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Ronald France was a French-Canadian actor and voice actor, known for French dubbing of English-language films and television shows.

*Not to be confused with the British-South African actor Ronald France, born in 1932. Ronald voiced Cookie Monster (Croque Croque Le Monstre) in "Bonjour Sesame," the Quebec French dub of "Sesame Street." He also voiced Grover in the accompanying album "Sésame." In the films "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" and "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze," he was the voice of Shredder, as well as the voice of the villain Smoak in "Cartoon Superstars to the Rescue."

France performed on stage and on television starting in the 1950s. He appeared in the children's series "Bidule de Tamacadam" (1966–1970) as the courier Bidule. France frequently appeared in the puppet series "Nic et Pic" (1972–1977) in various historical and fantasy roles and voiced puppet characters in "Les Aventures de Virulysse" (1982–1984). France began dubbing in the 1960s, voicing "Marvel Super Heroes" (Captain America, the Mandarin, Odin and others) and the lead role in "Spider-Man." For Hanna-Barbera he was Officer Dibble in "Top Cat," the narrator in "Ruff and Reddy," and Yogi Bear in "The Yogi Bear Show." He dubbed Mr. Spock in the animated "Star Trek" and was heard in "Garfield and Friends" (the postman), "The Raccoons" (Cyril Sneer) and "The Care Bears" (Beastly). Among his Disney roles were 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 in "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and the franchise films, Don Knotts in "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."

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