René Auberjonois (actor)
René Murat Auberjonois (born June 1, 1940 in New York City , † December 8, 2019 in Los Angeles ) was an American film and theater actor and voice actor .
Life
His grandfather was the Swiss painter René Auberjonois . His father Fernand was a journalist, married to the French princess Laure Louise Murat, descendant of the Napoleonic Marshal and King of Naples, Joachim Murat , as well as a sister of Napoleon, Caroline Bonaparte . Shortly after World War II , the family moved to Paris , where Auberjonois decided to become an actor at the age of six when he was in a musical at school .
The family moved from Paris to a New York bohemian district, where René Auberjonois met musicians, composers and actors. There he met his later mentor John Houseman , from whom he got his first job at the theater at the age of 16. His family then moved to London , where Auberjonois graduated from high school and continued to learn the theater trade.
After returning to the United States, he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in drama from Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania . He won a Tony Award for his appearance in the Broadway musical about Coco Chanel , Coco with Katharine Hepburn .
Auberjonois had his first feature film role in MASH in 1970 and then played in two other films by director Robert Altman . During the 1970s, supporting roles in successful film productions such as Die Hindenburg , King Kong and The Eyes of Laura Mars followed, as well as numerous appearances in US television productions. In 1980 he took on a role in the television series Benson , in which he played Clayton Endicott III for six years .
In 1991, Auberjonois received the role of Colonel West in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Land , which, however, was largely cut from the theatrical and television versions of the film, so that he was only briefly seen twice in the film. From 1993 to 1999 he played again in a Star Trek production, this time the shape shifter Odo in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine . Since the 1980s he has only seldom been seen in cinema productions and in smaller supporting roles, such as Dr. Burton in Batman Forever (1995) and as Reverend Oliver in The Patriot (2000).
In 2002 he took on the role of Professor Abronsius in Dance of the Vampires , the Broadway production of the musical Dance of the Vampires .
From 2004 he played in the first three seasons of the lawyer series Boston Legal by producer David E. Kelley the lawyer Paul Lewiston of the law firm Crane, Poole & Schmidt . At the beginning of the fourth season, his contract was no longer renewed, but then Auberjonois completed a few guest appearances. From 2010 to 2014 he appeared in the Syfy series Warehouse 13 .
Auberjonois was also known as a voice actor, for example, he spoke the boss Louis in the English version of Disney's Ariel, the Mermaid and has also recorded many audio books. From 2010 to 2013 he was also the voice actor for the television series Pound Puppies - Der Pfotenclub . In the Uncharted video game series, Auberjonois played the role of Karl Schaefer .
Since 1964, Auberjonois has been involved in more than 220 productions, both as an actor and as a voice actor. He also appeared as a director on the series Marblehead Manor and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine . In 1999 he received the OFTA Television Award for Best Actor. He was nominated for an Emmy twice.
Auberjonois was married to actress Judith Mahalyi since 1963 and has two children, Tessa Auberjonois and Remy Auberjonois , who are also both actors. He died of lung cancer on December 8, 2019 .
Filmography (selection)
- 1964: Lilith
- 1970: MASH
- 1970: Only flying is better (Brewster McCloud)
- 1971: McCabe & Mrs. Miller
- 1971: McMillan & Wife (TV series, episode 1x01)
- 1971: The Birdmen (TV movie)
- 1972: Mirror Images (Images)
- 1972: Peter and Tillie (Pete 'n' Tillie)
- 1973: Shirts / Skins (TV movie)
- 1973: Incident at Vichy (TV movie)
- 1975: The Jeffersons (TV series, episode 2x04)
- 1975: The Bob Newhart Show (TV series, episode 4x07)
- 1975: The Hindenburg (The Hindenburg)
- 1976: Panache (TV movie)
- 1976: The Hair-raising Journey in a Crazy Bus (The Big Bus)
- 1976: King Kong
- 1976: Pazifikgeschwader 214 ( Baa Baa Black Sheep , TV series, episode 1x03 Risky Escape )
- 1976, 1979: Charlie's Angels ( Charlie's Angels , television series, 2 episodes, different roles)
- 1977: Between the Fronts ( The Rhinemann Exchange , miniseries)
- 1978: The Dark Secret of Harvest Home (miniseries)
- 1978: The Eyes of Laura Mars
- 1978: Starsky & Hutch ( Starsky and Hutch , TV series, episode 4x08 The Master Thief )
- 1979: Detective Rockford - a call is enough ( The Rockford Files , episode 5x13 Where there's a lot of light ... )
- 1979: Two Save the World ( The Wild, Wild West Revisited , Movie made for TV)
- 1979: Hart but cordially ( Hart to Hart , TV series, episode 1x08)
- 1979: Mrs. Columbo (TV series, 2 episodes, various roles)
- 1980: Undercover USA ( More Wild, Wild West , TV movie)
- 1980: Blast - Where the Buffalo Roam
- 1980–1986: Benson (TV series, 134 episodes)
- 1982: The Kid From Nowhere (TV movie)
- 1982: The Last Unicorn ( The Last Unicorn , Voice)
- 1982–1983: Faerie Tale Theater (TV series, 2 episodes, various roles)
- 1983: Teenage Tease
- 1986: The Hour of the Cobras - 3:15 (3:15)
- 1986: A Smoky Mountain Christmas (TV movie)
- 1987: Love with Bite (My Best Friend Is a Vampire)
- 1987: Walker
- 1987–1988: Murder is her hobby ( Murder, She Wrote , TV series, 2 episodes, various roles)
- 1988: Longarm (TV movie)
- 1988: Police Academy 5 - Assignment Miami Beach (Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach)
- 1989: Billy the Kid: Hunted to the Dead ( Billy the Kid , Movie made for TV)
- 1989: Little Nemo : Adventures in Slumberland (voice)
- 1989: The Feud
- 1989: Ariel the Mermaid ( The Little Mermaid , voice)
- 1989: Time leap into the round table ( A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court , TV movie)
- 1991: Doogie Howser, MD (TV series, episode 2x23)
- 1991: Between Life and Death ( Absolute Strangers , TV movie)
- 1991: Schwul ( The Lost Language of Cranes , TV movie)
- 1991: Ashenden (miniseries)
- 1991: Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
- 1992: Lucky Luke (TV series, episode 1x05 Coffee perks up tired men )
- 1992: Eerie, Indiana (TV series, episode 1x17 Zombies in PJs )
- 1992: Ned Blessing: The True Story of My Life (TV movie)
- 1992: The Sands of Time (TV movie)
- 1992–1993: Matlock (TV series, 3 episodes, various roles)
- 1993–1999: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV series, 173 episodes)
- 1993: Little Jo (The Ballad of Little Jo)
- 1995: Batman Forever
- 1997: Danny the Hangover ( Cats Don't Dance , voice)
- 1997: Los Locos
- 1997: Snide and Prejudice
- 1999: Inspector Gadget
- 2000: Arielle, the Mermaid 2 - Longing for the Sea ( The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea , voice)
- 2000: Geppetto, the toy maker (Geppetto)
- 2000: Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
- 2000: We All Fall Down
- 2000: The Patriot (The Patriot)
- 2000: Stargate - Kommando SG-1 ( Stargate SG-1 , TV series, episode 4x02 The other side of the coin )
- 2000, 2002: Practice - The Lawyers ( The Practice , TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2001: Burning Down the House
- 2001: Frasier (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2001: Suddenly Princess ( The Princess Diaries , voice)
- 2001-2002: Judging Amy ( Judging Amy , TV series, four episodes)
- 2001-2003: The Justice League ( Justice League , TV series, 4 episodes, voice)
- 2001–2003: Disney's Tarzan ( The Legend of Tarzan , TV series, 11 episodes, voice)
- 2002: Witness to Hope: The Life of Karol Wojtyla, Pope John Paul II (narrator)
- 2002: Enterprise (TV series, episode 1x20 Ship of the Spirits )
- 2004: Eulogy - Last Words (Eulogy)
- 2004–2008: Boston Legal (TV series, 71 episodes)
- 2005-2007: Avatar - The Last Airbender ( Avatar: The Last Airbender , TV series, 4 episodes, voice)
- 2010-2014: Warehouse 13 (TV series, 4 episodes)
- 2010-2013: Pound Puppies - The Paw Club ( Pound Puppies , TV series, voice)
- 2011: Criminal Minds (TV series, episode 7x09)
- 2012: Grey's Anatomy (TV series, episode 8x19)
- 2012: Navy CIS ( NCIS , TV series, episode 10x03 Phoenix )
- 2013: Good Wife (TV series, episode 4x17 Just three questions )
- 2014: Masters of Sex (TV series, episode 2x04 Dirty Jobs )
- 2016: Madam Secretary (TV series, 4 episodes)
- 2016: Certain Women
- 2019: First Cow
Computer games (selection)
- 2010: Fallout: New Vegas (video game, Bethesda Softworks)
Web links
- René Auberjonois in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Official website
- René Auberjonois (actor) in the Star Trek Wiki Memory Alpha
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ralph Sander, Das Star-Trek-Universum , p. 176.
- ↑ DVD release of the cinema version from 2001, time indices 0:38 and 1:38.
- ↑ Reuters.com Eliminating Valleys, Bowens and Auberjonois'.
- ↑ Uncharted , neoseeker.com, accessed November 24, 2019.
- ↑ René Auberjonois, 'Star Trek' and 'Benson' actor, dies at 79 , NBC News , December 9, 2019
- ↑ René Auberjonois, 1940-2019 , International Star Trek, December 9, 2019
- ↑ Obituaries: René Auberjonois, actor featured in 'Star Trek' and Altman films, dies at 79 , The Washington Post , December 9, 2019
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Auberjonois, René |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Auberjonois, René Murat (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 1, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City , New York, United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 8, 2019 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles , California, United States |