RIP Rino Bolognesi

Italian actor and voice dubber Rino Bolognesi died in Rome, Italy on March 19, 2020. He was 87. He was best known as the television voice of Bruce Wayne/Batman starring Adam West. He also voice he was noted for was the Hulk in TV’s ‘The Incredible Hulk’.

As a voice actor of animated series, he is mainly remembered for his interpretation in the first two animated series of Star Blazers in which he covered three different roles: the Supreme Desslok, Sandor and the Narrator. In the series The Monkey played the Narrator and various secondary characters.

He has also worked as an actor in a few films, including “Blue Jeans” (1975).

He wrote two books, one of which was entitled "The Desacral Bible", an ironic and sometimes sarcastic reinterpretation of the Bible and "An Itagliano Whatever" which is his autobiography. He made several documentaries, one of which on the life of Padre Pio, and one on Rome "The Secrets of Rome, Ancient City" both produced by Tiziana Valenti. He set up his own dubbing company and directed many dubbing works.

With the voice actress Mirella Tosca (who died in 2004 ) they had a son, Marco (1968-1997), who died at the age of 29 in a road accident, also a voice actor. He also has another daughter, Gaia. He was married to the voice actress Donatella Fantini.

BOLOGNESI, Rino

Born: 8/14/1932, Cattolica, Emila-Romagna, Italy

Died: 3/19/2020, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Rino Bolognesi’s westerns – voice dubber:

Vengeance – 1968 [Italian voice of Paolo Gozlino]

Sartana the Gravedigger – 1969 [Italian voice of José Torres]

Jeremiah Johnson – 1969 [Italian voice of Jack Colvin]

Massacre at Fort Holman – 1972 [Italian voice of Benito Stefanelli]

The Train Robbers – 1973 [Italian voice of Rod Taylor]

Lone Wolf McQuade – 1983 [Italian voice of L.Q. Jones]

Tex and the Lord of the Deep – 1985 [Italian voice of Frank Brana]

The New Zorro (TV) – 1990-1993 [Italian voice of Jim Carter]