Giancarlo Padoan in 2000
Giancarlo Padoan (1935-2022) was an Italian voice actor who dubbed Rowlf on Il Muppet Show, the Italian dub of The Muppet Show. He took over as the Italian voice of Statler from approximately 2008 to 2016. He also dubbed Hoggle in Labyrinth - Dove Tutto è Possibile (Labyrinth).
Padoan dubbed Donald Pleasence in Halloween 2, Ossie Davis in Spike Lee's She Hate Me, Philip Baker Hall in Rush Hour, Topol in the miniseries The Winds of War, and Richard Griffiths in Shanghai Surprise. For TV, he dubbed Dan Blocker on Bonanza, Leonard Nimoy on Star Trek, Tony Haygarth on The Borrowers, and Wolfgang Völz on the German series Ein Heim für Tiere. Padoan frequently lent his voice to anime dubs.
Muppet/Henson dub credits[]
- Il Muppet Show: Rowlf
- 2008 season two DVD redub: Statler
- Labyrinth - Dove Tutto è Possibile (Labyrinth): Hoggle
- I miti greci (The StoryTeller: Greek Myths): Charon ("Orpheus and Eurydice")
- Festa in casa Muppet (The Muppet Christmas Carol): Old Joe
- I Muppet: Statler
- Muppets 2 - Ricercati (Muppets Most Wanted): Statler
- I Muppet (The Muppets): Statler
External links[]
- Antoniogenna.net - Italian dubbing credits