Giampiero Albertini (20 December 1927 – 14 May 1991) was an Italian actor and voice actor.
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Biography
Born in Muggiò, Albertini started his career as stage actor at the Piccolo Teatro in Milan, under the guidance of Giorgio Strehler. In 1962, he made his film debut with Dino Risi's La marcia su Roma, and later worked with Mario Monicelli, Luigi Comencini, Carlo Lizzani, Francesco Rosi, Gillo Pontecorvo, Nanni Loy. He also acted in poliziotteschi and giallo films, in which he was sometimes credited as Al Albert.
As a voice actor, Albertini was best known as the official Italian dubbing voice of Peter Falk as the title character in Columbo. He also occasionally dubbed other actors such as Martin Balsam, Donald Pleasence, Phil Brown, Brian Keith, Terry Jones and Vic Tayback. One of his final dubbing works was the voice of Saddam Hussein in his interview with Bruno Vespa on Rai 1. He also dubbed J. Audubon Woodlore in Hooked Bear, Grand Canyonscope and Grin and Bear It.
Death
Albertini died of a heart attack, at his home in Monte Mario in Rome, on 14 May 1991 at the age of 63. The dubbing voice of Columbo was passed on to Antonio Guidi in the remaining seasons of the show.
Filmography
Dubbing roles
Animation
Smoke in Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue
Live action
Lieutenant Colombo in Columbo (seasons 1–8)
Sam Diamond in Murder by Death
Lou Peckinpaugh in The Cheap Detective
Peter Falk in Wings of Desire
Ray Calhoun in Hang 'Em High
Tang Wu in The Love Bug
Owen Lars in Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
Sheriff Jellicol in The Big Gundown
Mel Sharples in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Theodore Roosevelt in The Wind and the Lion
Bennett Cross in Death Wish 3
Sanchez in Mackenna's Gold
Ernst Stavro Blofeld in You Only Live Twice
Sir Bedevere in Monty Python and the Holy Grail