Carlo Bonomi
Carlo Bonomi (born March 12, 1937) is an Italian voice actor and clown, who is best known for his voice-over work as the voice of the Mr. Linea in the animated series, "La Linea", and Pingu and various other characters in the stop-motion children's television series "Pingu". Career. He voiced many characters for the Italian advertising show "Carosello". The language of noises he had developed and used for the earlier Osvaldo Cavandoli's "La Linea" from 1971 to 1986, was reinterpreted for the acclaimed TV series "Pingu" on SF DRS during its first four seasons  produced between 1990 and 2000, where Bonomi voiced all the characters without a script. His grammelot was originally intended to be as a parody of the milanese dialect, and it was inspired by tre abstract languages traditionally used by clowns in France and Italy. When in 2003 the show's rights were acquired by HIT Entertainment, Bonomi was replaced by London-based voice actors David Sant and Marcello Magni. In 1984 he provided the laughter voices for the cartoon series "Stripy." In 1985 he recorded the railway announcements for the central station of Milan which remained in use until 2008 . Bonomi was also very active as a voice actor in Italian radio dramas, and was the Italian voice for several popular cartoon characters, including Mickey Mouse and Fred Flintstone. In 2008 he acted the voices for the yellow tribe in "Spore", which was also his final role before his retirement from acting later that year.