Benoît Allemane (28 December 1942 – 5 January 2025) was a French actor known for working in voice-over and dubbing roles. He was the official French dub-over voice of

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. He also provided the voice of King Harkinian in '' Link: The Faces of Evil''. Allemane also provided the voice-over for almost every commercial and trailer of the VHS tapes by

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in France. He died in Puteaux on 5 January 2025, eight days after his 82nd birthday.

Roles

Filmography

* 1980: ''

Julien Fontanes, magistrat ''Julien Fontanes, magistrat'' is a French police television series. It has been distributed since 1980 on TF1 (France), the show remains active as of 1989. Plot This series features Julien Fontanes, judge by the Ministry of Justice to review t ...

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Television animation

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Wakfu ''Wakfu'' is a tactical turn-based MMORPG developed by Ankama, Ankama Games and released for Microsoft Windows, macOS, and Linux on 29 February 2012. The game takes place 1,000 years after Ankama's previous game, ''Dofus''. A spin-off game, ''I ...

'' (Grougaloragran) *'' Argai: The Prophecy'' (Pacha) *''

Chris Colorado ''Chris Colorado'' is a French Animation, animated television series consisting of 26 episodes, created by Thibaut Chatel, Franck Bertrand and Jacqueline Monsigny, produced by AB Productions, Studios Animage, Canal+ (French TV channel), Canal+, Fra ...

'' (Jack Mitchell) *''

Fullmetal Alchemist is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa. It was serialized in Square Enix's shōnen manga, manga anthology magazine ''Gangan Comics#Monthly Shōnen Gangan, Monthly Shōnen Gangan'' between July 2001 and June ...

'' (Alex Louis Armstrong) *''

Gadget and the Gadgetinis ''Gadget & the Gadgetinis'' is an animated television series and the sequel of the 1983 series ''Inspector Gadget''. The series was a co-production between Fox Kids Europe, DIC Entertainment Corporation, French animation studio SIP Animation, ...

'' (Doctor Claw) *'' Gargoyles'' (

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TaleSpin ''TaleSpin'' is an American animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. It first aired in 1990 as a preview-run on The Disney Channel before beginning its main run in syndication later that year as part of the pro ...

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Baloo Baloo (from ''bhālū'' "bear") is a main fictional character featured in Rudyard Kipling's '' The Jungle Book'' from 1894 and '' The Second Jungle Book'' from 1895. Baloo, a sloth bear, is the strict teacher of the cubs of the Seeonee wolf pa ...

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Castle in the Sky also known as ''Laputa: Castle in the Sky'', is a 1986 Japanese animated fantasy adventure film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. It was produced by Isao Takahata, animated by Studio Ghibli, and distributed by Toei. The film stars t ...

'' (General) *'' An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island'' (Mr. Grasping)

OVA

* ''The Land Before Time'' series (Grandpa)

Theatrical animation

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Hercules Hercules (, ) is the Roman equivalent of the Greek divine hero Heracles, son of Jupiter and the mortal Alcmena. In classical mythology, Hercules is famous for his strength and for his numerous far-ranging adventures. The Romans adapted the Gr ...

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Zeus Zeus (, ) is the chief deity of the List of Greek deities, Greek pantheon. He is a sky father, sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology, mythology, who rules as king of the gods on Mount Olympus. Zeus is the child ...

) *'' We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story'' (Rex)

Video games

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Alan Wake ''Alan Wake'' is a 2010 action-adventure game developed by Remedy Entertainment and published by Microsoft Game Studios. The game was released in May 2010 for the Xbox 360, with a Windows version following in February 2012 and a remastered ve ...

'' (Pat Maine) local radio night host on Bright Falls KBF-FM Radio (French) *''

Blood Omen 2 ''Blood Omen 2'' is a 2002 action-adventure video game developed by Crystal Dynamics and published by Eidos Interactive for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, Windows and GameCube. It is the fourth title in the '' Legacy of Kain'' series and is the sequel ...

'' (Kain) *''

Diablo II ''Diablo II'' is a 2000 action role-playing game developed by Blizzard North and published by Blizzard Entertainment for Microsoft Windows, Classic Mac OS, and OS X. The game, with its dark fantasy and horror themes, was conceptualized and des ...

'' (Qual Kehk) *''

Fable II ''Fable II'' is a 2008 action role-playing video game developed by Lionhead Studios and published by Microsoft Game Studios for Xbox 360. The game is the second installment in the ''Fable'' game series, and the sequel to 2004's ''Fable''. The ...

'' (Abbot) *''

Guild Wars Nightfall ''Guild Wars Nightfall'' is a fantasy action role-playing game and the third stand-alone campaign in the ''Guild Wars'' series developed by ArenaNet, a subsidiary of NCSOFT corporation. ''Nightfall'' was released worldwide on October 27, 2006, h ...

'' (General Morgahn) *''

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'' is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling. It is the first novel in the ''Harry Potter'' series and was Rowling's debut novel. It follows Harry Potter, a young wizard who disco ...

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Rubeus Hagrid Rubeus Hagrid () is a fictional character in the ''Harry Potter'' series of novels by J. K. Rowling. He was introduced in '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'' (2001) as a half-giant who is the gamekeeper and groundskeeper at the wi ...

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Halo 2 ''Halo 2'' is a 2004 first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie and published by Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox console. ''Halo 2'' is the second installment in the ''Halo'' franchise and the sequel to 2001's critically acclai ...

'' (Tartarus) *''

Kingdom Hearts II ''Kingdom Hearts II'' is a 2005 action role-playing game developed and published by Square Enix in collaboration with Disney Interactive Studios, Buena Vista Games for the PlayStation 2 video game console. The game is a sequel to ''Kingdom Hear ...

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Yen Sid The following are fictional characters from Disney's 1940 film '' Fantasia'', its 1999 sequel '' Fantasia 2000'', and the 2014 video game '' Fantasia: Music Evolved''. Characters are sorted by the film and segment in which they appear. Notab ...

) *'' Legacy of Kain: Defiance'' (Kain) *'' Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver'' (Kain, The Elder God) *'' The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning'' (Terrador) *'' The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night'' (Terrador) *'' The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon'' (Terrador) *'' Link: The Faces of Evil'' (King Harkinian) *'' The Lion King: Simba's Mighty Adventure'' (

Mufasa Mufasa is a fictional character in Disney's ''The Lion King'' franchise. A wise and benevolent lion, he first appears in the 1994 animated film as the King of the Pride Lands and devoted father to Simba, whom he is raising to inherit the kin ...

) *'' Looney Tunes Racing'' (

Foghorn Leghorn Foghorn Leghorn is an anthropomorphic rooster who appears in ''Looney Tunes'' and '' Merrie Melodies'' cartoons and films from Warner Bros. Animation. He was created by Robert McKimson, and starred in 29 cartoons from 1946 to 1964 in the gol ...

) *'' Looney Tunes: Space Race'' (Foghorn Leghorn) *''

Mass Effect ''Mass Effect'' is a military science fiction media franchise created by Casey Hudson. The franchise depicts a distant future where humanity and several alien civilizations have colonized the galaxy using technology left behind by Elder race, a ...

'' (Sovereign) *'' MediEvil: Resurrection'' (Narrator, Death) *''Le Pic Rouge: L'auberge de l'alpiniste mort'' *'' Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened'' (

Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes () is a Detective fiction, fictional detective created by British author Arthur Conan Doyle. Referring to himself as a "Private investigator, consulting detective" in his stories, Holmes is known for his proficiency with obser ...

) *'' Sherlock Holmes: Secret of the Silver Earring'' (Sherlock Holmes) *''

Sherlock Holmes versus Arsène Lupin ''Sherlock Holmes Versus Arsène Lupin'' (released in North America, the United Kingdom and Australia as ''Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis'' and as ''Sherlock Holmes contre Arsène Lupin'' in France) is an adventure game developed by Frogwares. The f ...

'' (Sherlock Holmes) *'' Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure'' (Stump Smash) *'' Skylanders: Giants'' (Stump Smash, Tree Rex) *''

Soul Reaver 2 ''Soul Reaver 2'' is a 2001 action-adventure video game developed by Crystal Dynamics and published by Eidos Interactive. It is a sequel to '' Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver'' and the third game in the '' Legacy of Kain'' series. Originally develop ...

'' (Kain, The Elder God) *''

The Simpsons Game ''The Simpsons Game'' is a 2007 platform game based on the animated television series ''The Simpsons'' made for the Nintendo DS, Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable. The game was published and distributed by Elec ...

'' (Space museum commentator) *''

Titan Quest ''Titan Quest'' is a 2006 action role-playing game developed by Iron Lore Entertainment and published by THQ for Windows, first physically and then in 2007 through Steam. A mobile port was developed by DotEmu and published in 2016, and versio ...

'' (Jade Emperor) *''

The Witcher ''The Witcher'' (, ) is a series of 9 fantasy novels and 15 short stories by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. The series revolves around the eponymous witcher, Geralt of Rivia. Witchers are monster hunters given superhuman abilities for the ...

'' (Vesemir) *'' Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon'' (King Harkinian) *''

Sonic the Hedgehog is a video game series and media franchise created by the Japanese developers Yuji Naka, Naoto Ohshima, and Hirokazu Yasuhara for Sega. The franchise follows Sonic the Hedgehog (character), Sonic, an anthropomorphic blue hedgehog who battle ...

'' series (Zavok)

Live action

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The Frighteners ''The Frighteners'' is a 1996 supernatural comedy horror film directed by Peter Jackson and co-written with Fran Walsh. The film stars Michael J. Fox, Trini Alvarado, Peter Dobson, John Astin, Dee Wallace Stone, Jeffrey Combs, R. Lee Ermey an ...

'' (Sheriff Walt Perry) *''

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen ''The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen'' (''LoEG'') is a multi-genre, cross-over comic book series co-created by writer Alan Moore and artist Kevin O'Neill which began in 1999. The comic book spans four volumes, an original graphic novel, and ...

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Captain Nemo Captain Nemo (; also known as Prince Dakkar) is a character created by the French novelist Jules Verne (1828–1905). Nemo appears in two of Verne's science-fiction books, ''Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas'' (1870) and '' The Mysterious Is ...

) *'' Looney Tunes: Back in Action'' (

) *'' The Meteor Man'' (Earnest Moses) *

*'' The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!'' (Captain Ed Hocken) *'' The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear'' (Captain Ed Hocken) *'' Naked Gun : The Final Insult'' (Captain Ed Hocken) *'' Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones'' (Lama Su Kaminoan)

Commercials

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Frosted Flakes Frosted Flakes or Frosties is a breakfast cereal, produced by WK Kellogg Co for the United States, Canada, and Caribbean markets and by Kellanova for the rest of the world, and consisting of sugar-coated corn flakes. It was introduced in the U ...

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Tony the Tiger Tony the Tiger is the advertising cartoon anthropomorphic tiger mascot for Frosted Flakes (also known as Frosties) breakfast cereal, appearing on its packaging and advertising. After the original Kellogg's, Kellogg Company spun off its North Am ...

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References

External links

Official site
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Allemane, Benoit 1942 births 2025 deaths Actors from Clermont-Ferrand French male film actors French male television actors French male video game actors French male voice actors