Mario Besesti (20 November 1894 – 21 June 1968) was an Italian actor and voice actor.

Biography

Besesti began a career acting on stage and screen in 1932. He made his film debut in 1938 and among his most popular filmography includes the 1949 film '' The Mill on the Po''. Besesti was also well known as a voice dubber. Because of his strong voice and large build, he usually dubbed actors with the same stature such as

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and many more. Besesti was considered to be one of Italy's most significant, well-known dubbers during the

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. He worked for the Cooperativa Doppiatori Cinematografici and made collaborations with other dubbers which included

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. Besesti was also active in the Italian dubs of some of the early Disney animated films. He dubbed

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in ''

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'', The Huntsman in ''

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'' and Trusty in ''

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''.

Death

Besesti died in Rome on 21 June 1968 at the age of 73. He was buried at

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Filmography

Cinema

Voice work

Dubbing

Films (Animation, Italian dub)

Films (Live action, Italian dub)

* Phineas V. Lambert in ''

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in '' The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' * Sir Humphrey Pengallan in ''

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in ''

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'' * Albert Lory in '' This Land Is Mine'' * Uncle William "Billy" Bailey in '' It's a Wonderful Life'' * Michael Howland in ''

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'' * Tom Blue in '' The Black Swan'' * Thad Vail in '' High Barbaree'' * Reginald "Rags" Barnaby in '' Destry'' * Jim Taylor in ''

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ''Mr. Smith Goes to Washington'' is a 1939 American political comedy-drama film directed by Frank Capra, starring Jean Arthur and James Stewart, and featuring Claude Rains and Edward Arnold. The film is about a naive, newly appointed United ...

'' * Amory Stilham in ''

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'' * Judge Wilkins in ''

Dear Wife ''Dear Wife'' is a 1949 comedy film starring Joan Caulfield and William Holden. It is the sequel to '' Dear Ruth'', which was based on the Broadway play of the same name by Norman Krasna. Plot Miriam Wilkins is a teenage girl who is campaigni ...

'' * Penrod Biddel in ''

City That Never Sleeps ''City That Never Sleeps'' is a 1953 American film noir crime film directed by John H. Auer and starring Gig Young, Mala Powers, William Talman, Edward Arnold, Chill Wills, Marie Windsor, and Paula Raymond, with cinematography by John L ...

'' * Jimmy Norton in ''

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'' * Wolf Larsen in '' The Sea Wolf'' * James R. Judson in ''

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'' * Pablo in ''

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in ''

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'' * Max Fabian in ''

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Besesti, Mario 1894 births 1968 deaths Male actors from Milan Italian male voice actors Italian male film actors Italian male stage actors Italian male radio actors Burials at Campo Verano 20th-century Italian male actors