Nando Gazzolo

Italian actor and dubber
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroItalian actor and dubber
A.K.A.Ferdinando Gazzolo
A.K.A.Ferdinando Gazzolo
PlacesItaly
wasActor Dub actor Singer Stage actor Film actor
Work fieldFilm, TV, Stage & Radio Music
Gender
Male
Birth16 October 1928, Savona
Death16 November 2015Nepi (aged 87 years)
The details

Biography

Ferdinando "Nando" Gazzolo (16 October 1928 – 16 November 2015) was an Italian actor and voice actor.

Life and career

Born in Savona, the son of the actor and voice actor Lauro Gazzolo and EIAR radio announcer Aida Ottaviani, Nando debuted at young age on radio, and in 1948, at twenty years old, he started his acting career entering the stage company led by Antonio Gandusio.

He achieved his first personal success in 1951, in the adaptation of Antonio e Cleopatra staged by Renzo Ricci. He later worked on stage with Vittorio Gassman and Luigi Squarzina, among others, before focusing in voice acting and dubbing.

Gazzolo was also active in films and starred in several TV-series of good success. His son Matteo is also an actor. He died on 16 November 2015 in Nepi, aged 87.

Selected filmography

Gazzolo on stage with actress Laura Solari (1956)
  • Constantine and the Cross (1961)
  • Jeff Gordon, Secret Agent (1963)
  • La Cittadella (1964)
  • Gladiators Seven (1964)
  • Pirates of Malaysia (1964)
  • West and Soda (1965)
  • The Spy with Ten Faces (1966)
  • The Hills Run Red (1966)
  • Django Shoots First (1966)
  • Un caso di coscienza (1970)
  • Magnificat (1993)
  • Our Tropical Island (2001)
  • Valeria medico legale (2001)
  • The Comeback (2001)
  • Le ragioni del cuore (2002)

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