Voices of the Spaghetti Western ~ “$10,000 Blood Money”

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 “$10,000 Blood Money”

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

Django ~ Johnny Garko (I) Sergio Graziani, (S) Hector Cantolla, (G) Gert Günther Hoffmann, (F) Michel Barbey

Manuel Vasquez ~ Claudio Camaso (I) Pino Locchi, (S) Eduardo Jover, (G) Jürgen Thormann, (F) Serge Sauvion

Mijanou ~ Loredana Nusciak (I) Rita Savagnone, (S) Lucia Esteban, (G) Renate Küster, (F) Lily Baron)

Stardust Vasquez ~ Fernando Sancho (I) Carlo Romano, (S) Claudio Rodríguez, (G) Martin Hirthe, (F) Jean Clarieux

Dolores Mendoza ~ Adriana Ambessi (I) Vittoria Febbi, (S) ?, (G) ?, (F) ?

Fidelius ~ Fidel Gonzáles (I) ?, (S) Ángel Egido, (G) Paul Bürks, (F) ?

Cisco ~ Massimo Sarchielli (I) Massimo Sarchielli, (S) ?, (G) Gerd Martienzen, (F) Jean-Jacques Steen

 

Hector Cantolla  (1946-    )

Héctor Cantolla Ocejo was born in · Laredo, Cantabria, Spain in 1946. He began his dubbing career in the late 1960s, initially in small roles and then becoming the Spanish voice of Terence Hill in Spaghetti Westerns and other films. He has often dubbed Burt Reynolds and Arnold Schwarzenegger. He dubbed Marlon Brando, Michael Caine, Kris Kristofferson, Paul Benedict, and Charles Durning. Cartoon roles include Satan on ‘South Park’ and Bruce Wayne on ‘Batman Beyond’.

Cantolla is a frequent announcer for car commercials in Spain. In video games, he dubbed Count Nefarious in ‘Toonstruck’, various roles in the ‘Assassin's Creed’ series, Crowe in ‘Far Cry’, and the Sheriff in ‘Cars Race-O-Rama’. He has appeared occasionally in films, with prominent roles in the 1996 drama “Como un relámpago” and the 1997 comedy “Brácula (Condemor II)” (as Dracula).