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Manouchehr Esmaeili

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Manouchehr Esmaeili
منوچهر اسماعیلی
Esmaeili in 2018
Born(1939-03-28)28 March 1939
Died22 August 2022(2022-08-22) (aged 83)
Tehran, Iran
OccupationVoice actor

Manouchehr Esmaeili (Persian: منوچهر اسماعیلی; b. 28 March 1939 – d. 22 August 2022) was an Iranian voice actor. He was perhaps best known for dubbing Frank Sinatra in the 1960 film Ocean's 11. He also dubbed Peter Falk's title character in Columbo,[1] Falk, Terry-Thomas and Buddy Hackett in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, and Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger in In the Heat of the Night.

Esmaeili was born in Kermanshah on 28 March 1929.[2] He dubbed in over 200 American films and television programs on lead and supporting roles. He died in August 2022 at his home due to complications from COVID-19, at the age of 83.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ "Lieutenant Colombo actor dies" (in Persian). 25 June 2011. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Iran's 1,000 dubbed voices die+ biography". ImNa (in Persian). 23 August 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  3. ^ Mirzafarjouyan, Zahra (23 August 2022). "Veteran voice actor Manouchehr Esmaeili passes away". Mehr News Agency. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Manouchehr Esmaeili, iran dubbed veteran, dies". BBC Persian (in Persian). 23 August 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2022.