Jean Topart

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 costarred in the 1981 FrancoJapanese 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 Frenchlanguage 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 Frenchlanguage voices for many foreign liveaction 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 liveaction film credits included Angélique Marquise des Anges by Bernard Borderie in 1964 and Claude Chabrols Chicken with Vinegar in 1985 His last onscreen film was the 2000 comedy Les Acteurs directed by Bertrand Blier Topart died in Le PortMarly 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 Toparts death calling him one of the inimitable voices of French cinema Source Article Jean Topart from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA