Bernard Yves Raoul Dhéran (17 June 1926 – 27 January 2013) was a French actor, who was active in film, television and theatre in a career spanning over six decades. Dhéran was well remembered in French cinema's as the French dub of David Niven, Anthony Hopkins, Christopher Plummer, Ian McKellen, and Leslie Nielsen. He was also recognized in dubbing as the voice of Count Dooku in the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars, he also dubbed Christopher Lee's performance as Dooku in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones and Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith.
In 1961, Dhéran was inducted into Sociétaires of the Comédie-Française.
Dhéran died at his home in Marrakesh on 27 January 2013. He was intended to voice Odin in the French dub of Thor: The Dark World, but was replaced with Jean-Pierre Moulin, who also worked in dubbing Anthony Hopkins' roles.
Selected filmography
The Lame Devil (1948) - Un figurant (uncredited) Beauties of the Night (1952) - L'aviateur - Le fiancé de la caissière (uncredited) Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954) - Beaumarchais (uncredited) The Big Flag (1954) - Lucien Barré Napoléon (1955) - Bourrienne (uncredited) Men in White (1955) - Clément The Grand Maneuver (1955) - Un officier (uncredited) If Paris Were Told to Us (1956) - Voltaire jeune If All the Guys in the World (1956) - Saint-Savin Ce soir les jupons volent (1956) - Bobby un amoureux de Marlène La garçonne (1957) - Max Delaume Miss Catastrophe (1957) - Fernand Le grand bluff (1957) - Serge Colonna The Inspector Likes a Fight (1957) - Barat Vacances explosives! (1957) - Monsieur Fred La peau de l'ours (1957) - Dr. Chauvin Quelle sacrée soirée (1957) - L'ami de Denise Fumée blonde (1957) - Bernard Hartman Vacanze a Ischia (1957) - Pierre Tissot It's All Adam's Fault (1958) - Le comte Philippe de Bergen Christine (1958) - Le captaine Lansky Twelve Hours By the Clock (1959) - Serge (voice) Soupe au lait (1959) - René Giquel - Le riche fiancé de Francine Rue des prairies (1959) - Le juge d'instruction Moineau Le Bossu (1959) - Narrator Magnificent Sinner (1959) - Stéphane Ryssakov Classe Tous Risques (1960) - Blastone (uncredited) Captain Blood (1960) - Récitant / Narrator (uncredited) Captain Fracasse (1961) - Chevalier de Vidalenc La Belle Américaine (1961) - M. Jean The Count of Monte Cristo (1961) - Le procureur Henri de Villefort Les Bricoleurs (1963) - L'inspecteur de l'auto-école Gibraltar (1964) - Harry Williams The Gorillas (1964) - Hubert Loisif On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts (1964) - Président des rédempteurs de l'assassinat How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning (1965) - L'avocat de la partie civile (Lucette) (segment 'Procès, Le") Une femme en blanc se révolte (1966) - Le brigadier de gendarmerie Le grand bidule (1967) - Morrisson L'homme à la Buick (1968) - Martel de la Mothe The Young Wolves (1968) - Jean-Noël Don't Deliver Us from Evil (1971) - L'automobiliste / Motorist Escape to Nowhere (1973) - M.Chat Tarzoon: Shame of the Jungle (1975) - Récitant / Narrator (French version, voice) The Seventh Company Has Been Found (1975) - Colonel Voisin Les princes (1983) - Le mari de Jeanne Bernadette (1988) - Docteur Dozous / Doctor Dozous Sandino (1991) - Stimson Loulou Graffiti (1992) - Duplessis Ridicule (1996) - Montalieri Stardom (2000) - French Intellectual L'antidote (2005) - Salanches de Foiry Hunting and Gathering (2007) - Père de Philibert
French dubbing
Christopher Plummer's role in: Malcolm X Wolf Dolores Claiborne 12 Monkeys A Beautiful Mind Nicholas Nickleby Syriana The New World Must Love Dogs Inside Man The Lake House The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Beginners
Anthony Hopkins' role in: Howards End The Remains of the Day Shadowlands The Mask of Zorro Titus Mission: Impossible 2 All the King's Men Bobby Thor
David Niven's role in: Bonjour Tristesse The Best of Enemies 55 Days at Peking Murder by Death The Sea Wolves Rough Cut Trail of the Pink Panther
Ian McKellen's role in: X-Men X2 X-Men: The Last Stand The Da Vinci Code
Leslie Nielsen's role in: Scary Movie 3 Scary Movie 4 Superhero Movie
Christopher Lee The Hound of the Baskervilles Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Honors and awards
Chevalier of the Order of the Legion of Honour Officer of the Ordre National du Mérite
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