Giorgio Lopez

Giorgio Lopez (16 February 1947 – 10 August 2021) was an Italian actor, voice actor, and theatre director.

Biography
Born in Naples, Lopez began his career during the late 1960s. Remembered for his work as a stage actor, director and playwright, he was also widely known as a voice actor, being the official Italian voice of Danny DeVito, John Cleese, also regularly voicing Dustin Hoffman since the death of Ferruccio Amendola in 2001.

Lopez had also dubbed the voices of characters portrayed by Groucho Marx, John Hurt, Ian Holm and Bob Hoskins. His character roles include Garrick Ollivander in the Harry Potter films, Geoffrey Butler in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, King Harold in the Shrek movies, Mr. Miyagi in The Karate Kid, Gene in DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp, Baby Herman as a grown-up in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, J. Audubon Woodlore in Hooked Bear, Bootle Beetle in named character short and The Greener Yard in the 1991 redubbing, Scrooge McDuck from 1996 until 2020, replacing Gigi Angelillo, and many characters in Matt Groening's Futurama (of which Lopez served as a dubbing director and dialogue writer for the Italian-dubbed version) and The Simpsons. From 2005 to 2011 Lopez directed his brother Massimo in the theatre one-man-show Ciao Frankie (Goodbye, Frankie), dedicated to Frank Sinatra, featuring songs, gags and impressions, which was also performed at the Colony Theatre in Miami.

Personal life
Lopez was the father of voice actors Gabriele and Andrea Lopez. He was also the older brother of actor and Trio member Massimo Lopez.

Death
Cardiopathic and diabetic, Lopez died in Rome on the morning of 10 August 2021, at the age of 74.

Filmography

 * Madre coraggio e i suoi figli - TV play (1970)
 * Giulio Cesare - TV play (1971)
 * 8 settembre - TV play (1971)
 * A piacer vostro - TV play
 * Professione fantasma - TV series (1998)
 * Father Matthew - TV series, season 3, episode 10 (2002)

Animation

 * Alidoro in Pinocchio (2012 film)

Dubbing

 * Scrooge McDuck in All Disney Productions (1995–2021)
 * King Harold in Shrek 2, Shrek the Third, Shrek Forever After
 * Lord Rogers in The Swan Princess, The Swan Princess: Escape from Castle Mountain, The Swan Princess: The Mystery of the Enchanted Kingdom
 * McSquizzy in Open Season, Open Season 2, Open Season 3
 * Fidel Castro, Jason Voorhees, Jerry Springer, Dewey Largo (episodes 06x02 and 06x021), Scruffy Scruffington, Tito Puente, Duffman and other characters in The Simpsons
 * Ipji, Scruffy Scruffington (episode 4x18, seasons 6-7), Don Bot (season 7), Melvar's Mother, Parrot, President McNeal, Super Mario and other characters in Futurama
 * Alighiero and King Richard I in Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic
 * Adventure in The Pagemaster
 * Albus Dumbledore in The Lego Movie
 * Buck "Ace" Cluck in Chicken Little
 * Kekata in Pocahontas
 * Reverend Clement Hedges in Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
 * Mayor of Halloween Town in The Nightmare Before Christmas
 * Lil' Lightning in 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure
 * King Gristle Sr. in Trolls
 * Ooblar in Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
 * Narrator in The Land Before Time
 * Itchy Itchiford in All Dogs Go to Heaven
 * Luong Lao Shi in American Dragon: Jake Long
 * Ranger Smith in Yogi's Treasure Hunt
 * Boulanger in The Boxtrolls
 * Grandsanta in Arthur Christmas
 * Boris Goosinoff in Balto
 * Pretty Boy in Teacher's Pet

Live action

 * Narrator in Fräulein - Una fiaba d'inverno

Dubbing

 * Mr. Miyagi in The Karate Kid, The Karate Kid Part II, The Karate Kid Part III, The Next Karate Kid
 * Garrick Ollivander in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
 * Gustav Fiers / Gentleman / Man in the Shadows in The Amazing Spider-Man, The Amazing Spider-Man 2
 * Commissaire Gibert in Taxi 3, Taxi 4
 * Narrator in When Harry met Sally..., Pumping Iron
 * Dr. Gene Reiss, Male Pigeon and Dr. Sam Litvack in Dr. Dolittle
 * Chief Roy Gunderson, NYPD Lieutenant Arti Gelber, Sam Booth (season 3, episode 9) and other roles in Murder, She Wrote
 * Frank Stedman in Head Office
 * Owen Lift in Throw Momma from the Train
 * Vincent Benedict in Twins
 * Lawrence Garfield in Other People's Money
 * The Penguin in Batman Returns
 * Robert Ciaro in Hoffa
 * John Leary in Jack the Bear
 * Dr. Larry Arbogast in Junior
 * Harry Wormwood / Narrator in Matilda
 * Rude Gambler in Mars Attacks!
 * Sid Hudgens in L.A. Confidential
 * Deck Shifflet in The Rainmaker
 * Pat Francato in Living Out Loud
 * George Shapiro in Man on the Moon
 * Chief Wyatt Rash in Drowning Mona
 * Max Fairbanks in What's the Worst That Could Happen?
 * Mickey Bergman in Heist
 * Danny DeVito in Austin Powers in Goldmember
 * Harvey Wexler in Anything Else
 * Amos Calloway in Big Fish
 * Brad in Christmas in Love
 * Walter in Even Money
 * Frank Menure in Relative Strangers
 * Big D in 10 Items or Less
 * Buddy Hall in Deck the Halls
 * Frank Reynolds in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
 * Mel in The Good Night
 * District attorney in Reno 911!: Miami
 * George Gastner in Nobel Son
 * Tom Cathkart in House Broken
 * Jimmy Marino in Solitary Man
 * Al Russo in When in Rome
 * Max Medici in Dumbo
 * Eddie Gilpin in Jumanji: The Next Level
 * Danny Snyder in Sleepers
 * Stanley Motss in Wag the Dog
 * The Conscience in The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
 * Ben Floss in Moonlight Mile
 * Winston King in Confidence
 * Wendell Rohr in Runaway Jury
 * Bernie Focker in Meet the Fockers, Little Fockers
 * Critic in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
 * Meyer Lansky in The Lost City
 * Giuseppe Baldini in Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
 * Dustin Hoffman in The Holiday
 * Jules Hilbert in Stranger than Fiction
 * Edward Magorium in Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
 * Izzy Panofsky in Barney's Version
 * Abraham Simkin in The Cobbler
 * Archie Leach in A Fish Called Wanda
 * John Langston in Silverado
 * Rollo Lee in Fierce Creatures
 * Donald P. Sinclair in Rat Race
 * R in The World Is Not Enough
 * Q in Die Another Day
 * Mr. Munday in Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
 * John Cleese's roles in Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (2004 redub)
 * James in The Adventures of Pluto Nash
 * Grizzled sergeant in Around the World in 80 Days
 * Dr. Primkin in Man About Town
 * Charles Dreyfus in The Pink Panther 2
 * Geoffrey Butler in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
 * Joseph Yoshinobu Takagi in Die Hard
 * Pappy O'Daniel in O Brother, Where Art Thou?