Voices of the Spaghetti Western – “Navajo Joe”

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 “Navajo Joe”

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

Navajo Joe – Burt Reynolds (I) Pino Locchi, (S) Eduardo Jover ('94), (G) Michael Chevalier, (F) Jean-Claude Michel

Mervyn 'Vee' Duncan - Aldo Sambrell (I) Sergio Graziani, (S) Antonio Fernández Sánchez ('94), (G) Martin Hirthe, (F) Henry Djanik

Estella – Nicoletta Machiavelli (I) Rita Savagnone, (S) María Massip ('94), (G) Renate Küster, (F) ?

Reverend Rattigan – Fernando Rey (I) Nino Pavese, (S) Juan Antonio Gálvez ('94), (G) Arnold Marquis, (F) Jean-Henri Chambois

Dr. Chester Lynne - Pierre Cressoy (I) Aldo Giuffrè, (S) Juan Perucho ('94), (G) Rolf Schult, (F) Raymond Loyer

Hannah Lynne – Valeria Sabel (I) Rosetta Calavetta, (S) María Luisa Rubio ('94), (G) ?, (F) Lita Recio

Oliver Blackwood - Ángel Álvarez (I) Carlo Romano, (S) Ángel Álvarez ('94), (G) Eduard Wandrey, (F) Jacques Hilling

Eduardo Jover  [1955- ]

Eduard Jover was born Eduardo Jover Robles in Linares, Jaen, Spain in 1955, He has a degree in Dramatic Art from the Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático de Córdoba and in Journalism from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid.1After his training period, he moved to Madrid in 1973, starting his professional career in 1975.

Specialized in dubbing acting, during a career that has spanned more than five decades, he has had the opportunity to work in both film and television. For the big screen, his dubbing of actors such as Kevin Bacon, John Cleese, Tom Cruise, Christopher Lambert, Steve Guttenberg and Tom Hanks.

For television, he has voiced Grant Goodeve, Fred Grandy, John James, James Read, Pierce Brosnan, Richard Dean Anderson and Anthony Edwards.

He is also the voice of the main character of the cartoon series D'Artacán and the Three Muskehounds.

He is married to fellow actress Amparo Climent (Amparo Climent Corbín) and has four children.