Gigi Proietti
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Gigi Proietti | |
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Born | Luigi Proietti 2 November 1940 |
Died | 2 November 2020 Rome, Italy | (aged 80)
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Years active | 1955–2020 |
Partner | Sagitta Alter (1962–2020) |
Children | 2 |
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Website | www |
Luigi "Gigi" Proietti (2 November 1940 – 2 November 2020) was an Italian actor, voice actor, comedian, singer and television presenter.[1]
Early life[edit]
He was born in Rome to Romano Proietti, originally from Umbria, and Giovanna Ceci, a housewife.[2] During his youth he was keen on singing and on playing guitar, piano, accordion and double bass in several Roman nightclubs.[3] He enrolled in the Faculty of Law at the La Sapienza University, where he attended the mimicry courses of the University Theatre Centre held by Giancarlo Cobelli, who immediately noticed his talent as a musician and booked him for an avantgarde play.[3]
Career[edit]
Acting[edit]
After several stage works, in 1966 Proietti debuted both in cinema, in Pleasant Nights, and on television, in the TV series I grandi camaleonti.[3] His first personal success came in 1971, when he replaced Domenico Modugno in the stage musical Alleluja brava gente by Garinei & Giovannini, starring alongside Renato Rascel.[3] In 1974, after playing the role of Neri Chiaramantesi in the drama La cena delle beffe, alongside Carmelo Bene and Vittorio Gassman, in 1976 started a fruitful collaboration with playwright Roberto Lerici, with whom he wrote and directed his stage plays, starting with the one-man show A me gli occhi, please (Give me your eyes, please, 1976, reported on the scene in 1993, 1996 and 2000, in a memorable performance at the Olympic Stadium in his hometown).[3] Initially planned to be performed 6 times, the show exceeded 300 performances, with an average audience of 2,000 per performance.[3]
He took part in several international movies, including The Appointment (1969), directed by Sidney Lumet, A Wedding (1978), directed by Robert Altman, and Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978), directed by Ted Kotcheff.
Proietti was also a voice dubber of films and television shows into the Italian language. He has dubbed the voices of actors such as Robert De Niro, Sylvester Stallone, Richard Burton, Richard Harris, Dustin Hoffman, Paul Newman, Charlton Heston and Marlon Brando.[3] His credits also include the role of the Genie in the Italian version of the Aladdin film series and Draco in Dragonheart.[3][4] He also provided the Italian voice of Gandalf in The Hobbit film series, replacing the late Gianni Musy, who dubbed Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings, as well as Sylvester from Looney Tunes during the 1960s.
Music[edit]
Proietti was interested in music from a young age.[5] During his time singing in nightclubs and outdoor bars, he was initially not interested in pursuing an acting career. Proietti starred in and performed the opening and closing theme song for Il Circolo Pickwick which aired on Rai 1 in 1968 and at that time, he met Lucio Battisti, who was signed with the record label Dischi Ricordi.
In the mid-1990s, Proietti was a member of Trio Melody alongside Peppino di Capri and Stefano Palatresi. The group was only active from the Sanremo Music Festival 1995 until 1996 and they released only one album. Proietti also enjoyed a successful solo career and he released more than 11 albums and 15 singles.
Personal life[edit]
Proietti had been in a relationship since 1962 with Swedish former tour guide Sagitta Alter, with whom he had two daughters, Susanna and Carlotta.[6] His nephew Raffaele has followed him into a voice dubbing career.[7]
Death[edit]
On 1 November 2020, Proietti suffered a heart attack whilst in the hospital, having been admitted fifteen days prior for heart-related problems. He was transferred to intensive care where his condition was described as critical.[8] Proietti died the following morning, in the early hours of 2 November 2020, the day of his 80th birthday.[9][10]
After his death, the mayor of Rome, Virginia Raggi, arranged for the Silvano Toti Globe Theatre to be renamed after Proietti.[11] Proietti's funeral took place on 5 November at the Church of the Artists. However, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, no more than 60 people were in attendance.[12] Proietti was cremated at the Cimitero Flaminio and his ashes were placed at Campo Verano.[13]
Filmography[edit]
Films[edit]
Title | Year | Role(s) | Director | Notes |
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Let's Talk About Women | 1964 | Omero | Ettore Scola | Feature film debut |
Pleasant Nights | 1966 | Mario Di Colli | Armando Crispino, Luciano Lucignani | |
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | George | Mike Nichols | Italian dub; voice role | |
Any Wednesday | Cass Henderson | Robert Ellis Miller | Italian dub; voice role | |
La ragazza del bersagliere | 1967 | Cesare Bottazzi | Alessandro Blasetti | |
Action Man | Jim Beckley | Jean Delannoy | Italian dub; voice role | |
Catch as Catch Can | Make up artist | Franco Indovina | Cameo appearance | |
Lucky, the Inscrutable | Lucky | Jesús Franco | Italian dub; voice role | |
Reflections in a Golden Eye | Weldon Penderton | John Huston | Italian dub; voice role | |
Camelot | King Arthur | Joshua Logan | Italian dub; voice role | |
The Producers | Lorenzo St. DuBois | Mel Brooks | Italian dub; voice role | |
Firecreek | 1968 | Bob Larkin | Vincent McEveety | Italian dub; voice role |
Danger: Diabolik | Inspector Ginko | Mario Bava | Italian dub; voice role | |
The Libertine | Sandro Maldini | Pasquale Campanile | ||
The Stalking Moon | Sam Varner | Robert Mulligan | Italian dub; voice role | |
A Complicated Girl | 1969 | Pietro | Damiano Damiani | |
The Appointment | Fabre | Sidney Lumet | ||
The Undefeated | James Langdon | Andrew V. McLaglen | Italian dub; voice role | |
Julius Caesar | 1970 | Mark Antony | Stuart Burge | Italian dub; voice role |
A Man Called Horse | John Morgan / Shunkawakan | Elliot Silverstein | Italian dub; voice role | |
Brancaleone at the Crusades | Pattume / Colombino | Mario Monicelli | ||
The Howl | Coso | Tinto Brass | ||
There Was a Crooked Man... | Paris Pitman Jr. | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Italian dub; voice role | |
Dropout | Cieco | Tinto Brass | ||
Bubù | 1971 | Giulio "the Thief" | Mauro Bolognini | |
Lady Liberty | Michele Bruni | Mario Monicelli | ||
Gli ordini sono ordini | 1972 | Mario Pasini | Franco Giraldi | |
Meo Patacca | Meo Patacca | Marcello Ciorciolini | ||
La Tosca | 1973 | Mario | Luigi Magni | |
Property Is No Longer a Theft | Paco | Elio Petri | ||
Mean Streets | John "Johnny Boy" Civello | Martin Scorsese | Italian dub; voice role | |
Le farò da padre | 1974 | Saverio Mazzaccolli | Alberto Lattuada | |
Lenny | Lenny Bruce | Bob Fosse | Italian dub; voice role | |
Conviene far bene l'amore | 1975 | Enrico Nobili | Pasquale Campanile | |
Salon Kitty | 1976 | Helmut Wallenberg | Tinto Brass | Italian dub; voice role |
House of Pleasure for Women | Ivanhoe Zuccoli | Pupi Avati | ||
Chi dice donna dice donna | Filippo / Sonia | Tonino Cervi | Segment: "Papà e maman" | |
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson | Buffalo Bill | Robert Altman | Italian dub: voice role | |
The Inheritance | Pippo Ferramonti | Mauro Bolognini | ||
Febbre da cavallo | Bruno "Mandrake" Fioretti | Steno | ||
Languid Kisses, Wet Caresses | Orfeo | Alfredo Angeli | ||
The Last Tycoon | Monroe Stahr | Elia Kazan | Italian dub; voice role | |
Rocky | Rocky Balboa | John G. Avildsen | Italian dub; voice role | |
Beach House | 1977 | Gigi | Sergio Citti | |
F.I.S.T. | 1978 | Johnny Kovak | Norman Jewison | Italian dub; voice role |
A Wedding | Dino Corelli | Robert Altman | ||
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? | Ravello | Ted Kotcheff | ||
Happy Hobos | 1979 | Albergatore | Sergio Citti | |
I Don't Understand You Anymore | 1980 | Alberto Spinelli | Sergio Corbucci | |
Di padre in figlio | 1982 | Himself | Vittorio Gassmann | Cameo appearance |
"FF.SS." – Cioè: "...che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene?" | 1983 | Curtatone | Renzo Arbore | |
Mi faccia causa | 1985 | Luigi Marchetti | Steno | |
Aladdin | 1992 | The Genie (voice) | Ron Clements, John Musker | Italian dub; voice role |
The Visitors | 1993 | Godefroy de Montmirail | Jean-Marie Poiré | Italian dub; voice role |
Mille bolle blu | Narrator (voice) | Leone Pompucci | Italian dub; voice role | |
Revenge of the Musketeers | 1994 | Giulio Mazarino | Bertrand Tavernier | |
The Return of Jafar | The Genie (voice) | Toby Shelton, Alan Zaslove, Tad Stones | Italian dub; voice role | |
Casino | 1995 | Sam "Ace" Rothstein | Martin Scorsese | Italian dub; voice role |
Dragonheart | 1996 | Draco | Rob Cohen | Italian dub; voice role |
Aladdin and the King of Thieves | The Genie (voice) | Tad Stones | Italian dub; voice role | |
Hamlet | Player King | Kenneth Branagh | Italian dub; voice role | |
Quest for Camelot | 1998 | Devon / Cornelius (voice) | Frederik Du Chau | Italian dub; voice role |
Dirty Linen | 1999 | Rodolfo Melchiorri | Mario Monicelli | |
Chi ha paura! | 2000 | Yorick (voice) | Guido Manuli | Short film |
Febbre da cavallo – La mandrakata | 2002 | Bruno "Mandrake" Fioretti | Carlo Vanzina | |
The Jokes | 2004 | Various roles | ||
Un'estate al mare | 2008 | Giulio Bonetti | ||
Un'estate ai Caraibi | 2009 | Alberto | ||
La vita è una cosa meravigliosa | 2010 | Claudio | ||
Happy Feet Two | 2011 | Bryan (voice) | George Miller | Italian dub; voice role |
All at Sea | Nino | Matteo Cerami | ||
Box Office 3D: The Filmest of Films | Mr. Silenzio | Ezio Greggio | ||
Stelle | 2012 | Narrator (voice) | Yann Renzi | Short film |
Hitchcock | Alfred Hitchcock | Sacha Gervasi | Italian dub; voice role | |
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Gandalf | Peter Jackson | Italian dub; voice role | |
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | 2013 | Italian dub; voice role | ||
Indovina chi viene a Natale? | Leonardo Sereni | Fausto Brizzi | ||
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | 2014 | Gandalf | Peter Jackson | Italian dub; voice role |
Ma tu di che segno 6? | Giuliano De Marchis | Neri Parenti | ||
The Prize | 2017 | Giovanni | Alessandro Gassmann | |
Aladdin | 2019 | The Sultan | Guy Ritchie | Italian dub; voice role |
The Art of Racing in the Rain | Enzo (voice) | Simon Curtis | Italian dub; voice role | |
Pinocchio | Mangiafuoco | Matteo Garrone | ||
Io sono Babbo Natale | 2021 | Ettore Magni / Santa Claus | Edoardo Falcone | Posthumous release |
Television[edit]
Title | Year | Role(s) | Network | Notes |
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I grandi camaleonti | 1964 | Moureau | Rai 1 | Episode: "Episodio 8" |
La maschera e il volto | 1965 | Luciano Spina | Television movie | |
Missione Wiesenthal | 1967 | Dieter Von Wisliczeny | Television movie | |
Il circolo Pickwick | 1968 | Jingle | 4 episodes | |
Piccoli borghesi | Nil | Television movie | ||
Il mondo di Pirandello | Ciro Colli | Episode: "Camere d'affitto" | ||
La fantastica storia del Don Chisciotte della Mancia | 1970 | Don Quixote | Miniseries | |
Sabato sera dalle nove alle dieci | 1974 | Himself / Host | Variety show | |
Fatti e fattacci | 1975 | Himself / co-host | Variety/musical show | |
Fregoli | 1981 | Leopoldo Fregoli | Lead role | |
Attore amore mio | 1982 | Himself / Host | Variety show | |
Fantastico | 1983–1984 | Himself / Host | Variety show (season 4) | |
Sogni e bisogni | 1985 | Pompeo | Rai 2 | Episode: "Micio micio" |
Io a modo mio | 1986 | Himself / Host | Rai 1 | Variety show |
American Playhouse | 1987 | Unknown | PBS | Episode: "The Innocents Aboard" |
I 7 re di Roma | 1989 | Romulus / Numa Pompilius / Tullus Hostilius / Ancus Marcius / Tarquinius Priscus / Servius Tullius / Tarquinius Superbus | Rai 1 | Television movie |
Villa Arzilla | 1990 | The Gardener | Rai 2 | Main role (also creator and director) |
Club 92 | 1990–1991 | Himself / co-host | Variety show | |
Un figlio a metà | 1992 | Sandro Giacomelli | Television movie | |
Passioni | 1993–1994 | Fra' João | Canale 5 | Lead role |
Italian Restaurant | 1994 | Giulio Broccoli | Rai 1 | Lead role (also creator and producer) |
Il maresciallo Rocca | 1996–2008 | Marshal Giovanni Rocca | Lead role | |
Un nero per casa | 1997 | Lorenzo Paradisi | Canale 5 | Television movie |
L'avvocato Porta | 1997–2000 | Lawyer Antonio Porta | Lead role | |
Carramba! Che sorpresa | 1998 | Himself / Guest | Rai 1 | Also performer |
2000 Today | 1999 | Himself / co-host | Special | |
Mai storie d'amore in cucina | 2004 | Marcello | Television movie | |
Il veterinario | 2005 | Gigi Carulli | Television movie | |
Saint Philip Neri: I Prefer Heaven | 2010 | Philip Neri | Miniseries | |
L'ultimo Papa Re | 2013 | Romeo Colombo da Priverno | Television movie | |
Una pallottola nel cuore | 2014–2018 | Bruno Palmieri | Lead role | |
Tale e quale show | 2015 | Himself / Judge | Talent show (season 5) |
Honors[edit]
- On 30 September 2013, Proietti received honorary citizenship from the city of Viterbo.[14]
- On 14 May 2021, asteroid 7916 Gigiproietti, discovered by astronomers Henri Debehogne and Giovanni de Sanctis at ESO's La Silla Observatory in 1981, was named by the Working Group for Small Bodies Nomenclature in his memory.[15]
Awards and nominations[edit]
- Nastro d'Argento Awards
- 1997: Nastro d'Argento for Best Male Dubbing for dubbing Robert De Niro in Casino
- 2003: Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor for Febbre da cavallo - La mandrakata
- 2018: Nastro d'Argento Lifetime Achievement Award
References[edit]
- ^ "Gigi Proietti's dubbing contributions". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ^ Gigi Proietti (13 November 2013). Tutto sommato: Qualcosa mi ricordo. Rizzoli. ISBN 978-8858662687.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano: Gli artisti. Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 8884402697.
- ^ "Dopo la morte di Gigi Proietti, il Genio di Aladdin è rimasto senza voce" (in Italian). cinema.fanpage.it. 2 November 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ "Gigi Proietti – Attore – Biografia e Filmographia – Ecodelcinema". ecodelcinema.com. 25 November 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
- ^ Renato Franco (2 November 2020). "Sagitta Alter, "moglie" mai sposata di Gigi Proietti. Con l'ex guida turistica svedese 58 anni insieme e due figlie" [Sagitta Alter, Gigi Proietti's de facto wife. 58 years together and two daughters with the former Swedish tour guide]. Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ "La pagina di Raffaele Proietti". antoniogenna.net (in Italian).
- ^ "Gigi Proietti ricoverato: è gravissimo dopo attacco cardiaco. In clinica da 15 giorni". www.ilmessaggero.it (in Italian). November 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- ^ "Morto Gigi Proietti, addio al grande mattatore della scena italiana". La Repubblica. 2 November 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ "Addio al grande attore e doppiatore Gigi Proietti" (in Italian). Il mondo dei doppiatori. 2 November 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ "Gigi Proietti, il suo nome per il Globe Theatre di Roma" (in Italian). tg24.sky.it. 3 November 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
- ^ "I funerali di Proietti: Roma e Gigi, l'ultimo abbraccio (a distanza). Al Globe anche Veltroni e Brignano" (in Italian). roma.repubblica.it. 5 November 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
- ^ "Le ceneri andranno al Cimitero del Verano" (in Italian). lastampa.it. 27 May 2021.
- ^ "Viterbo piange la morte di Gigi Proietti suo cittadino onorario". tusciaup.com (in Italian). 2 November 2020.
- ^ "WGSBN Bulletin Archive". Working Group for Small Bodies Nomenclature. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021. (Bulletin #1)
External links[edit]
- Gigi Proietti at IMDb
- Gigi Proietti at AllMovie
- Gigi Proietti discography at Discogs
- Gigi Proietti at Behind The Voice Actors
- 1940 births
- 2020 deaths
- Male actors from Rome
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- Italian male comedians
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