Ted Rusoff
Nacimiento : 1939-05-20, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Muerte : 2013-09-28
Historia
Ted Rusoff was an extremely prolific dubbing editor, director, and voice actor. He started as an opera singer in Los Angeles in the early 1960's before landing ADR work with his uncle Samuel Z. Arkoff at American International Pictures. Arkoff sent Rusoff to Italy in the late 60's to help get their dubbing system set up to American standards but Rusoff ended up living in Rome for the rest of his life. Rusoff's voice can be heard in the English versions of over 250 Italian, Japanese, Russian, and various European films. He also lent his voice to several big budget American films including THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST. Beginning in the late 1970's, Rusoff tried his hand at acting in front of the camera too as it was relatively easy for native English speakers in Italy to find acting work at the time. He acted alongside greats including Bob Hoskins and Max von Sydow, and in the dubbing studio alongside such dubbing legends as Robert Rietty, Geoffrey Copleston, Nick Alexander, Lewis E. Cianelli, and Mickey Knox.
Cast mostly as monks, elders and religious figures due to his large beard, Rusoff appeared in such bible epics as THE DAY CHRIST DIED and THE NATIVITY STORY as well as monks in DOUBLE TEAM and CATACOMBS. His most prestigious role is perhaps as the chief elder in PASSION OF THE CHRIST who throws the bag of money at Judas. Rusoff, being fluent in several languages including traditional Hebrew and ancient Aramaic, worked as chief translator for the film as well.
Rusoff married fellow voice actor / dubber Carolyn De Fonseca but the two had an open marriage. Rusoff fathered 9 daughters to different mothers over a span of 40 years, including one who was still an infant at the time of his death in 2013.
Self
A documentary concerning the violent Italian 'poliziotteschi' cinematic movement of the 1970s which, at first glance, seem to be rip-offs of American crime films like DIRTY HARRY or THE GODFATHER, but which really address Italian issues like the Sicilian Mafia and red terrorism. Perhaps even more interesting than the films themselves were the rushed methods of production (stars performing their own stunts, stealing shots, no live sound) and the bleed-over between real-life crime and movie crime.
Print's Attorney
An aging killer trains a young hired gun in a plot to assassinate a meek brothel owner performing barbaric abortion acts on his prostitutes.
Old Shepherd
Historia de una joven llamada María y del designio divino que cambió para siempre su vida y la historia de la humanidad. Relata su vida en Nazaret, su compromiso con su esposo José, la visita del Ángel Gabriel, un embarazo milagroso y el arduo camino al que ella y José tuvieron que hacer frente desde Nazaret hasta Belén para dar a luz al hijo de Dios.
ADR & Dubbing
With World War I, the Bolshevik Revolution, and the Russian Civil War as backdrop, it's an old-fashioned, blood-and-guts narrative, filled with earthly humor and a wealth of colorful characters. The story concerns the fluctuating fortunes of Grigory Melekhov, a young Cossack who is both a hero and a victim of the uprising.
Dialogue
Michelle lives in Paris with René, who is influential politicians. One morning as Michelle discovers that her 18-year-old daughter Lauren has not come home from a pub tonight. René does not want to involve the police, because he does not want a scandal that could affect his political career negative. They decide instead to hire a private investigator. It turns out that Lauren has been kidnapped to be used by a gang producing snuff. Detective withdraws from the case, however, because he fears for his life and Michelle decides to find their own daughter. The hunt goes by porn swamps in Paris, Amsterdam and Hamburg.
Elder
Año 33 de nuestra era. En la provincia romana de Judea, un misterioso carpintero llamado Jesús de Nazareth comienza a anunciar la llegada del "reino de Dios" y se rodea de un grupo de humildes pescadores: los Apóstoles. Durante siglos, el pueblo judío había esperado la llegada del Mesías - personaje providencial que liberaría su sagrada patria e instauraría un nuevo orden basado en la justicia-. Las enseñanzas de Jesús atraen a una gran multitud de seguidores que lo reconocen como el Mesías. Alarmado por la situación, el Sanedrín, con la ayuda de Judas Iscariote, uno de los doce Apóstoles, arresta a Jesús. Acusado de traición a Roma, Cristo es entregado a Poncio Pilato, quien, para evitar un motín, lo condena a a morir en la cruz como un vulgar criminal.
Dialogue
Un viejo ratón reúne a sus nietos para narrarles su aventura de cuando joven se embarcó en el Titanic y con todos los personajes que compartió el fatídico viaje, donde para sobrevivir contaron con la ayuda de un pulpo gigantesco y un diminuto pez.
Humphrey Garrett
As a family moves into their new country home, strange events occur, making them believe that their autistic daughter is somehow communicating with the victims of an unsolved murder 8 years earlier.
Pastor Nolan
Teenager Elias has watched his farming community struggle through season after season of bad crops. When unexplained visions--perhaps from another world--give Elias hope of a coming miracle, he becomes the key to saving his town.
Brother Ramulu
Jack Quinn, uno de los mejores agentes antiterroristas del país, tras fracasar en su última misión contra el peligroso Stavros, despierta en La Colonia, un lugar en el que permanecerá encerrado de por vida. Ahora su familia es el único objetivo de Stavros. Sólo con la ayuda de Yaz, traficante de armas, podrá salvar la vida de su mujer y su hija.
Benedetti
Mythology and religious dogma are slowly revealed when an attractive young woman is approached by a modeling agency that pulls her into an underworld of priests that are not Christian but rather want to resurrect Satan by collecting the souls of 18 beautiful children.
Torture Chamber Keeper (uncredited)
El aventurero Simbad tiene que encontrar 5 piedras con poderes mágicos para liberar a la ciudad de Basra del cruel dominio de un diabólico hechicero. Para ello, deberá enfrentarse a peligros inimaginables, como terribles Amazonas, guerreros fantasmales, y un demoníaco doble de sí mismo...
Rizzo's Friend
On her way home, a fashion model, Gloria, saw a man fought against a woman and killed her in a strangely noisy room in the old villa where a German Countess named Greta Stella used to live. But when the police Commissioner, who is crazy about fishing, and his dull assistant go to the problematic villa in the next morning, the villa is perceived to have been empty for twenty years and there seems to be nothing criminal left. And then Gloria asks help from a playboy-typed psychiatrist, Gianmarco Contini, who is one of the eight joint-owners of the problematic villa...
ADR & Dubbing
Estamos en el área del Sudeste de Asia durante un fin de semana. Un grupo de chicos y chicas deciden pasar unos días en un hotel en la orilla del río. Pero algo terrible va a suceder. Una nube contaminada de origen desconocido transporta un virus que ataca a todo tipo de animales. Pájaros, perros, mascotas y bestias salvajes atacan a los humanos contaminándoles. Este virus tiene un devastador efecto en los humanos. Cualquiera que haya sido infectado muere con un espantoso dolor y revive de nuevo en el horrible estado de zombie, “un muerto viviente”...
Crowd Member (voice)
Jesús, un carpintero de Nazaret, decide atender la constante llamada de Dios. Pero cuando está a punto de completar su misión, debe hacer frente a la mayor de las tentaciones y realizar un sacrificio para salvar a todos los hombres.
Brother Brandt
In the 17th century, an order of monks in Italy capture and entomb a demon that has possessed a member of their group. 400 years later, school teacher Elizabeth Magrino visits the monastery in order to do some research. What she and the current monks do not realize is that the evil hiding within the catacombs has unwittingly been released.
voice dubbing (US version) (uncredited)
Un profesor y su ayudante se tendrán que enfrentar cara a cara con una poderosa fuerza extraterrestre al salirles mal un experimento.
Francesco Saverio Petacci
El final de la Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945) fue para Mussolini, el despótico dictador itliano, una etapa difícil, pues se vio obligado a contemplar impotente la inevitable derrota y el fracaso del imperio que trató de construir. Cuando ya no podía confiar en nadie, sólo su mujer Rachele y su amante Clara Petacci le fueron incondicionalmente fieles e intentaron protegerlo de las intrigas que lo amenazaban.
Opening Victim (voice) (uncredited)
Un barco cargado de huevos de piraña se hunde en el mar Caribe. Meses después, un banco de estos voraces animales siembra el terror en las costas de una pequeña isla. Se trata de la película debut de James Cameron, el hombre que más tarde dirigió grandes superproducciones como "Terminator II", "Titanic" o "Avatar". De todos modos, Cameron no se implicó casi nada en el proyecto y fue Ovidio G. Assonitis, el guionista de la película, quien llevó el peso de la cinta. Y es que, tras una semana de rodaje, el productor de cintas como "Tentáculos" o "Poder maléfico" estaba tan insatisfecho por el progreso de Cameron, que lo excluyó de la edición. De hecho, ni tan solo se le dejó visionar el material que había filmado.
Dr. Kramer
Un sacerdote está persiguiendo a un loco asesino que es víctima de un experimento genético (su sangre coagula muy rápido y hace que sea practicamente inmortal). El asesino llega a una pequeña ciudad y no tardará en cometer los más atroces asesinatos jamás vistos.
Temple Guard
Una dramática reconstrucción del arresto, juicio y crucifixión de Jesús en una Jerusalén ocupada por los romanos.
Dialogue
Sam y Buddy Piccolo refugiados en un convento para encontrar comida, descubren un tesoro, la mano en oro de San Quirín. Para robarla se hacen amigo con un estafador de alto nivel Randolf Quint, ex-militar, llamado el Coronel.
Additional Dialogue
Un monstruo ataca una villa escocesa, dejando una estela de cuerpos horriblemente mutilados como evidencia. Las sospechas recaen sobre los habitantes de un castillo cercano, que están envueltos con una maldición que envuelve a un gato asesino.
ADR & Dubbing
Charming, blithely amoral devil-may-care rogue Jesse Smith and peaceful, devout straight-arrow Mormon Lester O'Hara are estranged half brothers who are reunited after receiving a sizable inheritance from their deceased mother. The wildly contrasting mismatched duo get into all sorts of trouble while trying to claim said inheritance. Written by Woodyanders
Dialogue
Una banda de ladrones tratan de adueñarse de una mina de oro y persiguen a la hija del minero, que ha conseguido escapar después de que los bandidos asesinaran a su madre y hermano, para apoderarse de los documentos de propiedad. En su huida encuentra a un periodista y un sheriff que le ayudaran.
Writer
Wedding guests awaiting the arrival of the bride suddenly become nervous when they notice that the table has been laid for 13... an ominous number. Their worries are confirmed when the bridal carriage pulls up outside bearing the lifeless bride and the corpses of three other guests. The suspicions rise between the thirteen guests, and the identity of the murderer is a shocking surprise.
Jerry Mano (voice)
An edited for TV movie made up of four episodes of the Johnny Sokko and his Flying Robot TV series. The four episodes consist of the first episode, two from the middle of the series and the final episode.