Sergio Fantoni

Sergio Fantoni (7 August 1930 – 17 April 2020) was an Italian actor, voice actor and director.
Biography
Fantoni was born in Rome to the actor Cesare Fantoni. He began his career appearing in films, radio dramas, television and theatrical productions in the late 1940s. He made his debut film appearance alongside his father in the 1949 film Anthony of Padua.
In addition to working mainly in his own country, he starred in international productions as well. Fantoni made several appearances in Hollywood films in the 1960s, most notably opposite Frank Sinatra in the war film Von Ryan's Express, made in 1965. In 1960, he played the villainous Haman in Esther and the King, starring Joan Collins and Richard Egan in the title roles. Among his roles in the UK, Fantoni appeared alongside Anglo-Italian actress Cherie Lunghi in the Channel 4 television series The Manageress.
Fantoni was also a voice actor. He most notably dubbed over Marlon Brando’s voice in Apocalypse Now. He also provided voice-overs for Henry Fonda, Rock Hudson, Gregory Peck, Ben Kingsley, Max von Sydow and Robert Taylor in at least one or two of their movies.
Personal life
Fantoni was married to actress Valentina Fortunato (whom he met at the Piccolo Teatro in Milan in 1954) from 1961 until her death in 2019. They had one daughter, Monica.
In 1997, Fantoni underwent a laryngectomy, which caused problems for his voice. Because of this, he devoted himself mainly to directing until his retirement in 2003.
Fantoni died on 17 April 2020, at the age of 89.
Selected filmography
Anthony of Padua (1949) – Un cavaliere
Paolo e Francesca (1950)
The Lion of Amalfi (1950) – Ruggero
Le meravigliose avventure di Guerrin Meschino (1952)
Captain Phantom (1953) – Officer in second
Senso (1954) – Luca
The Prince with the Red Mask (1955)
Io sono la primula rossa (1955) – Lord Sheridan
Nella città l'inferno (1959) – Giudice instruttore (uncredited)
Hercules Unchained (1959) – Eteocles
Caterina Sforza, la leonessa di Romagna (1959) – Giacomo Feo
La notte del grande assalto (1959) – Marco da Volterra
The Giant of Marathon (1959) – Teocrito
The Employee (1960) – Sergio
Escape by Night (1960) – Don Valerio
Atom Age Vampire (1960) – Pierre Mornet
I Delfini (1960) – Doctor Mario Corsi
Esther and the King (1960) – Haman
Il peccato degli anni verdi (1960) – Giulia's husband
Il sicario (1961)
Gioventù di notte (1961) – Commissario
Man nennt es Amore (1961) – Fabrizio
Pigeon Shoot (1961) – Nardi
Morte di un bandito (1961) – Michele Galardo
The Shortest Day (1962) – (uncredited)
Ten Italians for One German (1962) – Gilberto di San Severino
Catherine of Russia (1963) – Orloff
Kali Yug: Goddess of Vengeance (1963) – Ram Chand
Il mistero del tempio indiano (1963) – Ram Chand
The Prize (1963) – Dr. Carlo Farelli
High Infidelity (1964) – Luigi (segment "La Sospinosa")
Corpse for the Lady (1964) – Commisario
Von Ryan's Express (1965) – Capt. Oriani
Do Not Disturb (1965) – Paul
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966) – Capt. Fausto Oppo
Diabolically Yours (1967) – Freddie
Hornets' Nest (1970) – Capt. Friedrich Von Hecht
Sacco e Vanzetti (1971) – Consul Giuseppe Andrower (uncredited)
Bad Man's River (1971) – Colonel Enrique Fierro
The Bloody Hands of the Law (1973) – Musante
Una chica y un señor (1974) – El Señor
Le Hasard et la Violence (1974) – Inspecteur Tanner
E cominciò il viaggio nella vertigine (1974) – Andrei
L'inconveniente (1976)
Si elle dit oui... je ne dis pas non (1983) – Carniato
The Belly of an Architect (1987) – Io Speckler
Private Affairs (1988)
Per non dimenticare (1992)
The Accidental Detective (2003) – Baroni (final film role)
Dubbing roles
Live action
Walter E. Kurtz in Apocalypse Now
Jordan "Bick" Benedict Jr. in Giant
U.S. President in Meteor
Mahatma Gandhi in Gandhi
Dr. Danielsson in Hurricane
Charles Keith in Marooned
Sheriff Henry Tawes in I Walk the Line
Jake Wade in The Law and Jake Wade
John Nordley in The House of the Seven Hawks
Thomas Farrell in Party Girl
Alwin Kramer in Tora! Tora! Tora!
Max Bercovicz in Once Upon a Time in America
James A. Garfield in The Price of Power
Prince Paul Chegodieff in Rasputin and the Empress
Caldicott in The Lady Vanishes
Prince Paul von Haraldberg in Anastasia
Prince Escalus of Verona in Romeo and Juliet
Sir in The Dresser
André Delambre in The Fly
Dr. John Constable in St. Ives
Robert Hearn in The Naked and the Dead
Edoardo in Il bell'Antonio
Peter Van Hoek in The Badlanders
Rodrigo Sanchez in The Naked Maja
Guy Haines in Strangers on a Train
Galeazzo Ciano in The Verona Trial
Mr. Miggs in Bonnie Scotland (1957 redub)
Lope de Aguirre in Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Lee in The Magnificent Seven
Karl Stegner in Firepower
References
External links
Official Website
1930 births
2020 deaths
Male actors from Rome
Italian male film actors
Italian male stage actors
Italian male television actors
Italian male voice actors
Italian male radio actors
Italian theatre directors
20th-century Italian male actors
20th-century Italian dramatists and playwrights