Voices of the Spaghetti Western ~ “Son of Zorro”

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 “Son of Zorro”

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

Don Ricardo Villaverde/Zorro – Robert Widmark (I) Carlo Sabatini, (S) Manuel Cano
Colonel Michel Leblanche – Fernando Sancho (I) Elio Zamuto, (S) Felipe Peña
Doña Conchita Herrera – Elisa Ramírez (I) ?, (S) Rosa Guiñón
John Warren/Mathias Boyd – William Berger (I) ?, (S) Constantino Romero
Mathilda Leblanche – Dada Gallotti (I) Dada Gallotti, (S) Maria Luisa Sola

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carlo Sabatini (1932 – 2020)

Carlo Sabatini was born in Rome in on April 7, 1932. He appeared and was heard in all facets of the entertainment industry. He was known primarily as one of the premier voice dubbers in Italy. He was the voice of Clint Eastwood, Donald Sutherland, Kris Kristofferson, Alain Delon, Paul Newman, Robert Duvall and Marlon Brando. He was heard as the Italian voice of Harvey Keitel in “From Dusk Till Dawn”, Morgan Freeman in ‘The Wings of Freedon” and Bruce Lee in “Three of Operation Dragon”. He is the father of actor Gabriele Sabatini. His voice was heard in the Euro-westerns: “Massacre at Fort Holman” (1972) [Italian voice of Aldolfo Lastretti]; Another Man, Another Chance (1977) [Italian voice of James Caan] and “Jonathan of the Bears” (1994) [Italian voice of John Saxon].

Carlo Sabatini died in Rome on April 10, 2020.