Monsieur D'Arque

Monsieur D'Aquire is one of the main villains in Beauty and the Beast and the owner of the asylum. He is voiced by Tony Jay in the movie.

Beauty and the Beast
When Belle turns down Gaston's marriage proposal Gaston becomes angry but when Belle's father Maurice comes into the tavern telling everyone that Belle has been locked in the dungeon by the Beast and everyone starts laughing thinking that Maurice is crazy Gaston comes up with a plan to make Belle his wife. Later that night after everyone goes home Gaston and LeFou remain in the tavern with Monsieur D'Aquire who owns the local asylum and Gaston pays him to throw Maurice in the asylum unless Belle agrees to marry him (which is blackmale) but when they go to Belle's cottage neither Belle nor Maurice are there and Gaston has LeFou stay there on guard until Belle and Maurice return. When Belle and Maurice come home LeFou rushes to get Gaston and Monsieur D'Aquire and a crowd and D'Aquire has Maurice taken away and Gaston promises to have Maurice released if Belle will marry him but Belle turns down Gaston's proposal again and manages to prove that her father isn't crazy by showing the crowd the Beast by using the Magic Mirror. D'Aquire wasn't seen after taking Maurice away and didn't join Gaston's mob persuit to kill the Beast. It is persumed that he sped away in his asylum wagon and left but it remains unknown what happened to him.