Knut Risan
Actor
- Born
- February 19, 1930 · Trondheim, Norway
- Died
- February 1, 2011 (age 80)
Knut Risan (19 February 1930 – 1 February 2011) was a Norwegian actor.
He was born in Trondheim, and made his stage debut at Nationaltheatret in 1956. He was employed here until 1998, and had guest appearances at the Norwegian National Opera, Den Nationale Scene and Riksteatret.[1] He is remembered for his roles in Reisen til julestjernen and for the voiceover in Tři oříšky pro Popelku, shown every Christmas in Norway.
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He was a prolific voice actor, and did many Norwegian dubs of Disney films. He voiced Mr. Snoops in the dub of The Rescuers, Happy in the 1994 dub of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film), the title character in the dub of Robin Hood (1973 film), Basil of Baker Street in the dub of The Great Mouse Detective, King Triton in the dub of The Little Mermaid (1989 film) and Tod in the dub of The Fox and the Hound.
He was married to Astrid Folstad.
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Known for
Journey to the Christmas Star
December 3, 1976
Christmas at Cobbler's Street
December 1, 1979
Venner
February 1, 1960
Sønner av Norge
January 1, 1961
A Doll's House
October 23, 1973
Gråtass - En annerledes jul
January 1, 1999
Gråtass - Forviklinger på gården
January 26, 2002
Nattmagasinet
December 12, 1970
Oslofilm: Friluftsskulpturer i Oslo
January 1, 1976
Oslofilm: Kunstnerforeningen 100 år
December 8, 1960
Acting14
- 2002Gråtass - Forviklinger på gården as Forteller (voice)
- 1999Gråtass - En annerledes jul as Forteller (voice)
- 1998Gråtass - Skraphandlerne kommer tilbake as Forteller (voice)
- 1997Den lille traktoren Gråtass as Forteller (voice)
- 1979Christmas at Cobbler's Street as Blomsterhandler Rosengren
- 1976Journey to the Christmas Star as Kongen
- 1976Oslofilm: Friluftsskulpturer i Oslo as Narrator (voice)
- 1975Aller kjæresten min as Anders
- 1973A Doll's House as Torvald Helmer
- 1970