Carlo D'Angelo (2 February 1919 – 9 June 1973) was an

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actor and voice actor.

Biography

Born in

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, the son of a Neapolitan father and a Florentine mother, at 9 years old D'Angelo was part of the Voci Bianche choir at

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. After studying law at the

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, in 1941 he started working on radio and shortly later as a film dubber. In 1947 he made his stage debut at the Piccolo Teatro di Milano, under

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. Between 1963 and 1964, he got large critical acclaim for his performance in ''Il diavolo e il buon Dio'', under the direction of Luigi Squarzina. D'Angelo was also active in films, where alternated major and character roles, and on television, where he had several significant roles in a number of TV-series. D'Angelo was also diction teacher at the Silvio d’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts and recorded several albums of prose and poetry. As a voice actor, D'Angelo provided the voice of

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in the Italian dubbed version of ''

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'' and

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in the Italian political comedy '' I 2 deputati''.

Death

D’Angelo died at the Sant’Orsola-Malpighi Polyclinic in Bologna on June 9, 1973, at the age of 54. He had undergone stomach surgery 25 days prior to his death.

Selected filmography

* ''La primadonna'' (1943) * ''Uomini senza domani'' (1948) * ''Giudicatemi!'' (1948) * ''Ho sognato il paradiso'' (1950) - Magnaccia * '' Fugitive in Trieste'' (1951) * '' Lorenzaccio'' (1951) * '' Perdonami!'' (1953) - Commissioner * '' Pietà per chi cade'' (1954) - Mari's defense attorney * '' Land of the Pharaohs'' (1955) - Nabuna, Nellifer's Bodyguard (uncredited) * '' Adriana Lecouvreur'' (1955) * '' La ladra'' (1955) - Il Parocco * '' The Rival'' (1956) - Primo ufficiale inquirente * ''Terrore sulla città'' (1957) - Professor Gallura * '' I Vampiri'' (1957) - L'ispettore Chantal * '' Dreams in a Drawer'' (1957) - The Substitute * ''La canzone più bella'' (1957) - Il Supplente * ''L'ultima violenza'' (1957) - Notaio Bartoli * '' The Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby'' (1958, TV series) - Newman Noggs * ''

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'' (1959) - Man who saw the Messiah's birth * '' Hercules Unchained'' (1959) - Creonte, High Priest of Thebes * '' The Great War'' (1959) - Capitano Ferri * '' David and Goliath'' (1960) * '' Everybody Go Home'' (1960) - Partigiano napoletano * '' Sword of the Conqueror'' (1961) - Falisque * '' Pigeon Shoot'' (1961) - Mattei * '' A Day for Lionhearts'' (1961) - Il prete * '' Queen of the Nile'' (1961) - Seper * '' Battle of the Worlds'' (1961) - Gen. Varreck * '' Ten Italians for One German'' (1962) - Obersturmbannfuhrer Herbert Kappler * '' Gli eroi del doppio gioco'' (1962) - Riccio * '' The Verona Trial'' (1963) - Italo Vianini * ''Giulietta e Romeo'' (1964) - Principe di Verona * '' Secret Agent Super Dragon'' (1966) - Fernand Lamas * '' One Thousand Dollars on the Black'' (1966) - Judge Waldorf * ''

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'' (1968) - Narrator (voice) * '' The Great Silence'' (1968) - Governor of Utah * '' I 2 deputati'' (1968) - Statue of

(voice)

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* * https://www.antoniogenna.net/doppiaggio/game/199.htm {{DEFAULTSORT:D'Angelo, Carlo 1919 births 1973 deaths Male actors from Milan University of Milan alumni Italian male film actors Italian male television actors Italian male stage actors Italian male voice actors Diction coaches Deaths from complications of gastrointestinal surgery 20th-century Italian male actors