His voice will have marked French viewers who are fans of the settling of accounts once morest the backdrop of Texas oil wells. Actor Dominique Paturel, who dubbed the character of JR Ewing in Dallasa hit series from the 1980s, has died at the age of 90.
“My uncle died Monday evening at the hospital in Saint-Brieuc (Côtes-d’Armor). He had been suffering from diabetes for some time and had to have an amputation. His general condition has deteriorated lately.said his nephew Loïc Paturel on Tuesday 1is March. The funeral will take place Friday at 2:30 p.m. in Pordic (Côtes-d’Armor), “the family cradle, where he will be buried”continued his nephew.
French voice of Michael Caine and Terence Hill
“He was one of the last to have played under the direction of Jean Vilar [un metteur en scène illustre, fondateur du festival d’Avignon]. He had nearly 80 plays to his credit and around thirty films. He was part of this generation that knew how to do everything.adds Loïc Paturel.
But his uncle was best known to the general public for the dubbing of JR, an unscrupulous character, who has become a cult, from the American series “Dallas”. “I had tremendous luck. Maybe, thanks to the dubbing, I had this choice to be able to accept or refuse theater or television projects that did not suit me”he once told the site Cinema objective.
Dominique Paturel dubbed a hundred characters. He was the French voice of Michael Caine, Terence Hill, Robert Duvall, Frank Sinatra or Vittorio Gassman. It can also be heard in the French versions of films like The winner, Patton, Barry Lyndon, The President’s Men, Elephant Man, Mad Max 2, Millennium and number of iconic American series (Colombo, The Invaders, A-Team, Desperate Housewives…)
Previously, in the 1960s and 1970s, he was a familiar face on the small screen thanks to series like The Knight of Maison-Rouge Where D’Artagnan. In the cinema, it has been directed by renowned directors, such as Christian-Jaque, André Cayatte or Philippe de Broca.