TEHRAN -- Iranian veteran dubber Ata’ollah Kameli died at age 79 on Friday. He was suffering from bone cancer.

Born in 1929, Ata’ollah (Taqi) Kameli began his career in 1955. He featured many popular characters in world renowned films including the lead actor Kirk Douglas in “Spartacus” (1960).
He was the dubbing manager of many popular series such as the British television drama “Agatha Christie’s Poirot”, the Australian children TV series “Skippy, the Bush Kangaroo” (1966-68) directed by Eric Fullilove and Max Varnel and also the James Bond film series.
The funeral procession will begin from the House of Cinema and the date of the ceremony will be announced in near future, the director of Iran Dubbing Association Nasser Mamduh told ISNA.