Roberto Del Giudice

Roberto Del Giudice (25 September 1940 – 25 November 2007) was an Italian actor and voice actor.

Biography
Del Giudice studied at the Silvio d'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Arts and he began his career in the 1960s mainly working as a television and stage actor. His roles were fairly minor. He then eventually found success as a voice dubber. He was well known for voicing Arsène Lupin III in the Italian version of the Lupin III anime series, and currently has voiced the character longer than any voice actor. He was also famous for providing the Italian voices of Miss Piggy in The Muppets, Zazu in The Lion King film series, Benny in Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Death in Family Guy.

Del Giudice was renowned for dubbing live action characters as well. He voiced Lee Majors in most of his work, most notably The Six Million Dollar Man as well as Terry Jones in Monty Python's Flying Circus. He even lent his voice to the character Neelix in Star Trek: Voyager and Snowbell in the last two succeeding Stuart Little films, replacing television presenter Paolo Bonolis, who voiced him in the first film.

Death
Del Giudice died in Rome on the evening of 25 November 2007, aged 67, after suffering a long illness. He was buried at the Cimitero Flaminio.

Animation

 * Arsène Lupin III in Lupin III (1979-2007)
 * Miss Piggy in The Muppet Show (2nd voice)
 * Miss Piggy in The Muppet Movie
 * Miss Piggy in The Great Muppet Caper
 * Miss Piggy (Emily Cratchit) / Robin the Frog (Tiny Tim Cratchit) in The Muppet Christmas Carol
 * Miss Piggy (Benjamina Gunn) in Muppet Treasure Island
 * Miss Piggy in Muppets From Space
 * Miss Piggy in It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
 * Miss Piggy in The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
 * Zazu in The Lion King
 * Zazu in The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
 * Zazu in The Lion King 1½
 * Zazu in Timon & Pumbaa
 * Zazu in Disney's House of Mouse
 * Benny the Cab in Who Framed Roger Rabbit
 * Kwicky Koala in The Kwicky Koala Show
 * Porky Pig in The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie
 * Death in Family Guy (seasons 1-5)
 * Loopy De Loop in Loopy De Loop
 * Precious Pupp in Precious Pupp
 * Snowbell in Stuart Little 2
 * Snowbell in Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild
 * Nergal in The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (seasons 1-3)
 * Le Quack in Courage the Cowardly Dog (seasons 1-3)
 * Frodo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings
 * Martin Hacker in Gargoyles
 * Muscles in Jerry's Cousin
 * Dynomutt in Dynomutt, Dog Wonder
 * Various characters in SilverHawks

Live action

 * Steve Austin in The Six Million Dollar Man
 * Steve Austin in The Bionic Woman
 * Bo Duke in The Dukes of Hazzard (seasons 5-6)
 * Heath Barkley in The Big Valley
 * Neelix in Star Trek: Voyager
 * Corporal Reyes in Zorro (1992 redub)
 * Terry Jones's roles in Monty Python's Flying Circus
 * Willi Keun in The Devil Strikes at Night
 * Frederick Keinszig in The Godfather Part III
 * Norman Bates in Psycho IV: The Beginning
 * Dr. McClean in Superman III
 * Almanzo Wilder in Little House on the Prairie
 * Mike Yanagita in Fargo
 * Wally Thurman in He Said, She Said
 * Leo Franks in 52 Pick-Up
 * Ed Couch in Fried Green Tomatoes
 * Lucky Leadbetter in Up at the Villa
 * Gwildor in Masters of the Universe
 * Sonny Crawford in The Last Picture Show
 * Sonny Crawford in Texasville
 * Pee-wee Herman in Big Top Pee-wee
 * Murray in Torch Song Trilogy

Video games

 * Arsène Lupin III in Lupin the 3rd: Treasure of the Sorcerer King
 * Arsène Lupin III in Lupin the Third: Lupin is Dead, Zenigata is in Love