Voices of the Spaghetti Western – “Dollars for a Fast Gun”

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 “Dollars for a Fast Gun”

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

Lassiter – Robert Hundar (I) Nando Gazzolo, (S) Ángel María Baltanás

Sarah – Pamela Tudor (I) Rita Savagnone, (S) Celia Honrubia

Danny – Luigi Pistilli (I) Sergio Graziani, (S) José Guardiola

Martin - José Bódalo (I) Emilio Cigoli, (S) José Bódalo

Frank Nolan - Jesús Puente (I) Mario Feliciani, (S) Vicente Bañó

Pedro – Roberto Camardiel (I) Carlo Romano, (S) Roberto Camardiel

Mario Feliciani  (1918 – 2008)

Mario Feliciani was born in Milan, Lombardy, Italy on March 12, 1918. He trained at the school of the Teatro dei Filodrammatici in Milan. He began acting in the early fifties with Vittorio Gassman, before landing work on television. An artist with a strong personality, he specialized in the interpretation of authoritarian characters. He was Aegisto in “Orestes” (1958), Prince Valkorsky in “Humiliated and Offended” (1959) and Napoleon III in “Nineteenth Century” (1959). In 1961 he starred in “The Maurizius Affair” and the following year he played the head of the family in “Desperate Hours”.

He brought strength to the character of Svidrigailov in “Crime and Punishment” (1963) and Corso Donati in “Life of Dante” (1964). Unforgettable is his authoritative benevolence with which he played Cardinal Federigo in Bolchi's “The Betrothed” (1967), and Agnese's father in the 1965 television ‘David Copperfield’. He also took part in the screenplays ‘Fathers and Sons’ (1958), ‘The Investigations of Inspector Maigret’ (1966-1968), ‘Joe Petrosino’ (1972), ‘La Certosa di Parma’ (1981) and ‘Camilla’ (1992).

After playing the role of patriarch in ‘Petty Bourgeois’ (1968) and that of Cuff in the drama ‘The Moonstone’ (1972), he reduced his television appearances to devote himself intensely to theater and film activity. In his extensive filmography he is remembered for his interpretation of the sheriff in the western “Uccideva a freddo” (The Cold Killer), directed in 1967 by Guido Celano. Married to the actress Giuliana Pogliani, after obtaining an annulment Feliciani was married to actress Vittoria Martello [1923-2016], they have a son Massimo born n 1956. He was the uncle of voice actress Melina Martello (Amelia Angela Maria Martello) [1941- ].

Mario Feliciani died on August 11, 2008 · Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain at the age of 90.