Armando Bandini (born Armando Burlando; 5 June 1926 – 27 May 2011) was an Italian film, television and voice actor.
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![]() Bandini in The Sex Machine (1975) | |
Born | Armando Burlando (1926-06-05)5 June 1926 Genoa, Italy |
Died | 27 May 2011(2011-05-27) (aged 84) Rome, Italy |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1955-2011 |
Spouse(s) | Emma Fedeli
(m. 1949; died 1980)Daniela Igliozzi (m. ?) |
Born in Genoa, Bandini began his career as an actor after the war at the Teatro Sperimentale Luigi Pirandello.[1] In the 1950s he moved to Rome, where he was protagonist of the revue Il dente senza giudizio and started working in films and on television.[1] Bandini even worked as a voice dubber.[2] He performed the Italian voices of some major Hollywood stars in at least one of two of their films. Among his most prominent dubbing roles, he was the Italian voice of Chi-Fu in the 1998 animated film Mulan.
In the late 1940s, Bandini married stage actress Emma Fedeli and they were together until her death in 1980. He then married actress Daniela Igliozzi.
Bandini died in Rome on 27 May 2011, just a week and a half before his 85th birthday.[3] He was survived by his wife Daniela Igliozzi.
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