Gigi Angelillo

{{Short description|Italian actor (1939–2015)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Gigi Angelillo | image =  | alt =  | caption = | birth_name = Luigi Angelillo | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1939|12|20}} | birth_place = Gioia del Colle, Italy | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2015|7|21|1939|12|20}} | death_place = Rome, Italy | occupation = {{hlist|Actor|voice actor|theatre director}} | years_active = 1966–2015 | spouse = Ludovica Modugno }}

'''Luigi "Gigi" Angelillo''' (20 December 1939 – 21 July 2015) was an Italian actor, voice actor and theatre director.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.antoniogenna.net/doppiaggio/voci/vocigang.htm |title=Gigi Angelillo's dubbing contributions |publisher=Antoniogenna.net |date= |access-date=10 November 2018}}</ref>

==Biography== Angelillo began an acting career on stage and screen in the 1960s and during the 1980s. He appeared in more than 20 films from 1966 to 2012 and he became well known to the Italian public as a voice dubber. From 1987 to 1995, he was the official Italian voice of Scrooge McDuck and he has performed other voice acting work for Disney. He has dubbed Wallace Shawn and Ronald Lacey in a select number of their films.

In 1978, he founded the Società Teatrale 'l'Albero' with the actress and voice actress Ludovica Modugno.<ref name=":0" />

===Personal life=== Angelillo was married to fellow actress and voice actress Ludovica Modugno until his death in 2015.

==Death== Angelillo died on 21 July 2015, aged 75, after suffering a long illness.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=http://www.today.it/media/morto-gigi-angelillo-doppiatore-attore.html |title=È morto Gigi Angelillo, attore e voce storica di Zio Paperone |author= |publisher=today.it |date=22 July 2015 |language=it |access-date=24 January 2019}}</ref>

==Filmography== ===Cinema=== *''Tesoro mio'' (1979) *''Giovanni Falcone'' (1993) *''Sacred Heart'' (2005) *''Romanzo Criminale'' (2005) *''The Family Friend'' (2006) *''Cado dalle nubi'' (2009)

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