Jean Topart
- Recitazione
- 13 aprile 1922 · Paris, France
- 29 dicembre 2012
Biografia
ean Topart (13 April 1922 – 29 December 2012) was a French actor. He was considered one of the best known voices on French television for decades. In addition to providing the voices and narration for television series and animated films, Topart often dubbed American and other foreign films into French. Topart was born in Paris, on 13 April 1922. His sister, actress Lise Topart, died in a plane crash in Nice, France, on 3 March 1952. In 1973, Topart starred in the French science fiction animated film, Fantastic Planet, which was directed by René Laloux. Best known for his voice work, Topart co-starred in the 1981 Franco-Japanese animated television series, Ulysses 31, and The Mysterious Cities of Gold in 1982. He narrated the 2000 French animated series, Argai: The Prophecy. Topart was cast in the French version of numerous foreign language films, including DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp for Disney in 1990. He was cast as narrator for the French-language release of the 2002 Walt Disney Animation Studios film, Treasure Planet, known as La Planète au trésor, un nouvel univers in French. Topart also dubbed the French-language voices for many foreign live-action films, including The Elephant Man in 1980, Birdy in 1984, and Amadeus in 1984. Outside of animation, Topart was a member of the Théâtre national populaire (TNP), a French theater troupe, from 1950 to 1960 before entering film and television. His live-action film credits included Angélique, Marquise des Anges by Bernard Borderie in 1964 and Claude Chabrol's Chicken with Vinegar in 1985. His last on-screen film was the 2000 comedy, Les Acteurs, directed by Bertrand Blier. Topart died in Le Port-Marly, Yvelines department, France, on 29 December 2012, at the age of 90. He was survived by his two daughters and five grandchildren. French Minister of Culture Aurélie Filippetti released a statement following Topart's death calling him, "one of the inimitable voices of French cinema." Source: Article "Jean Topart" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
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Filmografia
- Quand le Chat n'est pas là… · Narrator (Voce)
- Argai · Le narrateur (Voce)
- Les Acteurs · Filmmaker in the style of 'Jean-Pierre Melville'
- Série rose · Narrateur
- Le Paria · Me Roze
- Una morte di troppo · Docteur Philippe Morasseau
- Le Mystérieux Voyage de Marie Rose · Monsieur 'Le Dragon Bleu'
- Ulysse 31 · Zeus (Voce)
- La Puce et le privé · Nicolas Octave Marcellin, pharmacist
- Émile Zola ou la Conscience humaine · Emile Zola
- Le Berger des abeilles · Lindauer
- Mr. Klein · Speaker's voice (voice) (uncredited)
- Parlez-moi d'amour · le quinquagénaire
- Les Rosenberg ne doivent pas mourir · Me Bloch
- Antigone · Créon
- Dis-moi que tu m’aimes · Golf club director
- L'Inconnu · The unknown
- Il pianeta selvaggio · Master Sinh (Voce)
- Justine de Sade · Narrator (Voce)
- Crime et châtiment · Porphyre
- L'uomo dalle due ombre · Katanga
- Frédéric · Chief
- Maldonne · Frank Herman
- La Main noire · Zanror
- Svezia, inferno e paradiso · Narrator (French version)
- L'assassino ha le ore contate · Lieutenant Sakki
- Hedda Gabler · Judge Brack
- Il più grande colpo del secolo · Monsieur Henri
- L'Angelica avventuriera · Bayard
- Au théâtre ce soir · Le chef
- Trappola per l'assassino · Luversant
- Gaspard des montagnes · Monsieur Robert
- Gaspard des montagnes · Monsieur Robert
- Le Train Bleu s'arrête 13 fois · Heurbin
- Belfagor o Il fantasma del Louvre · Récitant (Voce)
- Ruy Blas · Don Salluste
- Angelica · Maître Bourié
- Rocambole · Andréa de Felipone / Sir Williams / George Stowe / le prince Potoniev
- Le armi della vendetta · Duke Henri de Guise
- Quatrevingt-treize · Boisberthelot
- Il guascone · Henri de Guise
- Gli amanti dell'isola · Récitant (voice) (uncredited)
- Othello · Iago
- Cyrano de Bergerac · Le Bret
- Il testamento del mostro · Désiré, Butler
- Macbeth · Banco
- I miserabili · Narrator (Voce)
- Les Cinq Dernières Minutes · Gilles Pierrefort
- Le Théâtre National Populaire · In persona
- Le Sorcier du ciel · Paul Malray adult