"I was chosen by Clint Eastwood himself, after he saw my audition for "The Outlaw Josey Wales," it was 1976, he enthusiastically said that he had finally found his Italian voice, and I have never left him since". So said Michele Kalamera, actor and voice actor of long experience who died yesterday, Tuesday 25 July, at the age of 84. Born Michelino Calamera in Conegliano, Venero, Treviso, Italy on February 12, 1939. Michele was won of the premier Italian voice actors and dubbers for Clint Eastwood and many other international stars. During his long career, Kalamera was also the Italian voice for, such actors as Steve Martin, Michael Caine, Robert Duvall, Donald Sutherland, Robert Redford, Roy Schreider, F. Murray Abraham, Christopher Plummer, Burt Reynolds, Christopher Lee, Jack Palance, David Bowie, Ben Kingsley, Max von Sydow and Anthony Hopkins. A total of over 5,000 film and TV stars, 5,000 co-stars, 5,000 key characters in TV series, countless cameos.
Michele Kalamera’s Euro-western films: voice actor,
dubber.
Two RRRingos from Texas – 1967 [Italian voice of unknown
actor]
Beyond the Law – 1968 [Italian voice of Gordon Mitchell]
Shotgun – 1968 [Italian voice of Mimmo Palmara]
Sonora – 1968 [Italian voice of George Martin]
Zorro the Fox – 1968 [Italian voice of Giacomo Rossi
Stuart]
Cemetery Without Crosses – 1969 [Italian voice of Robert
Hossein]
El Puro – 1969 [Italian voice of Robert Woods]
Four Came to Kill Sartana – 1969 [Italian voice of Benito
Pacifico]
God Will Forgive My Pistol – 1969 [Italian voice Wayde
Preston]
I Am Sartana, Your Angel of Death – 1969 [Italian voice
of Gianni Garko]
Sartana and His Shadow of Death – 1969 [Italian voice of
Benito Pacifico]
Zorro the Lawman – 1969 [Italian voice of Fabio Testi]
Apocalypse Joe – 1970 [Italian voice of Anthony Steffen]
Ballad of Death Valley – 1970 [Italian voice of William
Berger]
Dead Men Ride – 1971 [Italian voice of Fabio Testi]
Vengeance Trail – 1971 [Italian voice of Ivan Rassimov]
Trinity and Sartana are Coming – 1972 [Italian voice of
Harry Baird]
Fasthand is Still My Name – 1973 [Italian voice of Sergio
Ciani]
Hallelujah to Vera Cruz - 1973 [Italian voice of Riccardo Salvino]
Here We Go Again, Eh Providence – 1973 [Italian voice of
Manuel Gallardo]
The Grand Duel – 1973 [Italian voice of Horst Frank]
White Fang – 1973 [Italian voice of John Steiner]
Blood River – 1974 [Italian voice of Fabio Testi]
Challenge to White Fang – 1974 [Italian voice of John
Steiner]
The Four of the Apocalypse – 1975 [Italian voice of Fabio
Testi]
Red Coat – 1975 [Italian voice of Fabio Testi]
Return of Shanghai Joe – 1975 [Italian voice of Klaus
Kinski]
White Fang to the Rescue – 1975 [Italian voice of Henry
Silva]
China 9, Liberty 37 – 1978 [Italian voice of Fabio Testi]
He must have been a very talented soul. RIP Michele.
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