Constantino Romero(1947-2013)
- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Writer
Constantino Romero was born on May 29, 1947 in Albacete, Castilla-La
Mancha, Spain. In the early 70's he started as dubbed voice actor, in
movies as
They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970)
and Dirty Harry (1971). His voice
tone, deep and serious, was turned in the most recognizable voice in
Spain during the 70's years and the 80's, specially in titles as the
three original Star Wars' movies, being the Spanish dubbed voice of
Darth Vader, and the James Bond movie starred by 'Roger Moore'. In the
middle 80's he started a carrier as host in TV shows. His first job for
TV was
El tiempo es oro (1987), a
famous Spanish contest-show in this time (and subsequently) which was
his first big success for Romero. At the same time he followed his work
as voice over in movies like Terminator and some Clint Eastwood movies
(between others), Romero turned in one of the most familiar faces in
Spain with other TV shows like
Valor y coraje (1993),
La parodia nacional (1996),
Alta tensión (1998) and
Pasapalabra (2000). He died on
May 12, 2013 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He was 65.
