Voices of the Spaghetti Western – “I Came, I Saw, I Shot”

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.

Today we’ll cover “I Came, I Saw, I Shot”

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

Moses Lang – Antonio Sabato (I) Pino Locchi, (G) Gottfried Richter, (F) Serge Sauvion

Clay Watson – John Saxon (I) Cesare Barbetti, (G) Justus Fritzsche, (F) Jean Davy

Edwin Kean – Frank Wolff (I) Giuseppe Rinaldi, (G) Hasso Billerbeck, (F) Michel Gatineau

Rosario Flores – Agata Flori (I) Rita Savagnone, (G) Dagmar Dempe, (F) Monique Thierry

Garrito Lopez - Leo Anchóriz (I) Renato Turi, (G) Walter Niklaus, (F) Claude Bertrand

Sheriff - Paolo Magalotti (I) Luciano De Ambrosis, (G) Friedhelm Eberle, (F) Albert de Médina

Gottfried Richter  (1947 -    )

Gottfried Richter is a German actor known for his prominent roles in East German cinema and his long-standing career in theater across various ensembles in East and unified Germany. Born in 1947, he trained at the Theaterhochschule Leipzig and built a versatile career spanning stage, film, and television.

He began his professional work in 1970 with an engagement at the Volkstheater Rostock before moving to the Schauspielhaus Leipzig in 1974, where he performed a range of youthful roles including Don Carlos and Max Piccolomini. In the late 1980s, he took on guest work at the Staatsoperette Dresden, appearing in productions that involved acting, dancing, and singing, such as the lead in the rock opera “Der König David Bericht”. After German reunification, he relocated to Berlin, where he had a notable run at the Maxim Gorki Theater, performing over 250 times as McMurphy in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”, and made appearances at the Staatsoper Berlin.

In film, Richter is recognized for leading and supporting roles in DEFA productions, including the lead role in “Unterwegs zu Lenin” (1970), a role in “Anton der Zauberer” (1978), and Trojanovicz in Unser kurzes “Leben” (1981). His television credits include the leading role in the seven-part series ‘Luv und Lee’ (1991) and appearances in series such as ‘Polizeiruf 110’ and ‘Tatort’. He maintained a permanent engagement at the Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater Schwerin from 1999 to 2012, performing in works like “Quartet”, “Hamlet”, and “Clockwork Orange”, with later guest appearances elsewhere.