Michael Tor
Michael Tor (1915-1979) was one of the all-time great character actor dubbers of the Roman dubbing world. He was one of the real old-timers who was active on the scene ever since the early days of English dubbing at the start of the 1950s, and he would remain a busy dubbing director and actor all through the 1960s and 70s. Michael was an excellent dubber of colorful older characters – particularly imperious villains and weaselly types, but he also had a real flair for comedic parts and was overall extremly versatile. His voice should be particularly familiar to fans of Italian peplum, western and crime films, and you can listen to a few samples of some of his most famous dubbing roles in the video below: According to documents found on Ancestry.com, Michael was originally named Jerome Beryl Wechsler and he was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA on April 21, 1915. His father was Samuel Beryl Wechsler (1884-1958), a banker who had immigrated to the US from Ukraine as a small...