Voices of the Spaghetti Westerns ~ “ The Man Who Cried for Revenge”

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 “The Man Who Cried for Revenge”

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

Anthony Steffen – Davy Flanagan (I) Anthony Steffen, (S) Héctor Cantolla, (G) Klaus Kindler

William Berger – Sam Kellogg (I) ?, (S) Francisco Arenzana, (G) Herbert Stass

Robert Hundar – Clay Hackett (I) Robert Hundar, (S) José Martínez Blanco, (G) Rolf Schult

Liza – Evelyn Stewart (I) Evelyn Stewart, (S) Maite Santamarina, (G)

Dirty – Mario Brega (I), Mario Brega, (S) Salvador Arias, (G) Hans Walter Clasen

Héctor Cantolla [1946 -    ]

Héctor Cantolla was born in Santurtzi, Spain on June 11, 1946. He is a Spanish voice actor who is known for his dubbing Cookie Monster (Triki on Ábrete Sésamo, the Castilian Spanish dub of Sesame Street) beginning in 1974. He reprised the part on the 1976 album Abrete Sesamo and also dubbed the Newsman on El Show de los Teleñecos (The Muppet Show).

Cantolla began his dubbing career in the late 1960s, initially in small roles and then becoming the Spanish voice of Terence Hill in Spaghetti Westerns and other films. He has often dubbed Burt Reynolds and Arnold Schwarzenegger (including Predator, Twins, and The Escape Plan). He dubbed Marlon Brando in Superman, Michael Caine in Deathtrap, Kris Kristofferson in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Paul Benedict in The Goodbye Girl, and Charles Durning in Dog Day Afternoon. Cartoon roles include Satan on South Park and Bruce Wayne on Batman Beyond.