Louis Arbessier

Louis Arbessier (1907-1998) was a French actor with a long career in film and television. He dubbed the urSkeks in Dark Crystal, the French dub of The Dark Crystal.
Arbessier served in the French resistance during World War II. He was a busy film actor particularly in the 1950s, playing historical roles including Louis XIII in The Three Musketeers and two historical epics, Napoleon III in Violettes impériales, Tsar Alexander in Michel Strogoff, and military commander Berthier in Napoleon. Often cast as authoritative types, he played a police prefect in the 1958 Les Misérables and was the first actor to portray detective Maigret on TV (in the feature length 1960 adaptation Liberty Bar). Other TV credits include guest appearances on Arsène Lupin (as a doctor) and the 1982 Maigret series (as a priest). Later movies include the English language film The Dirty Game (with Henry Fonda) and La part des lions (with Charles Aznavour).
In dubbing, Arbessier lent his voice to Desmond Llewellyn as Q in seven James Bond movies, as well as Vincent Price in Theater of Blood and Edward Scissorhands. He dubbed Orson Welles in the film House of Cards, John Carradine in The Ten Commandments, Harry Andrews in Superman, Ralph Bellamy in Trading Places, and Leo McKern on The Prisoner. Animation dubbing included Saruman in The Lord of the Rings and the dying king in the Mickey Mouse version of The Prince and the Pauper. He was heard occasionally in French radio dramas, including a 1973 adaptation of the Agatha Christie stage play Ten Little Indians. 
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