Ferruccio Amendola

Ferruccio Amendola (July 22, 1930 – September 3, 2001) was an Italian actor and voice actor.

Born in Turin to actors Federico Amendola and Amelia Ricci and the nephew of director and screenwriter Mario Amendola, he was among Italy’s most accomplished actors who worked for cinema and television and also did extensive voice dubbing work. Amendola moved to Rome with his family at a young age and he made his film debut at age 13 in Gian Burrasca directed by Sergio Tofano and continued working on cinema, television and theatre in his later years.

In 1945, Amendola made his voice-over debut dubbing over Vito Annicchiarico’s role in the film Rome, Open City. By 1968, Amendola began devoting most of his time to voice-over acting and eventually became well known as an Italian voice dubbing pioneer. He was best known as the Italian voice of famous actors including Al Pacino, Sylvester Stallone, Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro and Tomas Milian in a majority of their movies. He also dubbed Peter Falk as well as Bill Cosby in the television series The Cosby Show as well as Cosby. In addition, he has done the voice over in commercials and TV dramas with great success.

Personal life

From his relationship with his ex-wife Rita Savagnone who is a voice-over actress, he had a son Claudio, who is also an actor as well as his granddaughter Alessia Amendola, who is a voice actress.

Amendola died of throat cancer in Rome on September 3, 2001 at the age of 71. He was interred at the Campo Verano.

Animation

• Corporal Weaver in Antz
• Brom Bones in The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
• Narrator (2nd voice) in Wacky Races

Live action

• Jon Rubin in Greetings
• Jon Rubin in Hi, Mom!
• Alfredo Berlinghieri in 1900
• Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver
• Jimmy Doyle in New York, New York
• Mike Vronsky in The Deer Hunter
• Jake LaMotta in Raging Bull
• Rupert Pupkin in The King of Comedy
• "Noodles" in Once Upon a Time in America
• Frank Raftis in Falling in Love
• Al Capone in The Untouchables
• Jack Walsh in Midnight Run
• Ned in We're No Angels
• Jimmy Conway in Goodfellas
• Leonard Lowe in Awakenings
• Max Cady in Cape Fear
• Donald Rimgale in Backdraft
• Lorenzo Anello in A Bronx Tale
• Dwight Hansen in This Boy's Life
• The Creation in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
• Neil McCauley in Heat
• Gil "Curly" Renard in The Fan
• Father Bobby in Sleepers
• Wally Carter in Marvin's Room
• Moe Tilden in Cop Land
• Louis Gara in Jackie Brown
• Walter Koontz in Flawless
• Paul Vitti in Analyze This
• Leslie Sunday in Men of Honor
• David Merrill in Guilty by Suspicion
• Joseph "Megs" Megessey in Jacknife
• Evan Wright in Mistress
• Wayne Dobie in Mad Dog and Glory
• Harry Fabian in Night and the City
• Stanley Cox in Stanley & Iris
• Ted Kramer in Kramer vs. Kramer
• Jack Crabb in Little Big Man
• Carl Bernstein in All the President's Men
• Dutch Schultz in Billy Bathgate
• Captain Hook in Hook
• Michael Dorsey in Tootsie
• Wally Stanton in Agatha
• Enrico Salvatore "Ratso" Rizzo in Midnight Cowboy
• David Sumner in Straw Dogs
• Georgie Soloway in Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?
• Alfredo Sbisà in Alfredo, Alfredo
• Louis Dega in Papillon
• Max Dembo in Straight Time
• Dustin Hoffman in Terror in the Aisles
• Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman
• Chuck Clarke in Ishtar
• Raymond Babbitt in Rain Man
• Vito McMullen in Family Business
• Bernie LaPlante in Hero
• Sam Daniels in Outbreak
• Teach in American Buffalo
• Max Brackett in Mad City
• Norman Goodman in Sphere
• Michael Corleone in The Godfather
• Michael Corleone in The Godfather Part II
• Michael Corleone in The Godfather Part III
• Tony Montana in Scarface
• Tom Dobb in Revolution
• Bobby in The Panic in Needle Park
• Frank Serpico in Serpico
• Bobby Deerfield in Bobby Deerfield
• Frank Keller in Sea of Love
• "Big Boy" in Dick Tracy
• Johnny in Frankie and Johnny
• Grandpa in Two Bits
• Arthur Kirkland in ...And Justice for All
• Rocky Balboa in Rocky II
• Rocky Balboa in Rocky III
• Rocky Balboa in Rocky IV
• Rocky Balboa in Rocky V
• Jack Carter in Get Carter
• Jerry Savage in No Place to Hide
• Cosmo Carboni in Paradise Alley
• Robert Hatch in Escape to Victory
• John Rambo in First Blood
• John Rambo in Rambo: First Blood Part II
• John Rambo in Rambo III
• Deke DaSilva in Nighthawks
• Nick Martinelli in Rhinestone
• Marion "Cobra" Cobretti in Cobra
• Lincoln Hawk in Over the Top
• Raymond Tango in Tango & Cash
• Frank Leone in Lock Up
• Angelo "Snaps" Provolone in Oscar
• Joe Bomowski in Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
• John Spartan in Demolition Man
• Gabe Walker in Cliffhanger
• Ray Quick in The Specialist
• Judge Joseph Dredd in Judge Dredd
• Robert Rath in Assassins
• Kit Latura in Daylight
• Sylvester Stallone in An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn
• Nico Giraldi in The Cop in Blue Jeans
• Nico Giraldi in Hit Squad
• Nico Giraldi in Squadra antitruffa
• Nico Giraldi in Little Italy
• Nico Giraldi in The Gang That Sold America
• Nico Giraldi in Assassination on the Tiber
• Nico Giraldi in Crime at Porta Romana
• Nico Giraldi / Ciu Ci Ciao in Crime at the Chinese Restaurant
• Nico Giraldi in Crime on the Highway
• Nico Giraldi in Crime in Formula One
• Nico Giraldi in Cop in Drag
• Giulio Sacchi in Almost Human
• Rienzi in Silent Action
• Rambo in Syndicate Sadists
• Vincenzo Moretto in The Tough Ones
• Detective in The Twist
• Sergio Marazzi in Free Hand for a Tough Cop
• Sergio Marazzi in Destruction Force
• Vincenzo Marazzi / Sergio Marazzi in Brothers Till We Die
• Commissioner in Young, Violent, Dangerous
• Luigi Maietto in The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist
• Baba in Messalina, Messalina!
• Cuckoo in The Wolf and the Lamb
• Gino Quirino in Manolesta
• Quinto Cecioni in Against Each Other, Practically Friends
• Lieutenant Colombo in Columbo (pilot episodes)
• Tony Pino in The Brink's Job
• Vince Ricardo in The In-Laws
• Harry Buscafusco in Vibes
• Nick Longhetti in A Woman Under the Influence
• Pedro Carmichael in Tune in Tomorrow
• Rocky Holzcek in Roommates
• Cliff Huxtable in The Cosby Show
• Guy Hanks in The Cosby Mysteries
• Hilton Lucas in Cosby
• Auguste Rodin in Camille Claudel
• Bernard Coudray in The Woman Next Door
• The Graf in The Marquise of O
• Jonathan Harker in Nosferatu the Vampyre
• Emmett "Doc" Brown in Back to the Future
• White Knight in Alice in Wonderland
• Corporal Reyes in Zorro
• Tequila in Tequila and Bonetti
• Charlie Snow in Too Much, Too Soon
• Frank McAfee in The Boston Strangler
• Pepi in The Return of the Pink Panther
• Hercule Lajoy in Trail of the Pink Panther
• Cleve in Best Seller
• Richard Boyle in Salvador
• Robert T. Jefferson in The Dirty Dozen
• Leslie Anders in Ice Station Zebra
• Mike Conroy in A Private's Affair
• Paul Gattling in Holiday for Lovers
• Chambers in Airport '77
• Harold Kaminski in Tora! Tora! Tora!
• Mr. Coggins / Second Spy in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
• Frank Wilkins in The Midnight Story
• Walter Kosciuszko Waldowski in MASH
• George Wilson in The Great Gatsby
• Sam Wood in In the Heat of the Night
• Porthos in The Three Musketeers
• Otto Hansbach in Chuka
• John Steele in The Longest Day
• Walter Burns in The Front Page
• Aaron McComb in Timecop
• Roderick Usher in Two Evil Eyes
• Andy Leonard / Will in Never Say Goodbye
• Mr. Columbato in Birdy