Robert Sommer was an American actor, voice actor and opera singer.
Career[]
Robert Sommer served in the merchant navy in World War II and the United States Army in Korea. The trained opera singer first came to Rome in 1959, he soon got a part in La Bohème at the Rome Opera and also began to be cast in films, such as a bit part in 1963's Cleopatra, which also featured fellow dubber John Karlsen.[1] Sommer's deep bass voice made him the ideal choice for muscle man films, which were produced en masse at the time.[1]
Other credits of Robert Sommer include Puccini's La Fanciulla del West and Franco Zeffirellis film adaptation of La Traviata, which unfortunately cut Sommer's most important scene.[1]
Filmography[]
Live-Action Dubbing[]
TV Series[]
- Big Man (1988) - Jack Clementi
Films[]
- The Relentless Four (1965) - Moss
- Gamera vs. Barugon (1966) - Onodera (AIP-TV Dub)
- The X from Outer Space (1967) - Captain Sano (AIP Dub)
- Beyond the Law (1968) - Denholm
- Django, Prepare a Coffin (1968) - David Barry
- The Great Silence (1968) - Fake Sheriff
- Machine Gun McCain (1969) - Barclay
- Compañeros (1970) - John's Henchman
- Blackie the Pirate (1971) - Don Pedro
- Confessions of a Police Captain (1971) - Dubrosio Goon
- Black Turin (1972) - Maresciallo Trotta
- Four Flies On Grey Velvet (1972) - Porter
- Caliber 9 (1972) - Brigadier
- Don't Torture a Duckling (1972) - Policeman, Reporter
- The Italian Connection (1972) - Garagaz
- It Can Be Done Amigo (1972) - James
- Seven Blood-Stained Orchids (1972) - Giovanni Raoul
- Street Law (1972) - Police Inspector, Additional Voices
- Amarcord (1973) - Additional / Unidentified Voices
- Revolver (1973) - Police Inspector
- Watch Out, We're Mad (1974) - Ben (singing voice)
- How to Kill a Judge (1975) - Vincenzo Terrasini
- The Big Racket (1976) - Piero Mazzarelli
- Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man (1976) - Roberto 'Bibi' Pasquini
- The Cynic, the Rat & the Fist (1977) - Commissioner Antonio Astalli
- The Heroin Busters (1977) - Additional Voices
- Flatfoot in Africa (1978) - Inspector Rizzo
- Odds and Evens (1978) - Admiral O'Connor
- They Called Him Bulldozer (1978) - Bulldozer
- The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid (1979) - Sheriff Hall
- Zombie (1979) - Coroner
- Cannibal Holocaust (1980) - Executive #1
- Flatfoot in Egypt (1980) - Inspector Rizzo
- Why did you pick on me? (1980) - Sheriff Hall
- Buddy Goes West (1981) - Bud
- Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure (1981) - Charlie O'Brien
- Bomber (1982) - Bud Graziano
- Caligula: The Untold Story (1982) - Ulmar
- Pieces (1982) - Sgt. Holden
- Hercules (1983) - King Augeias
- Double Trouble (1984) - Head of the doppelganger agency
- Phenomena (1985) - EEG Doctor
- Troublemakers (1994) - Moses
Animation Dubbing[]
Animated Films[]
- Around the World with Peynet's Lovers (1974) - Richard Nixon
Anime Dubbing[]
Anime Films[]
- A Thousand and One Nights (1969) - Kamhakim
References[]
External links[]
- Robert Sommer at the Internet Movie Database
- Robert Sommer at Behind The Voice Actors
- Robert Sommer at Anime News Network