Silvano Tranquilli

Silvano Tranquilli
Tranquilli (right) and Ida Galli (left) in The Bloodstained Butterfly (1971).
Born(1925-08-23)23 August 1925
Rome, Italy
Died10 May 1997(1997-05-10) (aged 71)
Rome, Italy
Alma materAccademia Sharoff
OccupationsActor, voice actor

Silvano Tranquilli (23 August 1925 – 10 May 1997) was an Italian actor and voice actor.

Life and career

Tranquilli was born in Rome in 1925. He studied acting at the Accademia Sharoff, the first school in Italy to teach the Stanislavski Method. He started his stage activity with the theatrical companies of Salvo Randone and Vittorio Gassman.[1]

In 1959 he made his television debut, and later acted in more than 100 television productions, achieving his main success with the TV-series I ragazzi di padre Tobia.[1][2] In the early 1960s he also started a prolific film career as character actor.[1] As an Italian-language dubber, he notably dubbed the voices of Jack Warden, Lee J. Cobb, Lance Henriksen, and Lang Jeffries.

In the 1990s, his he made his theatrical comeback with the company Stabile del Giallo.[2][3]

Death

Tranquilli died in Rome in 1997, aged 71.[2][3]

Selected filmography

References

  1. 1 2 3 Enrico Lancia; Roberto Poppi; Fabio Melelli; Mario Pecorari. Dizionario del cinema italiano, Volume 3. Gremese Editore.
  2. 1 2 3 "E' morto Tranquilli". Corriere della Sera. 11 May 1997.
  3. 1 2 "La scomparsa dell'attore Silvano Tranquilli". La Repubblica. 11 May 1997.
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