RIP Rafael Taibo

 

Spanish film and voice actor Rafael Taibo died on May 6. He was 90. Born in Ferrol, La Coruña, Spain in 1935. After completing his primary studies in a school of Mercedarian friars, he began his professional life in the local radio station Radio Ferrol and the theater group Talía. He moved to Santiago de Compostela to study Law, where he began to collaborate with Radio Galicia and with the TEU (Teatro Español Universitario) of the University of Santiago de Compostela. Later, and already in Madrid, he joined the group of actors of Cadena SER. In the Spanish capital he began to work in dubbing, advertising and television, and joined Radio Nacional de España. He also made his foray into dubbing, starting in Barcelona but developing his career in Madrid. Taibo voiced 11 Spaghetti westerns: “4 Bullets for Joe” [Spanish voice of Tito Garcia] “The Sign of Coyote” [Spanish voice of Rufino Hernandez] both in 1964, “Pirates of the Mississippi” [Spanish voice of O’Toole], “Two Thousand Dollars for Coyote” [Spanish voice of Sonoran bandit], “Massacre at Fort Grant” [Spanish voice of lieutenant] all in 1965, “A Gunman Called Nebraska” [Spanish voice of Jose Canalejas] in 1966, “Dynamite Joe” [Spanish voice of Gianni Di Stolfo] in 1967, “Quinto Fighting Proud” [Spanish voice of unknown actor] in 1969, “Tepepa” [Spanish voice of general] in 1970, “A Man Called Gringo” Spanish voice of a priest], “Fall of the Mohicans” [Spanish voice of Matt] both in 1966.