Sunday, September 29, 2024

Who Are Those Singers & Musicians? ~ S. Moriones

 

Francisco Javier Moriones was born in Rome, Italy on June 27, 1943, to a Spanish father and an Italian mother, Moriones often found himself dubbing characters characterized by a Spanish accent. 

He was a theater actor and host, for three years, on the children's television program ‘Giocagiò’, he voiced Richard Dean Anderson in the lead role of the television series ‘MacGyver’. He has also voiced Danny Trejo in several roles, Dwight Schultz from the third to fifth seasons of ‘The A-Team’, Fritz Wepper in ‘Inspector Derrick’, Sam Waterston in ‘Law & Order’, William Shatner in ‘Boston Legal’, Stacy Keach in ‘Prison Break’, and many others.

In the film field he dubbed Tommy Lee Jones in “No Country for Old Men”, Joe Pesci in “Mom, I Missed the Plane” and “Mom, I Missed the Plane: I got Lost in New York” as well as Pete Postlethwaite in “The Lost World - Jurassic Park”. He is the voice of Slinky in “Toy Story 4”, replacing Piero Tiberi, who died in 2013.

Moriones was married to Elisabetta Bonino, with whom he worked in ‘Giocagiò’: the couple had two children. He is currently married to Germana Tucci with whom he has a daughter.

As a singer he’s worked with composer Nico Fidenco and can be heard on the “John il Bastardo” LP (1967) and “Nico Fidenco – I Miei Primi 50 Anni Da Cantante E Compositore” LP released in 2010.

MORIONES, S. (aka Saverio Moriones) (Francisco Javier Moriones) [6/27/1943, Rome, Lazio, Italy -     ] – film, radio, TV actor, voice actor, singer, married to actress Elisabetta Bonino [1945-    ] father of Amparo Moriones [1967-    ], Simon Moriones, married to Germana Tucci [1947-    ] father of actress Arianna Moriones.

John the Bastard* – 1967 [sings: "The Ballad of John"]

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