Francis Lax

Francis Lax (April 16, 1930 - March 13, 2013) was a French actor.

In addition to his numerous roles in theater and TV series, he was also very active in dubbing.

He has voiced an impressive list of characters and actors, being the most regular French voice of Tom Selleck (including in Magnum, P.I.), Harrison Ford in several films including the Star Wars trilogy and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, David Soul in Starsky and Hutch, Gene Hackman in the Superman films, Dwight Schultz in The A-Team, Sancho in The Mysterious Cities of Gold, several Smurfs in the eponymous series and that hippie in Scooby-Doo. Bumblebee sounded like him, actually.

Similarly, his interpretation of Optimus Prime may sound like "Howling Mad" Murdock imitating Peter Cullen.

In March 2013, he passed away aged 82, following a long fight against an illness.

Voice Roles

The Transformers

Main roles

• Apeface
• Brainstorm
• Broadside
• Bumblebee
• Cerebros
• Chromedome
• Defensor
• Drag Strip
• Goldbug
• Headstrong
• Highbrow
• Hook
• Hun-Gurrr
• Ironhide
• Jazz
• Junkyard
• Mixmaster
• Optimus Prime
• Perceptor
• Predaking
• Various Quintessons
• Razorclaw
• Scamper
• Silverbolt
• Skuxxoid
• Spoilsport
• Streetwise
• Superion
• Various Sweeps
• Vortex
• Wreck-Gar
• Zarak

Occasional substitutions

• Air Raid (Aerial Assault)
• Blurr (The Rebirth, Part 1)
• Bombshell (The Insecticon Syndrome)
• Bonecrusher (Carnage in C-Minor)
• Chip Chase (The Autobot Run and Megatron's Master Plan episodes)
• Cyclonus (Surprise Party and Webworld)
• Dirge (The Golden Lagoon)
• Frenzy
• Grimlock (Madman's Paradise)
• Groove (B.O.T.)
• Hoist (Hoist Goes Hollywood and Aerial Assault)
• Hot Rod (The Rebirth, Part 2)
• Hound (Attack of the Autobots)
• Inferno (The Gambler)
• Kickback (Traitor)
• Long Haul (The Golden Lagoon)
• Menasor (Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1)
• Metroplex (The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1)
• Motormaster (Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4)
• Narrator (Autobot Spike, Atlantis, Arise!, Five Faces of Darkness episodes and Madman's Paradise)
• Onslaught (The Rebirth, Part 3)
• Prowl (Autobot Spike)
• Red Alert (The Revenge of Bruticus)
• Reflector (Divide and Conquer)
• Rodimus Prime (5 episodes)
• Rumble (Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1)
• Scattershot (The Rebirth, Part 1)
• Scavenger (Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1)
• Scourge (Starscream's Ghost)
• Scrapper (Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4)
• Shrapnel (The Revenge of Bruticus)
• Sideswipe (Autobot Spike and The Revenge of Bruticus)
• Skywarp (City of Steel and The Immobilizer)
• Sludge (Webworld)
• Soundwave (City of Steel and The Insecticon Syndrome)
• Thundercracker (Microbots)
• Triggerhappy
• Warpath (Hoist Goes Hollywood)
• Windcharger (S.O.S. Dinobots)

Incidentals

• Doctor Frankenstein (Autobot Spike)
• Professor Greene (Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1)
• Wigend of Blackthorn (A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court)
• Aetheling the Red (A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court)
• Winston (Make Tracks)
• Jim Geddis (Make Tracks)
• Doc (The Secret of Omega Supreme)
• Lord Gyconi (The Gambler)
• Mok (Sea Change)
• Oktober Guard One (Prime Target)
• Poplock (Auto-Bop)
• Prima (Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4)
• Guardian Prime (Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4)
• Sharkticons (The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1)

The European French dub of The Transformers was pretty casual about maintaining voice actor continuity across episodes.

External links

• Wikipedia entry (French)
• Francis Lax on the IMDb
• Allociné page (French)
• Wiki Doublage page (French)
• Planète jeunesse page (French)