Carlo D'Angelo

Carlo D'Angelo (2 February 1919 – 9 June 1973) was an Italian actor and voice actor.

Carlo D'Angelo
Born	(1919-02-02)2 February 1919 Milan, Kingdom of Italy
Died	9 June 1973(1973-06-09) (aged 54) Bologna, Italy
Occupations	Actor voice actor
Years active	1941–1973
Spouse	Wanda Mori ​ (m. 1946)​
Children	2

Biography

Born in Milan, the son of a Neapolitan father and a Florentine mother, at 9 years old D'Angelo was part of the Voci Bianche choir at La Scala.^[1] After studying law at the University of Milan, in 1941 he started working on radio and shortly later as a film dubber.^[1] In 1947 he made his stage debut at the Piccolo Teatro di Milano, under Giorgio Strehler.^[1] In the 1950s he worked several times in the theatrical company of Vittorio Gassman, and in 1958 he formed a stage company together with Lia Zoppelli and Renzo Giovampietro.^[1]

Between 1963 and 1964, he got large critical acclaim for his performance in Il diavolo e il buon Dio, under the direction of Luigi Squarzina.^[1] D'Angelo was also active in films, where alternated major and character roles, and on television, where he had several significant roles in a number of TV-series.^[1] D'Angelo was also diction teacher at the Silvio d’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts and recorded several albums of prose and poetry.

As a voice actor, D'Angelo provided the voice of Shere Khan in the Italian dubbed version of The Jungle Book and Jesus Christ in the Italian political comedy I 2 deputati.^[2]

Death

D’Angelo died at the Sant’Orsola-Malpighi Polyclinic in Bologna on June 9, 1973, at the age of 54. He had undergone stomach surgery 25 days prior to his death.^[3]

Selected filmography

• La primadonna (1943)
• Uomini senza domani (1948)
• Giudicatemi! (1948)
• Ho sognato il paradiso (1950) - Magnaccia
• Fugitive in Trieste (1951)
• Lorenzaccio (1951)
• Perdonami! (1953) - Commissioner
• Pietà per chi cade (1954) - Mari's defense attorney
• Land of the Pharaohs (1955) - Nabuna, Nellifer's Bodyguard (uncredited)
• Adriana Lecouvreur (1955)
• La ladra (1955) - Il Parocco
• The Rival (1956) - Primo ufficiale inquirente
• Terrore sulla città (1957) - Professor Gallura
• I Vampiri (1957) - L'ispettore Chantal
• Dreams in a Drawer (1957) - The Substitute
• La canzone più bella (1957) - Il Supplente
• L'ultima violenza (1957) - Notaio Bartoli
• The Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1958, TV series) - Newman Noggs
• Herod the Great (1959) - Man who saw the Messiah's birth
• Hercules Unchained (1959) - Creonte, High Priest of Thebes
• The Great War (1959) - Capitano Ferri
• David and Goliath (1960)
• Everybody Go Home (1960) - Partigiano napoletano
• Sword of the Conqueror (1961) - Falisque
• Pigeon Shoot (1961) - Mattei
• A Day for Lionhearts (1961) - Il prete
• Queen of the Nile (1961) - Seper
• Battle of the Worlds (1961) - Gen. Varreck
• Ten Italians for One German (1962) - Obersturmbannfuhrer Herbert Kappler
• Gli eroi del doppio gioco (1962) - Riccio
• The Verona Trial (1963) - Italo Vianini
• Giulietta e Romeo (1964) - Principe di Verona
• Secret Agent Super Dragon (1966) - Fernand Lamas
• One Thousand Dollars on the Black (1966) - Judge Waldorf
• VIP my Brother Superman (1968) - Narrator (voice)
• The Great Silence (1968) - Governor of Utah
• I 2 deputati (1968) - Statue of Jesus Christ (voice)