Mario Milita
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (September 2018) |
Mario Milita | |
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| Born | June 26, 1923 Cori, Italy |
| Died | August 22, 2017 (aged 94) Rome, Italy |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, voice actor |
| Years active | 1946–2012 |
Mario Milita (June 26, 1923 – August 22, 2017) was an Italian actor and voice actor.[1]
Biography[edit]
An actor with a career spanning over 65 years, he became well known to the audiences for his work in animation.[2] Because of his coarse, raspy voice, he was typically known for voicing elderly characters in cartoons, movies and other entertainment.[3] He is most known for being the official Italian voice[4] of Grampa Simpson in The Simpsons from 1991 until his retirement in 2012 (except for the young Abraham, voiced by the official[5] Italian Homer voice, Tonino Accolla) . He has also been the first voice of Herbert from Family Guy and gave his voice for many years to Fred Flintstone.[6]
Since 2004,[7][8] however, his voice had begun to weaken over time, causing it to become feeble and almost unrecognizable in his last years of activity.
In Italian dubs of live action films, Milita dubbed actors such as Desmond Llewelyn, Ed Williams and Brian Doyle-Murray. He provided the voice of Amos Tupper (portrayed by Tom Bosley) in a few episodes of Murder, She Wrote and Old Man Peabody (portrayed by Will Hare) in Back to the Future.
In 2011, a year before his retirement, he had released an interview.[8]
Retirement and death[edit]
After Milita retired in 2012, he passed on the roles of Grampa Simpson and Herbert to Mino Caprio[9] and Valerio Ruggeri[10] respectively and he died on 22 August 2017 at the age of 94, of natural causes.[11]
Filmography[edit]
Cinema[edit]
- Montecassino (1946)
- Non ho paura di vivere (1952)
- Ultimatum alla vita (1962)
Dubbing roles[edit]
Animation[edit]
- Grampa Simpson in The Simpsons (seasons 1-22)[12]
- Grampa Simpson in The Simpsons Movie[13]
- Herbert in Family Guy (seasons 1–9)[14]
- Francis Griffin in Family Guy (episodes 2x02, 4x18)
- Fred Flintstone (3rd voice) in The Flintstones[15]
- Fred Flintstone in The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones[16]
- Fred Flintstone in The New Fred and Barney Show[17]
- The Old Heretic in The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- Sparky in Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure
- Old Theban in Hercules
- Gennai in Digimon Adventure
- Laughing Bull in Cowboy Bebop
- Mumm-Ra in ThunderCats[18]
Live action[edit]
- George "Miles" Jergens in Rocky[19]
- Mickey Goldmill in Rocky V[20]
- Old Man Peabody in Back to the Future[21]
- Amos Tupper in Murder, She Wrote (episodes 1x01, 2x07, 2x14, 3x03, 3x06)
- Monsignor Fargo in True Confessions
- The Ancient One in Santa Claus: The Movie
- Ted Olsen in The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear[22]
- Ted Olsen in Naked Gun 33+1⁄3: The Final Insult[23]
- Q in Moonraker
- Q in A View to a Kill
- Orderly Turkle in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- Doc Wallace in The Quick and the Dead
- Grandpa Sam in ...And Justice for All
- Rabbi Ben Lewis in Keeping the Faith
- Frank Slater in Last Action Hero
- Man in Airport in Home Alone[24]
- Cliff in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York[25]
- Ernie in Snow Dogs
- Bud Beckett in Philadelphia
- Rudolf Smuntz in Mouse Hunt
- Priest in Bedazzled
- Bradley Tozer in High Road to China
- Mr. Finkle in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
- Acme Vice President in Looney Tunes: Back in Action
- Abdul Ben Hassan in Blade Runner
Video games[edit]
- Fakir in Disney's Aladdin in Nasira's Revenge
References[edit]
- ^ "Mario Milita's dubbing contributions". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
- ^ "Mario Milita". MYmovies. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- ^ Cronologia fondamentale dell'epoca d'oro del doppiaggio italiano Dagli albori agli anni 1970 (in Italian)
- ^ When the character appears, in ending credits, under "Dubbing".
- ^ From Season 1 to Season 22 (until Accolla's death), in ending credits, under "Dubbing".
- ^ Intervista a MARIO MILITA (2011) | enciclopediadeldoppiaggio.it
- ^ This is noticed by hearing the first dubbing of Grampa Simpson (1989) and Herbert the pervert (1999), and comparing it to the 15th season of the Simpsons (2004, last season with normal Milita's voice ), and the 21st season of the Simpsons (last season dubbed by Mario Milita) where his voice is weak and unrecognizable.
- ^ a b Intervista a MARIO MILITA (2011) | enciclopediadeldoppiaggio.it, retrieved 2021-03-26
- ^ New official voice actor of Grampa Simpson after Milita's retirement
- ^ In a few episodes, when Mino Caprio doesn't dub him.
- ^ "Addio a Mario Milita, la voce di nonno Simpson". video.repubblica.it. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ^ "The Simpsons Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
- ^ "The Simpsons Movie Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
- ^ "Family Guy Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
- ^ "The Flintstones Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
- ^ "The Jetsons Meet The Flintstones Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
- ^ "The New Fred and Barney Show Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
- ^ "ThunderCats Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
- ^ "Rocky Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
- ^ "Rocky V Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
- ^ "Back to the Future Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
- ^ "The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
- ^ "Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
- ^ "Home Alone Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
- ^ "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
External links[edit]
- Mario Milita at IMDb
- Mario Milita at Anime News Network's encyclopedia