RIP Daniel Beretta

 

Daniel Beretta has passed away at the age of 77: Schwarzenegger's French voice has died

A great gentleman of dubbing has just left us. Comedian Daniel Beretta, 77, passed away on March 23, 2024. He was the official French voice of Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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By Vincent Formica

March 23, 2024

 

It is with great sadness that we learn of the death of Daniel Beretta at the age of 77. The actor was best known for being the French voice of Arnold Schwarzenegger since “Red Heat” in 1988. After Alain Dorval, Stallone's voice, passed away last February, the world of French dubbing has lost another of its sacred monsters.

After studying at the Petit Conservatoire de la Chanson, Daniel Beretta made his debut in cabaret as a duo with Richard de Bordeaux and gave several concerts. He then moved on to the theatre and then to the cinema, notably for Marcel Camus' “A Wild Summer”. We see him again and again on screen in “The Relentless Pursuit”, “Don't Wake Up a Sleeping Cop” and “Cyrano de Bergerac”.

The mythical VF of Schwarzy

In 1988, he became the official French voice of Arnold Schwarzenegger in France. He voiced him in 28 feature films, from “Red Heat” to “Terminator 2, Last Action Hero” and “Batman & Robin”, up to “Terminator: Dark Fate”. His voice then entered the ears of several generations of French-speaking fans of the Austrian-American actor.

Some emblematic characters of his rich career: the Sheriff of Nottingham from “Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves”, Mr. Blonde in “Reservoir Dogs”, Drewl Spivey in “True Romance” and Colonel Perry from “Universal Soldier”.

He was also the voice of Ernie Hudson (“Oz”, ‘Bones”) and Rutger Hauer (“True Blood”). On the animation side, we can hear it in turn at Disney (“Beauty and the Beast”), Pixar (“Toy Story 2”) and “Ghost in the Shell”.

His death on March 23, 2024 ,at the age of 77 leaves a huge void in the world of French dubbing, which loses one of its greatest voices.

The short film “On s'a fait douber”, one of Daniel Beretta's last performances:

BERETTA Daniel (Daniel Jean Georges Beretta)

Born: 12/24/1946, Audincourt, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

Died: 3/23/2024, France

 

Daniel Beretta’s western – actor:

In the Dust of the Sun - 1971 (Hawk Bradford)

Tom Sawyer – 2000 [French voice of the Reverend]

Balto 2: The Wolf's Quest – 2002 [French voice of Niju]

A Million Ways to Die in the West – 2014 [French voice of Amick Byram]