Knut Risan

Born: 1930-02-19

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. ​


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Venner

as Journalist i butikken
Released: 1960-02-01

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Nattmagasinet

as Golfspilleren
Released: 1970-12-12

The movie begins with a disenchanted poet who, having had his fill of the world, decides to hide...

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Journey to the Christmas Star

as Kongen
Released: 1976-12-03

Once upon a time a little girl went out to find the Christmas Star.

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Christmas at Cobbler's Street

as Blomsterhandler Rosengren
Released: 1979-12-01

Probably one of the greatest pre-Christmas calendar serials ever made. First published in 1979,...

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Sønner av Norge

as uncredited
Released: 1961-01-01

A slice of life in 'Solbråten' where citizens are concerned with everyday many chores. In...

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Gråtass - Forviklinger på gården

as Forteller (voice)
Released: 2002-01-26

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Den lille traktoren Gråtass

as Forteller (voice)
Released: 1997-08-31

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Gråtass - En annerledes jul

as Forteller (voice)
Released: 1999-01-01

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Jul i Skomakergata

as Blomsterhandler Rosengren
First aired: 1979-12-01

Jul i Skomakergata is a Norwegian TV-show produced in 1979. It is a televised advent calendar,...

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