Richard McNamara

Richard McNamara
Personal Information
Full Name	Richard Collins McNamara
Date of Birth	(1915-09-05)September 5, 1915
Place of Birth	Lynchburg, Virginia, U.S.
Date of Death	August 1, 1998(1998-08-01) (aged 82)
Place of Death	Rome, Italy
Nationality	American
Occupation	Voice actor Voice director
Professional Information
Areas Active	Rome
Years Active	1951-1986
Status	Deceased

Richard McNamara (September 5, 1915 – August 1, 1998) was an American voice actor and voice director.

Career

Richard McNamara was born on September 5, 1915, in the USA. After moving to Italy in the 1950s, he soon began working in films and, more prominently, dubbing them. He was one of the pioneers of English dubbing in Rome, building up the industry together with the prominent voice actors and directors Anthony La Penna, Lewis E. Ciannelli, George Higgins III, Valentino Bruchi and Gisella Mathews, among others.

During the early years, there were no universal workers union for Roman English-language dubbers, but several different organizations competing with one another, contracting voice actors to work exclusively for them. One such group was led by McNamara, among his pool of talent were Charles Borromel, Cicely Browne, Curt Lowens, Robert Sommer, John Stacy and Dan Sturkie. In the mid-1960s, an effort headed by Tony Russell led to unity among the different dubbing groups, coming together under the banner of ELDA (English Language Dubbers Association), which McNamara accepted rather begrudgingly, as he had been successfully securing most dubbing jobs for his group.

McNamara worked in dubbing for the rest of his life. He is perhaps most notably remembered as the first English standard voice of Bud Spencer before being gradually replaced by Edward Mannix in the 1980s.

Filmography

Live-Action Dubbing

Films

• The Sword and the Cross (1958) - Pontius Pilate
• They Call Me Trinity (1970) - Bambino
• A Bay of Blood (1971) - Additional Voices
• Blackie the Pirate (1971) - Skull
• Trinity Is Still My Name (1971) - Bambino
• All The Way, Boys (1972) - Salud
• A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die (1972) - Eli Sampson (both dubs)
• Black Turin (1972) - Rosario Rao
• Don't Torture a Duckling (1972) - Captain Modesti
• It Can Be Done Amigo (1972) - Sheriff
• Seven Blood-Stained Orchids (1972) - Dr. Harris
• Watch Out, We're Mad (1974) - Ben
• The Cynic, the Rat & the Fist (1977) - Additional Voices
• The Heroin Busters (1977) - Additional Voices
• The Last Hunter (1980) - General
• Cannibal Ferox (1981) - Hood

Animation Dubbing

Animated Series

• Calimero (1970-1972) - Mr. Mayor, Bobby the Wolf, Pickpocket Victim, Race Better (Rome-dubbed episodes)

External links

• Richard McNamara at the Internet Movie Database