Val Bettin

Val Bettin
Background Information
Born	Valentine John Bettin July 8, 1923 La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States
Died	January 7, 2021 (aged 97) Ventura, California, United States
Cause of death	Natural causes
Nationality	American
Occupation	Voice actor
Years active	1953-2008
Family Information
Spouse	Hildy Bettin (1950-2007, her death)

Valentine John Bettin, also known as Val Bettin, (July 8, 1923 – January 7, 2021) was an American actor, known for using an English accent in all of his roles. He is perhaps best known for voicing Dr. David Q. Dawson in the 1986 Disney animated film The Great Mouse Detective and the Sultan in The Return of Jafar and Aladdin and the King of Thieves, the two direct-to-video sequels to Disney's Aladdin as well as the TV show, taking over for Douglas Seale. Bettin also hosted The Storyteller, a children's show on Chicago television in the late 1950s.

For DreamWorks he voiced the Bishop in Shrek. It was his final film role.

DreamWorks Roles

Bishop
(Shrek)

External Links

• Val Bettin on Wikipedia
• Val Bettin on IMDb
• Val Bettin on Find a Grave

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Media Films: Shrek • Shrek 2 • Shrek the Third • Shrek Forever After • Puss in Boots • Puss in Boots: The Last Wish • Shrek 5 TV Specials: Shrek 4-D • Shrek the Halls • Scared Shrekless • Puss in Boots: The Three Diablos Shows: The Adventures of Puss in Boots Shorts: Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party! • Far Far Away Idol • Donkey's Caroling Christmas-tacular • Thriller Night • The Pig Who Cried Werewolf • The Trident Books: Shrek • Puss in Boots Video Games: Shrek SuperSlam • Shrek Smash n' Crash Racing • Shrek Super Party • DreamWorks Super Star Kartz Theatrical Plays: Shrek The Musical Characters Protagonists: Shrek • Fiona • Donkey • Puss in Boots • Kitty Softpaws • Perrito Allies: Dragon • Pinocchio • Gingerbread Man • Three Little Pigs • Wolf • Three Blind Mice • Queen Lillian • King Harold • Arthur Pendragon • Snow White • Cinderella • Sleeping Beauty • Farkle, Fergus and Felicia • Dronkeys • Doris • Brogan Villains: Lord Farquaad • Thelonious • Monsieur Hood • Merry Men • Fairy Godmother • Prince Charming • Rumpelstiltskin • Fifi • Jack & Jill • Humpty Dumpty • Rapunzel • Captain Hook • Evil Queen • Headless Horseman • Cyclops • Pied Piper • Bloodwolf • "Big" Jack Horner • Death • Goldilocks • Papa Bear • Mama Bear • Baby Bear • Serpent Sisters Spin-Off: Dulcinea • Imelda • Talking Cricket • Mama Luna • Phoenix • The Terror • The Sphinx • Timmy • Perla • Gonzalo • Doctor • Callista • Alessandra Belagomba Cast Main: Cameron Diaz (Fiona) • Eddie Murphy (Donkey) • Antonio Banderas (Puss in Boots) • Rupert Everett (Prince Charming) Secondary: Cody Cameron (Pinocchio/Three Little Pigs) • Conrad Vernon (Gingerbread Man/additional voices) • Christopher Knights (Blind Mice/Thelonious) • Aron Warner (Wolf) • Amy Sedaris (Cinderella/Jill) • Craig Robinson (Cooki) Minor: Chris Miller (Magic Mirror) • Val Bettin (Bishop) • Susanne Blakeslee (Evil Queen) • Andrew Adamson (additional voices) See also Locations: Duloc • Far Far Away • Ogre Swamp • Poison Apple Inn • Potion Factory • Worcestershire Boarding School Songs: Barracuda • Royal Pain • Welcome to Duloc Crew: Bill Damaschke • Chris Sanders • David Soren • Duncan Marjoribanks • Harry Gregson-Williams • John Powell • Chris Reccardi