Stefano Sibaldi (11 June 1905 – 2 July 1996) was an Italian actor and voice actor.

Biography

Born in Livorno, Sibaldi was considered to be among the most successful of the early actors and dubbers of the 20th century. He began his acting career in 1928 staying within the field of stage and screen and he worked alongside many related people within his ventures such as Carlo Veneziani and Armando Falconi. Sibaldi's film debut was in the 1934 film Full Speed and he also made radio and television acting contributions.

In 1937, Sibaldi entered a career as a voice dubber. Among the actors he dubbed included Frank Sinatra, Glenn Ford, Louis de Funès, Fred Astaire, Richard Widmark, Groucho Marx, Danny Kaye and many more. In his Italian dubbed animated roles, he voiced Timothy Q. Mouse in Dumbo, Captain Hook in Peter Pan, Tramp in Lady and the Tramp and the Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland. Sibaldi retired from his career in the late 1980s.

Death

Sibaldi died in Rome on July 2, 1996, at the age of 91.

Filmography

Cinema

Voice work

YearTitleRoleNotes
1950La Rosa di BagdadGenie of the LampAnimated film
Narrator

Dubbing

Films (Animation, Italian dub)

YearTitleRole(s)Ref
1939Gulliver's TravelsKing Little
1946Make Mine MusicNarrator #5
Peter and the WolfNarrator
1948DumboTimothy Q. Mouse
The Three CaballerosProfessor Holloway
1950CinderellaGrand Duke
Song of the SouthBr'er Rabbit
1951Alice in WonderlandCheshire Cat
1953Peter PanCaptain Hook
Narrator
Ben and MeAmos Mouse
1955Lady and the TrampTramp

External links

Media related to Stefano Sibaldi at Wikimedia Commons

  • at IMDb
  • at Behind The Voice Actors