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

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, and

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. He was also recognized in dubbing as the voice of

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in the animated series '' Star Wars: The Clone Wars'', he also dubbed

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'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

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. Dhéran died at his home in

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on 27 January 2013. He was intended to voice

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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 ''Royal Affairs in Versailles'' (French title: ''Si Versailles m'était conté'') is a 1954 French-Italian historical drama directed by Sacha Guitry. Described as "a historical film showing Versailles from its beginnings to the present day", it t ...

'' (1954) - Beaumarchais (uncredited) * '' The Big Flag'' (1954) - Lucien Barré * ''

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'' (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 * ''Douze heures d'horloge'' (1959) - Serge (voice) * ''Soupe au lait'' (1959) - René Giquel - Le riche fiancé de Francine * ''

Rue des prairies ''Rue des prairies'' is a 1959 French drama film directed by Denys de La Patellière. It is an adaptation of a novel by René Lefèvre. Plot Widower Henri Neveux ( Jean Gabin) has difficult relationships with his children. Cast * Jean Gabi ...

'' (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 * ''

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'' (1961) - Le procureur Henri de Villefort * '' Les Bricoleurs'' (1963) - L'inspecteur de l'auto-école * ''

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'' (1964) - Harry Williams * '' The Gorillas'' (1964) - Hubert Loisif * '' On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts'' (1964) - Président des rédempteurs de l'assassinat * '' Les Bons Vivants'' (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 * ''

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'' (1996) - Montalieri * '' Stardom'' (2000) - French Intellectual * ''L'antidote'' (2005) - Salanches de Foiry * ''

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'' (2007) - Père de Philibert

French
dubbing Dubbing (also known as re-recording and mixing) is a post-production process used in filmmaking and the video production process where supplementary recordings (known as doubles) are lip-synced and "mixed" with original production audio to cr ...

's role in: * ''Malcolm X'' * ''Wolf'' * ''Dolores Claiborne'' * ''12 Monkeys'' * ''A Beautiful Mind'' * ''Nicholas Nickleby'' * ''

Syriana ''Syriana'' is a 2005 American political thriller film written and directed by Stephen Gaghan, loosely based on Robert Baer's 2003 memoir '' See No Evil''. The film stars an ensemble cast consisting of George Clooney, Matt Damon, Jeffrey Wr ...

'' * ''The New World'' * '' Must Love Dogs'' * '' Inside Man'' * ''The Lake House'' * ''

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'' * ''

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' role in: * ''Howards End'' * ''The Remains of the Day'' * ''Shadowlands'' * ''

The Mask of Zorro ''The Mask of Zorro'' is a 1998 American Western swashbuckler film based on the fictional character Zorro by Johnston McCulley. Directed by Martin Campbell from a screenplay by John Eskow, Ted Elliott, and Terry Rossio, it stars Anto ...

'' * ''Titus'' * '' Mission: Impossible 2'' * ''

All the King's Men ''All the King's Men'' is a 1946 novel by Robert Penn Warren. The novel tells the story of charismatic populist governor Willie Stark and his political machinations in the Depression-era Deep South. It was inspired by the real-life story of U. ...

'' * ''Bobby'' * ''Thor''

's role in: * ''Bonjour Tristesse'' * ''The Best of Enemies'' * ''

55 Days at Peking ''55 Days at Peking'' is a 1963 American epic historical war film dramatizing the siege of the foreign legations' compounds in Beijing (then still Peking, in English) during the Boxer Uprising, which took place in China in the summer of 1 ...

'' * '' Murder by Death'' * '' The Sea Wolves'' * ''Rough Cut'' * ''

Trail of the Pink Panther ''Trail of the Pink Panther'' is a 1982 comedy film directed by Blake Edwards and starring Peter Sellers. It is the seventh film in ''The Pink Panther'' series, the first film in the series following Sellers' death and also the last in which he ...

's role in: * ''X-Men'' * ''X2'' * '' X-Men: The Last Stand'' * ''The Da Vinci Code''

's role in: * '' Scary Movie 3'' * ''

Scary Movie 4 ''Scary Movie 4'' is a 2006 American parody film directed by David Zucker, written by Jim Abrahams, Craig Mazin, and Pat Proft, and produced by Mazin and Robert K. Weiss. It is the sequel to '' Scary Movie 3'' and the fourth installment in the ...

'' * ''

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* ''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''

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Selected filmography

French dubbing Dubbing (also known as re-recording and mixing) is a post-production process used in filmmaking and the video production process where supplementary recordings (known as doubles) are lip-synced and "mixed" with original production audio to cr ...

References

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French
dubbing Dubbing (also known as re-recording and mixing) is a post-production process used in filmmaking and the video production process where supplementary recordings (known as doubles) are lip-synced and "mixed" with original production audio to cr ...