Ronald France Movies, TV Shows, and Filmography
Ronald France
Acting
Biography
Ronald France was a French-Canadian actor and voice artist, known for French dubs of English language movies and television shows. *Not to be confused with British-South African actor Ronald France, born in 1932. Ronald voiced Cookie Monster (Croque Croque Le Monstre) on Bonjour Sesame, the Québécois French dub of Sesame Street. He also voiced Grover on the tie-in album Sésame. For the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze movies, he was the voice of Shredder and he was also the voice of the villainous Smoke in Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue. France acted on stage and television beginning in the 1950s. He starred on the children's series Bidule de Tamacadam (1966-1970) as delivery boy Bidule. France appeared often on the puppet series Nic et Pic (1972-1977) as various historical and fantasy characters and voiced puppet characters on Les Aventures de Virulysse (1982-1984). France began dubbing in the 1960s, lending his voice to The Marvel Superheroes (as Captain America, the Mandarin, Odin, and others) and as the title role on Spider-Man. For Hanna-Barbera, he was Officer Dibble on Top Cat, the narrator on Ruff and Reddy, and Yogi Bear on Yogi's Gang. He dubbed Mr. Spock on the animated Star Trek and was heard on Garfield and Friends (the mailman), The Raccoons (Cyril Sneer), and Care Bears (Beastly). Disney roles include Fagin in Oliver & Company, Governor Ratcliffe in Pocahontas, Frollo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Bob Hoskins as Eddie Valiant in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. He dubbed Patrick Stewart on Star Trek: The Next Generation and the Trek movies, Don Knotts on Three's Company, Harrison Ford in Blade Runner and others, Danny DeVito in Batman Returns, Charles Durning in The Hudsucker Proxy, and Alun Armstrong in Braveheart.
Filmography Movies
Acting
Amanita Pestilens
A man obsessed with his award-winning lawn goes to great lengths to keep it looking great when mushrooms suddenly start appearing all over the yard.
Caïn - Les marcheurs de la nuit
The conflicts between Jean, a penniless painter, and his brother Luc, a successful lawyer. Adapted from a novel by Réal Giguère, which revives the Thebiblical story of Cain and Abel. An interesting look at Quebec in the Sixties.
Tony de Peltrie
An aging piano player looks back on his life.
Troublemaker
A humanity student, Lucien is active in various extracurricular activities. Recognized by his peers, he represents other students in their challenge of college rules and the settlement of the fate of an incompetent professor. He ends up being thrown out of the school. After his mother's death, even though he dates Lise, a young woman with whom he does acting, he has to resist the advances of a homosexual whose death he will accidentally cause.
Shadows of the Past
After a mysterious car accident, photo journalist Jackie Delaney wakes up in the hospital with amnesia. Haunted by flashbacks of the accident, she checks out of the hospital determined to unravel the mystery behind her recent past. Who was in the car with her, and who is following her now? After an attempt on her life, Jackie is assigned police protection and detective Sean MacFern enters her life. Together, they will solve a mystery that goes beyond a mere accident and that enters the shady world of internationals arm smuggling.
Moon Glow
Bino wants to obtain the power of Claire de Lune, a mysterious flying creature.
Les années de rêves
Continuing a saga that began with his previous, 1978 film, Vautours director Jean-Claude Labrecque returns with the French Canadian, Louis Pelletier and puts him in the context of the growing separatist movement in the late 1960s in Quebec. At that time, supporters of an independent Quebec began to consolidate their power under the Parti Québecois -- and the story of Louis and his wife Claudette are meant to illustrate this watershed in Quebec's history. As the film begins, Claudette and Louis are about to get married -- and their wedding day significantly coincides with preparations for the visit of Queen Elizabeth II. Years later, they are well-established in Montreal and are enjoying visits from their family -- and then their lives start to deteriorate. Louis is suddenly out of work, and as he faces the difficulties of finding another job -- and of living precariously -- he becomes more radical, less accepting of the status quo.
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