Luigi Pavese

Luigi Pavese (25 October 1897 – 13 December 1969) was an Italian actor and voice actor.

Biography Born in Asti, Pavese started his career in 1916 working as a silent film actor at 19 years of age. He had his theatrical debut in 1921 and eventually worked his way up to becoming a film actor by the 1930s. He appeared in more than 170 films between 1916 and 1969. By the time World War II ended, Pavese's popularity as an actor had increased. He often portrayed characters with professions such as clerks, lawyers, soldiers, officers and notaries in comedy films and made frequent collaborations with other actors such as Totò, Aldo Fabrizi, Walter Chiari, Alberto Sordi, including his younger brother Nino Pavese.

As a voice actor, Pavese dubbed the voices of characters into the Italian language. He was the official voice actor of Fernando Sancho, Robert Strauss and many more. He even provided the Italian voices of animated characters belonging to The Walt Disney Company, most notably Colonel Hathi in The Jungle Book as well as Boris in Lady and the Tramp and a Labrador in One Hundred and One Dalmatians.

Pavese died in Rome of a heart attack in the morning of 13 December 1969 at the age of 72.

Selected filmography

The Sinful Woman (1916) La vampa (1916) Senza pietà (1921) as Barcbi Avventuriero di California (1921) Il castello del terrore (1922) I milioni della gitana (1922) Lo strano viaggio di Pim-Popo (1922) – Harry Fowell Il miraggio di mezzanotte (1922) Lo zio si sposa (1923) Red Passport (1935) Aldebaran (1935) – Nora's friend Golden Arrow (1935) – Ellis – l'ambasciatore The Joker King (1936) – Captain Alliana La Damigella di Bard (1936) – Avvocato Palmieri Joe the Red (1936) – Stefano di Sandelle Lafitte Vivere! (1936) Doctor Antonio (1937) – Aubrey At Your Orders, Madame (1939) – Il maître d'hotel Ho visto brillare le stelle (1939) – Rocchi Cose dell'altro mondo (1939) – Cook, il capitano di polizia Una lampada alla finestra (1940) – Max Antonio Meucci (1940) – Antonio Meucci L'arcidiavolo (1940) – Carlo The Hussar Captain (1940) La fanciulla di Portici (1940) – Il principe Fernando di San Vitale Eternal Melodies (1940) – Leopoldo Mozart Orizzonte dipinto (1941) – L'uomo nero coi baffi The Happy Ghost (1941) – Temistocle Il pozzo dei miracoli (1941) – Il banchiere Holosy Beatrice Cenci (1941) – Catalano The Secret Lover (1941) – Melchiorri Pirates of Malaya (1941) – Sandokan The Two Tigers (1941) – Sandokan A Woman Has Fallen (1941) – Fabbri Soltanto un bacio (1942) – Volitor, l'equilibrista The Two Orphans (1942) Gioco pericoloso (1942) M.A.S. (1942) – Il commendator Farese Luisa Sanfelice (1942) Malombra (1942) – Il professore Binda La fanciulla dell'altra riva (1942) – Joe Manners, il poliziotto Knights of the Desert (1942) – El-Burnì Il nemico (1943) – L'ispettore capo Pietro Stoll Redemption (1943) Harlem (1943) – Joe Smith Special Correspondents (1943) – Un colonnello Gente dell'aria (1943) – Il maggiore Arnaldi Grattacieli (1943) – Pietro Stoll, l'ispettore di polizia 4 ragazze sognano (1943) – Nicola Dupont, ex-ufficiale giudiziaro Non mi muovo! (1943) – Il commendator Strabotta Silenzio, si gira! (1943) – Il signore stonato Enrico IV (1943) – Il conte Tito Belcredi Gli assi della risata (1943) – Bandini (segment "Il trionfo di Poppea") The Za-Bum Circus (1944) – (segment "Galop finale al circo") La Fornarina (1944) – Sebastiano Del Piombo The Priest's Hat (1944) – Il giudice Martellini Finalmente sì (1944) – Il salumiere L'uomo del romanzo (1944) – Zio Giulio The Ten Commandments (1945) – (segment "Onora il padre e la madre") His Young Wife (1945) – Il capo sezione Black Eagle (1946) – Un servo L'atleta di cristallo (1946) Crime News (1947) Tombolo (1947) – Pugliese Le avventure di Pinocchio (1947) – Mastro Ciliegia Genoveva de Brabante (1947) Lost in the Dark (1947) – Frantz Cardillo Caccia all'uomo (1948) – Thenardier Les Misérables (1948) – Thenardier Heart and Soul (1948) – Maestro Lari The Street Has Many Dreams (1948) – Il commendatore Giulio Carocci Fear and Sand (1948) – Doctor Toto Tours Italy (1948) – Enrico Guarany (1948) – Papà Gomez Anthony of Padua (1949) – Don Luigi The Iron Swordsman (1949) – Sismondi A Night of Fame (1949) – Soviet Delegate Toto Looks for a House (1949) – Capo ufficio Totò Le Mokò (1949) – François Snow White and the Seven Thieves (1949) – Commendator Casertoni I peggiori anni della nostra vita (1949) The Merry Widower (1949) – Il commissario dell'Interpol Toto Looks for a Wife (1950) – Il signor Bellavista Barrier to the North (1950) – Il direttore dell'albergo The Elusive Twelve (1950) – Umberto Figaro Here, Figaro There (1950) – Pedro, bandit chieftain Totò Tarzan (1950) – Il procuratore generale Bluebeard's Six Wives (1950) – Lucas Beauties on Bicycles (1951) – Radiocronista I'm the Capataz (1951) – Erasmo Mamma Mia, What an Impression! (1951) – Il giudice di gara The Count of Saint Elmo (1951) (uncredited) Napoleon (1951) Tragic Serenade (1951) La grande rinuncia (1951) La paura fa 90 (1951) – L'impresario Una bruna indiavolata! (1951) – Commissario Amor non ho... però... però (1951) – Antonio Scutipizzo The Passaguai Family (1951) – The Man with the Watermelon Free Escape (1951) Viva il cinema! (1952) The Passaguai Family Gets Rich (1952) – The former Actor Gardini The Dream of Zorro (1952) – Don Garcia Fernandez Torment of the Past (1952) – Comm. Bianchi Toto in Color (1952) – Tiscordi, l'editore The Black Mask (1952) Papà diventa mamma (1952) – Mago Bhorman Mademoiselle Gobete (1952) – Tricoin, il presidente I, Hamlet (1952) – Re Claudio / Fantasma del padre Il tallone di Achille (1952) – Dott. Paridi Lieutenant Giorgio (1952) Lulu (1953) – Stefano Via Padova 46 (1953) – The Office Manager Frine, Courtesan of Orient (1953) – Guerriero Cinema d'altri tempi (1953) – Il Produttore Dieci canzoni d'amore da salvare (1953) – Signor Crudi Sua altezza ha detto: no! (1953) – Luigi Rovere – L'impresario La grande avventura (1954) Of Life and Love (1954) – Colonel Franco Alonzo (segment "Marsina Stretta") The Cheerful Squadron (1954) – Il capitano medico Loves of Three Queens (1954) – Romani (segment "Framing Story") The Lovers of Manon Lescaut (1954) – Il mercante premuroso L'eterna femmina (1954) Farewell, My Beautiful Lady (1954) – Giuseppe Tripoli, Beautiful Land of Love (1954) – Marshal Nerone I cavalieri dell'illusione (1954) Eighteen Year Olds (1955) – Il professore di greco Io sono la Primula Rossa (1955) – James The Band of Honest Men (1956) – Ragionier Casoria Totò lascia o raddoppia? (1956) – Barkeeper Una pelliccia di visone (1956) – Store manager Le schiave di Cartagine (1956) – Publio Cornelio The Lady Doctor (1957) – Il capo dell'agenzia investigativa The Italians They Are Crazy (1958) – Maggiore Masi El hombre del paraguas blanco (1958) – Don Antonio Legs of Gold (1958) – commendatore Renzoni Valeria ragazza poco seria (1958) – Father of Valeria Toto in Paris (1958) – Calogero Tempesta Mia nonna poliziotto (1958) – Commissario Promesse di marinaio (1958) – Nostromo Tortora Toto in Madrid (1959) – Chief Constable Ciao, ciao bambina! (1959) – L'industriale Branca La duchessa di Santa Lucia (1959) – Il giudice La cento chilometri (1959) – Sor Eliseo La cambiale (1959) – Padrone di casa Perfide.... ma belle (1959) – Commissario I baccanali di Tiberio (1960) – Sergente Vinicio Il Mattatore (1960) – L'industriale Tough Guys (1960) – The Customs Officer Gentlemen Are Born (1960) – Bernasconi Call Girls of Rome (1960) – Baldoni Toto, Fabrizi and the Young People Today (1960) – Il commendator La Sarta My Friend, Dr. Jekyll (1960) – Il Col. Rolando Little Girls and High Finance (1960) Chi si ferma è perduto (1960) – Cesare Santoro Ferragosto in bikini (1960) – Leopoldo Cazzaniga Cerasella (1961) – Generale Bruno Coscia Bellezze sulla spiaggia (1961) – Padre di Franco Totòtruffa 62 (1961) – Terlizzi I soliti rapinatori a Milano (1961) The Orderly (1961) – Colonnello Terenzi Scandali al mare (1961) – Salvatore Pecchia Le magnifiche 7 (1961) – Il commendator Olivieri Gerarchi si muore (1961) – Ambrogio Merletti Rocco e le sorelle (1961) Mina... fuori la guardia (1961) – The Colonel Toto vs. Maciste (1962) – Proprietario Locale Toto Diabolicus (1962) – Commissario di Polizia Toto and Peppino Divided in Berlin (1962) – Un generale russo Le massaggiatrici (1962) – Manzini I motorizzati (1962) – Il capo ufficio Il mio amico Benito (1962) – Pieroni The Shortest Day (1963) – Giudice della corte marziale (uncredited) Uno strano tipo (1963) – M. Mazzolani Divorzio alla siciliana (1963) – Il commissario Le tardone (1964) – Cionci (episode "L'armadio") Toto of Arabia (1965) – Lo sceicco di Shamara (uncredited) How We Got into Trouble with the Army (1965) – General MacKee Veneri al sole (1965) – Il padre di Raimondo (segment "Come conquistare le donne") Spiaggia libera (1966) – Il Colonnello Due mafiosi contro Al Capone (1966) – Comandate di polizia For a Few Dollars Less (1966) – Miguel's Father I due sanculotti (1966) – François May God Forgive You... But I Won't (1968) – Stuart

Voice work

Dubbing Films (Animation, Italian dub)

Films (Live action, Italian dub) God in The Ten Commandments The Cowardly Lion / "Zeke" in The Wizard of Oz Carrancho in Man from Canyon City Luther Ackenthorpe in Murder, She Said Sergeant McClusky in Jumping Jacks Mr. Kruhulik in The Seven Year Itch Stanislas "Animal" Kuzawa in Stalag 17 Nick in It's a Wonderful Life Zero Schwiefka in The Man with the Golden Arm Balthazar in Ben-Hur Miguel in Seven Guns for the MacGregors M in Goldfinger Sam Carraclough in Lassie Come Home John P. Clum in Gunfight at the O.K. Corral Zebulon Prescott in How the West Was Won Colonel Manfred von Holstein in Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines Whitey Krause in The Helen Morgan Story Culpepper in In Harm's Way Silas Meacham in Fort Apache Jake in Curtain Call at Cactus Creek J.P. Norton in Air Raid Wardens Grumpy in The Errand Boy Harvey "Big Daddy" Pollitt in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Big Han in Blood Alley