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Roger Carel
Roger Carel (1927-2020) was a French voice actor, the Gaulic equivalent of Mel Blanc, who supplied the voices of Kermit the Frog, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew (Walbec Bunsen), The Swedish Chef (when dubbed), The Announcer, Nigel, and others on Le Muppet Show (The Muppet Show). For the second French soundtrack album, he also sang for Peter Sellers (whose singing remained in English in the TV version). He dubbed Sir Didymus, the Worm, and others in Labyrinth and Old Major in Animal Farm.
In a career spanning four decades, Carel lent his voice to a variety of iconic characters, dubbing the likes of Mickey Mouse, ALF, and Winnie the Pooh (and Piglet and Rabbit), and originating the role of comic book character Asterix in a series of animated features, as well as on radio. For Disney animated features, he dubbed Jiminy Cricket in Pinocchio, the Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland, Bernard in The Rescuers, Mr. Toad in The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, and Kaa in The Jungle Book. Other cartoon roles included Magilla Gorilla, Paddington Bear, Heathcliff, Fred Flintstone on The Flintstones, Foghorn Leghorn, Danger Mouse, J. Gander Hooter on Darkwing Duck, Reed Richards on The Fantastic Four, and the undertaker and others in the Lucky Luke animated features.
Live action dubbing credits include Charlie Chaplin in The Great Dictator, Hercule Poirot in two different incarnations (Peter Ustinov in Death on the Nile and David Suchet on Poirot), C-3PO in the Star Wars franchise, and Burgess Meredith on Batman. He often acted on-camera in French comedies, including Les Bricoleurs (with Elke Sommers).