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 ''

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'' 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 Gregory Peck,

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, Ward Bond,

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, Fred MacMurray,

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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 ''Red Passport'' (Italian: ''Passaporto rosso'') is a 1935 Italian historical drama film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Isa Miranda, Filippo Scelzo and Ugo Ceseri. A group of Italian immigrants to South America join in a revolution. It ...

'' (1935) - Gianni Casati * ''

'' (1936) - Captain Rodriguez * ''

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'' (1936) - Franco * ''

White Amazons ''White Amazons'' (Italian: ''Amazzoni bianche'') is a 1936 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Gennaro Righelli and starring Paola Barbara, Luisa Ferida and Doris Duranti. Screwball A screwball is a baseball and fastpitch soft ...

'' (1936) - Biancheri * ''

The Carnival Is Here Again ''The Carnival Is Back'' or ''The Carnival Is Here Again'' (Italian: ''È tornato carnevale'') is a 1937 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo and starring Armando Falconi, Clara Tabody and Franco Coop.Aprà p. 99 ...

'' (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 ''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 ...

'' (1941) - Il bellissimo Cecè * ''

We the Living ''We the Living'' is the debut novel of the Russian American novelist Ayn Rand. It is a story of life in post-revolutionary Russia and was Rand's first statement against communism. Rand observes in the foreword that ''We the Living'' was the cl ...

'' (1942) - Viktor Dunaev * ''Addio Kira!'' (1942) - Victor Dunaev * ''Il nostro prossimo'' (1943) - Don Luigi * ''

The Innkeeper ''The Innkeeper'' (Italian: ''La locandiera'' also known as ''Mirandolina'') is a 1944 Italian historical comedy film directed by Luigi Chiarini and starring Luisa Ferida, Armando Falconi and Osvaldo Valenti.Reich & Garafalo p.28 The film is an a ...

'' (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) * ''

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'' (1950) - Rinaldo Degli Uberti * '' The Merry Widower'' (1950) - Rinaldo Degli Uberti * ''

Bluebeard's Six Wives ''Bluebeard's Six Wives'' (Italian: ''Le sei mogli di Barbablù'') is a 1950 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia and starring Totò, Isa Barzizza and Carlo Ninchi.Moliterno p.48 The film's sets were designed by the art directo ...

'' (1950) - Sergio * ''

The Devil in the Convent ''The Devil in the Convent'' (Italian: ''Il Diavolo in convento'') is a 1950 Italian comedy film directed by Nunzio Malasomma and starring Gilberto Govi, Carlo Ninchi and Mariella Lotti. It was shot at the Icet Studios in Milan and on location i ...

'' (1950) - Padre Claudio * ''

I'm the Capataz ''I'm the Capataz'' (Italian: ''Io sono il capataz'') is a 1951 Italian western-comedy film directed by Giorgio Simonelli and starring Renato Rascel, Silvana Pampanini and Marilyn Buferd. It was shot at the Incir-De Paolis Studios in Rome. The f ...

'' (1951) - Hurtado * ''

The Reluctant Magician ''The Reluctant Magician'' (Italian: ''Il Mago per forza'') is a 1951 Italian comedy film directed by Marino Girolami and starring Tino Scotti, Isa Barzizza and Aroldo Tieri. It was shot at the Farnesina Studios of Titanus in Rome. The film's set ...

'' (1951) * ''

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'' (1951) * ''Gli uomini non guardano il cielo'' (1952) * ''

Five Paupers in an Automobile ''Five Paupers in an Automobile'' ( it, Cinque poveri in automobile) is a 1952 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Eduardo De Filippo. Cast * Eduardo De Filippo as Eduardo Moschettone * Aldo Fabrizi as Cesare Baroni * Ti ...

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

The Temptress ''The Temptress'' is a 1926 American silent romantic drama film directed by Fred Niblo and starring Greta Garbo, Antonio Moreno, Lionel Barrymore, and Roy D'Arcy. It premiered on October 10, 1926. The film melodrama was based on a novel by ...

'' (1952) * ''

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'' (1953) - Barone Antonio (voice, uncredited) * ''

Dieci canzoni d'amore da salvare ''Dieci canzoni d'amore da salvare'' (English title: "Ten Love Songs") is a 1953 Italian film directed by Flavio Calzavara. The plot concerns a songwriter, played by Jacques Sernas who leaves his sweetheart and publisher when he learns that he is ...

'' (1953) - Delle Piane * ''Di qua, di là del Piave'' (1954) * ''

Toto in Hell ''Toto in Hell'' ( it, Totò all'inferno) is a 1955 Italian fantasy-comedy film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque. Italian cult horror film director Lucio Fulci co-wrote the screenplay. Plot Antonio Marchi, a depressed thief, after several attem ...

'' (1955) - Tolomeo * ''

Poveri ma belli ''Poveri ma belli'' (U.S. title: ''Poor, But Handsome''; U.K. title: ''A Girl in Bikini'') is a successful 1957 Italian comedy film directed by Dino Risi. There have been two sequels, also directed by Risi and starring Marisa Allasio, Maurizio ...

'' (1957) - Amico del padre di Giovanna (voice, uncredited) * ''

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'' (1958) * ''

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'' (1959) - Paolo * ''

Hannibal Hannibal (; xpu, 𐤇𐤍𐤁𐤏𐤋, ''Ḥannibaʿl''; 247 – between 183 and 181 BC) was a Carthaginian general and statesman who commanded the forces of Carthage in their battle against the Roman Republic during the Second Puni ...

'' (1959) * '' The Cossacks'' (1960) - Prince Voronzov * ''Mariti a congresso'' (1961) * ''

Roaring Years ''Roaring Years'' ( it, Gli anni ruggenti) is a 1962 Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Zampa, set in the 1930s during the Fascist period of Benito Mussolini. It stars Nino Manfredi and Gino Cervi, and was inspired by the satirical comedy "T ...

'' (1962) - Peppino (uncredited) * '' The Slave'' (1962) - Goular (voice, uncredited) * ''

Lo smemorato di Collegno ''Lo smemorato di Collegno'' (Italian for "The Collegno amnesiac") is a 1962 commedia all'italiana film directed by Sergio Corbucci. It is loosely based on the Bruneri-Canella case. Plot A man is hospitalized in a neurological clinic, due to a ...

'' (1962) - Avvocato Dell'Orso * '' I motorizzati'' (1962) - Angelo * '' Sexy Toto'' (1963) - L'impresario (businessman) * ''

8½ ' (Italian title: , ) is a 1963 surrealist comedy-drama film directed and co-written (with Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaiano and Brunello Rondi) by Italian filmmaker Federico Fellini. The metafictional narrative centers on Guido Anselmi, played by M ...

'' (1963) - Mario Mezzabotta * ''

Zorro and the Three Musketeers ''Zorro and the Three Musketeers'' ( it, Zorro e i tre moschettieri, also known as ''Mask of the Musketeers'' and ''Zorro vs. the Three Musketeers'') is a 1963 Italian comedy- adventure film directed by Luigi Capuano and starring Gordon Scott. ...

'' (1963) - Count of Tequel * ''

The Organizer ''The Organizer'' ( it, I compagni"''I compagni''" literally translates into "''The Comrades''.") is a 1963 Italian-French-Yugoslavian-produced drama film written by Mario Monicelli and Age & Scarpelli, and directed by Mario Monicelli. Set in Tu ...

'' (1963) - Manager * ''

I diavoli di Spartivento ''I diavoli di Spartivento'' (also known as ''Weapons of Vengeance'', ''Weapons of War'', ''The Devils of Spartivento'', ''Arms of the Avenger'', ''Curse of the Haunted Forest'' and ''The Fighting Legions'') is a 1963 Italian adventure film direct ...

'' (1963) * ''

Soldati e caporali ''Soldati e caporali'' (translation: ''Soldiers and Corporals'') is a 1965 Italian "musicarello" comedy military film directed by Mario Amendola starring the comic duo Franco and Ciccio. Cast * Franco Franchi as Franco * Ciccio Ingrassia as Cic ...

'' (1965) - Colonnello Rigamonti * ''La violenza e l'amore'' (1965) * ''

'' (1965) - Giorgio (Giulietta's husband) * ''

Gendarme in New York ''Gendarme in New York'' (french: Le gendarme à New York) is a 1965 sequel to the French comedy film '' The Troops of St. Tropez''. It stars Louis de Funès as the gendarme along with Michel Galabru, Christian Marin, Guy Grosso and Michel Modo. P ...

'' (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 Campori ...

'' (1965) - Dino's Father * ''

Lo scippo ''Lo scippo (the snatching)'' is a 1965 Italian film. It marked the directorial debut of Nando Cicero. Plot Speranza, a female company cashier, organizes with two young men with a motorcycle a snatching for stage a steal with money of customer ...

'' (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 ''Adultery Italian Style'' ( it, Adulterio all'italiana) is a 1966 Italian comedy film written and directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile. Cast *Nino Manfredi as Franco Finali * Catherine Spaak as Marta Finali * Maria Grazia Buccella as Gloria * ...

'' (1966) - Il vicino * '' I nostri mariti'' (1966) - The Andrologist (segment "Il marito di Olga") * ''

Atout cœur à Tokyo pour OSS 117 ''Atout cœur à Tokyo pour OSS 117'' (English: ''Trump-Card in the Heart of Tokyo for OSS 117'') is a 1966 French Eurospy spy-fi film. It was the fourth OSS 117 film of the 1960s, directed by Michel Boisrond, presented by the director of th ...

'' (1966) - Vargas * ''

Pardon, Are You For or Against? ''Pardon, Are You For or Against?'' ( it, Scusi, lei è favorevole o contrario?) is a 1966 Italian comedy film written, directed and starred by Alberto Sordi. The title refers to debates on the issue of divorce, still illegal in Italy at the time ...

'' (1966) - Barone Renato Santambrogio * '' The Looters'' (1967) - Patrick O'Hara * '' Johnny Banco'' (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 ''In Prison Awaiting Trial'' ( it, Detenuto in attesa di giudizio) is a 1971 Italian drama film directed by Nanni Loy. It was entered into the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival where Alberto Sordi won the Silver Bear for Best Actor award. ...

'' (1971) - Psichiatra * '' We Are All in Temporary Liberty'' (1971) * ''

Il Boss ''Il Boss'' (En. ''The Boss'', also known as ''Murder Inferno'') is a poliziottesco- noir film written and directed by Fernando Di Leo in 1973. It is the final part of Di Leo's ''Milieu Trilogy'', also consisting of '' Milano calibro 9'' and ''La ...

'' (1973) - Onorevole Gabrielli * ''Sans sommation'' (1973) - (uncredited) * '' Io e lui'' (1973) - Protti * ''

The Sensual Man ''The Sensual Man'' ( it, Paolo il caldo, also known as ''The Sensuous Sicilian'') is a 1974 Italian comedy film written and directed by Marco Vicario. It is loosely based on Paolo il caldo, the novel of the same name written by Vitaliano Brancati ...

'' (1973) - Lorenzo Banchieri * ''Ordine firmato in bianco'' (1974) - Attorney General * ''Carnalità'' (1974) - Count Orsani * ''

Conviene far bene l'amore ''Conviene far bene l'amore'' (internationally released as ''The Sex Machine'' and ''Love and Energy'') is a 1975 sci-fi - sexy comedy film directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile. The film is based on a novel with the same name written by the same ...

'' (1975) - Minister * ''

L'Infermiera ''L'Infermiera'' is a 1975 commedia sexy all'italiana film starring Ursula Andress, Jack Palance and Luciana Paluzzi, also known by the titles ''I Will If You Will'', ''The Nurse'', ''The Sensuous Nurse'' and ''The Secrets of a Sensuous Nurse''. ...

'' (1975) - Leonida Bottacin * ''

Il giustiziere di mezzogiorno ''Il giustiziere di mezzogiorno'' (Italian for ''The Noonday Executioner'') is a 1975 Italian comedy film written and directed by Mario Amendola. It is a parody of '' Death Wish''. Plot Abandoned by his wife and daughter, after suffering some in ...

'' (1975) - Capo della Polizia * ''

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'' (1975) - Mario / Lawyer * ''

Nick the Sting ''Nick the Sting'' ( it, Gli amici di Nick Hezard) is a 1976 Italian film directed by Fernando Di Leo. It stars actor Gabriele Ferzetti. Cast * Luc Merenda as Nick Hezard *Lee J. Cobb as Robert Clark *Gabriele Ferzetti as Maurice *Luciana Paluzzi ...

'' (1976) - Phil * ''Sorbole... che romagnola'' (1976) - The Vicar

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* * {{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