Díaz, Joaquín

Post by **PeplumParadise** » 14/10/2022, 11:45

: Joaquín Díaz in El misterio de la vida (1970)

Joaquín Díaz was a Barcelona-based dubbing artist and small-part actor. He was active in dubbing from 1943-2013 and as an actor in Spanish films and television at least between 1961-1999.

He was born Joaquín Díaz Muntané on August 26th 1930 in Barcelona.

Joaquín began his career as a stage actor at the age of 6 in the company of his aunt, Juanita Diaz. This led to him joining the Radio Barcelona stage team, where he would remain for 15 years. His earliest role listed on the Spanish dubbing website Eldoblaje.com dates from 1943 when he would have been 13. Quite astonishingly the website lists over 2,500 roles dubbed by him. He was the regular Spanish voice of actors such as Jack Lemmon, Rod Steiger, Peter Ustinov, Alberto Sordi, Ian Holm, Telly Savalas and others. He also worked as a dubbing director and was equally at home working in Castellano or Catalan.

In 1961, 18 years after beginning his dubbing career, Joaquín began to also appear as an actor in films, mostly in small parts. He was quite busy as an actor in the 60's, with more sporadic appearances later, simultaneously continuing dubbing work.

He died in Barcelona on September 4th 2013, aged 83.

His autobiography, "Mi voz en millones de fotogramas" (My voice in millions of frames), was published posthumously in 2015.

His biographical details are gathered from numerous sources including interviews and obituaries.

Filmography

1962

Tierra de todos …. Soldier (uncredited)

1963
Un demonio con ángel …. Bermúdez (credited)

1965
Asso di picche - Operazione controspionaggio …. Oakes (credited)
La dama de Beirut …. Selim (credited)

1966
Dinamita Jim …. Selim (credited)
L'armata Brancaleone …. Guccione (credited)
Su nombre es Daphne …. role? (poster credit)

1967
El primer cuartel …. Don Tomás (credited)

1969
Percy Stuart (TV series) S.2, Ep. 11: "Manschettenknöpfe" …. Juan Varos (credited)

1970
¿Quién soy yo? …. Guest at the celebration (credited)
El misterio de la vida …. Dr. Antonio Ansúrez (credited)
Les belles au bois dormantes …. Inspector Granier (uncredited)

1971
Los buitres cavarán tu fosa …. Ted Salomon (credited as "Joaquin Dia")

1988
El virus del poder …. (credited as "Colonel", but not found)

1999
La ciudad de los prodigios .... Don Humbert Figa (credited)

Titles to check

Las estrellas (1961) IMDb as Prestamista
Hora once (1970 TV series) 2 episodes, IMDb
Ficciones (1972-74 TV series) 4 episodes, IMDb
Amor de perdición (1973 TV movie) "Novela" series, IMDb
Tierra para morir (1974 TV movie) "Novela" series, IMDb
Teatro Club (1977 TV series) Ep.: "Historia de la divertida ciudad de Caribdis", IMDb as Grand Duke
El mundo sexual de la pareja (1982) IMDb as Sexologist