Knut Risan
Known for ActingBorn 1930-02-19 — died 2011-02-01Trondheim, Norway
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
Sønner av Norge
1961
A Doll's House
1973 · as Torvald Helmer
Venner
1960 · as Journalist i butikken
Møte med "Pæra"
1964 · as Poker Player
Journey to the Christmas Star
1976 · as Kongen
Gråtass - Skraphandlerne kommer tilbake
1998 · as Forteller (voice)
Oslofilm: Kunstnerforeningen 100 år
1960 · as Self
Christmas at Cobbler's Street
1979 · as Blomsterhandler Rosengren
Gråtass - Forviklinger på gården
2002 · as Forteller (voice)
Den lille traktoren Gråtass
1997 · as Forteller (voice)
Nattmagasinet
1970 · as Golfspilleren
Oslofilm: Friluftsskulpturer i Oslo
1976 · as Narrator (voice)
Gråtass - En annerledes jul
1999 · as Forteller (voice)