Serge Sauvion (February 18, 1929 - February 13, 2010) was a French actor and voice actor.
He was best known for his raspy voice, which he appropriately lent to Peter Falk's roles, most famously as Lieutenant Columbo. He also frequently dubbed Jack Nicholson, Richard Burton, Montgomery Clift, Marcello Mastroianni, Charles Bronson, Burt Reynolds, Burt Young (Paulie in Rocky) and Sidney Poitier. He also dubbed Mike Hammer (Stacy Keach) in the two 1980s series.
Animated characters-wise, he is well remembered as the voice of Julius Caesar in two Asterix animated films as well as Tintin's Arch-Enemy Roberto Rastapopoulos in the 1990s animated series.
