Roger Carel

Roger Carel (born Roger Bancharel on August 14, 1927 in Paris, France) is a French actor and voice talent, best known for his recurring film roles as Asterix or the French voice of Star Wars' C3PO and the French voice of Winnie the Pooh. He is also dubbing David Suchet as Hercule Poirot in Agatha Christie's Poirot. He used to voice Wally Gator, Mickey Mouse and Woody Woodpecker in French.

Although his name is virtually unknown to French audiences, his voice is amongst the most famous in France for countless popular dubbings since the 1960s.

Voice acting

French voices

• The Benny Hill Show (1951–1991) (TV series) Benny Hill
• The Flintstones (1960–1966) (TV series) Fred Flintstone
• One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) Pongo
• Hogan's Heroes (1965–1971) (TV series) Colonel Crittendon
• The Jungle Book (1967) Kaa
• Asterix the Gaul (1967) Asterix, Dogmatix
• Asterix and Cleopatra (1968) Asterix, Dogmatix
• The Aristocats (1970) Roquefort / Lafayette
• Daisy Town (1971) Undertaker / Cavalry Colonel
• Fritz the Cat (1972) Fritz the cat
• Robin Hood (1973) Sir Hiss the snake
• Alice in Wonderland (1974) Cheshire Cat
• Tarzoon: Shame of the Jungle (1975) the second Siamese twin
• Pinocchio (1975) Jiminy Cricket (2nd dubbing)
• The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (1976) Asterix, Dogmatix
• Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977) C-3PO
• The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977) Winnie / Piglet / Rabbit
• The Rescuers (1977) Bernard
• Once Upon a Time... (1978–2008) (TV series) Maestro / Peter
• Doctor Snuggles (1979–1980) (TV series) (Doctor Snuggles)
• Maeterlinck's Blue Bird: Tyltyl and Mytyl's Adventurous Journey (1980) (TV series) Spirit of Fire / Spirit of Time / Spirit of Bread / Spirit of Milk / Narrator
• The Empire Strikes Back (1980) C-3PO
• The Fox and the Hound (1981) Boomer
• The Mysterious Cities of Gold (1982) (TV series) occasional narrator
• Welcome to Pooh Corner (1983–1987) (TV series) Winnie / Piglet / Rabbit
• Return of the Jedi (1983) C-3PO
• The Right Stuff (1983) Narrator
• Dumbo (1984) Timothy Q. Mouse (2nd dubbing)
• Heathcliff and The Catillac Cats (1984–1988) (TV series) Heathcliff
• The Karate Kid (1984) M. Kesuke Miyagi
• Asterix Versus Caesar (1985) Asterix, Dogmatix
• The Great Mouse Detective (1986) Basil
• The Karate Kid, Part II (1986) M. Kesuke Miyagi
• Asterix in Britain (1986) Asterix, Dogmatix
• ALF (1986–1990) (TV series) ALF
• Spaceballs (1987) President Skroob
• Duck Tales (1987–1989) (TV series) Flintheart Glomgold / Duckworth the Butler
• The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1988–1991) (TV series) Winnie / Piglet / Rabbit
• The Land Before Time (1988) Petrie
• Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989-?) (TV series) Hercule Poirot
• Asterix and the Big Fight (1989) Asterix, Dogmatix
• The Rescuers Down Under (1990) Bernard
• Law & Order (1991–1992) (TV series) Phil Cerreta
• Asterix Conquers America (1992) Asterix, Dogmatix
• Jurassic Park (1993) tour car guide's voice
• The Swan Princess (1994) Puffin
• The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure (1994) Petrie
• The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving (1995) Petrie
• Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin (1997) Winnie / Piglet / Rabbit
• Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999) C-3PO
• The Tigger Movie (2000) Winnie / Rabbit
• The Towering Inferno (2000) Harlee Clairborne
• Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002) C-3PO
• The Jungle Book 2 (2003) Kaa
• Piglet's Big Movie (2003) Winnie / Rabbit
• Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003–2005) (TV series) C-3PO
• Robots (2005) Madame Gasket
• Desperate Housewives (2005-2010) (TV series) Reverend Sikes
• Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005) C-3PO
• Lord of War (2005) Simeon Weisz
• Asterix and the Vikings (2006) Asterix, Dogmatix
• Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007) Vicar
• My Friends Tigger & Pooh (2007–2010) (TV series) Winnie / Rabbit
• The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008) Roger Wilson
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) C-3PO
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008-2010) (TV series) C-3PO
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) Horace Slughorn
• True Grit (2010) Colonel Stonehill

Selected filmography

• Meeting in Paris (1956)
• The Two of Us (1967)
• Clérambard (1969)
• The Umbrella Coup (1980)
• Les 1001 Nuits (1990)

Bibliography

• Carel, Roger; Henri, Marc (1986). J'avoue que j'ai bien ri (Jean-Claude Lattès ed.). 

External links

• Roger Carel at the Internet Movie Database