Lauro Gazzolo

Lauro Gazzolo (born Ilario Gazzolo; 15 October 1900 – 2 October 1970) was an Italian actor and voice actor.

Biography
Born in Nervi, Gazzolo began his career on screen in 1938 starring in the comedy film The Document and became more successful after the end of World War II. A popular character actor, he appeared in at least 106 films and played many roles between 1939 and 1966. Among his most popular filmography included The Jester's Supper, Four Steps in the Clouds and The Band of Honest Men. In his later films, he appeared alongside his son Nando Gazzolo in the 1961 film Constantine and the Cross. This would mark Nando's film debut.

As a voice actor, Gazzolo dubbed foreign films into the Italian language. He was the official Italian voice actor of Walter Brennan and Bud Abbott. He even dubbed over the voices of Sam Jaffe, George Hayes, Peter Lorre, Alan Napier, Joseph Egger, Arthur Malet, H. B. Warner, Gary Cooper, Charlie Chaplin, Charley Grapewin and Fernandel in either most of or their iconic film appearances. He was best known for dubbing elderly characters in western films and he was partnered up with his colleague Carlo Romano (Lou Costello's official dubber) in the Abbott and Costello sketches. In his animated roles, Gazzolo was renowned for dubbing characters in Walt Disney films such as Bashful in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Dandy Crow in Dumbo, The White Rabbit in Alice in Wonderland, Archimedes in The Sword in the Stone, Jock in Lady and the Tramp, Rabbit from 1968 to 1970, Speaker of Goofy's shorts in Californy 'er Bust, Professor Owl, Ludwig Von Drake from 1963 to 1970 and Goofy from 1950s to 1960s.

Gazzolo died on 2 October 1970, thirteen days before his 70th birthday.

Selected filmography



 * Duetto vagabondo (1939)
 * At Your Orders, Madame (1939) - Il cameriere all'albergo
 * I, His Father (1939) - Sardella
 * La grande luce - Montevergine (1939) - Bartolomeo
 * Two Million for a Smile (1939) - L'ufficiale giudiziario
 * Defendant, Stand Up! (1939) - L'uomo dagli schiaffi
 * Unjustified Absence (1939) - Il preside
 * The Document (1939) - Uno dei lestofani
 * Cose dell'altro mondo (1939) - Sam Raymond, un detenuto
 * Scandalo per bene (1940) - Il procuratore Contarini, suo padre
 * The Secret of Villa Paradiso (1940) - Joe
 * Red Tavern (1940) - Il marchese Domenico Torresi, suo zio
 * One Hundred Thousand Dollars (1940) - Stefano Zilay
 * Mare (1940) - Perasso
 * Incanto di mezzanotte (1940) - Martino
 * Beyond Love (1940) - Il conte Sabelli-Catanzaro, ministro di polizia
 * Big Shoes (1940) - Giancola
 * Inspector Vargas (1940) - Dedè, il landrucolo
 * La leggenda azzurra (1940)
 * Eternal Melodies (1940) - Il locandiere Deiner
 * Caravaggio (1941) - Zio Nello
 * The Actor Who Disappeared (1941) - L'impresario
 * Con le donne non si scherza (1941) - Il professor Ferri
 * Pia de' Tolomei (1941) - Fra' Martino
 * The Betrothed (1941) - Ambrogio Fusella
 * The Jester's Supper (1942) - Il Trinca
 * Headlights in the Fog (1942) - Egisto
 * Giungla (1942) - Will Rubber, il giornalista
 * The Black Panther (1942) - L'ispettore Stefano Hegeduz
 * Soltanto un bacio (1942) - Il professore Giorgi
 * The Taming of the Shrew (1942) - Battista, padre di Catina
 * The Gorgon (1942) - Il fedele servo di Spina
 * Four Steps in the Clouds (1942) - Il controllore sul treno
 * Notte di fiamme (1942)
 * It Happened in Damascus (1943) - Cadi Al-Mon
 * Redemption (1943) - Tonio
 * Incontri di notte (1943) - Il professore Lauro Renzi
 * Short Circuit (1943) - L'editore Isidoro Storch
 * A Living Statue (1943) - Raffaele
 * Enrico IV (1943) - Giovanni
 * Grazia (1943)
 * The Last Wagon (1943) - Andrea, il portiere
 * In cerca di felicità (1944) - Peppino
 * Vietato ai minorenni (1944) - Il professore di storia naturale
 * La resa di Titì (1945)
 * Lettere al sottotenente (1945)
 * The Innocent Casimiro (1945) - Pietro
 * Down with Misery (1945) - Il commandattore Trombetti
 * The Models of Margutta (1946) - Federico
 * The Ways of Sin (1946) - Il farmacista
 * Peddlin' in Society (1946) - Il commandatore Bardacò
 * Trepidazione (1946)
 * Il mondo vuole così (1946) - Carla's father
 * Biraghin (1946) - Biraghin's father
 * Shamed (1947) - Valentino
 * Man with the Grey Glove (1948) - Critico d'arte
 * La Rosa di Bagdad (1949) - The Grand Kadi (voice)
 * Il cielo è rosso (1950) - Shoemaker
 * Ring Around the Clock (1950) - Guerrieri
 * Alina (1950) - Paolo
 * Father's Dilemma (1950) - Cliente che compro l'uovo pasquale
 * Tomorrow Is Too Late (1950) - Signor Giusti
 * Strano appuntamento (1950)
 * Sambo (1950) - Conte Orsetto Orseolo
 * Canzone di primavera (1951) - Parodi
 * Fiamme sulla laguna (1952) - Antonio
 * Ha da venì... don Calogero (1952) - Evaristo, il farmacista
 * Beauties in Capri (1952) - Don Camillo
 * The Woman Who Invented Love (1952) - Marchese Doria
 * Il romanzo della mia vita (1952) - Cavalier Marchetti
 * La figlia del diavolo (1952) - Il farmacista
 * Poppy (1952) - Il preside
 * La colpa di una madre (1952) - Il pescatore
 * Il tallone di Achille (1952) - Ing, Felix
 * Riscatto (1953) - L'oste
 * Sul ponte dei sospiri (1953) - Il banchiere
 * Too Young for Love (1953) - Vicepresidente del tribunale
 * Martin Toccaferro (1953) - Commendatore
 * Past Lovers (1953)
 * Of Life and Love (1954) - The administrator (segment "Marsina Stretta")
 * Mid-Century Loves (1954) - The Teacher (segment "Guerra 1915-18")
 * The Three Thieves (1954) - The Prosecutor
 * Pellegrini d'amore (1954) - Capitano peschereccio
 * House of Ricordi (1954) - Carlotti
 * Casta Diva (1954) - Signor Monti
 * Accadde tra le sbarre (1955) - Leonida Dei - the jeweller refugee
 * La ladra (1955) - Il Maggiordomo
 * Io sono la Primula Rossa (1955) - Chiffon
 * Dramma nel porto (1955)
 * Incatenata dal destino (1956)
 * The Band of Honest Men (1956) - Andrea
 * Mai ti scorderò (1956) - Don Vincenzo
 * I miliardari (1956) - Il medico
 * Due sosia in allegria (1956)
 * Londra chiama Polo Nord (1956) - Colonel Richardson
 * Noi siamo le colonne (1956) - Signor Bonci
 * Saranno uomini (1957)
 * Goha (1958) - Taj-el-Ouloum
 * Adorabili e bugiarde (1958) - President of the Court
 * Il bacio del sole (Don Vesuvio) (1958) - Il vescovo
 * Le confident de ces dames (1959) - Le président
 * Avventura in città (1959)
 * Constantine and the Cross (1961) - Amodius (uncredited)
 * Blood Feud (1961) - Burlando
 * Un figlio d'oggi (1961) - Orafo
 * Un marito in condominio (1963) - Enea
 * La volpe e le camelie (1966)
 * On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who... (1967) - Eremita
 * The Adventures of Pinocchio (1971) - The Talking Cricket (voice)