Lauro Gazzolo

Italian actor (1900–1970)

Actor
voice actor

Years active1938–1970ChildrenNando Gazzolo
Virginio Gazzolo

Lauro Gazzolo (born Ilario Gazzolo; 15 October 1900 – 2 October 1970) was an Italian actor and voice actor.^[1]

Biography

Born in Nervi, Gazzolo began his career on screen in 1938 starring in the comedy film The Document and became more successful after the end of World War II.^[2] A popular character actor, he appeared in at least 106 films and played many roles between 1939 and 1966. Among his most popular filmography included The Jester's Supper, Four Steps in the Clouds and The Band of Honest Men.^[3] In his later films, he appeared alongside his son Nando Gazzolo in the 1961 film Constantine and the Cross. This would mark Nando's film debut.

As a voice actor, Gazzolo dubbed foreign films into the Italian language.^[4]^[5] He was the official Italian voice actor of Walter Brennan and Bud Abbott. He even dubbed over the voices of Sam Jaffe, George Hayes, Peter Lorre, Alan Napier, Joseph Egger, Arthur Malet, H. B. Warner, Gary Cooper, Charlie Chaplin, Charley Grapewin and Fernandel in either most of or their iconic film appearances. He was best known for dubbing elderly characters in western films and he was partnered up with his colleague Carlo Romano (Lou Costello's official dubber) in the Abbott and Costello sketches. In his animated roles, Gazzolo was renowned for dubbing characters in Walt Disney films such as Bashful in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Dandy Crow in Dumbo, The White Rabbit in Alice in Wonderland, Archimedes in The Sword in the Stone, Jock in Lady and the Tramp, Rabbit from 1968 to 1970, Speaker of Goofy's shorts in Californy 'er Bust, Professor Owl, Ludwig Von Drake from 1963 to 1970 and Goofy from 1950s to 1960s.

Gazzolo died on 2 October 1970, thirteen days before his 70th birthday.

Selected filmography

Gazzolo (left) with Osvaldo Valenti in *The Jester's Supper* (1942)

Duetto vagabondo (1939)
At Your Orders, Madame (1939) - Il cameriere all'albergo
I, His Father (1939) - Sardella
La grande luce - Montevergine (1939) - Bartolomeo
Two Million for a Smile (1939) - L'ufficiale giudiziario
Defendant, Stand Up! (1939) - L'uomo dagli schiaffi
Unjustified Absence (1939) - Il preside
The Document (1939) - Uno dei lestofani
Cose dell'altro mondo (1939) - Sam Raymond, un detenuto
Scandalo per bene (1940) - Il procuratore Contarini, suo padre
The Secret of Villa Paradiso (1940) - Joe
Red Tavern (1940) - Il marchese Domenico Torresi, suo zio
One Hundred Thousand Dollars (1940) - Stefano Zilay
Mare (1940) - Perasso
Incanto di mezzanotte (1940) - Martino
Beyond Love (1940) - Il conte Sabelli-Catanzaro, ministro di polizia
Big Shoes (1940) - Giancola
Inspector Vargas (1940) - Dedè, il landrucolo
La leggenda azzurra (1940)
Eternal Melodies (1940) - Il locandiere Deiner
Caravaggio (1941) - Zio Nello
L'attore scomparso (1941) - L'impresario
Con le donne non si scherza (1941) - Il professor Ferri
Pia de' Tolomei (1941) - Fra' Martino
The Betrothed (1941) - Ambrogio Fusella
The Jester's Supper (1942) - Il Trinca
Headlights in the Fog (1942) - Egisto
Giungla (1942) - Will Rubber, il giornalista
The Black Panther (1942) - L'ispettore Stefano Hegeduz
Soltanto un bacio (1942) - Il professore Giorgi
The Taming of the Shrew (1942) - Battista, padre di Catina
The Gorgon (1942) - Il fedele servo di Spina
Four Steps in the Clouds (1942) - Il controllore sul treno
Notte di fiamme (1942)
It Happened in Damascus (1943) - Cadi Al-Mon
Redemption (1943) - Tonio
Incontri di notte (1943) - Il professore Lauro Renzi
Short Circuit (1943) - L'editore Isidoro Storch
A Living Statue (1943) - Raffaele
Enrico IV (1943) - Giovanni
Grazia (1943)
The Last Wagon (1943) - Andrea, il portiere
In cerca di felicità (1944) - Peppino
Vietato ai minorenni (1944) - Il professore di storia naturale
La resa di Titì (1945)
Lettere al sottotenente (1945)
The Innocent Casimiro (1945) - Pietro
Down with Misery (1945) - Il commandattore Trombetti
The Models of Margutta (1946) - Federico
The Ways of Sin (1946) - Il farmacista
Peddlin' in Society (1946) - Il commandatore Bardacò
Trepidazione (1946)
Il mondo vuole così (1946) - Carla's father
Biraghin (1946) - Biraghin's father
Shamed (1947) - Valentino
Man with the Grey Glove (1948) - Critico d'arte
La Rosa di Bagdad (1949) - The Grand Kadi (voice)
Il cielo è rosso (1950) - Shoemaker
Ring Around the Clock (1950) - Guerrieri
Alina (1950) - Paolo
Father's Dilemma (1950) - Cliente che compro l'uovo pasquale
Tomorrow Is Too Late (1950) - Signor Giusti
Strano appuntamento (1950)
Sambo (1950) - Conte Orsetto Orseolo
Canzone di primavera (1951) - Parodi
Fiamme sulla laguna (1952) - Antonio
Ha da venì... don Calogero (1952) - Evaristo, il farmacista
Beauties in Capri (1952) - Don Camillo
The Woman Who Invented Love (1952) - Marchese Doria
Il romanzo della mia vita (1952) - Cavalier Marchetti
La figlia del diavolo (1952) - Il farmacista
Poppy (1952) - Il preside
La colpa di una madre (1952) - Il pescatore
Il tallone di Achille (1952) - Ing, Felix
Riscatto (1953) - L'oste
Sul ponte dei sospiri (1953) - Il banchiere
Too Young for Love (1953) - Vicepresidente del tribunale
Martin Toccaferro (1953) - Commendatore
Past Lovers (1953)
Of Life and Love (1954) - The administrator (segment "Marsina Stretta")
Mid-Century Loves (1954) - The Teacher (segment "Guerra 1915-18")
The Three Thieves (1954) - The Prosecutor
Pellegrini d'amore (1954) - Capitano peschereccio
House of Ricordi (1954) - Carlotti
Casta Diva (1954) - Signor Monti
Accadde tra le sbarre (1955) - Leonida Dei - the jeweller refugee
La ladra (1955) - Il Maggiordomo
Io sono la Primula Rossa (1955) - Chiffon
Dramma nel porto (1955)
Incatenata dal destino (1956)
The Band of Honest Men (1956) - Andrea
Mai ti scorderò (1956) - Don Vincenzo
I miliardari (1956) - Il medico
Due sosia in allegria (1956)
Londra chiama Polo Nord (1956) - Colonel Richardson
Noi siamo le colonne (1956) - Signor Bonci
Saranno uomini (1957)
Goha (1958) - Taj-el-Ouloum
Adorabili e bugiarde (1958) - President of the Court
Il bacio del sole (Don Vesuvio) (1958) - Il vescovo
Le confident de ces dames (1959) - Le président
Avventura in città (1959)
Constantine and the Cross (1961) - Amodius (uncredited)
Blood Feud (1961) - Burlando
Un figlio d'oggi (1961) - Orafo
Un marito in condominio (1963) - Enea
La volpe e le camelie (1966)
On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who... (1967) - Eremita
The Adventures of Pinocchio (1971) - The Talking Cricket (voice)

References

^ "Lauro Gazzolo's dubbing contributions". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
^ "Lauro Gazzolo". MYmovies. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
^ A. W. (22 November 1948). "The Screen in Review; Gino Cervi Quits for a Time a Boring Life in the Film '4 Steps in the Clouds'". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
^ "Once upon a time in dubbing #4". 3cycle.it. 6 September 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
^ Cronologia fondamentale dell'epoca d'oro del doppiaggio italiano Dagli albori agli anni 1970 (in Italian)