Dominique Collignon-Maurin, French voice of Luke Skywalker, has died
By The New Obs with AFP
Actor Dominique Collignon-Maurin in the film "Snow" in 1981. BABYLONE FILMS - MARION'S FILMS / COLLECTION CHRISTOPHEL VIA AFP
Actor Dominique Collignon-Maurin, a French-language dubbing personality best known for being the voice of Luke Skywalker in "Star Wars" , died this Monday, August 4 in Paris at the age of 76, his nephew, actor Emmanuel Karsen, announced to AFP.
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Half-brother of Patrick Dewaere and son of actress Mado Maurin, Dominique Collignon-Maurin, who died of a long illness, has lent his voice since the 1960s in more than 200 films to Dustin Hoffman, Nicolas Cage, John Travolta, Gary Oldman, John Malkovich, James Woods, Roberto Benigni, Willem Dafoe, etc.
Very prolific, the actor has also appeared in around a hundred feature films, plays, series and TV films in France, including "La Belle Américaine" by Robert Dhéry (1961), "Les Amitiés particuliers" by Jean Delannoy (1964), "Les Grandes vacances" by Jean Girault (1967), "Les Princes" by Tony Gatlif (1983), "Le Cinquième Élément" by Luc Besson (1997) and "Podium" by Yann Moix (2004).
The “Little Maurins”Dominique Collignon-Maurin has also voiced Disney characters, notably in "Finding Nemo", "101 Dalmatians" and "The Enchanter", and has worked in several video games.
Along with Jean-Pierre Maurin, Yves-Marie Maurin, Patrick Dewaere, Jean-François Vlérick and Marie-Véronique Maurin, the actor was a member of a family of artists nicknamed the "Little Maurins", in homage to their mother, the actress Mado Maurin who died in 2013 at the age of 98.
"He was the soul of the family," confided Emmanuel Karsen.
By The New Obs with AFP
