Live Poll: A Tribute to Roger Carel, the French Mel Blanc

We don't have a German equivalent of Roger Carel but we've lost many legendary dubbers over the last years and most of them died well before their time.

Peer Augustinski: Robin Williams once send him a little Oscar as a thank you for his dubbing performance. Both died a few months apart from each other. But Augustinski is missed as Cowboy Woody in the Toy Story movies, the new voice doesn't have the same warmth.

Arne Estholtz: Tom Hanks, Bill Murray, Kevin Kline

Leon Boden: Denzel Washington, Will Smith

Norbert Gastell: Homer Simpson

Randolf Kronenberg: Eddie Murphy

Wolfgang Völz: many characters actors such as Walter Matthau. Though he aquired most fame as Käpt'n Blaubär (Captain Bluebear)

Niels Clausnitzer: Roger Moore and Willie Tanner in ALF. I had trouble getting used to Moore's Bond because the voice was so perfect for Willie.

I dread the day when Manfred Lehmann (Gérard Depardieu and Bruce Willis) dies.

I'm not familiar with these names (as you may expect) but I can relate to your feelings. Many French voice-stars died in the last ten years, they were the pillars of our childhood at a time where animation didn't relate on casting stars to give more publicity to the film. The voice of Averell Dalton and Obelix died and so did the voice of Shaggy, Fozzie and Clumsy Smurf... recently, the regular voice of Bruce Willis passed away... Carel was one of the last remaining icons.

I dreaded his passing and you wouldn't believe it, I had 50% of the list already done because I wanted to pay tribute to him in 2017 before his passing...

@dan_dassow 

Hi, Dan

I guess the flip side of his legacy is that it would only be known by French-speaking people. At least, the characters he voiced, most of them, are known by everyone.

Here are two clips about the late Carel, a compilation of his most famous voices and him speaking of the most famous ones:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3y6hOt3zIQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK8PcyWBAM0&t=336s

ElMo,

Thanks for sharing the links. Carel has a wonderful voice.

Yes, he had a smooth and soothing voice, I don't think he ever voiced villains by the way.