Mario Pisu (21 May 1910 – 17 July 1976) was an Italian actor and voice actor.

Biography

Born in

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, Pisu was considered to be one of the most elegant performers of the Italian cinema. He began his career on stage and screen in 1935, making his debut appearance in ''

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'' and also making frequent on-stage collaborations with

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. Pisu appeared in 90 films between 1935 and 1976 and among his most popular appearances includes the 1965 film '' Juliet of the Spirits'' starring

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. He also appeared on television. Pisu was also a popular voice actor and dubber.Cronologia fondamentale dell'epoca d'oro del doppiaggio italiano Dagli albori agli anni 1970
(in Italian) With a very modulated voice, he dubbed actors such as

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and many more. In Pisu's animated roles, he voiced Captain in the Italian dub of the 1961 animated film ''

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''. Pisu died from a

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on 17 July 1976, at the age of 66.

Selected filmography

* '' Red Passport'' (1935) - Gianni Casati * ''

'' (1936) - Captain Rodriguez * '' King of Diamonds'' (1936) - Franco * '' White Amazons'' (1936) - Biancheri * '' The Carnival Is Here Again'' (1937) - Fausto, il pittore * ''Il suo destino'' (1938) - Andrea, l'ingegnere * ''La sposa dei Re'' (1938) - Il conte Giovanbattista Bernadotte * ''Crispino e la comare'' (1938) - Il giovane pittore * ''L'aria del continente'' (1939) * '' The Last Enemy'' (1940) - Ferdinando De Medio * ''Manovre d'amore'' (1940) - Il tenente medico Skafos * '' Princess Cinderella'' (1941) - Il bellissimo Cecè * '' We the Living'' (1942) - Viktor Dunaev * ''Addio Kira!'' (1942) - Victor Dunaev * ''Il nostro prossimo'' (1943) - Don Luigi * '' The Innkeeper'' (1944) - Fabrizio * ''Lettere al sottotenente'' (1945) * '' Romulus and the Sabines'' (1945) - Alberto Randoni * ''Il canto della vita'' (1945) - Rimondino * ''Il marito povero'' (1946) * '' Professor, My Son'' (1946) - Ettore Giraldi * ''Biraghin'' (1946) * '' Margaret of Cortona'' (1950) - Rinaldo Degli Uberti * '' The Merry Widower'' (1950) - Rinaldo Degli Uberti * '' Bluebeard's Six Wives'' (1950) - Sergio * '' The Devil in the Convent'' (1950) - Padre Claudio * '' I'm the Capataz'' (1951) - Hurtado * '' The Reluctant Magician'' (1951) * '' Anna'' (1951) * ''Gli uomini non guardano il cielo'' (1952) * ''

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'' (1952) - Il direttore del salone auto * '' The Temptress'' (1952) * ''

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'' (1953) - Barone Antonio (voice, uncredited) * '' Dieci canzoni d'amore da salvare'' (1953) - Delle Piane * ''Di qua, di là del Piave'' (1954) * ''

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'' (1955) - Tolomeo * '' Poveri ma belli'' (1957) - Amico del padre di Giovanna (voice, uncredited) * ''

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'' (1958) * '' First Love'' (1959) - Paolo * ''

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'' (1959) * '' The Cossacks'' (1960) - Prince Voronzov * ''Mariti a congresso'' (1961) * '' Roaring Years'' (1962) - Peppino (uncredited) * '' The Slave'' (1962) - Goular (voice, uncredited) * '' Lo smemorato di Collegno'' (1962) - Avvocato Dell'Orso * ''

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'' (1962) - Angelo * ''

Sexy Toto ''Sexy Toto'' (Italian: ''Totòsexy'') is a 1963 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Amendola and starring Totò and Erminio Macario. It consisted of a mere montage of scenes discarded from ''Toto's First Night ''Toto's First Night'' (Italian: ' ...

'' (1963) - L'impresario (businessman) * '' 8½'' (1963) - Mario Mezzabotta * '' Zorro and the Three Musketeers'' (1963) - Count of Tequel * ''

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'' (1963) - Manager * '' I diavoli di Spartivento'' (1963) * '' Soldati e caporali'' (1965) - Colonnello Rigamonti * ''La violenza e l'amore'' (1965) * '' Juliet of the Spirits'' (1965) - Giorgio (Giulietta's husband) * '' Gendarme in New York'' (1965) - L'adjudant Renzo * ''I soldi'' (1965) * ''

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'' (1965) - The Lawyer (segment "2 'Il Lavoro', episode 2") * ''

Te lo leggo negli occhi ''Te lo leggo negli occhi'' is a 1965 Italian " musicarello" film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque. Cast * Agnès Spaak as Serenella * Dino as Dino * Nino Taranto as Gennaro *Mario Pisu as Dino's Father *Tecla Scarano as Filomena * Anna Campo ...

'' (1965) - Dino's Father * '' Lo scippo'' (1965) - comm. Frascà * '' Me, Me, Me... and the Others'' (1966) - Winner of the 'Capranica' * '' How We Robbed the Bank of Italy'' (1966) - Paolo * '' Adultery Italian Style'' (1966) - Il vicino * ''

I nostri mariti ''I nostri mariti'' is a 1966 Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Filippo D'Amico, Dino Risi and Luigi Zampa. Cast * Alberto Sordi - Giovanni Lo Verso (segment "Il marito di Roberta") * Ugo Tognazzi - Carabiniere (segment "Il Marito di Attili ...

'' (1966) - The Andrologist (segment "Il marito di Olga") * '' Atout cœur à Tokyo pour OSS 117'' (1966) - Vargas * '' Pardon, Are You For or Against?'' (1966) - Barone Renato Santambrogio * '' The Looters'' (1967) - Patrick O'Hara * ''

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'' (1967) - (uncredited) * ''Spia spione'' (1967) * ''Morire gratis'' (1968) - Giovanni * ''

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'' (1968) - Le roi Ferdinand de Naples * ''L'amore è come il sole'' (1969) * ''Temptation'' (1969) * '' Zingara'' (1969) - Marisa and Silvia's father * '' In Prison Awaiting Trial'' (1971) - Psichiatra * ''

We Are All in Temporary Liberty ''We Are All in Temporary Liberty'' ( it, Siamo tutti in libertà provvisoria) is a 1971 Italian crime drama film written and directed by Manlio Scarpelli. Cast * Riccardo Cucciolla as Mario De Rossi * Philippe Noiret as Judge Francesco Lang ...

'' (1971) * '' Il Boss'' (1973) - Onorevole Gabrielli * ''Sans sommation'' (1973) - (uncredited) * ''

Io e lui ''Io e lui'' (''He and I'') is a 1973 Italian comedy film directed by Luciano Salce. It is based on the novel with the same name by Alberto Moravia. Cast * Lando Buzzanca: Rico * Bulle Ogier: Irene * Vittorio Caprioli: Cutica * Antonia San ...

'' (1973) - Protti * '' The Sensual Man'' (1973) - Lorenzo Banchieri * ''Ordine firmato in bianco'' (1974) - Attorney General * ''Carnalità'' (1974) - Count Orsani * '' Conviene far bene l'amore'' (1975) - Minister * '' L'Infermiera'' (1975) - Leonida Bottacin * '' Il giustiziere di mezzogiorno'' (1975) - Capo della Polizia * '' Blue Jeans'' (1975) - Mario / Lawyer * '' Nick the Sting'' (1976) - Phil * ''Sorbole... che romagnola'' (1976) - The Vicar

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pisu, Mario 1910 births 1976 deaths Italian male film actors Italian male voice actors Italian male stage actors Italian male television actors People from Reggio Emilia 20th-century Italian male actors