Bernard Dhéran
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Bernard Dhéran | |
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Born | Bernard Yves Raoul Dhéran 17 June 1926 |
Died | 27 January 2013 | (aged 86)
Nationality | French |
Occupation(s) | Actor Voice actor |
Bernard Yves Raoul Dhéran (17 June 1926 - 27 January 2013) was a French actor, who was active in film, television and theatre in a career spanning over six decades. Dhéran was well remembered in French cinema's as the French dub of David Niven, Anthony Hopkins, Christopher Plummer, Ian McKellen and Leslie Nielsen. He was also recognized in dubbing as the voice of Count Dooku in the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars, he also dubbed Christopher Lee's performance in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones and Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith.[1]
In 1961, Dhéran was inducted into Sociétaires of the Comédie-Française.
He died at his home in Marrakech on the 27 January 2013, he had originally been commissioned to record his lines for Odin in the French dub of Thor: The Dark World, but due to his death Jean-Pierre Moulin (who is the official French dub of Hopkins) recorded the lines.
Selected filmography
- The Lame Devil
- Beauties of the Night
- Royal Affairs in Versailles
- Napoléon
- Men in White (1955)
- The Grand Maneuver
- If Paris Were Told to Us
- If All the Guys in the World
- Rue des prairies
- Classe Tous Risques
- The Count of Monte Cristo
- It's All Adam's Fault (1958)
- Captain Fracasse (1961)
- On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts (1964)
- Les Bons Vivants
- Don't Deliver Us from Evil
- Ridicule
- Stardom
- Hunting and Gathering
French dubbing
Christopher Plummer's role in:
- Malcolm X
- Wolf
- Dolores Claiborne
- 12 Monkeys
- A Beautiful Mind
- Nicholas Nickleby
- Syriana
- The New World
- Must Love Dogs
- Inside Man
- The Lake House
- The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
- Beginners
Anthony Hopkins' role in:
- Howards End
- The Remains of the Day
- Shadowlands
- The Mask of Zorro
- Titus
- Mission: Impossible 2
- All the King's Men
- Bobby
- Thor
David Niven's role in:
- Bonjour Tristesse
- The Best of Enemies
- 55 Days at Peking
- Murder by Death
- The Sea Wolves
- Rough Cut
- Trail of the Pink Panther
Ian McKellen's role in:
Leslie Nielsen's role in:
- The Hound of the Baskervilles
- Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
- Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars