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Cesare Polacco

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Cesare Polacco
Polacco in 1956
Born(1900-05-14)14 May 1900
Died2 March 1986(1986-03-02) (aged 85)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • voice actor
Years active1928–1986
Spouse(s)
Eugenia Zorn
(died 1940)

Clelia Bernacchi
(m. 1947)
Children3

Cesare Polacco (14 May 1900 – 2 March 1986) was an Italian actor and voice actor.

Biography

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Born in Venice, Polacco started his career in 1920 in the stage company of Emilio Zago, with whom he played most of the Goldoni's repertoire.[1] In 1928 he moved to Rome, where in addition to theatre he started appearing in films and working as a dubber.[1] Being of Jewish origin, he was temporarily forced to abandon acting because of the 1938 Fascist racial laws, resuming his activities at the end of the war, in 1945.[1] Also active on radio and television, he got a large popularity thanks to the Inspector Rock character he played in Carosello, in a series of giallo-comedy shorts aired between 1957 and 1968.[1][2]

Polacco was also a voice actor, having dubbed a number of actors which include Ward Bond, Anthony Quinn, Chill Wills, Howard da Silva, Louis Calhern, Richard Boone and Boris Karloff in several of their films. In his animated roles, he provided the Italian voice of Happy in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs as well as one of the crows in Dumbo.[3]

Personal life

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Polacco was married to the actress Eugenia Zorn until her death in 1940. They had three daughters; Elena, Arduina and Marina. In 1947, he married the actress Clelia Bernacchi.[4]

Partial filmography

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Roberto Poppi, Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano : Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2003. pp. 125–126. ISBN 8884402697.
  2. ^ Laura Delli Colli (4 March 1986). "E' morto Polacco l'infallibile Ispettore Rock della brillantina". La Repubblica. p. 24. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Cesare Polacco's voice acting and dubbing contributions". Il mondo dei doppiatori, antoniogenna.net (in Italian). Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Cesare Polacco, l'attore che divenne celebre per la pelata mostrata in tv". Il Gazzettino (in Italian). 8 November 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
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