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Francis Lax(1930-2013)

  • Actor
  • Voice Actor - Dubbing
  • Additional Crew
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Francis Lax was born on 16 April 1930 in Paris, France. He was an actor and writer, known for Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) and Casablanca (1942). He died on 13 March 2013 in Paris, France.
BornApril 16, 1930
DiedMarch 13, 2013(82)
BornApril 16, 1930
DiedMarch 13, 2013(82)
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Known for

Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, James Earl Jones, David Prowse, and Kenny Baker in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
8.6
  • Voice Actor - Dubbing(French (France))
  • 1977
Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, James Earl Jones, Warwick Davis, David Prowse, Billy Dee Williams, Michael Carter, and Larry Ward in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
8.3
  • Voice Actor - Dubbing(French (France))
  • 1983
Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, Claude Rains, Sydney Greenstreet, Paul Henreid, and Conrad Veidt in Casablanca (1942)
Casablanca
8.5
  • Voice Actor - Dubbing(French (France), 1978 Record Films)
  • 1942
Harrison Ford, Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, James Earl Jones, David Prowse, Kenny Baker, and Peter Mayhew in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
8.7
  • Voice Actor - Dubbing(French (France))
  • 1980

Credits

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Actor

  • Commissaire Moulin (1976)
    Commissaire Moulin
    5.4
    TV Series
    • Le directeur de la P.J.
    • Le directeur de la PJ
    • Directeur PJ ...
    • 1989–2001
  • Le voyage à Paris (1999)
    Le voyage à Paris
    5.2
    • L'inspecteur auto-école
    • 1999
  • Les migrations de Vladimir (1999)
    Les migrations de Vladimir
    • Le pape
    • 1999
  • Un bonheur si fragile (1999)
    Un bonheur si fragile
    TV Movie
    • 1999
  • Bob Morane (1998)
    Bob Morane
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Simon Lusse (voice)
    • 1998
  • Le comptoir (1998)
    Le comptoir
    6.4
    • Le notaire
    • 1998
  • Panier de crabes (1997)
    Panier de crabes
    TV Movie
    • Samuel
    • 1997
  • Le rêve d'Esther (1996)
    Le rêve d'Esther
    6.1
    TV Movie
    • Professeur Guillerm
    • 1996
  • Space Strikers (1995)
    Space Strikers
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Master Phantom (voice)
    • 1995
  • Renseignements généraux (1989)
    Renseignements généraux
    5.8
    TV Series
    • Le commissaire Melani
    • 1994
  • A Year in Provence (1993)
    A Year in Provence
    7.7
    TV Mini Series
    • Adjudant Boisrond
    • 1993
  • Gulliver's Travels (1992)
    Gulliver's Travels
    5.3
    TV Series
    • Optima la Philosophe
    • Groc (voice, 1992)
    • 1992–1993
  • Inspector Gadget Saves Christmas (1992)
    Inspector Gadget Saves Christmas
    5.7
    TV Movie
    • Inspecteur Gadget (voice: French version)
    • 1992
  • Le pélican (1992)
    Le pélican
    Short
    • Francis
    • 1992
  • Alain Bashung and Julie Marboeuf in Déshabillés fatals (1992)
    Puissance 4
    TV Series
    • 1992

Voice Actor - Dubbing

  • Tobias Moretti in Kommissar Rex (1994)
    Kommissar Rex
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Dr. Leo Graf (French (France))
    • 1996–2003
  • Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, James Earl Jones, Warwick Davis, David Prowse, Billy Dee Williams, Michael Carter, and Larry Ward in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
    Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
    8.3
    • Han Solo (French (France))
    • 1983
  • Chuck Norris in Silent Rage (1982)
    Silent Rage
    5.5
    • Dan Stevens (French (France))
    • 1982
  • Harrison Ford, Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, James Earl Jones, David Prowse, Kenny Baker, and Peter Mayhew in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
    Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
    8.7
    • Han Solo (French (France))
    • 1980
  • Starsky and Hutch (1975)
    Starsky and Hutch
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Hutch (French (France))
    • 1975–1979
  • Sylvester Stallone in Paradise Alley (1978)
    Paradise Alley
    5.7
    • Burp (French (France))
    • 1978
  • Eva Gabor, Joe Flynn, Jim Jordan, James MacDonald, Bob Newhart, and Geraldine Page in The Rescuers (1977)
    The Rescuers
    6.9
    • Orville (French (France))
    • 1977
  • Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, James Earl Jones, David Prowse, and Kenny Baker in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
    Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
    8.6
    • Han Solo (French (France))
    • 1977
  • Yankee Doodle Daffy (1943)
    Yankee Doodle Daffy
    6.8
    Short
    • Porky Pig (French (France), 1970 Original Dub)
    • 1943
  • To Duck... or Not to Duck (1943)
    To Duck... or Not to Duck
    7.3
    Short
    • Elmer Fudd (French (France), 1986 VF)
    • 1943
  • Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, Claude Rains, Sydney Greenstreet, Paul Henreid, and Conrad Veidt in Casablanca (1942)
    Casablanca
    8.5
    • Ugarte (French (France), 1978 Record Films)
    • 1942
  • Mel Blanc, Edward Brophy, Cliff Edwards, Verna Felton, Noreen Gammill, Dorothy Scott, Sarah Selby, and Margaret Wright in Dumbo (1941)
    Dumbo
    7.2
    • Corbeau au chapeau percé / Casey Jr. (French (France), 1980 Rerelease)
    • 1941
  • Mel Blanc, Walter Catlett, Frankie Darro, Cliff Edwards, Dickie Jones, Charles Judels, Christian Rub, and Evelyn Venable in Pinocchio (1940)
    Pinocchio
    7.4
    • Aboyeur #1 (French (France), 1975 Rerelease)
    • 1940

Additional Crew

  • Sam et Sally (1978)
    Sam et Sally
    4.9
    TV Series
    • voice dubbing: Hugo Marquez (uncredited)
    • 1980
  • Jean-Guy Fechner, Polly Ling-Feng Shang-Kuan, Gérard Filippelli, Gérard Rinaldi, and Jean Sarrus in Bons baisers de Hong-Kong (1975)
    Bons baisers de Hong-Kong
    4.0
    • voice dubbing: Víctor Israel (uncredited)
    • 1975
  • Alain Delon and Jean-Louis Trintignant in Flic Story (1975)
    Flic Story
    6.9
    • voice dubbing: Renato Salvatori (uncredited)
    • 1975
  • Die Antwort kennt nur der Wind (1974)
    Die Antwort kennt nur der Wind
    5.6
    • French voice dubbing (uncredited)
    • 1974
  • Arsène Lupin (1971)
    Arsène Lupin
    7.6
    TV Series
    • voice dubbing: Yvon Bouchard (uncredited)
    • 1971

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • François Lax
  • Born
    • April 16, 1930
    • Paris, France
  • Died
    • March 13, 2013
    • Paris, France(undisclosed)
  • Other works
    French dubbed voice of Harrison Ford.

Did you know

  • Trivia
    French dubbed voice of David Soul in "Starsky and Hutch"
  • Quotes
    On dubbing for Adolf Eichmann in Holocaust (1978): I am an actor. If I don't do that part, I can give up on acting. I must be able to play anything.

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