DEATH OF DOMINIQUE PATUREL. French voice actor Dominique Paturel died at the age of 90 on Tuesday March 1. He had lent his voice to JR in Dallas.
[Mis à jour le 2 mars 2020 à 10h02] Dominique Paturel died at the age of 90 on February 28, 2022, his family announced on Tuesday March 1, 2022. This theater and television actor was a size in French dubbing. He was particularly known for having given his voice to JR Ewing, from the series dallas, in the French version. “My uncle died Monday evening at the hospital in Saint-Brieuc, in the Côtes-d’Armor, his nephew Loïc Paturel told AFP. He had been suffering from diabetes for some time and had to be amputated. His condition general has deteriorated lately.” The funeral will take place Friday at 5:30 p.m. in Pordic.
Before being a recognized dubbing actor, Dominique Paturel distinguished himself as an actor in front of the cameras. He began his career in the 1960s and 1970s. We have thus been able to recognize it in a few series, in particular D’Artagnan Where The Knight of Maison Rouge. He also led a parallel career in the cinema, under the direction of Philippe de Broca (Viper in fist), Olivier Dahan (The kid), or even Maurice Labro (Coplan takes risks).
Dominique Paturel was a recognized actor who had played in nearly 80 plays and more than 30 films. But it is his career as a voice actor that will have marked the public. If he overtook JR in dallashe was also the French voice of Michael Caine, Terence Hill, Robert Duvall and Frank Sinatra. He also dubbed the title role in the cartoon Robin Hood. We have thus been able to hear it in several American series, such as Colombo, All Risk Agencies, Desperate Housewives and in the movies Barry Lindon, The President’s Men, Elephant Man or Millennium.
Dominique Paturel died at the age of 90 on February 28, 2022, we learned on March 1. His nephew, Loïc Paturel, told AFP that he had been suffering from health problems for some time: “He had been suffering from diabetes for some time and had to have an amputation. His general condition has deteriorated recently”.