Trivia

He did all the original "voices" for "Pingu" without a script. He was influenced by the commedia dell'arte tradition of nonsense language, "grammelot".

He is an Italian clown and voice actor.

In 1984 he provided the laughter voices for the cartoon series Stripy.

He was best known for his voiceover work as the voice of Mr. Linea in the animated series La Linea as well as Pingu and various other characters in the stop-motion children's television series of the same name.

In Italy, generations of children have grown up with the voice of Carlo Bonomi. From the late 1950s until well into the 1970s, he performed the voices of characters in numerous children's series and cartoons, both Italian and foreign, on the Italian public broadcaster RAI.

American cartoonist Travis Bickerstaff paid tribute to Bonomi in a tweet, saying the "noot noot" would live on.

Bonomi was also very active as a voice actor in Italian radio dramas, and was the Italian voice for several popular cartoon characters, including Mickey Mouse and Fred Flintstone.

In 1985 he recorded the railway announcements for the central station of Milan which remained in use until 2008.

In 2008 he acted the voices for the yellow tribe in Spore, which was also his final role before his retirement from acting later that year.

The language of noises he had developed and used for the earlier Osvaldo Cavandoli's La Linea from 1971 to 1986 was reinterpreted for the acclaimed TV series Pingu on SF DRS during its first four seasons produced between 1990 and 2000.

His grammelot (an imitation of language used in satirical theatre) was originally intended to be a parody of the Milanese dialect, and it was inspired by three abstract languages traditionally used by clowns in France and Italy.

When in 2003 the show's rights were acquired by HIT Entertainment, Bonomi was replaced by London-based voice actors David Sant and Marcello Magni.

La Linea was born in 1969, when Osvaldo Cavandoli created an advertisement cartoon for an Italian kitchen appliance company. The character was simplified, details and colors were left out, and the audience concentrated on actions of the main character. The character would greet the animator, start walking and usually run into an obstacle. One recurring obstacle was an abrupt end of line. The character, voiced by Carlo Bonomi, would seem very short-tempered and complain about it, while the animator would politely draw a "solution." Animator's right hand and pencil are shown drawing.

Bonomi was a renowned voice actor and a clown who brought greater joy than ever to children's lives.

Bonomi voiced many characters for the Italian advertising show Carosello.