Manlio De Angelis

Manlio De Angelis (January 9, 1935 – July 3, 2017) was an Italian actor and voice actor.

Manlio De Angelis was born in Rome on January 9 1935 to historic dubber Gualtiero De Angelis, De Angelis began his career as an actor in the early 1960s. He most notably portrayed a Russian General in the 1968 film Fantabulous Inc..

De Angelis was more prolific as a voice actor and dubber. He was best known for dubbing over the voices of Alan Arkin, Richard Dreyfuss and Joe Pesci into the Italian language. He also dubbed over the voice of Martin Brody (portrayed by Roy Scheider) in the Jaws film series as well as David Starsky (portrayed by Paul Michael Glaser) in Starsky & Hutch. His animation roles include voicing Friar Tuck in the Italian version of the 1973 Disney film Robin Hood as well as Yosemite Sam in the Italian version of Who Framed Roger Rabbit and the speaker of Goofy shorts.

De Angelis was the father of voice actors Vittorio and Eleonora De Angelis. His older brother Enrico De Angelis was a former member of Quartetto Cetra.

He died in Porto Rotondo within the province of Olbia on 3 July 2017, at the age of 82. His son Vittorio died of a heart attack two years prior.