Full Name Valentin Bettin Name Val Bettin Agent CESD Talent Agency | Years active 1953–2008 Occupation Actor, voice actor Role Actor | |
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Spouse Hildy Bettin (m. 1950–2007) Education Royal Academy of Dramatic Art Movies and TV shows Similar People Barrie Ingham, Susanne Pollatschek, Burny Mattinson, Candy Candido, Tad Stones | ||
Valentine John "Val" Bettin (born August 1, 1923) is an American actor and voice actor, known for using an English accent in all of his roles. He is perhaps best known for voicing Dr. David Q. Dawson in the 1986 Disney animated film The Great Mouse Detective and the Sultan in The Return of Jafar and Aladdin and the King of Thieves, the two direct-to-video sequels to Disney's Aladdin as well as the TV show, taking over for Douglas Seale. Bettin also hosted The Storyteller, a children's show on Chicago television in the late 1950s.
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Early life and career
He was born Valentine John Bettin in La Crosse, Wisconsin. In 1948, he went to England to enroll in the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts and graduated in 1950. There he met his wife Hildy. The two married that same year. They returned to the United States in order for him to become a drama teacher in Iowa.
Bettin's first film role was in 1980's Somewhere in Time. He later became a voice actor, with his first role as Dr. David Q. Dawson in the 1986 Disney film The Great Mouse Detective. His credits include Shrek, Gargoyles, Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series and W.I.T.C.H..
Bettin's wife died in 2007 at age 82.
Filmography
Actor
2005
W.I.T.C.H. (TV Series) as
Herbert Olsen
- The Mogriffs (2005) - Herbert Olsen (voice)
2001
Shrek as
Bishop (voice)
2000
Aladdin in Nasira's Revenge (Video Game) as
Sultan (voice)
1999
Jasmine's Wish (Video short) as
The Sultan (voice)
1999
Tarzan (Video Game) as
Professor Porter (voice)
1999
Tarzan Activity Center (Video Game) as
Professor Porter (voice, as Val Betton)
1998
Hercules (TV Series) as
King Tivius
- Hercules and the Jilt Trip (1998) - King Tivius (voice)
1997
Zork: Grand Inquisitor (Video Game) as
Sneffle / Flickering Torch (voice)
1997
Pepper Ann (TV Series) as
Sanford I. Paper
- The Big Pencil/Sani-Paper (1997) - Sanford I. Paper (voice)
1996
Gargoyles (TV Series) as
Egon Pax
- To Serve Mankind (1996) - Egon Pax (voice)
1996
Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series (TV Series) as
Sarks
- Mondo-Man (1996) - Sarks (voice)
1996
Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story as
Mr. Breen
1996
Aladdin and the King of Thieves (Video) as
Sultan (voice)
1996
Magic and Mystery (Video short) as
Sultan (voice)
1996
True Hearts (Video short) as
Sultan (voice)
1994
Aladdin (TV Series) as
Sultan / Hamed
- The Great Rift (1995) - Sultan (voice)
- The Shadow Knows (1995) - Sultan (voice)
- The Ethereal (1995) - Sultan (voice)
- While the City Snoozes (1995) - Sultan (voice)
- The Return of Malcho (1994) - Sultan (voice)
- Destiny on Fire (1994) - Sultan (voice)
- From Hippsodeth, with Love (1994) - Sultan (voice)
- As the Netherworld Turns (1994) - Sultan (voice)
- Vocal Hero (1994) - Sultan (voice)
- Love at First Sprite (1994) - Sultan (voice)
- Black Sand (1994) - Sultan (voice)
- A Sultan Worth His Salt (1994) - Sultan (voice)
- Armored and Dangerous (1994) - Sultan (voice)
- When Chaos Comes Calling (1994) - Sultan (voice)
- Heads, You Lose (1994) - Sultan (voice)
- Night of the Living Mud (1994) - Sultan (voice)
- The Way We War (1994) - Sultan (voice)
- Shadow of a Doubt (1994) - Sultan (voice)
- The Wind Jackals of Mozenrath (1994) - Sultan (voice)
- The Seven Faces of Genie (1994) - Sultan (voice)
- Hero with a Thousand Feathers (1994) - Sultan (voice)
- The Secret of Dagger Rock (1994) - Sultan (voice)
- The Spice Is Right (1994) - Sultan (voice)
- Power to the Parrot (1994) - Sultan (voice)
- Poor Iago (1994) - Sultan (voice)
- Smolder and Wiser (1994) - Sultan (voice)
- Of Ice and Men (1994) - Sultan (voice)
- The Day the Bird Stood Still (1994) - Sultan (voice)
- That Stinking Feeling (1994) - Sultan (voice)
- Lost and Founded (1994) - Sultan / Hamed (voice)
- SandSwitch (1994) - Sultan (voice)
- Forget Me Lots (1994) - Sultan (voice)
- I Never Mechanism I Didn't Like (1994) - Sultan (voice)
- Plunder the Sea (1994) - Sultan (voice)
- Mudder's Day (1994) - Sultan (voice)
- Web of Fear (1994) - Sultan (voice)
- Raiders of the Lost Shark (1994) - Sultan (voice)
- My Fair Aladdin (1994) - Sultan (voice)
- Garden of Evil (1994) - Sultan (voice)
- Getting the Bugs Out (1994) - Sultan (voice)
- Do the Rat Thing (1994) - Sultan (voice)
- To Cure a Thief (1994) - Sultan (voice)
1995
The Greatest Treasure (Video short) as
The Sultan (voice)
1995
American Masters (TV Series documentary) as
John Latrobe
- Edgar Allan Poe: Terror of the Soul (1995) - John Latrobe
1994
The Return of Jafar (Video) as
Sultan (voice)
1992
Great Scott! (TV Series) as
Pythagorean
- Hair Scare (1992) - Pythagorean
1990
Voices Within: The Lives of Truddi Chase (TV Movie) as
Playwright
1988
Webster (TV Series) as
Edwin
- Nerds Are People Too (1988) - Edwin
1987
The Magical World of Disney (TV Series) as
Dr. Allworth
- Young Harry Houdini (1987) - Dr. Allworth
1986
The Great Mouse Detective as
Dawson / Thug Guard (voice)
1986
Triplecross (TV Movie) as
Winslow
1983
The Young Landlords (TV Movie) as
Mr. Bender
1983
The Man Who Wasn't There as
Monocle
1982
The Devlin Connection (TV Series)
- The French Detective (1982)
1982
Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour (TV Series) as
Additional Voices
- Who's Minding the Brat? (1982) - Additional Voices (voice)
1981
ABC Afterschool Specials (TV Series)
- A Matter of Time (1981)
1980
Somewhere in Time as
Director (1912)
1980
Days of Our Lives (TV Series) as
Clyde Franklin
- Episode #1.3718 (1980) - Clyde Franklin
- Episode #1.3717 (1980) - Clyde Franklin
- Episode #1.3716 (1980) - Clyde Franklin
Thanks
2022
49th Annie Awards (TV Special) (in memoriam)
Self
2000
The Making of the Great Mouse Detective (Video documentary short) as
Self
References
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