Gábor Vass

Gábor Vass (1956-2021) was a Hungarian voice actor who dubbed The Thought Lion on A mesemondó (The StoryTeller) in 1990. He later dubbed Sam the Eagle in Muppets (The Muppets) and the Disney Character Voices International produced redubs of The Muppet Christmas Carol and Muppet Kincses Sziget (Muppet Treasure Island). 
Vass played leading roles on stage, including Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady and Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof, but his deep voice kept him most active in the recording studio. Entering dubbing in 1978, he dubbed classic film stars Cary Grant in His Girl Friday and Notorious, Sean Connery in James Bond movies and Marnie, Clark Gable in Gone with the Wind and others, Charlton Heston in Planet of the Apes, José Ferrer in Cyrano de Bergerac, Gregory Peck in The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, and James Coburn in Charade and elsewhere. He lent his deep tones to physically imposing figures such as Alan Hale as Little John in The Adventures of Robin Hood, Steve Reeves as Hercules, Carl Weathers in Rocky, boxer Archie Moore as Jim in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Darth Vader in The Rise of Skywalker, Frank Langella in Masters of the Universe, and Lou Ferrigno (as well as Bill Bixby) in The Incredible Hulk Returns. 
Beginning in 1998, Vass was the primary Hungarian voice of Samuel L. Jackson, including the Marvel movies and 2019's Shaft. For TV, he dubbed William Shatner on T.J. Hooker, Jim Byrnes on Highlander, and Brian Blessed on Blackadder. He was the signature voice-over for several Hungarian TV and radio stations, including HBO. Cartoon characters included Scooby-Doo, Mufasa in The Lion King, Sebastian in The Little Mermaid, and the Great Prince of the Forest in Bambi. On-camera, he had a small role in the 1978 Hungarian TV version of Sam the Sudden.
==External links==
*Hungarian dubbing database
*IMDb
__NOWYSIWYG__
Category:International Voice Actors