Renato Mori Explained

Renato Mori
Birth Name:Renato Pietro Mori
Birth Date:29 May 1935
Birth Place:Milan, Kingdom of Italy
Death Place:Rome, Italy
Children:Simone Mori
Years Active:1962–2011

Renato Pietro Mori (29 May 1935 – 22 August 2014) was an Italian actor and voice actor.[1]

Biography

Renato Pietro Mori was born in Milan on May 29 1935, Mori started his career in the 1950s, appearing on several television series and acting on stage. Starting from the 1970s, he was often cast in roles of inspectors, police commissioners and men in uniform in poliziotteschi and crime films and TV-series, notably Il marsigliese and La piovra.[2] [3]

Mori was also very active as a voice actor and a dubber. A co-founder of Sefit, the largest Italian company of dubbing, he was the official Italian voice of Morgan Freeman as well as often dubbing James Earl Jones and John Rhys-Davies, among other actors. He also substituted for his colleague Sergio Fiorentini as the Italian voice of Gene Hackman.

Personal life

Mori was the father of Simone Mori, who is also an actor and voice actor.[4]

Death

Mori died on 22 August 2014, at the age of 79, after a long illness which caused him to retire from his career since 2011.

Partial filmography

Dubbing roles

Animation

Live action

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Renato Mori's dubbing contributions. Antoniogenna.net . 1 October 2018.
  2. News: Addio a Renato Mori, recitò ne "La Piovra" e con Vittorio Gassman. 24 September 2018. La Repubblica. it. 22 August 2014.
  3. Book: Alberto Pallotta. Quel fenomeno der Monnezza. 2005. Un Mondo A Parte, 2005. 8889481048.
  4. News: Andrea Barsanti. Addio a Renato Mori, storica voce di Morgan Freeman. 28 August 2014. Yahoo! Cinema. 22 August 2014. dead. https://archive.today/20140828071659/https://it.cinema.yahoo.com/blog/multisala/addio-a-renato-mori--storica-voce-di-morgan-freeman-123537014.html. 28 August 2014.