Biography
Glauco Onorato (7 December 1936 – 31 December 2009) was an Italian actor and voice actor.As an actor and dubber popular with audiences throughout Italy, he was renowned for voicing over nearly all of Bud Spencer's roles as Spencer had a thick Naples accent. Onorato had worked consistently from the late 1950s until shortly before his death. Glauco Onorato was born in Turin on December 7 1936 and was educated at the Silvio D'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Arts. His father was Giovanni Onorato, also an actor, and his brother was Marco Onorato, who was a cinematographer.
Active in film, theater, and television, Onorato starred in over 31 films and 51 television shows. Among Onorato's most notable roles were as a man haunted by the supernatural in Mario Bava's masterpiece Black Sabbath, a soldier returning from the Russian front in Vittoria De Sica's Sunflower, and as a ruthless gangster in the crime film The Big Racket. He also starred as Leonardo da Vinci's father Piero da Vinci in the television miniseries The Life of Leonardo da Vinci. He also made acting performances on stage. On stage, Onorato starred in the 1978 edition of the 1962 musical comedy play Rugantino and made collaborations with many other stage actors and directors such as Enrico Montesano and Ottavia Piccolo. He also starred as Sir John Falstaff in stage adaptation of The Merry Wives of Windsor.
With a deep, booming, yet comical voice, Onorato gained his greatest fame as a voice actor. He had dubbed many foreign language films and television shows in Italian. He provided the Italian voice for actors such as Danny Glover, James Coburn, Anthony Quinn and Charles Bronson as well as Arnold Schwarzenegger in his earlier and iconic films, most notably The Terminator. He may however be best known for dubbing Italian actor Bud Spencer (whose heavy Neapolitan accent was considered unsuitable for his roles) in nearly all of his movies. In Onorato's animated roles, he provided the Italian voices of Captain Gantu in the Lilo & Stitch franchise, Sykes in Oliver & Company, Professor Ratigan in The Great Mouse Detective, Carface Caruthers in All Dogs Go to Heaven and Willie the Giant in Mickey's Christmas Carol in the 2nd redubbing.
Filmography
all 54
Movies 47
TV Shows 7
self 1
Voice 1
Chi nasce tondo... (2008)
Inner City Princess (2007)
Linee d'ombra (2007)
Questa è la mia terra (2006)
I colori della vita (2005)
Saint Anthony: The Miracle Worker of Padua (2002)
Distretto di Polizia (2000)
Don Matteo (2000)
Uno di noi (1996)
Villa Maltraversi (1993)
Women in Arms (1991)
Parole e sangue (1982)
La Cage aux Folles II (1980)
Sugar, Honey and Pepper (1980)
Stark System (1980)
Mazinga contro gli UFO Robot (1978)
Highway Racer (1977)
L'altra metà del cielo (1977)
The Big Racket (1976)
Colpita da improvviso benessere (1976)
Maria R. e gli angeli del Trastevere (1976)
Deep Red (1975)
Carambola's Philosophy: In the Right Pocket (1975)
Wer stirbt schon gerne unter Palmen (1974)
Sarah's Last Man (1974)
The Five Days (1973)
The Magnificent Dare Devil (1973)
Door Into Darkness (1973)
Fra' Tazio da Velletri (1973)
Joe Petrosino (1972)
Romance (1971)
The Life of Leonardo da Vinci (1971)
Viva! Django (1971)
Hatchet for the Honeymoon (1970)
Sunflower (1970)
Boot Hill (1969)
Johnny Belinda (1969)
Caio Gracco (1968)
John the Bastard (1967)
Turcaret (1967)
Caravaggio (1967)
The Magnificent Texan (1967)
Vita di Cavour (1967)
Pleasant Nights (1966)
In a Colt's Shadow (1965)
The Revenge of Ivanhoe (1965)
Amori pericolosi (1964)
Mia famiglia (1964)
Bene mio e core mio (1964)
Black Sabbath (1963)
Jacob: The Man Who Fought with God (1963)
The Red Sheik (1962)
I baccanali di Tiberio (1960)
Spavaldi e innamorati (1959)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1936-12-07
Deathday2009-12-31 (73 years old)
Birth PlaceTurin, Italy
ChildrenSara Onorato, Riccardo Niseem Onorato
FatherGiovanni Onorato
SiblingsMarco Onorato, Maria Virginia Onorato
CitizenshipsKingdom of Italy, Italy
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