Tuesday, August 8, 2023

Voices of the Spaghetti West – “Johnny West”

 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 be 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 “Johnny West”

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

Johnny West - Dick Palmer (I) Mimmo Palmara, (S) Francisco Valladares, (G) Norbert Gastell

Jefferson – Adriano Micantoni (I) Bruno Persa, (S) Fernando Nogueras, (G) ?

Don Trent – Roger Delaporte (I) Luigi Pavese, (S) José María Cordero, (G) ?

Brad McCoy - André Bollet (I) Mario Pisu, (S) José Martínez Blanco, (G) ?

Juanita - Mara Cruz (I) Flaminia Jandolo, (S) María Cruz, (G) ?

Ginger - Dada Gallotti (I) Rosetta Calavetta, (S) Lola Cervantes, (G) ?

Dusty – Roberto Camardiel (I) Lauro Gazzolo, (S) Roberto Camardiel, (G) Bruno W. Pantel









Fernando Nogueras  (1919 - ?)

Fernando Nogueras was born Fernando Nogueras Zuritain Madrid, Spain in 1919. Fernando is/was a Spanish actor son of Fulgencio Nogueras and Isabel Zurita.

He made more than 30 movies and was one of the usual actors that appeared in theater plays made for television.

His last appearances were in series at the end of the 1970s, in a chapter of ‘Curro Jiménez’ as  the Mayor and in the successful TV series ‘Cañas y Barro’.

He is one of the most important dubbing actors in the history of the Spanish film industry. He is also an image actor, announcer and dubbing director. He has a magnificent deep vocal range, that fit perfectly in any genre due to his great dramatic resources. He knew how to turn his voice into a necessary classic in film, video and television series.

Whether he is still living is unknow and if so he’ll be 104 this year.


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