Elio Zamuto | |
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![]() Zamuto in Shoot First, Die Later (1974) | |
Born | |
Other names | Elio Mazzamuto |
Occupation(s) | Actor, Voice actor |
Years active | 1965-present |
Elio Zamuto (born 1 May 1941 in Syracuse) is an Italian actor and voice actor.
Born in Syracuse as Elio Mazzamuto, Zamuto started his career in the mid-1960s, and had a prolific career between television and cinema, especially during the 1970s and mainly playing roles of seducer, gangster or police officer. [1]
As voice actor, he is best known as the official Italian dubbing voice of Tom Selleck in the TV-series Magnum, P.I. [1]
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