Knut Risan
Known for: Acting
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Knut Risan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Series
Jul i Skomakergata
Blomsterhandler Rosengren
1979
Film
Nattmagasinet
Golfspilleren
1970
Film
Venner
Journalist i butikken
1960
Film
Møte med "Pæra"
Poker Player
1964
Series
Ibsens dramatiske kvinner
2011
Film
Sønner av Norge
1961
A Doll's House
Torvald Helmer
1973
Film
Gråtass - Forviklinger på gården
Forteller (voice)
2002
Film
Oslofilm: Kunstnerforeningen 100 år
Self
1960
Film
Oslofilm: Friluftsskulpturer i Oslo
Narrator (voice)
1976
Film
Journey to the Christmas Star
Kongen
1976
Den lille traktoren Gråtass
Forteller (voice)
1997
Gråtass - Skraphandlerne kommer tilbake
Forteller (voice)
1998
Film
Christmas at Cobbler's Street
Blomsterhandler Rosengren
1979
Film
Gråtass - En annerledes jul
Forteller (voice)
1999