Sergio Tedesco

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Sergio Tedesco
Born(1928-04-23)23 April 1928
La Spezia, Italy
Died3 June 2012(2012-06-03) (aged 84)
Perugia, Italy
Occupations
  • Actor
  • voice actor
  • tenor
Years active1938–2012
ChildrenMaurizio Tedesco
Paola Tedesco
Musical career
Genres
Instrument(s)Vocals
Labels

Sergio Tedesco (23 April 1928 – 3 June 2012) was an Italian

voice actor and operatic tenor.[1]

Biography

Sergio Tedesco was born in La Spezia on April 23 1928. His father died when he was nine years old and he moved to Rome with his mother to help get a head start on his career. He eventually made his film debut in the 1941 film Il bazar delle idee directed by Marcello Albani. He acted in two other films that same year.[2]

As the years passed, Tedesco showed a natural talent in singing. He performed as a tenor at the Rome Opera House a few times and has acted and sung in several plays and made collaborations with Mario Zafred, Tito Gobbi, Renato Capecchi and Carlo Maria Giulini. Tedesco also performed at the Carignano Theatre in Turin and La Fenice in Venice. In 1998, Tedesco officially retired from opera singing.

Tedesco was also a very successful voice dubber.

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Personal life

Tedesco had two children. His daughter Paola Tedesco is an actress and his son Maurizio Tedesco is a film producer.

Death

Tedesco died on 3 June 2012 at the age of 84. He spent the last 17 years of his life in Perugia, where he died.[4]

Filmography

Cinema

  • Il bazar delle idee (1941)
  • La forza bruta (1941)
  • Amore imperiale (1941)
  • The White Angel (1955)
  • Piluk, the Timid One (1968)
  • Fuga dal Paradiso (1989)
  • The House of Chicken (2001)

Dubbing roles

Animation

Live action

References

  1. ^ "Sergio Tedesco's dubbing contributions". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved October 24, 2018.
  2. ^ "Sergio Tedesco". MYmovies. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  3. ^ Cronologia fondamentale dell'epoca d'oro del doppiaggio italiano Dagli albori agli anni 1970 (in Italian)
  4. ^ "Morto Sergio Tedesco, la "voce di Tarzan": funerali a Ponte San Giovanni". June 4, 2012. Retrieved October 25, 2018.

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