Hugó Gruber

Hugó Gruber (1938-2012) was a Hungarian voice actor and puppeteer who dubbed Rowlf the Dog on Breki és a többiek (The Muppet Show), Muppet-show New Yorkban (The Muppets Take Manhattan), and related dubs. He voiced the Right Door Knocker in the first dub of Labyrinth and Magog in Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story.
As a puppeteer, Gruber was part of the Állami Bábszínház (Hungarian state puppet theater) troupe who appeared in the special Here Come the Puppets!, playing a life-size puppet conductor (with voice-over by host Jim Henson).
Gruber was a puppeteer contracted to the state puppet theater from 1961 to 1992, often in stage versions of fairytales such as a 1977 version of The Three Little Pigs as well as classic adaptations. His puppet roles included Akela in The Jungle Book, Alonso and Trinculo in The Tempest, and the devil in Stravinsky's A Soldier's Tale. He continued to perform with the Budapest theater as late as a 2011 production of Stravinsky's Petrushka.Hungarian Theatre Museum and Institute database - production entry He puppeteered on television as well, playing the father rabbit on the 1960s children's series Mi újság a Futrinka utcában?
Gruber acted on-camera in character parts but aside from puppetry, he was busiest in dubbing, beginning in 1972 with French and other European imports. He lent his voice to Ian McDiarmid in the Star Wars franchise, John Hurt in the Harry Potter movies, Burt Young in two Rocky sequels, Sid James in 1990s dubs of the Carry On movies, Abe Vigoda in The Godfather and its sequel, Stan Lee in Mallrats, Ernest Borgnine in The Wild Bunch and other films, Ray Collins in Citizen Kane, Robert Newton in Treasure Island, Guy Kibbee in 42nd Street, Jesse White in The Cat from Outer Space, and Frank the Pug in the Men in Black movies. On TV, he dubbed Leslie Nielsen on Columbo and Steven Hill on Law & Order. His cartoon roles included Julius Caesar in the Asterix movies, Foghorn Leghorn in Looney Tunes specials, Merlin in The Sword in the Stone, and Benny the Cab in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. 
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==External links==
*IMDb
*Hungarian dubbing credits
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Category:International Voice Actors