Biography
Philippe Dumat was a French actor and voice actor. He was born on 4 March 1925 in Neuilly-sur-Seine and died on 10 January 2006 in Saint-Cloud.
Dumat began his career in theatre in Paris in 1943 and later performed in the provinces. In 1956 he joined the Branquignols comedy troupe. He appeared in films including Le Trou (1960) as a prison guard, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964), The Soft Skin (1964) and The Little Bather (1968).
He became prominent in French dubbing, voicing characters such as Gargamel in The Smurfs, Scrooge McDuck in DuckTales and Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness) in the original Star Wars trilogy. He was married to actress Nicole Vervil.
