in ''Best Seller''
*Richard Boyle in ''Salvador''
*Robert T. Jefferson in ''The Dirty Dozen''
*Leslie Anders in ''Ice Station Zebra''
*Mike Conroy in ''A Private's Affair''
*Paul Gattling in ''Holiday for Lovers''
*Chambers in ''Airport '77''
*Harold Kaminski in ''Tora! Tora! Tora!''
*Mr. Coggins / Second Spy in ''Chitty Chitty Bang Bang''
*Frank Wilkins in ''The Midnight Story''
*Walter Kosciuszko Waldowski in '' MASH''
*George Wilson in ''The Great Gatsby''
*Sam Wood in '' In the Heat of the Night''
*Porthos in ''The Three Musketeers''
*Otto Hansbach in '' Chuka''
* John Steele in '' The Longest Day''
*Walter Burns in ''The Front Page''
*Aaron McComb in ''Timecop''
*Roderick Usher in ''Two Evil Eyes''
*Andy Leonard / Will in ''Never Say Goodbye''
*Mr. Columbato in '' Birdy''

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Amendola, Furruccio
1930 births
2001 deaths
Actors from Turin
Italian male child actors
Italian male film actors
Italian male stage actors
Italian male television actors
Italian male voice actors
Italian voice directors
20th-century Italian male actors
Deaths from cancer in Lazio
Deaths from throat cancer
Burials at Campo Verano