Mario Gallina (23 March 1889 – 26 September 1950) was an Italian

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and

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Biography

Gallina was born in

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, which was then a possession of

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(now

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). He was the son of theatre actors Enrico Gallina and Elena Fabbri and the nephew of playwright Giacinto Gallina. He began his career in 1911 working as a theatre actor, starring in many plays and working alongside other stage icons such as

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, Marga Cella and Alfredo Sainati. Gallina was mainly active on stage and screen. He appeared in over 28 films between 1916 and 1950. In 1933, Gallina sought a career as a screen actor and later, a voice dubber. He had already starred in two silent films between 1916 and 1917. Among his most popular filmography includes the 1943 film '' The Children Are Watching Us'' directed by

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. He also provided the Italian voice of Honest John in the 1940 animated film ''

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'' as well as the Ringmaster in ''

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''.

Death

Gallina died in

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on 26 September 1950 at the age of 61.

Filmography

Cinema

*'' Cura di baci'' (1916) *'' I fioretti di San Francisco'' (1917) *''

Nini Falpala ''Ninì Falpalà'' is a 1933 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Amleto Palermi and starring Dina Galli, Renzo Ricci and Elsa De Giorgi.Chiti & Poppi p.237 It is based on a play by Augusto Novelli, and was shot at the Caesar Film ...

'' (1933) *'' La signorina dell'autobus'' (1933) * ''

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'' (1934) *'' I'll Give a Million'' (1935) *'' Cinema che passione'' (1935) *'' Ginevra degli Almieri'' (1935) *'' Adam's Tree'' (1936) *'' The Former Mattia Pascal'' (1937) *'' Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal'' (1937) *'' L'amor mio non muore!'' (1938) *'' Ettore Fieramosca'' (1938) *''

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'' (1939) *'' L'arcidiavolo'' (1940) * '' Marco Visconti'' (1941) *'' Carmen'' (1942) *''

Princess Cinderella ''Princess Cinderella'' ( it, Cenerentola e il signor Bonaventura) is a 1941 Italian fantasy-comedy film written and directed by Sergio Tofano. It is based on the characters of the popular comic strip series Signor Bonaventura, created in 1917 by ...

'' (1942) *'' The Children Are Watching Us'' (1943) *'' What a Distinguished Family'' (1943) *'' Rosalba'' (1944) *'' The Lovers'' (1946) *'' Fire Over the Sea'' (1947) * '' The White Devil'' (1947) *'' L'isola di Montecristo'' (1948) *''

La Rosa di Bagdad ''La Rosa di Bagdad'' (English: ''The Rose of Baghdad'') is a 1949 Italian animated film by Anton Gino Domeneghini. In 1952, the film was dubbed into English, retitled ''The Singing Princess'' and dubbed by Julie Andrews as her first venture into v ...

'' (1949) - Voice *''

Beauty and the Devil ''La Beauté du diable'' (literally "the beauty of the devil"; originally released in the UK and USA as ''Beauty and the Devil'') is a 1950 Franco-Italian fantasy film drama directed by René Clair. A tragicomedy set in the early 19th century, it ...

'' (1950) *'' Father's Dilemma'' (1950)

Dubbing roles

Animation

*Honest John in ''

'' *Ringmaster in ''

Live action

*High Sheriff of Nottingham in ''

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'' *Capt. Wilkens in '' Fort Apache'' *Sheriff Hardy in '' Duel in the Sun'' *Hubert de Clermont-Latour in '' Odette'' *Sir Thomas in ''

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gallina, Mario 1889 births 1950 deaths Actors from Trieste Italian male voice actors Italian male film actors Italian male stage actors Italian male silent film actors 20th-century Italian male actors