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TEHRAN – Iranian voice actor Ahmad Rasulzadeh, famous for lending his voice to the characters of Mexican American actor Anthony Quinn in several movies, died at Tehran’s Iranmehr Hospital on Friday. He was 84.
Rasulzaedh had been suffering from Parkinson’s disease over the past few years.
He had lent his voice to Quinn as Hamza and Omar Mukhtar in Moustapha Akkad’s “The Message” and “Lion of the Desert”.
He also dubbed over Orson Welles’s voice in “The Long, Hot Summer” directed Martin Ritt and “A Man for All Seasons” by Fred Zinnemann.
He also directed the groups of voice actors for “Godfather”, “Ben-Hur” and “The Great Escape”.
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