Knut Risan
Actor
Biography
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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Filmography
Christmas at Cobbler's Street
as Blomsterhandler Rosengren 1979
Venner
as Journalist i butikken 1960
Sønner av Norge
1961
A Doll's House
as Torvald Helmer 1973
Møte med "Pæra"
as Poker Player 1964
Gråtass - En annerledes jul
as Forteller (voice) 1999
Gråtass - Forviklinger på gården
as Forteller (voice) 2002
Den lille traktoren Gråtass
as Forteller (voice) 1997
Gråtass - Skraphandlerne kommer tilbake
as Forteller (voice) 1998
Nattmagasinet
as Golfspilleren 1970
Oslofilm: Friluftsskulpturer i Oslo
as Narrator (voice) 1976