Vittorio Di Prima

Italian voice actor

Vittorio Di Prima
Born	(1941-07-19)19 July 1941 Palermo, Italy
Died	9 February 2016(2016-02-09) (aged 74) Rome, Italy
Occupation(s)	Actor, voice actor, dubbing director
Years active	1973–2016
Spouse	Ada Maria Serra Zanetti (m. ?)

Vittorio Di Prima (19 July 1941 – 9 February 2016) was an Italian actor and voice actor.^[1]

Biography

Born in Palermo, Di Prima began his career as an actor at some point during the early 1970s. He has acted in two films and appeared in several television shows but he was more known to the Italian public as a voice dubbing artist. He dubbed over the voices of Anthony Quinn, Leonard Nimoy, Morgan Freeman, Philippe Noiret, Carl Weathers, Jerry Stiller and Delroy Lindo in most of or some of their movies.^[2]

In animation, Di Prima provided the Italian voice of Henry J. Waternoose in Monsters, Inc., Sheriff in Cars, he also dubbed Animal in The Muppets and Muppets Most Wanted until he was replaced by Paolo Marchese in 2015 and Pete from 1984 to 1988.

Personal life

Di Prima was married to Ada Maria Serra Zanetti, who is also a voice actress.

Death

Di Prima died in Rome on 9 February 2016, at the age of 74.^[3]

Dubbing roles

Animation

Henry J. Waternoose III in Monsters, Inc.
Sheriff in Cars
Animal in The Muppets
Animal in Muppets Most Wanted
Sam the Eagle in The Muppet Show
Sneezy / The Huntsman in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1972 redub)
Hugo in Barbie as Rapunzel
Erasmus in Barbie of Swan Lake
Ted Bedderhead in The Country Bears

Live action

Azeem Edin Bashir Al Bakir in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
God in Evan Almighty
Jack Doyle in Gone Baby Gone
Frank Carden in The Contract
Joe Matheson in Red
Spock in Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Spock in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Spock in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Deaf Smith in Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears
Angelo Allieghieri in Avenging Angelo
Maury Ballstein in Zoolander
Apollo Creed in Rocky II
Apollo Creed in Rocky III
Dr. Richard Thorndyke in High Anxiety
Rufus in Kill Bill: Volume 2
Julius Levinson in Independence Day
Zeus in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
Leonard Dillon in Alien 3
Salvatore Fiore in The Wedding Planner
John Seward in Dracula: Dead and Loving It
Grandpa George in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Matt "Guitar" Murphy in The Blues Brothers
Bo Catlett in Get Shorty
Vito Graziosi in Mickey Blue Eyes
Marion "Mr. Sir" Sevillo in Holes
Lonnie Hawkins in Ransom
Max in The Score

References

^ "Vittorio Di Prima's dubbing contributions". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
^ "Intervista a VITTORIO DI PRIMA (2011) | enciclopediadeldoppiaggio.it". YouTube. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
^ "Addio al doppiatore Vittorio Di Prima". animeclick.it. 1 April 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2019.