Armando Bandini

Italian actor (1926–2011)

Emma Fedeli

(m. 1949; died 1980)

Daniela Igliozzi (m. ?)

Armando Bandini (born Armando Burlando; 5 June 1926 – 27 May 2011) was an Italian film, television and voice actor.

Biography

Born in Genoa, Bandini began his career as an actor after the war at the Teatro Sperimentale Luigi Pirandello.^[1] In the 1950s he moved to Rome, where he was the protagonist of the revue Il dente senza giudizio and started working in films and on television.^[1] Bandini even worked as a voice dubber.^[2] He performed the Italian voices of some major Hollywood stars in at least one of two of their films. Among his most prominent dubbing roles, he was the Italian voice of Chi-Fu in the 1998 animated film Mulan.

Personal life

In the late 1940s, Bandini married stage actress Emma Fedeli and they were together until her death in 1980. He then married actress Daniela Igliozzi.

Death

Bandini died in Rome on 27 May 2011, nine days before his 85th birthday.^[3] His wife Daniela Igliozzi survived him.

Filmography

Cinema

Tipi da spiaggia (1959) — Prince Joakim's Assistant
Love and Larceny (1960) — Il ragioniere
Tu che ne dici? (1960) — Gangster 'Tritolo Joe'
Bellezze sulla spiaggia (1961) — Ciccio
Don Camillo: Monsignor (1961) — Don Carlino
His Women (1961) — Bandini
The Success (1961) — Romanelli (uncredited)
La pupa (1963)
Latin Lovers (1965)
The Mandrake (1965) — Il servo de Ligurio
Maigret a Pigalle (1966) — Il portiere del Picrate
Ace High (1968) — Bank Cashier
Togli le gambe dal parabrezza (1969)
The Eroticist (1972) — Bartolino, Maravidi's Secretary
Giovannona Long-Thigh (1973) — Gay Train Passenger
La signora è stata violentata (1973) — Lama
The Sex Machine (1975) — Antique Dealer
Son tornate a fiorire le rose (1975) — Commissario
Pure as a Lily (1976) — Sandro Scibetta
Per amore di Cesarina (1976) — L'impiegato del Grand Hotel
Ride bene... chi ride ultimo (1977) — Armandino (segment "La visita di controllo")
Ridendo e scherzando (1978) — Il commissario
Fontamara (1980)
A Proper Scandal (1984) — Orlando Gastaldelli
Here's My Brother (1985) — Il preside
Una casa in bilico (1987) — Tonino, portiere
A Violent Life (1990) — Treasurer

Dubbing roles

Animation

Chi-Fu in Mulan
Doctor Mouse in The Rescuers Down Under
Barney Rubble in The New Fred and Barney Show
Mr. Piccolo in Porco Rosso

Live action

Otis in Superman
Frank McCallister in Home Alone
Frank McCallister in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

References

^ ^a ^b Lancia, Enrico (2003). "Bandini, Armando". Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli artisti : Vol. 3, Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri (in Italian). Gremese Editore. pp. 44–5. ISBN 978-88-8440-213-4.
^ "Armando Bandini's dubbing contributions". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
^ "Addio all'attore e doppiatore Armando Bandini" (in Italian). Il mondo dei doppiatori. 30 May 2011. Retrieved 5 August 2019.