About

Known credits:
12
Birthday:
1930-02-19
Place of birth:
Trondheim, Norway
Website:
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Knut Risan

Overview

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.

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

Acting

2002 Gråtass - Forviklinger på gården Actor Forteller (voice) N/A
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1999 Gråtass - En annerledes jul Actor Forteller (voice) N/A
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1998 Gråtass - Skraphandlerne kommer tilbake Actor Forteller (voice) N/A
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1997 Den lille traktoren Gråtass Actor Forteller (voice) N/A
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1979 Christmas at Cobbler's Street Actor Blomsterhandler Rosengren 59
Average
1979 Jul i Skomakergata Actor Blomsterhandler Rosengren 70
Good
1976 Journey to the Christmas Star Actor Kongen 59
Average
1973 A Doll's House Actor Torvald Helmer 59
Average
1970 Nattmagasinet Actor Golfspilleren N/A
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1964 Møte med "Pæra" Actor Poker Player 59
Average
1961 Sønner av Norge Actor 59
Average
1960 Venner Actor Journalist i butikken 59
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