Luigi "Gigi" Angelillo (20 December 1939 – 21 July 2015) was an Italian actor, voice actor and theatre director.

Biography

Angelillo began an acting career on stage and screen in the 1960s and during the 1980s. He appeared in more than 20 films from 1966 to 2012 and he became well known to the Italian public as a voice dubber. From 1987 to 1995, he was the official Italian voice of

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and he has performed other voice acting work for Disney. He has dubbed

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and

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in a select number of their films.

Personal life

Angelillo was married to fellow actress and voice actress

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until his death in 2015.

Death

Angelillo died on 21 July 2015, after suffering a long illness. He was 75 years old.

Filmography

Cinema

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Tesoro mio ''Tesoro mio'' (also spelled ''Tesoromio'') is a 1979 Italian romantic comedy film directed by Giulio Paradisi. It is based on the comedy play ''Chérie noire'' by Francois Campaux. Plot Playwright irreparable failure is betrayed by a concubine w ...

'' (1979) *''

Giovanni Falcone Giovanni Falcone (; 18 May 1939 – 23 May 1992) was an Italian judge and prosecuting magistrate. From his office in the Palace of Justice in Palermo, Sicily, he spent most of his professional life trying to overthrow the power of the Sicilian ...

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Cuore Sacro ''Cuore sacro'' (Sacred heart) is a 2005 Italian film which tells the story of an Italian workaholic businesswoman Irene ( Barbora Bobuľová) who experiences the loss of two of her friends by suicide. This loss, combined with her desire to sell ...

'' (2005) *''

Romanzo Criminale ''Romanzo criminale'' (; "Criminal Novel") is an Italian-language film released in 2005, directed by Michele Placido, a criminal drama, it was highly acclaimed and won 15 awards. It is based on Giancarlo De Cataldo's 2002 novel, which is in turn ...

'' (2005) *''

The Family Friend ''The Family Friend'' ( it, L'amico di famiglia) is a 2006 Italian film directed by Paolo Sorrentino. It was entered into the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. Plot Geremia, an aging tailor/money lender, is a repulsive, mean, stingy man who lives in his ...

'' (2006) *''

Cado dalle nubi Cado dalle nubi is a 2009 Italian comedy film directed by Gennaro Nunziante. Plot Checco is a good guy from Polignano a Mare (Apulia), who loves music. He is ignorant and clumsy, and as a result is increasingly ridiculed. When his girlfriend d ...

'' (2009)

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* * * 1939 births 2015 deaths Italian male film actors Italian male voice actors Italian male stage actors Italian theatre directors Gioia del Colle {{Italy-film-actor-stub