Mario Pisu

Mario Pisu (21 May 1910 – 17 July 1976) was an Italian actor and voice actor.

Biography Born in Montecchio Emilia, Pisu was considered to be one of the most elegant performers of the Italian cinema. He began his career on stage and screen in 1935, making his debut appearance in The Joker King and also making frequent on-stage collaborations with Andreina Pagnani, Evi Maltagliati, Rina Morelli, Paolo Stoppa and Gino Cervi. Pisu appeared in 90 films between 1935 and 1976 and among his most popular appearances includes the 1965 film Juliet of the Spirits starring Giulietta Masina. He also appeared on television.

Pisu was also a popular voice actor and dubber. With a very modulated voice, he dubbed actors such as Gregory Peck, John Wayne, Ward Bond, Walter Pidgeon, Lee J. Cobb, Robert Mitchum, Victor Mature, Fred MacMurray, Kenneth Tobey and many more. In Pisu's animated roles, he voiced Captain in the Italian dub of the 1961 animated film One Hundred and One Dalmatians.

Personal life and death Pisu was the older brother of the actor Raffaele Pisu. He was married to Lilli Trucchi and they had a son, Silverio.

Pisu died in Velletri from a cerebral hemorrhage on 17 July 1976, at the age of 66.

Selected filmography

Red Passport (1935) - Gianni Casati The Joker King (1936) - Captain Rodriguez King of Diamonds (1936) - Franco White Amazons (1936) - Biancheri The Carnival Is Here Again (1937) - Fausto, il pittore Il suo destino (1938) - Andrea, l'ingegnere La sposa dei Re (1938) - Il conte Giovanbattista Bernadotte Crispino e la comare (1938) - Il giovane pittore L'aria del continente (1939) The Last Enemy (1940) - Ferdinando De Medio Manovre d'amore (1940) - Il tenente medico Skafos Princess Cinderella (1941) - Il bellissimo Cecè We the Living (1942) - Viktor Dunaev Addio Kira! (1942) - Victor Dunaev Il nostro prossimo (1943) - Don Luigi The Innkeeper (1944) - Fabrizio Lettere al sottotenente (1945) Romulus and the Sabines (1945) - Alberto Randoni Il canto della vita (1945) - Rimondino Il marito povero (1946) Professor, My Son (1946) - Ettore Giraldi Biraghin (1946) - Moreno Margaret of Cortona (1950) - Rinaldo Degli Uberti The Merry Widower (1950) - Rinaldo Degli Uberti Bluebeard's Six Wives (1950) - Sergio The Devil in the Convent (1950) - Padre Claudio I'm the Capataz (1951) - Hurtado The Reluctant Magician (1951) Anna (1951) Gli uomini non guardano il cielo (1952) Five Paupers in an Automobile (1952) - Il direttore del salone auto The Temptress (1952) Jealousy (1953) - Barone Antonio (voice, uncredited) Dieci canzoni d'amore da salvare (1953) - Delle Piane Di qua, di là del Piave (1954) Toto in Hell (1955) - Tolomeo Poor, But Handsome (1957) - Amico del padre di Giovanna (voice, uncredited) Hercules (1958) First Love (1959) - Paolo Hannibal (1959) The Cossacks (1960) - Prince Voronzov Mariti a congresso (1961) Roaring Years (1962) - Peppino (uncredited) The Slave (1962) - Goular (voice, uncredited) Lo smemorato di Collegno (1962) - Avvocato Dell'Orso I motorizzati (1962) - Angelo Sexy Toto (1963) - L'impresario (businessman) 8½ (1963) - Mario Mezzabotta Zorro and the Three Musketeers (1963) - Count of Tequel The Organizer (1963) - Manager I diavoli di Spartivento (1963) Soldati e caporali (1965) - Colonnello Rigamonti La violenza e l'amore (1965) Juliet of the Spirits (1965) - Giorgio (Giulietta's husband) Gendarme in New York (1965) - L'adjudant Renzo I soldi (1965) Made in Italy (1965) - The Lawyer (segment "2 'Il Lavoro', episode 2") Te lo leggo negli occhi (1965) - Dino's Father Lo scippo (1965) - comm. Frascà Me, Me, Me... and the Others (1966) - Winner of the 'Capranica' How We Robbed the Bank of Italy (1966) - Paolo Adultery Italian Style (1966) - Il vicino Our Husbands (1966) - The Andrologist (segment "Il marito di Olga") Atout cœur à Tokyo pour OSS 117 (1966) - Vargas Pardon, Are You For or Against? (1966) - Barone Renato Santambrogio The Looters (1967) - Patrick O'Hara Johnny Banco (1967) - (uncredited) Spia spione (1967) Morire gratis (1968) - Giovanni Emma Hamilton (1968) - Le roi Ferdinand de Naples L'amore è come il sole (1969) Temptation (1969) Zingara (1969) - Marisa and Silvia's father In Prison Awaiting Trial (1971) - Psichiatra We Are All in Temporary Liberty (1971) Il Boss (1973) - Onorevole Gabrielli Sans sommation (1973) - (uncredited) Io e lui (1973) - Protti The Sensual Man (1973) - Lorenzo Banchieri Ordine firmato in bianco (1974) - Attorney General Carnalità (1974) - Count Orsani The Sex Machine (1975) - Minister The Sensuous Nurse (1975) - Leonida Bottacin Il giustiziere di mezzogiorno (1975) - Capo della Polizia Blue Jeans (1975) - Mario / Lawyer Nick the Sting (1976) - Phil Sorbole... che romagnola (1976) - The Vicar

Voice work Dubbing Films (Animation, Italian dub)