Olinto Cristina Explained

Olinto Cristina
Birth Date:1888 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Florence, Kingdom of Italy
Death Place:Rome, Italy
Yearsactive:1932–1962
Relatives:Ines Cristina Zacconi (sister)
Ada Cristina Almirante (sister)
Jone Frigerio (sister)
Margherita Bagni (niece)
Nora Ricci (great-niece)
Spouse:Augusta Petoni

Olinto Cristina (5 February 1888  - 17 June 1962) was an Italian actor and voice actor.[1]

Biography

Born in Florence to stage actors Raffaello Cristina and Cesira Sabatini, Cristina began acting on stage as a child, within the company of Tina Di Lorenzo and Flavio Andò. Following World War I, he participated in various ensembles alongside local theatre personalities such as Armando Falconi, Ruggero Ruggeri, Emma Gramatica, Antonio Gandusio and his brother-in-law Ermete Zacconi. In 1956, he was among the actors to star in the first Italian theatrical production of The Crucible by Arthur Miller.

On screen, Cristina debuted during the sound period in the 1932 musical film Pergolesi, directed by Guido Brignone. He appeared in more than 75 films between 1932 and 1957, usually playing tertiary or supporting characters. He made his last film appearance in the 1957 film L'ultima violenza. Cristina also made ten appearances on television, debuting in the 1954 TV miniseries Doctor Antonio, directed by Alberto Casella.[2]

Cristina was also a radio actor, reciting plays for RAI such as Look Back in Anger and Blood Wedding. He was also a renowned voice dubber in Italian post-synchronised versions of foreign films, usually providing his voice for actors such as C. Aubrey Smith, Sig Ruman, Frank Morgan and Lionel Barrymore. He also dubbed over the voices of Edward Everett Horton, Thomas Mitchell, Alan Hale Sr., Jay C. Flippen and more.[3] In Cristina's animated roles, he provided the Italian voices of Doc in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs as well as Friend Owl in Bambi and one of the crows in Dumbo. In 1949, he voiced Calif Oman in the 1949 animated film La Rosa di Bagdad.

Personal life

Cristina was married to the actress Augusta Petoni. His sisters Ines Cristina Zacconi, Jone Frigerio and Ada Cristina Almirante were also actresses.[4] His sister Ines was the mother of actress Margherita Bagni and the grandmother of actress Nora Ricci.

Cristina died in Rome on 17 June 1962, aged 74. He was buried at Campo Verano.

Filmography

Cinema

YearTitleRoleNotes
1932Pergolesi
1933Il treno delle 21,15
1934Creatures of the Night
TenebrePolice inspector
1935I'll Give a MillionPolice CommissionerUncredited
The Joker KingPrussian ambassador
Red PassportIl commissario di bordo del 'Marseille'
Ginevra degli AlmieriL'Abate di Badia
1936A Woman Between Two WorldsSignor Trenchman
White AmazonsBiancheri
Pensaci, Giacomino!Il preside della scuola
Adam's TreeProspero Pupini
Lo squadrone biancoDonati
1937To LiveUn ascaltatore all'audizione
The Black CorsairRabouillon
Doctor AntonioAmbasciatore inglese
Ambasciatore
Felicita ColomboL'ingegner Hirsch
1938Chi è più felice di me!impresario Molchi
L'allegro cantante
Duetto vagabondo
Giuseppe VerdiIl censore
1939The Sons of the Marquis LuceraMatteo Tortorelli
Due occhi per non vedere
Diamonds
Piccolo hotelHermann Daniell
Cose dell'altro mondoProcuratore generale
Wealth Without a Future
Dora NelsonIl signor Gabardo
Ho visto brillare le stelleIl presidente
The Boarders at Saint-CyrIl marchese di St. Herem
1940La última fallaIl giudiceItalian release
Piccolo re
Le sorprese del vagone letto
Vento di milioniTim Browning
Big ShoesDossena
Antonio MeucciWilson
The Secret of Villa ParadisoL'ispettore capo
One Hundred Thousand DollarsIl comandante dell'aeroporto di Budapest
Amore di ussaro
Fortuna
The First Woman Who PassesIl conte di Vervins
1941La canzone rubatal'impresario di riviste Anselmi
Il bazar delle ideeIl commendator Parodi
La forza brutaColombier
L'elisir d'amoreDon Alvaro
Caravaggio, il pittore maledettoIl cardinale Dal Monte
Lucky Night
Ridi pagliaccioBernardo Silvagni
The Betrothedpresidente del Tribunale di Sanità
1942Divieto di sosta
Le signorine della villa accanto
Love StoryIl presidente del tribunale
1943Il nostro prossimo
PrincipessinaBaron
The Children Are Watching UsThe Chancellor
No Turning BackIl presidente
Silenzio, si gira!Il produttore dell'Alba Film
Lucky Night
Farewell Love!Dr. Montechiaro
In cerca di felicitàDirettore teatro
1944The Devil Goes to Boarding SchoolIl direttore del teatro
1945I'll Sing No MoreCarlo Baratti
The Innocent CasimiroPrincipal
1946BiraghinDirettore
Un uomo ritorna
Uno tra la folla
Voglio bene soltanto a te!Direttore dell'Aurora Film
1948Crossroads of PassionDr. Slaceck
Difficult YearsSacchi
1950Due sorelle amano
Santo disonore
Romanzo d'amoreCount Contini
Il sentiero dell'odio
1951The Crowd
Operation Mitra
The Ungrateful HeartL'avvocato amico di Enrico
Revenge of a Crazy GirlPaola Micheli's father
1952The Eternal ChainMaestro Vallini
The OvercoatProfessor Filini
Ragazze da maritoCommendator Spadoni
1953Noi peccatoriSurgeonUncredited
It's Never Too LateFranci
Canto per te
Torna!Attorney
1954Schiava del peccatoDirector
1957L'ultima violenzaDr. Silvestri

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1954Doctor AntonioTV miniseries
1956Lo scialle
1957Il romanzo di un giovane poveroMarchese Cristiano di ChampceyTV miniseries
Viaggio verso l'ignoto
Piccolo mondo anticoDr. AliprantiTV miniseries
Il gabbiano
1959La casa delle sette torri
1960Il costruttore SolnessTV play
La pisanaTV miniseries
1962La pecora biancaTV play

Voice work

Dubbing

Films (Animation, Italian dub)

YearTitleRole(s)Ref
1938Snow White and the Seven DwarfsDoc[5]
1948DumboCrow #2[6]
BambiFriend Owl[7]
The Three CaballerosNarrator of The Flying Gauchito
1950CinderellaJaq[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Olinto Cristina's voice acting and dubbing contributions. Il mondo dei doppiatori, antoniogenna.net . 31 March 2019. it.
  2. Web site: Olinto Cristina . MYmovies . 29 September 2024.
  3. https://www.antoniogenna.net/doppiaggio/speciali/cronologia.htm Cronologia fondamentale dell'epoca d'oro del doppiaggio italiano Dagli albori agli anni 1970
  4. Web site: tvcinemateatro―i protagonisti: Olinto Cristina, un piccolo grande attore. Iannello. Silvia. 16 May 2012. tvcinemateatro―i protagonisti. 16 May 2020.
  5. Web site: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Italian voice cast. Antoniogenna.net . 30 September 2024.
  6. Web site: Dumbo Italian voice cast. Antoniogenna.net . 30 September 2024.
  7. Web site: Bambi Italian voice cast. Antoniogenna.net . 30 September 2024.
  8. Web site: Cinderella Italian voice cast. Antoniogenna.net . 30 September 2024.

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