Claude Ernest Bertrand (March 24, 1919 - December 14, 1986) was a French actor and voice actor.
As with many French voice actors of the older generations, he started off on stage. He made his film debut in Jean Delannoy's Mayerling's Secret in 1948, then kept appearing as bit characters on film and television (such as in Arsène Lupin). He often played in televised stage plays in the show Au théâtre ce soir ("At the Theatre Tonight") such as Arsenic and Old Lace.
He dubbed some roles of John Wayne (the few that Raymond Loyer didn't dub), as well as a number of roles of Burt Lancaster, Bud Spencer, Roger Moore (The Saint, The Persuaders! and all of his James Bond films, most famously), Charles Bronson and Eli Wallach (such as Tuco in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly). He could greatly modify his range, going from "tough no-nonsense Baritone of Strength" for Wayne, Lancaster, Spencer and Bronson to a much smoother and gentlemanly tone with Moore.
Animation-wise, he dubbed characters in Disney productions such as Jasper in 101 Dalmatians, Baloo in The Jungle Book, Thomas O'Malley in The Aristocats, King Leonidas in Bedknobs and Broomsticks and Little John in Robin Hood, as well as Captain Haddock in the Belvision era Tintin animated films, several characters in Hanna-Barbera series and Dr. Zero in Space Pirate Captain Harlock.
