René Auberjonois
Born: 1940-06-01 in New York City, New York, USA
Died: 2019-12-08
Known For: Acting
Biography
René Auberjonois (June 1, 1940 – December 8, 2019) was an American actor, best known for playing Odo on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Clayton Endicott III on Benson. He first achieved fame as a stage actor, winning the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical in 1970 for his portrayal of Sebastian Baye opposite Katharine Hepburn in the André Previn-Alan Jay Lerner musical Coco. He went on to earn three more Tony nominations for performances in Neil Simon's The Good Doctor (1973), Roger Miller's Big River (1985), and Cy Coleman's City of Angels (1989); he won a Drama Desk Award for Big River. A screen actor with more than 200 credits, Auberjonois was most famous for portraying characters in the main casts of several long-running television series, including Clayton Endicott III on Benson (1980–1986), for which he was an Emmy Award nominee; and Paul Lewiston on Boston Legal (2004–2008). In films, Auberjonois appeared in several Robert Altman productions, notably Father John Mulcahy in the film version of M-A-S-H (1970); the expedition scientist Roy Bagley in King Kong (1976); Chef Louis in The Little Mermaid (1989), in which he sang "Les Poissons"; and Reverend Oliver in The Patriot (2000). In the American animated musical comedy film Cats Don't Dance (1997), Auberjonois voiced Flanagan. Auberjonois also performed as a voice actor in several video games, animated series and other productions.
Filmography
2021
- Star Trek: Prodigy as Odo (voice)
2020
- First Cow as Man with Raven
2019
- The Little Mermaid Live! as Louis (archive footage) (voice)
- Windows on the World as Maury
- The Circuit
- Raising Buchanan as President James Buchanan
2016
- Certain Women as Albert
- Way Out on a Limb as Self
- Blood Stripe as Art
- Way Out on a Limb
2015
- This Is Happening as Cal Plotz
2014
- Madam Secretary as Walter Nowack
- The Librarians as Mr. McGuire
- Planes: Fire & Rescue as Concierge (voice)
- Planes: Fire & Rescue: Cad Spinner as André (voice)
2013
- Masters of Sex as Dr. George Papanikolaou
- Wander Over Yonder as Maurice (voice)
- The Captains Close Up as Self
- The Sixth Gun as Von Allen / Montcrief
- Evermore as Grandpa
2012
- Ben 10: Omniverse as Azmuth (voice)
- 1600 Penn as Winslow Hannum
- Get a Life! as Self
2011
- The Looney Tunes Show as Pepé Le Pew (voice)
- The Captains as Self
2010
- Young Justice as Mark Desmond (voice)
- Pound Puppies as McLeish (voice)
- BlackBoxTV Presents as Rudy
- The Making of Fallout: New Vegas as Self
2009
- The Good Wife as Coroner Claypool
- Archer as Mannfred (voice)
- Warehouse 13 as Hugo Miller
- Le Door as Le Door
2008
- Random! Cartoons as Hornswiggle / Apeman #2 (voice)
- Hornswiggle as Hornswiggle (voice)
- Dispatches from Nicaragua
2007
- Saving Grace as Father Patrick Murphy
- Chill Out, Scooby-Doo! as Alphonse LaFleur (voice)
- Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil & The Presidency as James Parton (voice)
- Scooby-Doo: Agence toutou risques, vol. 2 : Le fantôme de la télé as (voice)
- Scooby-Doo: Agence toutou risques, vol. 1 : Le voleur de vélo as (voice)
2005
- Grey's Anatomy as Neil Sheridan
- Criminal Minds as Colonel Ron Massey
- It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia as Dr. Larry Meyers
- Avatar: The Last Airbender as Mechanist (voice)
- Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story as Odo (voice)
- Geppetto's Secret as Mr. Sneap
2004
- Boston Legal as Paul Lewiston
- Eulogy as Parson Banke
2003
- NCIS as Dr. Felix Blackwell
- Duck Dodgers as McChirpy (voice)
- Xiaolin Showdown as Master Fung (voice)
- Trials and Tribble-ations: Uniting Two Legends as Himself
2002
- Tarzan & Jane as (voice)
- Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future as Kuffka (voice)
- Woodrow Wilson as Self - voice
- Witness to Hope: The Life of Karol Wojtyla, Pope John Paul II as Narrator (voice)
2001
- Star Trek: Enterprise as Ezral
- The Princess Diaries as Philippe Renaldi (uncredited)
- The Legend of Tarzan as Renard Dumont (voice)
- Justice League as Kanjar-Ro / Galius Zed / Guardian of Oa (voice)
- Disney's House of Mouse
- Burning Down the House as Pierre
2000
- The Patriot as Reverend Oliver
- Joseph: King of Dreams as Butler (voice)
- The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne
- Sally Hemings: An American Scandal as James Callender
- The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea as Chef Louis (voice)
- Geppetto as Prof Buonragazzo
- Sally Hemings: An American Scandal as James Callender
- Altman on His Own Terms as Self
- Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H' as Self
1999
- Family Guy as Odo (voice)
- Judging Amy as Judge Jackson Keeler
- Inspector Gadget as Artemus Bradford
- Xyber 9: New Dawn as Xyber 9 (voice)
- We All Fall Down as Tim
1998
- The Wild Thornberrys as Merrick Dash (voice)
- An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island as Dithering (voice)
1997
- Stargate SG-1 as Alar
- The Practice as Judge F. Mantz
- Extreme Ghostbusters
- Cats Don't Dance as Flanigan (voice)
- Los Locos as Presidente
- Snide and Prejudice as Dr. Sam Cohen
1996
- Nash Bridges as Hagen Bridges
- Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys as Gardener / Alien Gladioluses (voice)
- Bruno the Kid as Leonardo Linguini (voice)
- The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century as Jean Jaures / Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (voice)
- Richie Rich as Richard Rich, Chef Pierre, Professor Keenbean
- Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond as Self
- The Making of Star Trek Deep Space Nine Trials And Tribble-ations as Self
1995
- The Outer Limits as Dlavan
- Batman Forever as Dr. Burton
- The Savage Dragon as Horde (voice)
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Way of the Warrior as Odo
1994
- Chicago Hope as Walter Kerry
- Aladdin as Nefir Hasenuf (voice)
1993
- Frasier as William Tewksbury
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Odo
- Marsupilami as Chef Louie (voice)
- The Ballad of Little Jo as Streight Hollander
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the Scenes as Himself
1992
- Batman: The Animated Series as Dr. March (voice)
- The Player as René Auberjonois
- Raw Toonage as Chef Louie (voice)
- Lucky Luke as Mr. Edgar Rockbottom / Mendez
- The Lost Language of Cranes as Geoffrey Lane
- Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My Life as Marquis
- The Sands of Time as Prime Minister
- Wild Card as Jake Spence
1991
- Eerie, Indiana as The Donald
- Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country as Colonel West (uncredited)
- Absolute Strangers as Quinn
- Timeless Tales from Hallmark: Puss in Boots as voice
1990
- Tom & Jerry Kids Show as Pierre (voice)
1989
- Doogie Howser, M.D.
- The Little Mermaid as Louis (voice)
- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court as Merlin
- The Feud as Reverton
1988
- American Experience as Woodrow Wilson (voice)
- Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach as Tony
- Superman as General Zod (voice)
- Longarm as Gov. Lew Wallace
1987
- DuckTales as Dr. Nogood (voice)
- Walker as Maj. Siegfried Hennington
- Marblehead Manor ... (Director)
- My Best Friend Is a Vampire as Modoc
1986
- L.A. Law as Kevin Richardson
- Matlock as Leo Brodsky
- Blacke's Magic
- Wildfire
- The Christmas Star as Sumner
- 3:15 the Moment of Truth as Horner
- A Smoky Mountain Christmas as Ned
1985
- The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians as Desaad (voice)
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Prof. Harry Papasian
- Snorks as Dr. Strangesnork
- Challenge of the GoBots
1983
- Sleeping Beauty as King Boris
1982
- Faerie Tale Theatre as King Boris
- The Last Unicorn as The Skull (voice)
- The Kid From Nowhere as Howard
- The Smurfs Christmas Special as Stranger (voice)
- The Tale of the Frog Prince as King Ulrich
1980
- Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
- Beyond Westworld as Power
- Where the Buffalo Roam as Harris
- More Wild Wild West as Capt. Sir David Edney
1979
- Hart to Hart as Springfield
- Benson as Clayton Endicott III
- Mrs. Columbo
- Just Friends
- The Wild Wild West Revisited as Capt. Sir David Edney
- Once Upon a Midnight Scary as Ichabod Crane
1978
- The Dark Secret of Harvest Home as Jack Stump
- Eyes of Laura Mars as Donald Phelps
1977
- Man from Atlantis as Havergal
- The Rhinemann Exchange as Dr. Eugene Lyons
1976
- Charlie's Angels as Terrence
- The Bionic Woman
- Baa Baa Black Sheep as Matthew Hooper
- King Kong as Roy Bagley
- The Big Bus as Father Kudos
- Panache as Panache
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Roberts (uncredited)
- Starsky & Hutch
- The Jeffersons
- Wonder Woman as Kimball
- Ellery Queen as Marcel Fourchet
- The Hindenburg as Major Napier
- Upcoming Season as Roberts
1974
- The Rockford Files as Masters
- Rhoda
- Harry O
- The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
- King Lear as Edgar
1973
- Super Friends as Desaad (voice)
- The Birdmen as Halden Brevik / Olav Volda
- Shirts/Skins as Sidney Krebs
- Incident at Vichy as Monceau, An Actor
1972
- The Rookies
- Images as Hugh
- Pete 'n' Tillie as Jimmy Twitchell
1971
- Great Performances as Edgar
- McCabe & Mrs. Miller as Sheehan
- Brewster McCloud as The Lecturer
- Once Upon a Dead Man as Andre Stryker
- Teenage Tease
1970
- Night Gallery
- M*A*S*H as Father John Mulcahy
1968
- The Mod Squad
- Petulia as Fred Six (uncredited)
1964
- Lilith as Howie (uncredited)
1962
- The Jetsons as (voice)
1956
- Tony Awards as Self - Nominee