Stefano Satta Flores

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 Scolas 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 romanticallyobsessed 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 Fords regular Italian dub actor Michele Gammino Description above from the Wikipedia article Stefano Satta Flores licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia