René Murat Auberjonois (June 1, 1940 – December 8, 2019) was an American actor, singer and voice artist.
Born in New York City and raised in Paris, Auberjonois came from distinguished stock. His father was a Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign correspondent, while his paternal grandfather and namesake was a prominent Swiss post-impressionist painter. On his mother's side of the family, he was the great-great-great-grandnephew of Napoléon Bonaparte, whose sister Caroline married Joachim Murat, one of Napoleon's most famous generals.
In films, Auberjonois portrayed Father Mulcahy in Robert Altman's M*A*S*H and provided the voice of Chef Louis in The Little Mermaid, in which he sang "Les Poissons". He also voiced Flanagan, the human film director of "Li'l Ark Angel", in Cats Don't Dance; the mysterious Mojave mogul Mr. House in Fallout: New Vegas; and the ancient vampire Janos Audron in the Legacy of Kain series.
But perhaps his most familiar role would be as Security Chief Odo in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Other TV roles included Clayton Endicott III on Benson and Paul Lewiston on Boston Legal. He also lent his voice to many animated series, including Challenge of the GoBots (as Dr. Braxis), Pound Puppies (2010) (as McLeish), Pepé Le Pew in The Looney Tunes Show, and Desaad for the final two seasons of Super Friends (the Super Powers era) and many years later in Justice League (replacing Robert Morse from Superman: The Animated Series), where he also voiced space pirate Kanjar Ro. In 2018 he reprised the role of Odo for Star Trek Online's Victory Is Life expansion.
After Auberjonois died of metastatic lung cancer in 2019, Star Trek Online's players honored him with an in-game candlelight vigil.
His son, Remy Auberjonois, is an actor in his own right.
Roles on this wiki:
- Petulia (1968) as Fred Six (uncredited)
- M*A*S*H (1970) as Father John "Dago Red" Mulcahy
- Brewster McCloud (1970) as The Lecturer
- McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) as Sheehan
- Images (1972) as Hugh
- The Hindenburg (1975) as Major Napier
- The Big Bus (1976) as Father Kudos
- King Kong (1976) as Roy Bagley
- Eyes of Laura Mars (1978) as Donald Phelps
- Where the Buffalo Roam (1980) as Harris
- My Best Friend is a Vampire (1987) as Modoc
- Walker (1987) as Major Siegfried Henningson
- Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach (1988) as Tony
- Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) as Colonel West (uncredited)
- The Player (1992) as Himself
- Batman Forever (1995) as Dr. Burton
- Inspector Gadget (1999) as Artemus Bradford
- Geppetto (2000) as Professor Buonragazzo
- The Patriot (2000) as Reverend Oliver
- First Cow (2019) as Man with Raven
- The Mod Squad (1 episode, 1971) as Nelson Farraday / Endicott Farraday
- McMillan & Wife (1 episode, 1971) as Andre Stryker
- Night Gallery (1 episode, 1971) as William Sharsted
- Love, American Style (1 episode, 1972) as George
- Harry O (1 episode, 1975) as Rabbit
- The Jeffersons (1 episode, 1975) as Inspector Keller
- Ellery Queen (1 episode, 1975) as Marcel Fourchet
- The Bob Newhart Show (1 episode, 1975) as Alan Durocher
- The Rookies (1 episode, 1975) as Ron Kelly
- Saturday Night Live (1 episode, 1975) as Roberts
- Black Sheep Squadron (1 episode, 1976) as Matthew Hooper
- Delvecchio (2 episodes, 1976) as Drug Seller / Harry Wilson
- Rhoda (2 episodes, 1976–77) as Dr. John Fox
- Charlie's Angels (2 episodes, 1976–79) as Terrence / Freddie Fortune
- The Bionic Woman (1 episode, 1977) as Pierre Lambert
- Man from Atlantis (1 episode, 1977) as Havergal
- Starsky & Hutch (1 episode, 1978) as The Baron
- The Rockford Files (1 episode, 1979) as Masters
- Wonder Woman (1 episode, 1979) as Kimball
- Family (1 episode, 1979) as Alvin
- Hart to Hart (1 episode, 1979) as Donald Springfield
- Mrs. Columbo (2 episodes, 1979) as Monsieur Gerard / Bradlee
- Tenspeed and Brown Shoe (1 episode, 1980) as Marty Boxx
- Benson (1980–86) as Clayton Runnymede Endicott III
- Faerie Tale Theatre (1982–83) as King Ulrich / King Boris
- Murder, She Wrote (2 episodes, 1987–88) as Prof. Harry Papasian / Capt. Walker Thorn
- L.A. Law (1 episode, 1988) as Kevin Richardson
- Doogie Howser, M.D. (1 episode, 1989) as Einstein
- Eerie, Indiana (1 episode, 1992) as The Donald
- Matlock (2 episodes, 1992–93) as Councilman Leo Brodsky / Doug Michaels
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–99) as Odo
- The Outer Limits (1 episode, 1998) as Dlavan
- Poltergeist: The Legacy (2 episodes, 1998–99) as Milo Javits
- Chicago Hope (1 episode, 1999) as Dr. Walter Kerry
- Stargate SG-1 (1 episode, 2000) as Alar
- The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne (2 episodes, 2000) as Cavois
- The Practice (2 episodes, 2000–02) as Judge F. Mantz
- Nash Bridges (1 episode, 2001) as Hagen Bridges
- Frasier (2 episodes, 2001) as Dr. William Tewksbury
- Judging Amy (4 episodes, 2001–02) as Judge Jackson Keeler
- Star Trek: Enterprise (1 episode, 2002) as Ezral
- Boston Legal (2004–08) as Paul Lewiston
- Saving Grace (2 episodes, 2007–08) as Father Patrick Murphy
- It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (1 episode, 2010) as Dr. Larry Meyers
- Warehouse 13 (4 episodes, 2010–14) as Hugo Miller
- Bored to Death (1 episode, 2011) as Harry Stevenson
- Criminal Minds (1 episode, 2011) as Col. Ron Massey
- Grey's Anatomy (1 episode, 2012) as Neil Sheridan
- BlackBoxTV (1 episode, 2012) as Rudy
- NCIS (1 episode, 2012) as Dr. Felix Blackwell
- The Good Wife (1 episode, 2013) as Coroner Claypool
- 1600 Penn (2 episodes, 2013) as Winslow Hannum
- Masters of Sex (1 episode, 2014) as Dr. George Papanikolaou
- The Librarians (1 episode, 2015) as Mr. McGuire
- Madam Secretary (4 episodes, 2016) as Walter Nowack
- The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang (24 episodes, 1980–81) as Additional Voices
- The Last Unicorn (1982) as The Skull
- The Smurfs Christmas Special (1982) as Stranger
- The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries (13 episodes, 1984) as Additional Voices
- SuperFriends (7 episodes, 1984–85) as Desaad
- Challenge of the GoBots (4 episodes, 1984–85) as Dr. Zebediah Braxis
- Wildfire (6 episodes, 1986) as Alvinar
- The New Adventures of Jonny Quest (13 episodes, 1986–87) as Additional Voices
- DuckTales (1 episode, 1987) as Dr. Nogood
- Pound Puppies (2 episodes, 1987) as Poodle / Pierre
- The Snorks (1987–88) as Dr. Strangesnork / Additional Voices
- The Smurfs (2 episodes, 1987-89) as Additional Voices
- The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley (1 episode, 1988) as Additional Voices
- Ruby-Spears Superman (1 episode, 1988) as General Zod
- A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1 episode, 1988) as Boris Rougefort
- Fantastic Max (3 episodes, 1988–89) as Additional Voices
- SuperTed (13 episodes, 1989) as Additional Voices
- Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1989) as Professor Genius
- The Little Mermaid (1989) as Louis
- Darkwing Duck (1 episode, 1991) as Sensei
- The Pirates of Dark Water (16 episodes, 1991–93) as Kangent
- Batman: The Animated Series (2 episodes, 1992) as Dr. March
- Marsupilami (3 episodes, 1993) as Chef Louie
- Rugrats (1 episode, 1994) as Joanthan
- Aladdin: The Series (3 episodes, 1994) as Nefir Hasenuf
- Mighty Max (3 episodes, 1994) as Arachnoid / Dr. Stanley Kirby / Nadja
- Richie Rich (6 episodes, 1996) as Chef Pierre / Professor Keenbean / Mr. Rich
- Bruno the Kid (1 episode, 1997) as Leonard DaLinguini
- Captain Simian and the Space Monkeys (1 episode, 1997) as The Gardener
- Extreme Ghostbusters (1 episode, 1997) as College Professor
- Cats Don't Dance (1997) as Flanigan
- An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island (1998) as Dithering
- Men in Black: The Series (1 episode, 1999) as Quintoon
- Xyber 9: New Dawn (1999–2007) as Xyber 9
- The Wild Thornberrys (1 episode, 2000) as Merrick Dash
- The Princess Diaries (2001) as Philippe Renaldi (uncredited)
- The Legend of Tarzan (12 episodes, 2001–02) as Renard Dumont
- Tarzan and Jane (2002)
- Justice League (2001–03) as Various Voices
- House of Mouse (1 episode, 2002) as Chef Louis
- The Cat Returns (2002) as Natori (English dub)
- The Mummy: The Animated Series (2 episodes, 2003) as Scarab
- Xiaolin Showdown (13 episodes, 2003–04) as Master Fung
- Duck Dodgers (1 episode, 2005) as McChirpy
- Geppettos Secret as Mr. Sneap
- Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story (2005) as Odo
- Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005–07) as Various Voices
- Family Guy (1 episode, 2006) as Odo
- The Replacements (1 episode, 2007) as Abraslam Lincoln
- Chill Out, Scooby-Doo! (2007) as Alphonse LaFleur
- Random! Cartoons (1 episode, 2008) as Hornswiggle
- Young Justice (2 episodes, 2010) as Mark Desmond / Blockbuster
- Archer (3 episodes, 2010–13) as Mannfred / Cardinal Giancarlo Morelli
- Pound Puppies (2010–13) as McLeish
- Dan Vs. (1 episode, 2011) as Chef Purée
- The Looney Tunes Show (2 episodes, 2011) as Pepé Le Pew
- Winx Club (1 episode, 2012) as Saladin
- Wander over Yonder (1 episode, 2014) as Maurice
- Ben 10: Omniverse (6 episodes, 2012–14) as Azmuth
- Avengers Assemble (2 episodes, 2015) as Ebony Maw
- The Tom and Jerry Show (1 episode, 2019) as Butler
- Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned (1999) as Taxi Driver / Bigout
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Fallen (2000) as Odo
- Blood Omen 2: Legacy of Kain (2002) as Janos Audron / The Beast
- Legacy of Kain: Defiance (2003) as Janos Audron / Hylden Lord
- Command & Conquer: Renegade (2002) as Dr. Ignatio Mobius
- Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (2009) as Karl Schäfer
- Fallout: New Vegas (2010) as Robert Edwin House
- Star Trek Online (2010) as Odo
- Skylanders: SuperChargers (2015) as Pomfrey