# Arturo Dominici

Arturo Dominici (2 January 1916 – 7 September 1992) was an Italian film, television and voice actor.

## Biography

Born in Palermo, Dominici became best known for his many villainous roles in horror and fantasy films. He is best remembered for his performance as the monstrous Igor Javuto in Mario Bava's Black Sunday (1960), the evil Eurysteus in the 1958 Steve Reeves epic Hercules, and Papa Smurf in the 1981 cartoon The Smurfs.
His filmography includes more than 80 titles, including Antonio Margheriti's Castle of Blood (1964), in which he appeared with Black Sunday star Barbara Steele. Dominici dubbed the voice of Austrian actor Walter Ladengast in the Italian release version of Werner Herzog's Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979).
Dominici's daughter, Germana, is an Italian stage actress; at the age of 14 she had a small role as a farm girl in Black Sunday.

### Death

Dominici died of cancer on 7 September 1992, aged 76, and is buried in Rome.

## Partial filmography

* Il principe ribelle (1949)
* Yvonne of the Night (1949) – Un ufficiale di cavalleria
* Cavalcade of Heroes (1950) – Generale Gilletti
* The Last Race (1954) – Doctor Magni
* Red and Black (1955)
* Hercules (1958) – Eurysteus
* Lost Souls (1959) – Franco
* Goliath and the Barbarians (1959) – Svevo
* Caltiki – The Immortal Monster (1959) – Nieto
* Messalina (1960) – Caio Silio
* I piaceri del sabato notte (1960) – Un cliente dell'atelier
* Black Sunday (1960) – Igor Javutich / Javuto
* Revenge of the Barbarians (1960) – Antemius
* Un dollaro di fifa (1960) – Chancellor
* The Thief of Baghdad (1961) – Prince Osman
* The Story of Joseph and His Brethren (1961) – Rekmira, the Minister
* The Trojan Horse (1961) – Achilles
* A Difficult Life (1961) – Ragana (voice, uncredited)
* Charge of the Black Lancers (1962) – Il capo dei Krevires
* The Triumph of Robin Hood (1962) – Baron Elwin, Sheriff of Nottingham
* Seven Seas to Calais (1962) – Don Bernardino de Mendoza, the Spanish Ambassador
* Perseo l'invincibile (1963) – Acrisio
* The Sign of the Coyote (1963) – Judge Clemens
* Hercules and the Masked Rider (1963) – Don Ramiro Suarez
* Hercules vs. Moloch (1963) – Penthius, General of Micenas
* The Betrothed (1964) – Il cardinale Federico Borromeo
* Temple of the White Elephant (1964) – Maharajah
* L'ultima carica (1964)
* Castle of Blood (1964, aka Danza Macabre) – Dr. Carmus
* I due evasi di Sing Sing (1964) – Attanasia
* Hercules and the Tyrants of Babylon (1964)
* Goliath at the Conquest of Damascus (1965) – Kaichev
* Fantômas se déchaîne (1965) – Le professeur canadien
* A Coffin for the Sheriff (1965) – Jerry Krueger
* Giant of the Evil Island (1965) – Don Alvarado
* Zorro il ribelle (1966) – Don Alvarez
* Untamable Angelique (1967) – Mezzo Morte (uncredited)
* Fantabulous Inc. (1967) – Captain Fenninger
* Angelique and the Sultan (1968) – Mezzo Morte (uncredited)
* The Moment to Kill (1968) – Forester
* VIP my Brother Superman (1968) – (voice)
* Dio perdoni la mia pistola (1969) – Judge Collins
* Catherine, il suffit d'un amour [fr] (1969) – La Grêle
* Love Is a Funny Thing (1969) – Le douanier
* Satiricosissimo (1970) – Tigellino
* Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970) – Mangani
* Confessions of a Police Captain (1971) – Lawyer Canistraro
* Zorro il cavaliere della vendetta (1971)
* The Adventures of Pinocchio (1972) – The Green Fisherman (voice)
* The Eroticist (1972) – His Excellency
* The Assassin of Rome (1972) – Ing. Jaccarino
* Il caso Pisciotta (1972) – Michele Scauri
* Sinbad and the Caliph of Baghdad (1973) – Visir
* Special Killers (1973) – District Attorney
* Il nano e la strega (1973) – Il Notaio (voice)
* Silent Action (1975) – Chief of police
* Lo sgarbo (1975)
* Free Hand for a Tough Cop (1976) – De Rita
* Tony, l'altra faccia della Torino violenta (1980) – (voice)
* Cappotto di legno (1981) – Ministro Interni
* The Professor (1986) – Joe Gambino (voice, uncredited)