Roger Carel

Roger Carel (born Roger Bancharel; 14 August 1927 – 11 September 2020) was a French actor, known for his recurring film roles as Asterix, the French voice of Star Wars' C-3PO, and the French voice of Winnie-the-Pooh, Piglet, and Rabbit in Winnie the Pooh. He dubbed David Suchet as Hercule Poirot on Agatha Christie's Poirot. He also voiced Wally Gator, Mickey Mouse, Yogi Bear, Fred Flintstone, Kermit the Frog, Heathcliff, Danger Mouse, Foghorn Leghorn, ALF, Fat Albert and many other famous characters in French.

Filmography

French animated productions

 Asterix the Gaul (1967) as Asterix
 Asterix and Cleopatra (1968) as Asterix / Caesar's Spy / Dogmatix
 Daisy Town (1971) as Undertaker / Cavalry Colonel
 Tarzoon: Shame of the Jungle (1975)  as Le second siamois / Short / Général anglais
 The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (1976) as Asterix / Caius Tiddlius / Roman Senator #3 / Dogmatix
 La Ballade des Dalton (1978) as Min Li Foo, le blanchisseur chinois / Mathias Bones, le joyeux croque-mort / Le crieur de journaux / Juan le Mexicain
 Once Upon a Time... (1978–2008, TV Series) as Maestro / Peter
 Le chaînon manquant (1980) as Croak / Le gros con #4
 Minoïe (1981) as Le Grand Amiralissime
 La revanche des humanoides (1983)
 Lucky Luke (1984) as Jolly Jumper
 Asterix Versus Caesar (1985) as Asterix / Dogmatix
 Asterix in Britain (1986) as Asterix / Dogmatix
 The Big Bang (1987) as Général de l'USSSR, voix radio, commentateur du match de foot
 Asterix and the Big Fight (1989) as Asterix / Dogmatix
 Asterix Conquers America (1994) as Asterix
 Asterix and the Vikings (2006) as Asterix / Dogmatix
 Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods (2014) as Asterix / Dogmatix (final film role)

Voice dubbing (French)

 The Great Dictator (1940, dubbed in 1968) as the Barber/Adenoid Hynkel (Charlie Chaplin)
 The Benny Hill Show (1951–1991, TV Series) as Benny Hill
 Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks (1958-1961) as Pixie / Dixie
 The Flintstones (1960–1966) (TV series) as Fred Flintstone
 One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) as Pongo (French dubbing)
 The Yogi Bear Show (1961-1962) as Yogi Bear (2nd dubbing)
 Hey There, It's Yogi Bear! (1964) as Boo-Boo Bear
 Hogan's Heroes (1965–1971, TV Series) as Colonel Crittendon
 The Jungle Book (1967) as Kaa
 The Aristocats (1970) as Roquefort / Lafayette
 Groovie Goolies (1970) as Drac / Hagatha
 Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (1972-1985) as Fat Albert
 Fritz the Cat (1972) as Fritz the cat
 Heavy Traffic (1973) as Angie Corleone
 Robin Hood (1973) as Sir Hiss
 Alice in Wonderland (1974) as Cheshire Cat (2nd dub)
 Pinocchio (1975) as Jiminy Cricket (2nd dub)
 The Muppet Show (1976–1981, TV Series) as Kermit the Frog / The Announcer / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew
 Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977) as C-3PO
 The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977) as Pooh / Piglet / Rabbit
 The Rescuers (1977) as Bernard
 Doctor Snuggles (1979–1980, TV Series) as Doctor Snuggles
 Maeterlinck's Blue Bird: Tyltyl and Mytyl's Adventurous Journey (1980, TV Series) as Spirit of Fire / Spirit of Time / Spirit of Bread / Spirit of Milk / Narrator
 Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980) as C-3PO
  Danger Mouse (1981-1992) as Danger Mouse / Stiletto
 The Fox and the Hound (1981) as Boomer
 Fanny and Alexander (1982) as Oscar Ekdahl (Allan Edwall)
 The Mysterious Cities of Gold (1982, TV Series) as occasional narrator
 Pac-Man (1982–1983, TV Series) as Blinky
 The Dragon That Wasn't (Or Was He?) (1983) as Olivier
 Welcome to Pooh Corner (1983–1987, TV Series) as Pooh / Piglet / Rabbit
 Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983) as C-3PO
 The Right Stuff (1983) as Narrator
 Heathcliff and The Catillac Cats (1984–1988, TV Series) as Heathcliff
 Dumbo (1984) as Timothy Q. Mouse (2nd French dub)
 The Karate Kid (1984) as Mr. Miyagi
 Retenez Moi...Ou Je Fais Un Malheur (1984) as Jerry Logan
 The Great Mouse Detective (1986) as Basil
 The Karate Kid Part II (1986) as Mr. Miyagi
 ALF (1986–1990, TV Series) as ALF
 An American Tail (1986) as Digit
 Spaceballs (1987) as President Skroob
 Duck Tales (1987–1989, TV Series) as Flintheart Glomgold / Duckworth
 The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1988–1991, TV Series) Pooh / Piglet / Rabbit
 The Land Before Time (1988) Petrie
 Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989–?, TV Series) as Hercule Poirot
 The Rescuers Down Under (1990) as Bernard
 Plaisir d'amour (1991) as Circé 
 Law & Order (1991–1992, TV Series) as Phil Cerreta
 Les mille et une farces de Pif et Hercule (1993)
 Jurassic Park (1993) as tour car guide's voice
 The Swan Princess (1994) as Puffin
 The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure (1994) as Petrie
 The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving (1995) as Petrie (French dubbing)
 Mr. Men and Little Miss (1995-1997) as various male voices
 Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin (1997) as Pooh / Piglet / Rabbit
 Air Bud (1997) as Norman Snively
 Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999) as C-3PO
 The Tigger Movie (2000) as Pooh / Rabbit
 The Towering Inferno (2000) as Harlee Clairborne
 Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002) as C-3PO
 The Jungle Book 2 (2003) as Kaa
 Piglet's Big Movie (2003) as Pooh / Rabbit
 Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003–2005, TV Series) as C-3PO
 Robots (2005) as Madame Gasket
 Desperate Housewives (2005–2010, TV Series) as Reverend Sikes
 Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005) as C-3PO
 Lord of War (2005) as Simeon Weisz
 Nocturna (2007) as Moka
 Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007) as Vicar
 My Friends Tigger & Pooh (2007–2010, TV Series) as Pooh / Rabbit
 The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008) as Roger Wilson
 Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) as C-3PO
 Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008–2010, TV Series) as C-3PO
 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) as Horace Slughorn
 True Grit (2010) as Colonel Stonehill

Live action 

 Meeting in Paris (1956) as Le gendarme devant le 'Ritz' (uncredited)
 L'ami de la famille (1957) as L'accordeur
 Le triporteur (1957) as Un paysan
 Incognito (1958) as Un agent
 Chéri, fais-moi peur (1958) as Kougloff, L'espion russe
 Le petit prof (1959) as Un employé de mairie
 Croquemitoufle (1959) as Maurice
 Auguste (1961) as Albert, le beau-frère
 L'empire de la nuit (1962)
 Les Bricoleurs (1963) as Le comte de la Bigle
 Ophélia (1963) as Worker
 La foire aux cancres (Chronique d'une année scolaire) (1963) as M. Garrigou
 La mort d'un tueur (1964) as Le patron du café
 Dulcinea del Toboso (1964)
 La grosse caisse (1965) as Souvestre
 Le Saint prend l'affût (1966) as Le professeur (uncredited)
 The Two of Us (1967) as Victor
 Salut Berthe! (1968) as Camberlin
 A Flea in Her Ear (1968) as M. Plommard
 Béru et ces dames (1968) as Maximilien Bernal dit 'Max'
 Clérambard (1969) as Le curé
 The Brain (1969) as Frankie Scannapieco (voice, uncredited)
 A Golden Widow (1969) as Aristophane Percankas – un riche armateur grec
 Et qu'ça saute! (1970) as Fedorovitch
 On est toujours trop bon avec les femmes (1971) as Frank Dillon
 Delusions of Grandeur (1971) (uncredited)
 Le Viager (1972) as La voix du speaker des actualités (voice)
 Églantine (1972) as Ernest
 Elle cause plus, elle flingue (1972) as Sammy
 Le petit poucet (1972) as Récitant / Narrator (voice)
 Les Charlots font l'Espagne (1972) as Le capitaine du grand voilier (voice, uncredited)
 Joë petit boum-boum (1973) as Bzz
 L'Heptaméron (Joyeux compères) (1973) as Maître Bornet
 The Big Store (1973) as Le commissaire priseur
 The Holes (1974) as Alberto Sopranelli, le ténor
 Le plumard en folie (1974) as La voix du lit (voice)
 Q (1974) as Récitant / Narrator (uncredited)
 Soldat Duroc, ça va être ta fête! (1975) as Oberst Strumpf
 Les grands moyens (1976) as Commissaire Honoré Compana
 La grande récré (1976) as Le pharmacien
 La grande frime (1977) as Chomer
 Dis bonjour à la dame!.. (1977) as L'inspecteur des PTT
 La Gueule de l'autre (1979) as Roland Favereau
 Les phallocrates (1980) as Le directeur de l'asile
 Jupiter's Thigh (1980) as Sacharias, le conservateur
 The Umbrella Coup (1980) as Salvatore Bozzoni
 Signé Furax (1981) as Grigor Sokolodovenko
 Le retour des bidasses en folie (1983) as Kolonel von Berg
 One Deadly Summer (1983) as Henri dit 'Henri IV'
 Le jeune marié (1983) as M. Santoni, Nina's father
 Les malheurs d'Octavie (1983) as André Perlin
 L'émir préfère les blondes (1983) as Sam Moreau
 Y a-t-il un pirate sur l'antenne? (1983) as Le commissaire Keller
 Le diable rose (1988) as General Von Goteborg
 Les Gauloises blondes (1988) as Cuchulain
 La folle journée ou Le mariage de Figaro (1989) as Don Guzman Brid'Oison
 Comédie d'amour (1989) as Le docteur
 1001 Nights (1990) as The Great Vizier
 My Man (1996) as Passerby In Hat

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1927 births
2020 deaths
French male film actors
French male television actors
French male video game actors
French male voice actors
Male actors from Paris
20th-century French male actors
21st-century French male actors