boulevard comedy to Shakespeare. Spier also appeared in one DEFA East German western “Prairie in the City” 1971 and a TV movie called “Mixikanische Revolution in 1968.

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Pep Torrents, actor and Catalan Spanish voice of Al Pacino in "The Godfather"

Voice actor Pep Torrents, who dubbed Al Pacino in “The Godfather” and became popular for his work on the series of TV-3 “Poble Nou”, “Nissaga de poder” and “El cor de la ciutat”, died at the age of 67 years on March 3, 2011 in Barcelona, Spain. Josep Torrents Garcia was born in Sabadell, Barcelona on September 3 1942 and worked in theater, film and television as well as being a director and voice actor. Pep started in the acting world in 1968 in the Cova delDrac, Tuset street of Barcelona. Since 1983 he has been devoted to aspects of dubbing director and voice actor and dubbed Alan Alda in “Manhattan Murder Mystery” and Anthony Hopkins in “The Elephant Man”, among many other actors, in Spanish.

Monday, March 14, 2011

Howard A. Roberts, a composer, conductor and musician whose wide-
ranging activities included theater and TV work as a musical director,
died March 10 in Chatsworth, Calif., of complications related to
diabetes. He was 86.

Roberts was musical director of the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater and the
Donald McKayle Dance companies and was musical director for Harry Belafonte. As an actor and singer, he created the role of Robbins in the 1952 international company of "Porgy and Bess" starring Leontyne Price, William Warfield and Cab Calloway. He was the first African