Stefano Satta Flores
Born: 1937-01-14 in Naples, Campania, Italy
Died: 1985-10-22
Known For: Acting
Biography
Stefano Satta Flores (14 January 1937 – 22 October 1985) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Born in Naples, Italy, Satta Flores graduated from the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in the Italian capital city of Rome. He began acting in amateur dramatics at the Piccolo Teatro, where he acted in Shakespeare and Sbragia plays. He made his cinema debut in the film The Lizards (I basilischi), premiered by filmmaker Lina Wertmüller in 1963. In 1971, Satta Flores appeared in the film Four Flies on Grey Velvet but did not really establish himself in cinema until 1974, when he appeared in Ettore Scola's film We All Loved Each Other So Much where he shared leading roles with Stefania Sandrelli, Vittorio Gassman, Nino Manfredi, Aldo Fabrizi and Giovanna Ralli. Satta Flores also appeared in the 1973 films The Funny Face of the Godfather and Teresa the Thief. His last film appearance before his death was in One Hundred Days in Palermo. He was best known for playing a variety of roles in more than 60 films. He was also a voice dubber. His role as the smuggler and rakish hero Han Solo (portrayed by Harrison Ford) in the Italian dub of the Star Wars original trilogy was instrumental in establishing the importance of star power in Italian voice acting. He also used his voice talents in Alien, as the fearless Captain Dallas, as well as in 10, as the romantically-obsessed songwriter George Webber. An eloquent spokesman on artistic and social issues of the day, he also was a respected playwright and occasionally acted in television programs. A political commitment, he founded the company I compagni di scena (The Companions of the Scene) with which he devoted himself to research work on alternative tests. Satta Flores died in Rome on 22 October 1985 at the age of 48, following complications from leukemia treatment. In the Italian version of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the voice of Han Solo was passed on to Harrison Ford's regular Italian dub actor Michele Gammino. Description above from the Wikipedia article Stefano Satta Flores, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
1984
- One Hundred Days in Palermo as Captain Fontana
1980
- The Terrace as Tizzo
- The Istambul Train as Giacomo Apicella
1979
- Riavanti… Marsch! as Alessio
- Hypochondriac as Notaio
1978
- The Gun as Luigi Compagna
- Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? as Fausto Zoppi
- Tanto va la gatta al lardo... as tifoso del Napoli
- Ridendo e scherzando as Michele Sintona
- Corleone as Avvocato Natale Calia
- Child of the Night as Andrea
1977
- I Am the Law as Spanò
- A Spiral of Mist as Renato Marinoni
- Una donna di seconda mano as Sergio, il camionista
1976
- Salon Kitty as Dino
- And Agnes Chose to Die as Il comandante
- Perdutamente tuo... mi firmo Macaluso Carmelo fu Giuseppe as Carmelo Macaluso
- Colpita da improvviso benessere as Gigino Mancuso
1975
- Paolo Barca, Elementary School Teacher, Practically a Nudist as Direttore
- Gli strumenti del potere. 1925/1926 la dittatura fascista
- Bianco e Nero as Narrator (voice)
- How Wonderful to Die Assassinated as Carlo Pisacane
1974
- We All Loved Each Other So Much as Nicola Palumbo
- Il generale dorme in piedi as Ten. Sogliano
- Il gioco della verità as Avvocato Monti
- La rosa di zolfo
- Nu surde, dduie surde, tre surde…tutte surde!
1973
- Teresa the Thief as Ercoletto
- The Funny Face of the Godfather as Jimmy Salvozzo
- L'acqua negata as voce
1972
1971
- Four Flies on Grey Velvet as Andrea
1970
- Lady Caliph as Un ouvrier
- Al Fatah - Palestina as Narratore (voice)
- Il berretto a sonagli
- La fantastica storia di Don Chisciotte della Mancia
- The Little War as Antonio Collava
1968
- The Girl with a Pistol as Waiter
1967
- Don Giovanni as Don Alonso
1966
- The Birds, the Bees and the Italians
- Melissa as Sergente Stafford
1965
- Let's Talk About Men as don Fulgenzio
- Life of Dante as Naldo Gherardini
- Le donne del Tenente Sheridan as Mackenzie
1963
- The Monsters as The Debutant Writer (segment "La Musa" (voice) (uncredited)
- The Basilisks as Francesco
- The Archangels as Stefano