Roger Carel

Roger Carel
Roger Carel
Born
Roger Bancharel

(1927-08-14)14 August 1927
Paris, France
Died11 September 2020(2020-09-11) (aged 93)
Montfermeil, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
OccupationActor

Roger Carel (French pronunciation: [ʁɔʒe kaʁɛl]; born Roger Bancharel; 14 August 1927 – 11 September 2020) was a French actor. He appeared in many supporting roles in French films, and was particularly familiar to French audiences as a voice actor, both in dubbing and in animation. In the latter capacity, he was notably associated with the comic book character Asterix, which he voiced in nine animated feature adaptations released between 1967 and 2014.

Roles

Carel's notable dubbing performances include David Suchet as Hercule Poirot on Agatha Christie's Poirot, Star Wars' C-3PO, and Benny Hill in French broadcasts of The Benny Hill Show. Cartoon characters voiced in French by Carel include Winnie-the-Pooh, Piglet, and Rabbit in the Winnie the Pooh franchise.

He also voiced Wally Gator, Mickey Mouse, Yogi Bear, Fred Flintstone, Kermit the Frog, Heathcliff, Danger Mouse, Foghorn Leghorn, ALF, Fat Albert and many other famous characters in French.

Filmography

French animated productions

Voice dubbing (French)

Live action

  • Meeting in Paris (1956) as Gendarme (uncredited)
  • A Friend of the Family (1957) as tuner
  • The Tricyclist (1957) as peasant
  • Incognito (1958) as policeman
  • Chéri, fais-moi peur (1958) as Kougloff, the Russian spy
  • Le petit prof (1959) as City hall clerk
  • Croquemitoufle (1959) as Maurice
  • Auguste (1961) as Albert, le brother-in-law
  • L'empire de la nuit (1962)
  • Les Bricoleurs (1963) as Cout de la Bigle
  • Ophélia (1963) as Worker
  • La foire aux cancres (Chronique d'une année scolaire) (1963) as Mr. Garrigou
  • La mort d'un tueur (1964) as café owner
  • Dulcinea del Toboso (1964)
  • La grosse caisse (1965) as Souvestre
  • The Saint Lies in Wait (1966) as professor (uncredited)
  • The Two of Us (1967) as Victor
  • Salut Berthe! (1968) as Camberlin
  • A Flea in Her Ear (1968) as Mr. Plommard
  • Béru et ces dames (1968) as Maximilien Bernal
  • Clérambard (1969) as parish priest
  • The Brain (1969) as Frankie Scannapieco (voice, uncredited)
  • A Golden Widow (1969) as Aristophane Percankas
  • Et qu'ça saute! (1970) as Fedorovitch
  • On est toujours trop bon avec les femmes (1971) as Frank Dillon
  • Delusions of Grandeur (1971) as one-eye (voice, uncredited)
  • Le Viager (1972) as news announcer (voice)
  • Églantine (1972) as Ernest
  • Elle cause plus, elle flingue (1972) as Sammy
  • Le petit poucet (1972) as Narrator (voice)
  • Les Charlots font l'Espagne (1972) as boat captain (voice, uncredited)
  • Joë petit boum-boum (1973) as Bzz
  • Oh, If Only My Monk Would Want (Ah! Si mon moine voulait...) (1973) as Attorney Bornet
  • The Big Store (1973) as auctioneer
  • The Holes (1974) as Alberto Sopranelli,
  • Le plumard en folie (1974) as the bed (voice)
  • Q (1974) as Narrator (uncredited)
  • Soldat Duroc, ça va être ta fête! (1975) as Oberst Strumpf
  • Les grands moyens (1976) as commissioner Honoré Compana
  • La grande récré (1976) as pharmacist
  • La grande frime (1977) as Chomer
  • Dis bonjour à la dame!.. (1977) as postal supervisor
  • La Gueule de l'autre (1979) as Roland Favereau
  • Les phallocrates (1980) as mental asylum director
  • Jupiter's Thigh (1980) as Sacharias, le conservateur
  • The Umbrella Coup (1980) as Salvatore Bozzoni
  • Signé Furax (1981) as Grigor Sokolodovenko
  • Le retour des bidasses en folie (1983) as Kolonel von Berg
  • One Deadly Summer (1983) as Henri a.k.a. 'Henri IV'
  • Le jeune marié (1983) as Mr. Santoni, Nina's father
  • Les malheurs d'Octavie (1983) as André Perlin
  • L'émir préfère les blondes (1983) as Sam Moreau
  • Y a-t-il un pirate sur l'antenne? (1983) as commissioner Keller
  • Le diable rose (1988) as General Von Goteborg
  • Les Gauloises blondes (1988) as Cuchulain
  • La folle journée ou Le mariage de Figaro (1989) as Don Guzman Brid'Oison
  • Comédie d'amour (1989) as doctor
  • 1001 Nights (1990) as The Great Vizier
  • My Man (1996) as Passerby In Hat

Bibliography

References

  1. ↑ "Roger Carel, légende du doublage français, est mort". Le Monde.fr. 18 September 2020 – via Le Monde.
  2. ↑ "1966, Roger Carel, la voix d'Astérix". Institut national de l'audiovisuel (in French). 18 September 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2026.