Gianni Bonagura

Gianfelice "Gianni" Bonagura (27 October 1925 – 8 October 2017) was an Italian actor and voice actor.

Life and career
Born in Milan, Bonagura was active on film, stage, television and radio. He appeared in 40 films between 1950 and 2001. He arrived at the threshold of a degree in philosophy, then in 1946 he abandoned his studies to attend the Silvio d'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Arts. Essentially a stage actor, Bonagura became popular in the second half of the fifties as a radio actor, protagonist of vignettes together with Nino Manfredi and Paolo Ferrari. In cinema and television, he was only used as a character actor, with the exception of the role of Dr. Watson in the 1968 RAI television series Sherlock Holmes.

Bonagura also worked as a voice actor. He occasionally dubbed over the voices of Danny De Vito, Mel Brooks and Ian Holm. One of his most popular dubbing roles includes providing the Italian voice of Palpatine's alter ego, Darth Sidious in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. In his animated roles, he dubbed the voices of Uncle Waldo in The Aristocats and Mr. Snoops in The Rescuers.

Death
Bonagura died in Milan on 8 October 2017, 19 days before his 92nd birthday.

Partial filmography

 * Against the Law (1950)
 * Fugitive in Trieste (1951)
 * Susanna Whipped Cream (1957) - Un complice del ladro
 * Femmine tre volte (1957) - Cesare, il sindicalista
 * Carmela è una bambola (1958) - The Prosecutor
 * The Employee (1959) - Amedeo - Totocalcio Accountant
 * Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti (1960) - Pippetto aka Father Filippo
 * Le signore (1960)
 * Le pillole di Ercole (1960) - Un medico al congresso di gerontologia
 * The Passionate Thief (1960)
 * Behind Closed Doors (1961) - L'avvocato difensore
 * Damon and Pythias (1962) - Phylemon
 * Le pillole di Ercole (1962) - Cerrocchi
 * I cuori infranti (1963) - Filippini (segment "E vissero felici")
 * I soldi (1965)
 * Marcia nuziale (1966) - Veterinario Coribaldo
 * Che notte ragazzi! (1966) - Direttore dell'albergo
 * La notte è fatta per... rubare (1967) - Notaio Jacques Gaspard
 * Les cracks (1968) - Pifarelli
 * Sherlock Holmes (1968, TV Mini-Series) - Dr. Watson
 * The Adventures of Pinocchio (1971) - The Coachman (voice)
 * In Prison Awaiting Trial (1971) - Avv. Sallustio Giordana
 * La Tosca (1973) - Sciarrone
 * My Darling Slave (1973) - Balzarini
 * The Great Kidnapping (1973) - Il commissario Zenoni
 * Il figlioccio del padrino (1973) - RAI-TV General Manager
 * Sex Pot (1975) - Receptionist
 * Segni particolari: bellissimo (1983) - Professore
 * I Am an ESP (1985) - De Angelis
 * Grandi magazzini (1986) - Dott. Gruber
 * Mia moglie è una bestia (1988) - Professore di scienze naturali
 * Tre colonne in cronaca (1990) - Petroni
 * In the Name of the Sovereign People (1990) - Pio IX
 * Prestazione straordinaria (1994) - Mercantoni
 * Ferdinando and Carolina (1999) - Austrian Ambassador
 * Padre Pio: Miracle Man (2000, TV Movie) - Padre Benedetto