Jean Topart was a French actor and voice 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 April 13, 1922. His sister, actress Lise Topart, died in a plane crash in Nice, France, on March 3, 1952. In 1973, Topart starred in the French science fiction animated film, Fantastic Planet, which was directed by Ren� Laloux. Best known for his voice work, Topart co-starred in the 1981 Franco-Japanese 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 version 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 French-language release of the 2002 Walt Disney Animation Studios film, Treasure Planet, known as La Plan�te au tr�sor, un nouvel univers in French. [More at Wikipedia]

April 13th, 1922 in Paris  /  Died:   Dec 29th, 2012 - aged 90