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Valentine John Bettin is a retired American actor and voice 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.
Birth Name
Valentine Bettin
Born
Sunday, 08 July 1923
Died
Thursday, 07 January 2021
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| W.I.T.C.H. | Herbert Olsen | 2004 |
| Shrek | Bishop (voice) / Bishop | 2001 |
| Hercules | King Tivius | 1998 |
| Pepper Ann | Sanford I. Paper | 1997 |
| Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series | Sarks | 1996 |
| Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story | Mr. Breen | 1996 |
| Aladdin and the King of Thieves | Sultan / Sultan of Agrabah (voice) | 1996 |
| Aladdin | Sultan (voice) / Sultan / Hamed | 1994 |
| The Return of Jafar | Sultan / The Sultan of Agrabah (voice) | 1994 |
| Great Scott! | Pythagorean | 1992 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| W.I.T.C.H. | Herbert Olsen | 2004 |
| Shrek | Bishop (voice) / Bishop | 2001 |
| Hercules | King Tivius | 1998 |
| Pepper Ann | Sanford I. Paper | 1997 |
| Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series | Sarks | 1996 |
| Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story | Mr. Breen | 1996 |
| Aladdin and the King of Thieves | Sultan / Sultan of Agrabah (voice) | 1996 |
| Aladdin | Sultan (voice) / Sultan / Hamed | 1994 |
| The Return of Jafar | Sultan / The Sultan of Agrabah (voice) | 1994 |
| Great Scott! | Pythagorean | 1992 |
| The Great Mouse Detective | Dawson / Thug Guard / Dr. David Q. Dawson (voice) | 1986 |
| American Masters | John Latrobe | 1986 |
| Triplecross | Winslow | 1986 |
| Webster | Edwin | 1983 |
| The Man Who Wasn't There | Monocle | 1983 |
| The Young Landlords | Mr. Bender | 1983 |
| Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour | Additional Voices | 1982 |
| Somewhere in Time | Director (1912) | 1980 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Dr. Allworth | 1954 |
