Franco Chillemi | |
Birth Date: | 19 July 1942 |
Birth Place: | Catania, Italy |
Death Place: | Rome, Italy |
Occupation: | Actor, voice actor, dialogue writer |
Yearsactive: | 1970–2011 |
Parents: | Grazia Di Marzà |
Franco Chillemi (19 July 1942 – 5 November 2011) was an Italian actor and voice actor.[1]
Born in Catania, Chillemi began his career in the early 1970s making appearances in at least two films but he was more known to the Italian public as a voice dubber. He was best known for dubbing characters for Italian dubbed Disney films, most notably Governor Ratcliffe in Pocahontas and the 1998 sequel as well as the Archdeacon in The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
In Chillemi's live action roles, he dubbed Oliver Ford Davies, Vittorio Duse, Robert Loggia and James Earl Jones in at least one their movies.
Chillemi was the son of film actress Grazia Di Marzà.
Chillemi passed away in Rome on 5 November 2011 at the age of 69.