Mario Milita (June 26, 1923 â€" August 22, 2017) was an Italian actor
and voice actor.An actor with a career spanning over 65 years, he
became well known to the audiences for his work in animation. Because
of his coarse, raspy voice, he was typically known for voicing elderly
characters in cartoons, movies and other entertainment. For example,
he has been the voice of Grampa Simpson in The Simpsons from 1991
until his retirement in 2012. He has also been the first voice of
Herbert from Family Guy and gave his voice for many years to Fred
Flintstone.In Italian dubs of live action films, Milita dubbed actors
such as Desmond Llewelyn, Ed Williams and Brian Doyle-Murray. He
provided the voice of Amos Tupper (portrayed by Tom Bosley) in a few
episodes of Murder, She Wrote and Old Man Peabody (portrayed by Will
Hare) in Back to the Future.After Milita retired in 2012, he passed on
the roles of Grampa Simpson and Herbert to Mino Caprio and Valerio
Ruggeri respectively and he died on 22 August 2017 at the age of 94,
of natural causes.
and voice actor.An actor with a career spanning over 65 years, he
became well known to the audiences for his work in animation. Because
of his coarse, raspy voice, he was typically known for voicing elderly
characters in cartoons, movies and other entertainment. For example,
he has been the voice of Grampa Simpson in The Simpsons from 1991
until his retirement in 2012. He has also been the first voice of
Herbert from Family Guy and gave his voice for many years to Fred
Flintstone.In Italian dubs of live action films, Milita dubbed actors
such as Desmond Llewelyn, Ed Williams and Brian Doyle-Murray. He
provided the voice of Amos Tupper (portrayed by Tom Bosley) in a few
episodes of Murder, She Wrote and Old Man Peabody (portrayed by Will
Hare) in Back to the Future.After Milita retired in 2012, he passed on
the roles of Grampa Simpson and Herbert to Mino Caprio and Valerio
Ruggeri respectively and he died on 22 August 2017 at the age of 94,
of natural causes.
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