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 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.
He died at his home in Marrakech on the 27 January 2013, he had originally been commissioned to record his lines for Odin in the French dub of Thor: The Dark World, but due to his death Jean-Pierre Moulin (who is the official French dub of Hopkins) recorded the lines.
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 II 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 Actor
2009
Louis la brocante (TV Series) as
Le Doyen
- Louis voit double (2009) - Le Doyen
2008
TOC TOC (TV Movie) as
Fred
2008
Avocats & associés (TV Series) as
Georges-Louis Romance
- Défenses illégitimes (2008) - Georges-Louis Romance
2007
Hunting and Gathering as
Père de Philibert
2006
The Professionals (Short)(voice)
2006
Mademoiselle Gigi (TV Movie) as
Bernard Maugis
2005
Kingdom Hearts II (Video Game) as
L'Empereur de Chine (voice)
2005
L'antidote as
Salanches de Foiry
2003
Antigone (TV Movie) as
Le Choeur
2003
Hôtel des deux mondes (TV Movie) as
Le président Delbec
2001
Je peux dire une connerie? (Video)(voice)
2000
Stardom as
French Intellectual
1999
La petite fille en costume marin (TV Mini Series) as
Jérôme Raincourt
1999
Sade en procès (TV Movie)
1998
Blague à part (TV Series) as
Le beau-père de Nicolas
1997
Mission protection rapprochée (TV Series) as
Brugel
- Les amazones (1997) - Brugel
1997
Un petit grain de folie (TV Movie) as
M. Serge
1997
Maître Da Costa (TV Series) as
Paul Migennes
- Les témoins de l'oubli (1997) - Paul Migennes
1997
Docteur Sylvestre (TV Series) as
Édouard Pagés
- Une retraite dorée (1997) - Édouard Pagés
1996
La dernière fête (TV Movie) as
Le duc de Bourbon
1996
A Crucial Test (TV Movie) as
Le chirurgien
1993
Classe mannequin (TV Series)
1992
Tiercé gagnant (TV Movie) as
Henri de la Haie
1992
Loulou Graffiti as
Duplessis
1992
Sylvie et compagnie (TV Series) as
Blizzard
1991
La florentine (TV Mini Series)
1989
Renseignements généraux (TV Series) as
Lestrasse
- Les habitudes la victime (1989) - Lestrasse
1989
Le retour d'Arsène Lupin (TV Series) as
Krechov
- La camarade Tatiana (1989) - Krechov
1989
La comtesse de Charny (TV Mini Series) as
Le duc de Richelieu
- Episode #1.3 (1989) - Le duc de Richelieu
- Episode #1.2 (1989) - Le duc de Richelieu
1989
Lundi noir (TV Movie) as
Le colonel
1988
Les enquêtes du commissaire Maigret (TV Series) as
Le procureur
- Maigret et le voleur paresseux (1988) - Le procureur
1988
Anges et loups (TV Series) as
Boildieu
1988
La sonate pathétique (TV Series) as
Charpentier
1988
Bernadette as
Docteur Dozous / Doctor Dozous
1987
Le gerfaut (TV Mini Series)
1985
Maguy (TV Series) as
Lamarck
1985
Les amours des années 50 (TV Series) as
Georges
- Les scorpionnes (1985) - Georges
1983
Marianne, une étoile pour Napoléon (TV Series) as
Talleyrand
1983
The Princes as
Le mari de Jeanne
1983
Le général a disparu (TV Movie) as
Le général de Boissieu
1983
Le crime de Pierre Lacaze (TV Movie) as
Le procureur Dachot
1981
Le bourgeois gentilhomme (TV Movie) as
Le Maître de musique
1981
Les plaisirs de l'île enchantée (TV Movie) as
Iphitas
1967
Au théâtre ce soir (TV Series) as
Adriano / Dutrécy / Auguste / ...
- La coquine (1981) (1981) - Adriano
- Moi (1979) - Dutrécy
- Le moulin de la galette (1976) - Auguste
- Inspecteur Grey (1976) - Grey
- La nuit du 16 janvier (1975) - Flint
- Ève et les hommes (1972) - Jacques #2
- La manière forte (1971) - Tony Lagorce
- Le dindon (1969) - Valentin
- La coquine (1968) - Adriano
- La duchesse d'Algues (1968) - Le Docteur Paul Martin
- Monsieur Le Trouhadec saisi par la débauche (1968) - Benin
- Domino (1967) - François Crémone
1981
Le roman du samedi (TV Series) - Mémoires de deux jeunes mariées (1981)
1980
Les amours de la belle époque (TV Series) - Le temps d'aimer (1980)
1978
On ne badine pas avec l'amour (TV Movie) as
Le baron
1978
Le retour de Jean (TV Movie)
1977
Le misanthrope (TV Movie) as
Oronte
1977
Les anneaux de Bicêtre (TV Movie) as
Le docteur Besson
1976
La vie de Marianne (TV Mini Series) as
Le ministre
1975
Marie-Antoinette (TV Mini Series) as
Prince von Starhemberg
- The Delights of the Kingdom (1975) - Prince von Starhemberg
1975
On a retrouvé la 7ème compagnie ! as
Colonel Voisin
1975
Tarzoon: Shame of the Jungle as
Narrateur (voice)
1973
Arsène Lupin (TV Series) as
Dreux-Soubise
- Herlock Sholmes lance un défi (1973) - Dreux-Soubise
1973
Les Mohicans de Paris (TV Series) as
Lorédan de Valgeneuse
- Episode #1.21 (1973) - Lorédan de Valgeneuse
- Episode #1.20 (1973) - Lorédan de Valgeneuse
- Episode #1.19 (1973) - Lorédan de Valgeneuse
- Episode #1.10 (1973) - Lorédan de Valgeneuse
- Episode #1.6 (1973) - Lorédan de Valgeneuse
1973
Byron libérateur de la Grèce ou Le jardin des héros (TV Movie) as
Thomas Barnes
1973
Un monsieur bien rangé (TV Mini Series) as
Le procureur général
- Episode #1.2 (1973) - Le procureur général
- Episode #1.1 (1973) - Le procureur général
1973
Escape to Nowhere as
M.Chat
1972
Qui êtes-vous Monsieur Renaudot? (TV Movie) as
Théophraste Renaudot
1972
Les femmes savantes (TV Movie) as
Trissotin
1972
Le prince travesti (TV Movie) as
L'ambassadeur
1972
La tragédie de Vérone (TV Movie) as
Dino Grandi
1971
29 degrés à l'ombre (TV Movie) as
Adolphe
1971
Les fausses confidences (TV Movie) as
Le comte
1971
Don't Deliver Us from Evil as
L'automobiliste / Motorist
1971
Sous le soleil de Satan (TV Movie) as
Récitant (voice)
1970
Les six jours (TV Movie) as
Robert
1968
Young Wolves as
Jean-Noël
1968
L'homme à la Buick as
Martel de la Mothe
1968
Les saintes chéries (TV Series) as
Carpatus, le promoteur immobilier
- Ève et le déménagement (1968) - Carpatus, le promoteur immobilier (as Bernard Dhéran de la Comédie Française)
1967
Valmy (TV Movie) as
Robespierre
1967
Les aventures de Michel Vaillant (TV Series) as
Gérard Defait
- Monaco (1967) - Gérard Defait
- Le Mans (1967) - Gérard Defait
- Magny cours (1967) - Gérard Defait
- Rallye du nord (1967) - Gérard Defait
- Flash back (1967) - Gérard Defait
1967
Le grand bidule as
Morrisson
1967
Deslouettes père et fils (TV Mini Series)
1966
Les femmes savantes (TV Movie) as
Trissotin
1966
La morale de l'histoire (TV Movie) as
Docteur Charroux
1966
Marie Tudor (TV Movie) as
Dudley
1966
Une femme en blanc se révolte as
Le brigadier de gendarmerie
1966
Boulevard des faits divers: 65-66 (TV Movie) as
Le baron
1965
La petite hutte (TV Movie) as
Henri
1965
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning as
L'avocat de la partie civile (Lucette) (segment 'Procès, Le")
1965
Présence du passé (TV Series) as
Robespierre
1965
Calembredaines (TV Series) as
Businessman
- Episode #1.1 (1965) - Businessman
1964
Les gorilles as
Hubert Loisif
1964
Le cardinal d'Espagne (TV Movie) as
Le Comte de Aralo
1964
De l'assassinat considéré comme un des beaux-arts as
Président des rédempteurs de l'assassinat
1964
Le coeur ébloui (TV Movie) as
Le docteur Valory
1964
The Spy as
Harry Williams
1963
L'inspecteur Leclerc enquête (TV Series) as
Le bijoutier
- Bonjour commissaire (1963) - Le bijoutier (as Bernard Dhéran de la Comédie Française)
1963
Treize contes de Maupassant (TV Mini Series) as
M. de Méroul
- L'Ami Joseph (1963) - M. de Méroul
1963
Who Stole the Body? as
L'inspecteur de l'auto-école
1962
Miss Mabel (TV Movie) as
Docteur Harrison
1962
Une fille fûtée (TV Movie) as
Pierre
1962
Candide (TV Movie) as
Le présentateur
1961
La dame de Monsoreau (TV Movie) as
Duc de Guise
1961
The Story of the Count of Monte Cristo as
Le procureur Henri de Villefort
1961
Les femmes de bonne humeur (TV Movie) as
Le comte Rinaldo
1961
The American Beauty as
M. Jean
1961
Le capitaine Fracasse as
Chevalier de Vidalenc
1961
Il faut qu'une porte soit ouverte ou fermée (TV Movie) as
Le comte
1961
Les Concini (TV Movie) as
Charles Albert de Luynes
1960
Un homme supérieur (TV Movie) as
Urbain
1960
Captain Blood as
Récitant / Narrator (voice, uncredited)
1960
Elizabeth, la femme sans homme (TV Movie) as
Francis Bacon
1960
Classe Tous Risques as
Blastone (uncredited)
1959
The Three Musketeers (TV Movie) as
Buckingham
1959
Adorable Sinner as
Stéphane Ryssakov
1959
Le Bossu as
Narrator (voice)
1959
Rue de Paris as
Le juge d'instruction Moineau
1959
Les femmes savantes (TV Movie)
1959
Soupe au lait as
René Giquel - Le riche fiancé de Francine
1959
Douze heures d'horloge as
Serge (voice)
1957
Plaisir du théâtre (TV Series) as
Criqueville / Lucien
- La chasse aux corbeaux (1959) - Criqueville
- L'amant de coeur (1957) - Lucien
1959
L'épreuve (TV Movie) as
Lucidor
1958
Le misanthrope (TV Movie) as
Philinte (as Bernard Dhéran de la Comédie Française)
1958
Christine as
Le captaine Lansky (as Bernard Dhéran de la Comédie Française)
1958
Airs de France (TV Series) as
Marquis de Chambreuil
- Mozart (1958) - Marquis de Chambreuil (as Bernard Dhéran de la Comédie Française)
1958
C'est la faute d'Adam as
Le comte Philippe de Bergen
1957
Holiday Island as
Pierre Tissot
1957
Le quadrille des diamants (TV Movie) as
Thomas Fox
1957
Fumée blonde as
Bernard Hartman
1957
Quelle sacrée soirée as
L'ami de Denise
1957
La peau de l'ours as
Dr. Chauvin
1957
Vacances explosives! as
Monsieur Fred (as Bernard Dhéran de la Comédie Française)
1957
L'inspecteur aime la bagarre as
Barat
1957
Le grand bluff as
Serge Colonna
1957
La garçonne as
Max Delaume (as Bernard Dhéran de la Comédie Française)
1956
Le menteur (TV Movie) as
Dorante
1956
Miss Catastrophe as
Fernand
1956
Ce soir les jupons volent... as
Bobby un amoureux de Marlène (as Bernard Dhéran de la Comédie Française)
1956
If All the Guys in the World... as
Saint-Savin (as Bernard Dhéran de la Comédie Française)
1956
Si Paris nous était conté as
Voltaire jeune
1955
The Grand Maneuver as
Un officier (uncredited)
1955
Napoleon as
Bourrienne (uncredited)
1954
Le jeu de l'amour et du hasard (TV Movie)
1954
Le grand pavois as
Lucien Barré
1954
Royal Affairs in Versailles as
Beaumarchais
1952
Beauties of the Night as
L'aviateur - Le fiancé de la caissière (uncredited)
1948
The Lame Devil as
Un figurant (uncredited)
Miscellaneous
1968
Au théâtre ce soir (TV Series) (stage director - 3 episodes) - La coquine (1981) (1981) - (stage director)
- Ève et les hommes (1972) - (stage director)
- La coquine (1968) - (stage director)
1958
Le misanthrope (TV Movie) (stage director - as Bernard Dheran de la Comédie Française)
Self
1988
Sacrée soirée (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 6 January 1988 (1988) - Self
1972
Les Humoristes (TV Movie) as
Self
1966
Défi au vertige (Documentary short) as
Récitant / Narrator (voice)
1959
Discorama (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 25 February 1959 (1959) - Self
1957
Trente-Six Chansons (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 15 December 1957 (1957) - Self
1957
Trente-Six Chandelles (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 18 March 1957 (1957) - Self