Carlo Romano

Carlo Romano (8 May 1908 – 16 October 1975) was an Italian actor, voice actor and screenwriter.
Biography
Carlo Romano was born in Livorno on May 8 1908, Romano was the son of actress Dina Romano and the younger brother of actor Felice Romano. Romano started his acting career on stage in 1927. During World War II, he committed himself to starring mainly in revues and he still remained active in cinema, theatre, radio and television. In 1939, Romano began his radio acting career. He appeared in 94 films between 1934 and 1975. He also wrote for 14 films between 1955 and 1975. Among his most popular films include Four Steps in the Clouds and he also portrayed composer Ruggero Leoncavallo in the film I pagliacci.
Romano was also a famous voice actor, most notably the Italian voice of Don Camillo (played by French actor Fernandel) and he was the official Italian voice of Jerry Lewis, Bob Hope and Lou Costello. Other actors he dubbed included Louis de Funès, Jack Oakie, Edward Andrews, Fred Astaire, James Cagney, Peter Lorre, Ernest Borgnine, Peter Ustinov, Eli Wallach, Rod Steiger and Lloyd Corrigan. He also teamed up with Lauro Gazzolo in the Italian dubbing of the Abbott and Costello sketches. In his animated film roles, Romano voiced several characters in the Italian dubs of Disney films. These include J. Audubon Woodlore in Beezy Bear and In the Bag, Jiminy Cricket in Pinocchio, The Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland and the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood.
Personal life
Through his marriage to actress Jone Romano, he was the stepfather of actor Aleardo Ward and the step-grandfather of voice actors Luca, Andrea and Monica Ward. He also had five children from his second marriage.
Romano died in Rome on 16 October 1975, at the age of 67.
Selected filmography
The Last Adventure (1932) - Don Gaetano - il notaio
Everybody's Woman (1934) - Un autista di taxi (uncredited)
L'avvocato difensore (1935)
Il re Burlone (1936)
Thirteen Men and a Cannon (1936) - Uomo #4
Under the Southern Cross (1938) - Un altro operaio della piantagione
Giuseppe Verdi (1938) - L'uomo dei soldi
Departure (1938) - Giulio
L'argine (1938) - L'avvocato di John
La voce senza volto (1939) - Maurizio Sala, il tenore
The Sons of the Marquis Lucera (1939) - Il 'terzo' figlio
I, His Father (1939) - Giorgio
Le sorprese del divorzio (1939) - Champeaux
Father For a Night (1939) - Agostino
Follie del secolo (1939) - Carlo Benac
Cavalleria rusticana (1939) - Bammulu
The Silent Partner (1939) - Prado
Bridge of Glass (1940) - Leone
The Hussar Captain (1940)
Senza cielo (1940) - Roberto Giannini
Il sogno di tutti (1940) - Aldo
A Husband for the Month of April (1941) - Giovanni
L'elisir d'amore (1941) - Belcore
Pia de' Tolomei (1941) - Leone
Scampolo (1941) - Gerardo Bernini
Oro nero (1942)
The Adventures of Fra Diavolo (1942) - Tiburzio
Arriviamo noi! (1942) - Il secondo gestorio del "castello delle streghe"
Giarabub (1942) - Il maresciallo Romano
Perdizione (1942) - Augusto
M.A.S. (1942) - Un marinaio nella taverna
The Taming of the Shrew (1942) - Remo
Forbidden Music (1942) - Otello
Sette anni di felicità (1942) - José, l'allevatore di tori
Four Steps in the Clouds (1942) - Antonio - l'autista della corriera
Piazza San Sepolcro (1942)
Laugh, Pagliacci (1943) - Ruggero Leoncavallo
Redenzione (1943)
Il treno crociato (1943) - Stefano Pucci, l'attendente
Anything for a Song (1943)
The Ten Commandments (1945) - (segment "Non rubare")
Life Begins Anew (1945) - Croci
Lettere al sottotenente (1945)
La casa senza tempo (1945) - Giovanni
Fuga nella tempesta (1945)
The Adulteress (1946) - Il fattore
Il mondo vuole così (1946) - Avvocato Verdini
Fatal Symphony (1947)
When Love Calls (1947) - Maestro Marconi
Alarm Bells (1949) - Il maresciallo
La Rosa di Bagdad (1949) - Burk - the Magician (singing voice)
Ho sognato il paradiso (1950)
Cavalcade of Heroes (1950) - Paolo Tassoni
Father's Dilemma (1950) - Il tassista
Tomorrow Is Too Late (1950) - Signor Berardi
Strano appuntamento (1950)
Variety Lights (1950) - Enzo La Rosa
Beauties on Bicycles (1951) - Darelli - direttore fabbrica bicicletta
Arrivano i nostri (1951) - Comm. Garlandi
Toto the Third Man (1951) - Il commendatore Buttafava Borelli
My Heart Sings (1951) - Commendator Russo
What Price Innocence? (1952) - Don Settimio
Torment of the Past (1952) - Marco Ferretti
Beauties in Capri (1952) - Vittorio
Five Paupers in an Automobile (1952) - Rodolfo
Melody of Love (1952) - Commendator Ferrario
Primo premio: Mariarosa (1952)
Cats and Dogs (1952) - Don Saverio
La domenica della buona gente (1953) - Malesci
Le infedeli (1953) - Commendator Giovanni Azzali
Jeunes mariés (1953) - Virgile, le coiffeur
I vitelloni (1953) - Michele Curti
Fermi tutti... arrivo io! (1953) - Commissario Benni
Via Padova 46 (1953) - Narrator (uncredited)
The Most Wanted Man (1953) - (uncredited)
Siamo ricchi e poveri (1953) - Mr. Fortini
Of Life and Love (1954) - Carlo Migri (segment "Marsina Stretta")
The Beach (1954) - Luigi
It Happened at the Police Station (1954) - Thief's victim
A Parisian in Rome (1954) - Narrator (uncredited)
Cardinal Lambertini (1954) - Goffredo di Pietramelara
Tears of Love (1954)
Accadde al penitenziario (1955) - Capo degli agenti di custodia
Addio per sempre! (1958)
The Friend of the Jaguar (1959) - Il commendatore
Ciao, ciao bambina! (1959) - Remigio Marchetti - la moglie di Marchetti
Le cameriere (1959) - Zio di Monica
Wolves of the Deep (1959)
Le ambiziose (1961) - Il presidente della giuria
Carmen di Trastevere (1962) - Police Commissioner
I due toreri (1964) - Joe Ragusa
West and Soda (1965) - Il Cattivissimo (voice)
Indovina chi viene a merenda? (1969) - Otto Bauer
The Balloon Vendor (1974) - Security Guard
Il nano e la strega (1975) - Magozio (voice)
Mr. Rossi Looks for Happiness (1976) - Signor Rossi (voice)
Dubbing roles
Animation
Jiminy Cricket in Pinocchio
The Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland
Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood
Buzzie the Vulture in The Jungle Book
Live action
Don Camillo in Little World of Don Camillo
Don Camillo in The Return of Don Camillo
Don Camillo in Don Camillo's Last Round
Don Camillo in Don Camillo: Monsignor
Don Camillo in Don Camillo in Moscow
Tuco Ramírez in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Sam Wainwright in It's a Wonderful Life
References
External links
1908 births
1975 deaths
Italian male film actors
Italian male screenwriters
Italian male stage actors
Italian male television actors
Italian male radio actors
Italian male voice actors
People from Livorno
20th-century Italian male actors
20th-century Italian screenwriters
20th-century Italian male writers
Burials at Campo Verano