1. Robert Rietti was particularly prominent in post-production dubbing both foreign and domestic, often overseeing the English-language dubbing of foreign actors' dialogue.
19 Facts About Robert Rietti
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Robert Rietti is known for his dubbing work in the James Bond film series, Waterloo, the 1972 adaptation of Treasure Island, and Avalanche Express.
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Robert Rietti's father developed his son's acting career under the name Bobby Rietti.
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Robert Rietti made his motion picture debut as Fattorino in Monty Banks' comedy Heads We Go.
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Robert Rietti soon caught the eye of David O Selznick, who offered him an extended film contract.
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Robert Rietti was a regular on the radio series Horatio Hornblower with Michael Redgrave, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Theatre Royal with Sir Laurence Olivier, and the classic Sherlock Holmes with John Gielgud and Ralph Richardson.
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Robert Rietti guest starred together with his father in The Jack Benny Program and in Harry's Girls, which were both directed by his friend Ralph Levy, director of The Burns and Allen Show.
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In 1958, George Sanders presented Candle for the Madonna, an original television play Robert Rietti had written, in which Robert Rietti played the lead.
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Robert Rietti played Robert Grant in Hell Is Empty for his brother, the producer Ronald Rietti.
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Robert Rietti directed ADR in more than 700 Films and received international recognition as the foremost director in this field.
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Robert Rietti was nominated in Hollywood for the Golden Reel Award for his ADR direction of the English version of Once Upon a Time in America, in which he directed Robert De Niro's post syncing.
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Robert Rietti's voice was used in eight of the James Bond films, for which he directed the ADR; his best known work in the series was replacing the voice of Adolfo Celi in Thunderball and Tetsuro Tamba in You Only Live Twice.
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Robert Rietti was a prolific playwright who translated and adapted many Italian plays, from his native Italian into English.
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Robert Rietti wrote several original plays which were produced on the stage, for television, and for radio.
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Robert Rietti founded and served as executive editor for 18 years of Gambit, a theatre quarterly which published international plays, including many of his own.
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In 1957, Robert Rietti played Satan in the York Mystery Plays; one of these performances was attended by the Queen.
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Robert Rietti lectured to film students at film academies and universities, published an anthology of Italian Plays and was an active member of BAFTA.
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Robert Rietti died on 3 April 2015 in London, England, aged 92.
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Robert Rietti is the father of Rabbi Jonathan Rietti, an educator and prominent speaker on Orthodox Judaism, most prominently for the international organisation Gateways.