The man who brought Pingu to life has died at the age of 85m, it has been confirmed. Renowned voice actor Carlo Bonomi died on Saturday, 6 August, in his home country of Italy.
The man who brought Pingu to life has died at the age of 85m, it has been confirmed.The star was best-known for voicing Pingu – and the little penguin’s entire family – in the early seasons of the children’s claymation show.
Cavani, who had worked with Bonomi on commercials for two decades between the 1970s and 1990s, added that ‘you were always playing it safe with him around.’ ‘He used to bring to the recording studio a breath of joy and humour, dragging everyone present into something like a creative happening.’Between the years of 1990 and 2000, when Pingu first aired on Swiss network SF DRS, Bonomi developed the iconic Penguinese language which carried on for decades after, even as Pingu was voiced by other actors.