Gianni Musy

Giovanni Musy (3 August 1931 – 7 October 2011) was an Italian actor and voice actor.

Biography
Born in Milan, the son of actors Enrico Glori and Gianna Pacetti, he started his career as a child actor at eleven years old. He studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti in his hometown. Starting from the late 1950s, Musy began an intense career as a character actor, being often cast in roles of villain. Musy became best known through his television work, notably the RAI TV-series Le inchieste del commissario Maigret, E le stelle stanno a guardare, Dov'è Anna.

Musy was also very active as a voice dubbing artist. He was the primary Italian voice of Dumbledore from the Harry Potter film franchise as well as Gandalf from The Lord of the Rings. He sometimes dubbed actors such as Richard Harris, Marlon Brando, Christopher Plummer, Sean Connery, George Peppard, James Coburn and more. He even voice Giuseppe Garibaldi in the Italian animated film L'eroe dei due mondi, directed by Guido Manuli in 1994.

Personal life
From his marriage to actress Rada Rassimov, he had two daughters, Mascia, who is an actress, and Stella, who is a voice dubbing actress.

Death
Musy died in Mentana of a long illness on October 7, 2011 at the age of 80.

Selected filmography

 * Harlem (1943)
 * Sicilian Uprising (1949)
 * The Cadets of Gascony (1950)
 * Side Street Story (1950)
 * Il caimano del Piave (1951)
 * Who Is Without Sin (1952)
 * La peccatrice dell'isola (1952)
 * The Man in My Life (1952)
 * Desert Desperadoes (1959)
 * His Women (1961)
 * Jessica (1962)
 * The Man Who Laughs (1966)
 * Per amore... per magia... (1967)
 * The Boss (1973)
 * The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist (1977)
 * The Gang That Sold America (1979)
 * Asso (1981)
 * State buoni se potete (1983)
 * Faccione (1991)
 * The Secret of the Old Woods (1993) - voice
 * Giovanni Falcone (1993)
 * L'eroe dei due mondi (film 1994) (1994) - voice
 * Maria José - L'ultima regina (2002) - voice
 * Don't Move (2004)
 * L'eretico - Un gesto di coraggio (2005)
 * Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy (2012)
 * The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683 (2012)

Animation

 * Zeus in Hercules
 * Billy Bones in Treasure Planet
 * Kashekim Nedakh in Atlantis: The Lost Empire
 * Papa Smurf in The Smurfs
 * Mayor Tortoise John in Rango

Live action

 * Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
 * Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
 * Ki-Adi-Mundi in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones, Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith