Le Parisien
March 18, 2019
Death of actor William Sabatier, who had doubled Marlon Brando, John Wayne and Gene Hackman
His voice is present in many of the movies of the fifties in the mid-2000s, including "Ben Hur" and "Apocalypse Now".
Actor William Sabatier, who was the French voice of Marlon Brando and Karl Malden, and had also sometimes doubled John Wayne, died Sunday in Limoges at the age of 95, announced his son Jean-Michel.
A former student of the National Superior Conservatory of Dramatic Art, William Sabatier, a supporting actor with a presence for more than 40 years in theater, film and television, began his career in 1948 under the direction of Jean-Louis Barrault in Albert Camus' State of Siege.
Knight of Arts and Letters
In the cinema, William Sabatier was in the casting of Jacques Becker's "Golden Helmet", Costa-Gavras "Bay Slayer", "A Season in Hell" by Nelo Risi, "The Horologist of St. Paul" by Bertrand Tavernier, "The Chinese in Paris" by Jean Yanne or "Flic Story" by Jacques Deray.
On television, William Sabatier, recurring comedian of the series "Au Théâtre tonight", has played in about forty series and TV movies.
He was also the French voice of Gene Hackman, James Mason, Richard Harris, Martin Landau and Anthony Quinn in more than 200 feature films from the 1950s to the mid-2000s, including "Ben Hur" and "Apocalypse Now".
In 2016, William Sabatier was made Knight of Arts and Letters.
SABATIER, William (William Jean Paul Sabatier)
Born: 5/22/1928, Gentilly, Seine, France
Died: 3/17/2019, Limoges, Haute-Vienne, France
William Sabatier’s westerns – voice dubber:
The Treasure of Silver Lake – 1952 [French voice of Herbert Lom]
How the West Was Won – 1962 [French voice of John Wayne]
Adios Grino – 1964 [French voice of Jesus Puente]
Cheyenne Autumn – 1964 [French voice of Karl Malden]
Face to Face – 1967 [French voice of gunman]
Ringo’s Golden Pistol – 1967 [French voice of Ettore Manni]
The Great Silence – 1968 [French voice of Mario Brega]
Drop Them or I’ll Shoot – 1969 [French voice of Gastone Moschin]
A Man Called Horse – 1970 [French voice of Robert Mitchum]
Red Sun – 1971 [French voice of Toshiro Mifune
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean – 1972 [French voice of Ned Beatty]
Bite the Bullet – 1975 [French voice of Gene Hackman]
Little House on the Prairie (TV) – 1989 [French voice of James Karen]
Dances With Wolves – 1990 [French voice of Wayne Grace]
Lucky Luke – 1991 [French voice of Buff Douthitt]
The Last of the Mohicans – 1992 [French voice of Maurice Reeves]
Tombstone – 1993 [French voice of Robert Mitchum]