Dubbed in Rome

  Walter Williams was one of the numerous American actors living in Rome in the 1960s and 70s who ended up involved in the English dubbing industry, where he worked as a character dubber and occasional dialogue coach. Like such fellow Rome dubbers as George Higgins, John Karlsen and Robert Braun, Walter was often relegated to voicing quirky bit parts in various peplum, western and Eurocrime films, but he also dubbed his share of larger roles, lending his memorable voice to a number of well-known European character actors such as Guido Alberti, Claudio Gora, Umberto D’Orsi and Raymond Bussieres, not to mention voicing the title character ’ s father in the wildly popular Calimero animation shorts. Take a look at the video below for a few of Walter’s most famous dubbing roles: As is so often the case with Roman dubbing actors, biographical information is hard to come by, and in Walter’s case, all I have managed to find is a short mention in the Variety article “Rome’s Inner-Co...