Biography
Oreste Lionello (18 April 1927 – 19 February 2009) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Lionello was born in Rhodes (which was then a possession of Italy), to Calabrian parents, and grew up in Reggio Calabria. He began his career as a theatre actor, and was considered amongst the founders of Italian cabaret. In 1953 he entered the Musical Theatrical Company of RAI (Italian state TV) and the following year he debuted in television with Marziano Filippo, a boys' show. In the 1960s, he was one of the founders of the Bagaglino comic theatre and TV company and he had found success as an entertainer on Italian TV in the 1970s and 1980s. As an actor, Lionello acted in over 56 feature films and several television shows. He appeared in five episodes of Le avventure di Laura Storm and he made his debut film appearance in The Cheerful Squadron.As a voice actor, Lionello was the official Italian voice of Woody Allen. Other actors he dubbed included Charlie Chaplin, Groucho Marx, Dick Van Dyke, Peter Sellers, Gene Wilder, Michel Serrault, Donald Pleasence, Clive Revill, Gérard Depardieu, Rick Moranis and Roman Polanski. He also dubbed Robin Williams as Mork in the first two seasons of Mork & Mindy. In his animated roles, Lionello dubbed popular animated characters for Disney and Warner Bros. between the 1950s and 1970s. He was considered a pioneer of Italian voice dubbing and founded the C.V.D. along with Renato Turi, Giancarlo Giannini, Valeria Valeri, Corrado Gaipa and other dubbers.
Filmography
all 62
Movies 60
Voice 3
TV Shows 2
Dov'era lei a quell'ora (2021)
FantastiCozzi (2016)
No problem (2008)
Di Che Peccato Sei? (2007)
Imperia, la grande cortigiana (2005)
Opopomoz (2003)
Ladri si diventa (1998)
Ladri si nasce (1997)
Storie di seduzione (1995)
Le finte bionde (1989)
Sfrattato cerca casa equo canone (1983)
Massimamente folle (1983)
Snow White and 7 Wise Men (1982)
Attenti a quei P2 (1982)
Quella peste di Pierina (1982)
I'll break your Face, Baby! (1982)
Ciao marziano (1980)
L'imbranato (1979)
Tutti a squola (1979)
Scherzi da prete (1978)
For the Love of Poppea (1977)
Kakkientruppen (1977)
Nerone (1977)
My Sister in Law (1976)
La prima notte di nozze (1976)
The Best (1976)
Soldier of Fortune (1976)
Romulus and Remus: The Story of Two Sons of a Wolf (1976)
La madama (1976)
World by Night Today (1976)
Cassiodorus is the Hardest Praetorian (1976)
The Sex Machine (1975)
Poker in Bed (1974)
Italian Sex (1974)
Antoine and Sebastian (1974)
I 7 magnifici cornuti (1974)
Provaci anche tu Lionel (1973)
Mamma... li turchi! (1973)
The Sensuous Sicilian (1973)
The Case of the Bloody Iris (1972)
Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971)
H2S (1969)
In the Name of the Father (1969)
The SuperVips (1968)
The Prophet (1968)
Perils of Problemina (1968)
L'idolo delle scene (1967)
Riderà! - Cuore matto (1967)
I due sanculotti (1966)
Top Crack (1966)
Le avventure di Laura Storm (1965)
Ai poeti non si spara (1965)
Le inchieste del commissario Maigret (1964)
I due toreri (1964)
Queste pazze, pazze donne (1964)
The Swindlers (1963)
Totòtruffa '62 (1961)
Le pillole di Ercole (1960)
Toto, Fabrizi and the Young People Today (1960)
The Devil's Cavaliers (1959)
È arrivata la parigina (1958)
The Cheerful Squadron (1954)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1927-04-18
Deathday2009-02-19 (81 years old)
Birth PlaceRhodes, Greece
ChildrenCristiana Lionello, Fabio Luigi Lionello, Luca Lionello, Davide Lionello, Alessia Lionello
CitizenshipsKingdom of Italy, Italy
AwardsOrder of Merit of the Italian Republic
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