Born in
Rome, Rinaldi appeared in more than 20 films between 1939 and 1982. During his time, he was considered to be one of the greatest dubbers in Italy. He provided the Italian voices of
Marlon Brando,
Jack Lemmon,
Rock Hudson,
Paul Newman,
Van Johnson and
James Dean. Other actors dubbed by him included
Peter Sellers,
Frank Sinatra,
Glenn Ford,
David Tomlinson,
Richard Burton,
George Peppard,
Burt Lancaster,
Charles Bronson,
Kirk Douglas,
Gregory Peck,
Roger Moore,
Jeffrey Hunter,
Max von Sydow, and
Christopher Plummer. He even dubbed many Italian actors in
post-syncronization, voicing many roles performed by
Antonio Cifariello,
Mario Merola, and
Renato Salvatori. In Rinaldi's animated film roles, he voiced
Bruno Bozzetto's character
Mr. Rossi in two films and a TV show, Pongo in the Italian dub of the 1961 animated film
One Hundred and One Dalmatians as well as Prince Charming in the Italian version of
Cinderella. Other animated dubbing roles included Jim Dear in
Lady and the Tramp, The Great Prince of the Forest in the 1968 redub of
Bambi and
Dallben in
The Black Cauldron. He also voiced
Jolly Jumper in the 1991 live-action film
Lucky Luke and in the following short-lived
TV series (in the English language edition, the same character was voiced by
Roger Miller).
Personal life Rinaldi was once married to actress Marina Dolfin. They had two children together; Massimo and
Antonella. From his second marriage to actress
Maria Pia Casilio, they had one daughter; Francesca. All three of his children are voice actors. Rinaldi died on 15 December 2007, aged 88. He had retired from his career 10 years earlier. == Filmography ==