Carlo D'Angelo
Carlo D'Angelo was an Italian actor and voice actor.
Biography
Born in Milan, the son of a Neapolitan father and a Florentine mother, at 9 years old D'Angelo was part of the Voci Bianche choir at La Scala. After studying law at the University of Milan, in 1941 he started working on radio and shortly later as a film dubber. In 1947 he made his stage debut at the Piccolo Teatro di Milano, under Giorgio Strehler. In the 1950s he worked several times in the theatrical company of Vittorio Gassman, and in 1958 he formed a stage company together with Lia Zoppelli and Renzo Giovampietro.
Between 1963 and 1964, he got large critical acclaim for his performance in Il diavolo e il buon Dio, under the direction of Luigi Squarzina. D'Angelo was also active in films, where alternated major and character roles, and on television, where he had several significant roles in a number of TV-series. D'Angelo was also diction teacher at the Silvio d’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts and recorded several albums of prose and poetry.
As a voice actor, D'Angelo provided the voice of Shere Khan in the Italian dubbed version of The Jungle Book and Jesus Christ in the Italian political comedy I 2 deputati.
Death
D’Angelo died at the Sant’Orsola-Malpighi Polyclinic in Bologna on 9 June 1973, at the age of 54. He had undergone stomach surgery 25 days prior to his death.
Selected filmography
La primadonna Uomini senza domani Giudicatemi! Ho sognato il paradiso - MagnacciaFugitive in Trieste Lorenzaccio Perdonami! - CommissionerPietà per chi cade - Mari's defense attorneyLand of the Pharaohs - Nabuna, Nellifer's Bodyguard Adriana Lecouvreur La ladra - Il ParoccoThe Rival - Primo ufficiale inquirenteTerrore sulla città - Professor GalluraI Vampiri - L'ispettore ChantalDreams in a Drawer - The SubstituteLa canzone più bella - Il SupplenteL'ultima violenza - Notaio BartoliThe Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby - Newman NoggsHerod the Great - Man who saw the Messiah's birthHercules Unchained - Creonte, High Priest of ThebesThe Great War - Capitano FerriDavid and Goliath Everybody Go Home - Partigiano napoletanoSword of the Conqueror - FalisquePigeon Shoot - MatteiA Day for Lionhearts - Il preteQueen of the Nile - SeperBattle of the Worlds - Gen. VarreckTen Italians for One German - Obersturmbannfuhrer Herbert KapplerGli eroi del doppio gioco - RiccioThe Verona Trial - Italo VianiniGiulietta e Romeo - Principe di VeronaSecret Agent Super Dragon - Fernand LamasOne Thousand Dollars on the Black - Judge WaldorfVIP my Brother Superman - Narrator The Great Silence - Governor of UtahI 2 deputati - Statue of Jesus Christ