Voices of the Euro-western ~ For a Few Dollars More

As we know most of the Euro-westerns were co-productions from Italy, Spain, Germany and France which incorporated British and American actors to gain a worldwide audience. The films were shot silent and then dubbed into the various languages where they were sold for distribution. That means Italian, Spanish, German, French and English voice actors were hired to dub the films. Even actors from the countries where the film was to be shown were often dubbed by voice actors for various reasons such as the actors were already busy making another film, they wanted to paid additional salaries for dubbing their voices, the actor’s voice didn’t fit the character they were playing, accidents to the actors and in some cases even death before the film could be dubbed.

I’ll list a Euro-western and the (I) Italian, (S) Spanish, (G) German and (F) French, (E) English voices that I can find and once in a while a bio on a specific voice actor as in Europe these actors are as well-known as the actors they voiced.

Today we’ll cover “For a Few Dollars More”

[(I) Italian, (S) Spanish, (G) German and (F) French, (E) English]

Clint Eastwood – (I) Enrico Maria Salerno, (S) Felix Acaso, (G) Klaus Kindler, (F) Jacques Deschamps, (E) Clint Eastwood

Lee Van Cleef – (I) Emilio Cigoli, (S) Claudio Rodriguez. (G) Heinz Engelmann, (F) Georges Atlas, (E) Lee Van Cleef

Gian Maria Volonte – (I) Nando Gazzolo, (S) Jose Guardiola, (G) Horst Naumnn, (F) Henry Djanik, (E) Bernard Grant

Klaus Kinski – (I) Bruno Persa, (S) Juan Logar, (G) Werner Uschkurat, (F) Serge Sauvion, (E) Gilbert Mack

Luigi Pistilli – (I) Vittorio Sanipoli, (S) Santos Paniagua, (G) ?, (F) Raymond Loyer, (E) Lloyd Battista

Mara Krupp – (I) Dhia Cristiani, (S) Maria Romero, (G) ?, (F) ?, (E) Joyce Gordon

Mario Brega – (I) Reanto Turi, (S) Teofilo Martinez, (G) Erik Jelde, (F) Claude Bertrand, (E) Ray Owens

Joseph Egger – (I) Lauro Gazzolo (S) Eduardo Calvo, (G) Anton Reimer, (F) Paul Villé, (E) Robert Dryden

Aldo Sambrell – (I) Pino Locchi, (S) Francisco Arenzana, (G) Norbert Gastell, (F) ?, (E) ?

GILBERT MACK [1912 – 2005]

Gilbert Mack was born on November 3, 1912 in Manhattan, New York City, New York. Mack portrayed Impy the Midget on NBC Radio's "Cloak and Dagger" (1950) and for 12 years he played the German Butcher in the Hansel & Gretel deli meats commercials. Mr. Mack provided voices for a number of cartoons including "Astro Boy," "Gigantor," Godzilla," "The Superman/Aquaman Hour," "Johnny Jupiter," "The Hungry Ghost," "Kimba the White Lion" and "Super Book." He also did voice work during the Golden Age of Radio for such shows as "Tom Corbet Space Cadet," "Theater Five" and as the dog Asta in "The Adventures of the Thin Man." Mr. Mack returned to radio in Himan Brown’s "CBS Radio Mystery Theater" during the 1970s. Mr. Mack was known for his animal imitations. He played a dog trained to kill in an episode featuring Oscar winner Kim Hunter. Mr. Mack was a character actor on such TV shows as "Hallmark Hall of Fame," "Naked City" and "Car 54 Where Are You?" He appeared on Broadway in "A Bell for Adano." He also recorded numerous Little Golden Records as various Hanna Barbera characters. Mack died on December 5, 2005 in Lynbrook, Nassau, New York.