Mario Milita

Mario Milita
Born (1923-06-26)June 26, 1923
Cori, Italy
Died August 22, 2017(2017-08-22) (aged 94)
Rome, Italy
Occupation Actor, voice actor
Years active 1946–2012

Mario Milita (June 26, 1923 – August 22, 2017) was an Italian actor and voice actor[1].

Biography

An actor with a career spanning over 65 years, he became well known to the audiences for his work in animation. Because of his coarse, raspy voice, he was typically known for voicing elderly characters in cartoons, movies and other entertainment. For example, he has been the voice of Abe Simpson in The Simpsons from 1991 till his retirement in 2012. He has also been the first voice of Herbert from Family Guy and gave his voice for many years to Fred Flintstone.

In Italian dubs of live action films, Milita dubbed actors such as Desmond Llewelyn, Ed Williams and Brian Doyle-Murray. He provided the voice of Amos Tupper (portrayed by Tom Bosley) in a few episodes of Murder, She Wrote and Old Man Peabody (portrayed by Will Hare) in Back to the Future.

Retirement and death

After Milita retired in 2012, he passed on the roles of Grandpa Simpson and Herbert to Mino Caprio and Valerio Ruggeri respectively and he died on 22 August 2017 at the age of 94, of natural causes.[2]

Voice work

Animation

Dubbed actors

References

  1. ↑ "Mario Milita's dubbing contributions". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  2. ↑ "Addio a Mario Milita, la voce di nonno Simpson". video.repubblica.it. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
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