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Vittorio Di Prima

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Vittorio Di Prima
Born(1941-07-19)19 July 1941
Died9 February 2016(2016-02-09) (aged 74)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • voice actor
  • dubbing director
Years active1973–2016
SpouseAda Maria Serra Zanetti

Vittorio Di Prima (19 July 1941 – 9 February 2016) was an Italian actor and voice actor.[1]

Biography

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Born in Palermo, Di Prima began his career as an actor at some point during the early 1970s. He has acted in two films and appeared in several television shows but he was more known to the Italian public as a voice dubbing artist. He dubbed over the voices of Anthony Quinn, Leonard Nimoy, Morgan Freeman, Philippe Noiret, Carl Weathers, Jerry Stiller and Delroy Lindo in most of or some of their movies.[2]

In animation, Di Prima provided the Italian voice of Henry J. Waternoose in Monsters, Inc., Sheriff in Cars, he also dubbed Animal in The Muppets and Muppets Most Wanted until he was replaced by Paolo Marchese in 2015 and Pete from 1984 to 1988.

Personal life

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Di Prima was married to Ada Maria Serra Zanetti, who is also a voice actress.

Death

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Di Prima died in Rome on 9 February 2016, at the age of 74.[3]

Dubbing roles

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Animation

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Live action

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References

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  1. ^ "Vittorio Di Prima's dubbing contributions". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Intervista a VITTORIO DI PRIMA (2011) | enciclopediadeldoppiaggio.it". YouTube. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Addio al doppiatore Vittorio Di Prima". animeclick.it. 1 April 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
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