Giampiero Albertini was born on December 20, 1927 in Muggiò,
Milan, Italy. He was an Italian actor and film dubber. Remembered for his hard
features and expressive, low voice, he acquired national fame primarily as the
Italian voice of TV’s Columbo played by Peter Falk.
Albertini participated in many films, some minor and
others more famous, among which “Queimada” (1969) and “Uomini contro” (1970).
Interestingly, in addition to having voiced the famous lieutenant of the LAPD,
as an actor he participated in many crime productions, a film genre that became
fashionable in Italy during the seventies.
Especially in the seventies and eighties he had become a
familiar face to the general public thanks to his participation in numerous
successful television dramas such as “The Life of Leonardo Da Vinci” (1972), in
which he played the character of Ludovico il Moro, “A come Andromeda” (1972), “Lungo
il fiume e sull'acqua” (1973), “Verdi” (1982) (in the role of Antonio Barezzi, father
and first patron of the composer) and “I promessi sposi” (1989). Albertini
appeared in four Euro-westerns during this time: “A Minute to Pray, a Second to
Die” (1967), “The Return of Sabata” (1971), “Halleluja to Vera Cruz” (1973) and
“Zorro” (1975)
Giampiero was also the host of the television program “A come
agricoltura” in the ‘70's. Memorable also was his portrayal of Otto alongside
Nino Manfredi and Gastone Moschin, in the exciting and successful comedy “Italian
Secret Service” (1968) by Luigi Comencini. The film “Perché quelle strane gocce
di sangue sul corpo di Jennifer? (1971) which saw him as inspector Enci, which
was quite similar to that of his best known Columbo. His last work that he was
identified with was in an interview with Bruno Vespa Iraqi President Saddam
Hussein a few days before the outbreak of the first Gulf War, in which he was
the Italian interpreter and voice for the Iraqi leader.
Giampiero died of a heart attack on May 14, 1991 in Rome.
Today we remember Giampiero Albertinit on what would have been his 85th
birthday.
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