Valentine John "Val" Bettin was an American voice actor, who was known for using an English accent in all of his roles.
For Disney, he voiced David Q. Dawson and a thug guard in the 1986 Disney animated feature film The Great Mouse Detective. He also voiced The Sultan of Agrabah in The Return of Jafar (1994), Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996), and the Aladdin television series (and Hamed), replacing Douglas Seale. In addition, he voiced Archimedes Q. Porter in the Tarzan video game. Various other roles are listed below.
Bettin was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin. In 1948, he went to England to enroll in the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts and graduated in 1950. There he met his wife, Hildy. They returned to the United States in order for him to become a drama teacher in Iowa.
He has acted in a variety of mediums, notably films, like Somewhere in Time, The Man Who Wasn't There, Voices Within: The Lives of Truddi Chase, Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story, and Shrek, as well as television shows, like Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour, Webster, Great Scott!, and W.I.T.C.H.
Filmography[]
| Year | Film | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | The Great Mouse Detective | David Q. Dawson/Thug Guard |
| 1987 | Young Harry Houdini | Dr. Allworth |
| 1994 | The Return of Jafar | The Sultan |
| 1994-1995 | Aladdin | The Sultan Hamed |
| 1996 | Aladdin and the King of Thieves | The Sultan |
| 1996 | Mighty Ducks | Sarks, Episode: "Mondo-Man" |
| 1996 | Gargoyles | Egon Pax, Episode: "To Serve Mankind" |
| 1997 | Pepper Ann | Sanford I. Paper, Episode: "The Big Pencil/Sani-Paper" |
| 1998 | Hercules | King Tivius, Episode: "Hercules and the Jilt Trip" |
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