# Gianni Musy

Giovanni "Gianni" Musy (3 August 1931 – 7 October 2011) was an Italian actor and voice actor.

## Biography

Born in Milan, the son of actors Enrico Glori and Gianna Pacetti, he started working as a child actor at eleven years old and studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti in his hometown. Starting from the late 1950s, Musy began an intense activity as a character actor, often being cast in villainous roles. Musy became best known through his television work, notably the RAI TV series La freccia nera, Le inchieste del commissario Maigret, E le stelle stanno a guardare and Dov'è Anna?. Also remembered for playing distinctive characters in some of his film work, in 1993 Musy portrayed Sicilian mafioso Tommaso Buscetta in Giuseppe Ferrara's film Giovanni Falcone; despite panning the end result, critics still praised the actors.
Musy was also very active and appreciated as a voice dubbing artist. He provided the Italian-dubbed voice of Dumbledore (portrayed by Richard Harris and Michael Gambon) in the Harry Potter film franchise as well as Gandalf (portrayed by Ian McKellen) in The Lord of the Rings. He sometimes dubbed actors such as Charlton Heston, Christopher Plummer, and George Peppard. In his animated roles, Musy voiced Giuseppe Garibaldi in the Italian film L'eroe dei due mondi, directed by Guido Manuli in 1994 and served as the Italian voice of Zeus in Hercules and Billy Bones in Treasure Planet.
Musy died before being able to post-syncronize his own dialogue for his final film role, so in The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683 Sergio Graziani's voice is heard instead of his.

### Personal life

From his marriage to actress Rada Rassimov, he had two daughters, Mascia, who works as a stage actress, and Stella, who works as a voice dubbing actress.

## Death

Musy died in Mentana of a long illness on October 7, 2011 at the age of 80.

## Filmography
### Cinema

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1942 | Black Gold | Young Nicola | |
| 1943 | Harlem | Tony Rossi | |
| 1947 | Angelina | Libero Bianchi | Credited as "Gianni Glori" |
| 1949 | Sicilian Uprising | | Credited as "Gianni Glori" |
| 1950 | Side Street Story | Amedeo Iovine | Credited as "Gianni Glori" |
| 1950 | The Cadets of Gascony | Nino Quaranta | Credited as "Gianni Glori" |
| 1951 | Strano appuntamento | | Credited as "Gianni Glori" |
| 1951 | Il caimano del Piave | Goffredo | Credited as "Gianni Glori" |
| 1951 | Filumena Marturano | Riccardo | |
| 1952 | Toto and the King of Rome | Giorgio | |
| 1952 | Who Is Without Sin | Dario | |
| 1952 | The Island's Sinner | Rosario | Credited as "Gianni Glori" |
| 1952 | Una croce senza nome | | |
| 1952 | The Man in My Life | Alberto Grino | |
| 1953 | Nero and the Burning of Rome | | |
| 1953 | Siamo tutti milanesi | Mario | Credited as "Gianni Glori" |
| 1954 | La Luciana | Vincenzo | |
| 1955 | Na sera 'e maggio | Riccardo | |
| 1958 | Caporale di giornata | Felice Corradini | |
| 1959 | The Facts of Murder | Retalli | |
| 1959 | Desert Desperadoes | Fabius | Credited as "Gianni Glori" |
| 1960 | Love in Rome | | |
| 1961 | Mariti a congresso | Glori | |
| 1961 | His Women | Nando Marcellini | |
| 1961 | Duel of the Titans | Romolo’s partner | |
| 1962 | Jessica | Filippo Casabranca | |
| 1966 | The Man Who Laughs | Paolo Orsini | |
| 1972 | Decameron proibitissimo | Agilulfo | |
| 1972 | Come fu che Masuccio Salernitano | Frate Partenope | |
| 1973 | The Boss | Carlo Attardi | |
| 1975 | Due Magnum 38 per una città di carogne | Piero Turchi | |
| 1975 | La verginella | Stefano | |
| 1975 | Il sogno di Zorro | General Ruarte | |
| 1977 | The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist | Nicola Proietti | |
| 1979 | The Gang That Sold America | Gitto Cardone | |
| 1981 | Ace | Announcer | |
| 1983 | State buoni se potete | The Prince | |
| 1983 | O surdato 'nnammurato | | |
| 1985 | Bank Clerks | Pozzi | |
| 1988 | Compagni di scuola | Piero's father-in-law | |
| 1991 | Faccione | Daniela and Giuseppe's father | |
| 1993 | Giovanni Falcone | Tommaso Buscetta | |
| 1998 | Dangerous Beauty | Joseph | |
| 2001 | Stregati dalla luna | Miria’s father | |
| 2004 | Don't Move | Elsa’s father | |
| 2005 | L'eretico - Un gesto di coraggio | | |
| 2012 | Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy | Confessor of Moro | Posthumous release |
| 2012 | The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683 | Carlo Cristofori | Posthumous release |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1962 | Angelina mia | | TV film |
| 1964 | I grandi camaleonti | Freron | TV miniseries |
| 1964–1972 | Le inchieste del commissario Maigret | Inspector Lapointe | Main cast |
| 1968 | La freccia nera | Will "Senzalegge" | TV miniseries |
| 1969 | I giorni dei Turbin | Talberg | TV film |
| 1971 | E le stelle stanno a guardare | Dick Jobey | TV miniseries |
| 1972 | La pietra di Luna | Luker | TV miniseries |
| 1973 | Qui squadra mobile | | 1 episode (season 1x06) |
| 1975 | Murat | | TV miniseries |
| 1978 | Storie della camorra | | TV miniseries |
| 1979 | Il signore di Ballantrae | Tam Macmorland | TV miniseries |
| 1980 | L'eredità della priora | Anastasio | TV miniseries |
| 1984 | I racconti del maresciallo | Garaguso | TV miniseries |
| 1987 | Aeroporto internazionale | | |
| 1990 | La piovra 5 - Il cuore del problema | | TV miniseries |
| 1995 | Pazza famiglia | Victor | Recurring role (season 1) |
| 1996 | La tenda nera | | TV film |
| 1996 | Il maresciallo Rocca | Passigli | 1 episode (season 1x02) |
| 1998 | Professione fantasma | Camillo | 1 episode (season 1x06) |
| 2005 | Elisa di Rivombrosa | | Recurring role (season 2) |
| 2007 | Donna Detective | | |
| 2011 | Cugino & cugino | | 1 episode (season 1x08) |

## Voice work

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1993 | The Secret of the Old Woods | Old Owl | Voice-over |
| 1994 | L'eroe dei due mondi (film 1994) [it] | Giuseppe Garibaldi | Animated film |
| 2002 | Maria José - L'ultima regina [it] | Radio announcer | Voice-over |
| 2005 | Autodidatta, Duilio Cambellotti racconta se stesso | Narrator | Documentary |
| 2011 | Oltre la frontiera | Narrator | Documentary |

### Dubbing
#### Films (Animation, Italian dub)

| Year | Title | Role(s) |
| 1976 | The Twelve Tasks of Asterix | Abraracourcix |
| 1997 | Hercules | Zeus |
| 1997 | Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth | Keel Lorenz |
| 1997 | The End of Evangelion | Keel Lorenz |
| 2001 | Atlantis: The Lost Empire | Kashekim Nedakh |
| 2002 | Treasure Planet | Billy Bones |
| 2007 | Sword of the Stranger | Byakuran |
| 2007 | Persepolis | God |
| 2007 | Highlander: The Search for Vengeance | Amergan |
| 2010 | Animals United | Winston |
| 2011 | Rango | Tortoise John |
| 2011 | The Smurfs | Papa Smurf |

#### Films (Live action, Italian dub)

| Year | Title | Role(s) | Original actor |
| 1968 | Joanna | Lord Peter Sanderson | Donald Sutherland |
| 1970 | Horror of the Blood Monsters | Dr. Rynning | John Carradine |
| 1976 | Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson | Ned Buntline | Burt Lancaster |
| 1980 | Atlantic City | Lou Pascal | Burt Lancaster |
| 1981 | Agency | Ted Quinn | Robert Mitchum |
| 1981 | Escape from New York | Bob Hauk | Lee Van Cleef |
| 1982 | Five Days One Summer | Douglas Meredith | Sean Connery |
| 1983 | Local Hero | Felix Happer | Burt Lancaster |
| 1983 | The Osterman Weekend | Maxwell Danforth | Burt Lancaster |
| 1986 | The Night Is Young | Boris | Hugo Pratt |
| 1986 | Round Midnight | Dale Turner | Dexter Gordon |
| 1986 | Heartbreak Ridge | J. Choozhoo | Arlen Dean Snyder |
| 1988 | Young Guns | Lawrence Murphy | Jack Palance |
| 1989 | Batman | Carl Grissom | Jack Palance |
| 1990 | The Field | 'Bull' McCabe | Richard Harris |
| 1991 | Prospero's Books | Prospero | John Gielgud |
| 1992 | Christopher Columbus: The Discovery | Tomás de Torquemada | Marlon Brando |
| 1992 | Unforgiven | English Bob | Richard Harris |
| 1992 | The Last of the Mohicans | Chingachgook | Russell Means |
| 1993 | Wrestling Ernest Hemingway | Frank | Richard Harris |
| 1993 | Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey | Shadow | Don Ameche |
| 1994 | True Lies | Spencer Trilby | Charlton Heston |
| 1994 | Intersection | Neal | Martin Landau |
| 1994 | Natural Born Killers | Earl | Lanny Flaherty |
| 1995 | Dolores Claiborne | John Mackey | Christopher Plummer |
| 1995 | Cry, the Beloved Country | James Jarvis | Richard Harris |
| 1995 | Casino | Pat Webb | L. Q. Jones |
| 1996 | City Hall | Judge Walter Stern | Martin Landau |
| 1996 | Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco | Shadow | Ralph Waite |
| 1996 | Hard Eight | Sydney | Philip Baker Hall |
| 1997 | This Is the Sea | Old Man Jacobs | Richard Harris |
| 1997 | The Game | Anson Baer | Armin Mueller-Stahl |
| 1997 | Batman & Robin | Commissioner Gordon | Pat Hingle |
| 1997 | The Brave | Lou Sr. | Frederic Forrest |
| 1998 | The Barber of Siberia | Douglas McCracken | Richard Harris |
| 1998 | Dancing at Lughnasa | Father Jack Mundy | Michael Gambon |
| 1999 | Snow Falling on Cedars | Nels Gudmundsson | Max von Sydow |
| 1999 | Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace | Ki-Adi-Mundi | Silas Carson |
| 1999 | The Hurricane | H. Lee Sarokin | Rod Steiger |
| 1999 | Any Given Sunday | AFFA Football Commissioner | Charlton Heston |
| 1999 | The 13th Warrior | Hrothgar | Sven Wollter |
| 2000 | Gladiator | Marcus Aurelius | Richard Harris |
| 2000 | The Kid | Bob Riley | Stanley Anderson |
| 2001 | Intacto | Samuel "Sam" Berg | Max von Sydow |
| 2001 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Albus Dumbledore | Richard Harris |
| 2001 | Planet of the Apes | Zaius | Charlton Heston |
| 2001 | Amélie | Raymond Dufayel | Serge Merlin |
| 2001 | The Majestic | Harry Trimble | Martin Landau |
| 2001 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Gandalf | Ian McKellen |
| 2001 | Don't Say a Word | Sydney Simon | Victor Argo |
| 2002 | The Count of Monte Cristo | Abbé Faria | Richard Harris |
| 2002 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Albus Dumbledore | Richard Harris |
| 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Gandalf | Ian McKellen |
| 2002 | Ararat | David | Christopher Plummer |
| 2002 | Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones | Ki-Adi-Mundi | Silas Carson |
| 2002 | Minority Report | Lamar Burgess | Max von Sydow |
| 2003 | Cold Creek Manor | Theodore Massie | Christopher Plummer |
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Gandalf | Ian McKellen |
| 2004 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Albus Dumbledore | Michael Gambon |
| 2004 | The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement | Lord Palimore | Tom Poston |
| 2005 | Oliver Twist | Mr. Brownlow | Edward Hardwicke |
| 2005 | Must Love Dogs | William "Bill" Nolan | Christopher Plummer |
| 2005 | The New World | Christopher Newport | Christopher Plummer |
| 2005 | Syriana | Dean Whiting | Christopher Plummer |
| 2005 | Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith | Ki-Adi-Mundi | Silas Carson |
| 2005 | The Interpreter | Edmond Zuwanie | Earl Cameron |
| 2005 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Albus Dumbledore | Michael Gambon |
| 2005 | Manderlay | Wilhelm | Danny Glover |
| 2006 | The Good Shepherd | Dr. Fredericks | Michael Gambon |
| 2006 | Goya's Ghosts | Father Gregorio | Michael Lonsdale |
| 2007 | Stardust | Narrator | Ian McKellen |
| 2007 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Albus Dumbledore | Michael Gambon |
| 2007 | The Golden Compass | First High Councillor | Christopher Lee |
| 2007 | Surviving with Wolves | Jean | Guy Bedos |
| 2009 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Albus Dumbledore | Michael Gambon |
| 2009 | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | Doctor Parnassus | Christopher Plummer |
| 2010 | I Want to Be a Soldier | Principal | Danny Glover |
| 2010 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 | Albus Dumbledore | Michael Gambon |
| 2010 | The Wolfman | Elderly man | Max von Sydow |
| 2010 | Shutter Island | Dr. Naehring | Max von Sydow |
| 2010 | Robin Hood | Sir Walter Loxley | Max von Sydow |
| 2010 | The Next Three Days | George Brennan | Brian Dennehy |
| 2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | Albus Dumbledore | Michael Gambon |

#### Television (Animation, Italian dub)

| Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes |
| 1997–1998 | Battle Angel Alita | Vector | Recurring role |
| 2000–2001 | Neon Genesis Evangelion | Keel Lorenz | Recurring role |
| 2003 | Cédric | Jules Boudinet | Recurring role (2nd voice) |
| 2004 | New Fist of the North Star | Master | Episode 2 |
| 2004 | The Simpsons | Ian McKellen | 1 episode (season 15x04) |

#### Television (Live action, Italian dub)

| Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes | Original actor |
| 1984–1985 | The A-Team | John "Hannibal" Smith | Main cast (seasons 1–2) | George Peppard |
| 1985 | Mussolini and I | Benito Mussolini | TV film | Bob Hoskins |
| 1991 | The Cave of the Golden Rose | King | TV film | Mario Adorf |
| 1992 | A Thousand Heroes | Al Haynes | TV film | Charlton Heston |
| 1992–1994 | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | Indiana Jones (aged 93) | Main cast | George Hall |
| 1996 | Alisea and the Dream Prince | Azaret | TV miniseries | Christopher Lee |
| 1997 | The Princess and the Pauper | Epos | TV film | Max von Sydow |
| 1998 | Merlin | Elderly Merlin | TV miniseries | Sam Neill |
| 2002 | The Apocalypse | John the Apostle | TV film | Richard Harris |
| 2003 | Julius Caesar | Lucius Sulla | TV miniseries | Richard Harris |
| 2003 | Angels in America | Prior Walter Ancestor No. 1 | TV miniseries | Michael Gambon |
| 2010 | Doctor Who | Kazran / Elliot Sardick | 1 episode | Michael Gambon |

#### Video games (Italian dub)

| Year | Title | Role(s) |
| 1997 | Hercules | Zeus |
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Gandalf |
| 2004 | Sacred | Narrator |