The voice actor and professional clown Carlo Bonomi died at the age of 85 in Milan. Bonomi was one of the most recognized voice actors in Italybut all over the world we will remember him for being the voice of Pingu, the penguin protagonist of his animated series in stop-motion.
Carlo Bonomi was born in Milan and left his mark on the city in 1985 as the voice of the announcements at the central train station. In Italy He came to lend his vocal cords to mythical characters like Pedro Flintstone or Mickey Mouse.
In 1972 he began working on the dubbing of ‘La linea’, a legendary animated series starring a simple joke. It was there that he began experimenting with sounds seemingly without any order or concert and with a whistle voice that he would end up popularizing in ‘Pingu’..
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In 1986 he left ‘La linea’ and began working on the ‘Pingu’ series. Bonomi himself explained at the time that pinguish or pingüinés, as this language spoken by the protagonist was known, was inspired by the abstract idioms of Italian and French clowns, with a parody touch of the Milanese accent. Carlo Bonomi remained the voice of Pingu until 2000, when he was succeeded by actors such as Marcello Magni or the Catalan David Sant.
Bonomi also participated in the dubbing of the ‘Mr. Rossi ‘, in the Pingu video games and in the’ Spore ‘and was the commentator for Switzerland in three editions of the Eurovision Song Contest.
Source: E Cartelera
