John Rhys-Davies :
Professor Maximilian P. Arturo

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John Rhys-Davies in french

In France, John Rhys-Davies' voice is made by the actor Jean-Claude Sachot. You can hear his voice by downloading the sounds below :

The Professor introduces himself in the Pilot 25.5 Ko : "Je suis le Professeur Maximilian Arturo" = "My name is Professor Maximilian Arturo"

The Professor criticizes the world of New-France ! in Invasion (S2)
Did you recognize "Blistering Idiot" = "Imbécile Heureux" ?!
Well, in this episode, The Professor doesn't seem to like France, it would be interesting to know what John Rhys-Davies thinks about France !

In The King Is Back, (S1), people mistook Professor Arturo for Luciano Pavarotti !
You can listen to his reaction in french (Jean-Claude Sachot's voice) and then in english. It is the same sentence, so you can easily make a comparison between the two voices, and see that they are very similar !

Filmography

John is a very talented actor. Look at the number of movies he played in ! Moreover, he manages to play very different roles, whereas many actors use to keep the same profile of characters. His career is fabulous and he plays for the cinema and the TV since 1970. However, I am still searching to know if "Budgie" was his first appearance.

John seems to be a very friendly man : during the shooting of Sliders in Vancouver, Canada, John invited the rest of the cast to celebrate Thanksgiving with a great turkey he had prepared ! It's nice to see he looked upon the other actors as a real family.

I always wondered if the story of the Professor Arturo in Season's Greedings (S3) (about the war, his parents,....) was taken from John's life. If I could meet John, I would like to ask him !

• Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists (1999) (voice)
• Dune 2000 (1998) (VG) .... Noree Moneo
• "You Wish" (1997) TV Series .... Mustapha
  ... aka "Genie" (1997) (USA: working title)
• Cats Don't Dance (1997) (voice) .... Woolie Mammoth
• Protector, The (1997) .... Rasheed
  ... aka Body Armor (1997) (video title)
• Glory Daze (1996) .... Luther
  ... aka Last Call (1995/II) (USA: working title)
• Great White Hype, The (1996) .... Johnny Windsor
• Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996) (V) (voice) .... Cassim (speaking)
• Bloodsport 3 (1996) .... Duvalier
• Marquis de Sade (1996)
  ... aka Dark Prince (1996) (video title)
• Ripper (1996) (VG) .... Vigo Haman
• "Sliders" (1995) TV Series .... Prof. Maximillian P. Arturo (1995-1997)
• "Katharina die Große" (1995) (mini) TV Series .... Pugachev
  ... aka "Catherine the Great" (1995) (mini)
• Sliders (1995) (TV) .... Prof. Maximillian P. Arturo
• Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom (1995) (VG) .... Maj. James 'Paladin' Taggert
• High Crusade, The (1994) .... Bruder Parvus
  ... aka High Crusade - Frikassee im Weltraum (1994) (Germany)
• "Black Silence" (1994) (mini) TV Series
• "Gargoyles" (1994) TV Series (voice) .... Macbeth
• Blood of the Innocent (1994) .... Shmuda
  ... aka Beyond Forgiveness (1994)
• Cyborg Cop (1994) .... Kessel
• Ring of the Musketeers (1994) .... Maurice Treville
• Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger (1994) (VG) .... Maj. James 'Paladin' Taggart/Thrakhath (voice)
• "Untouchables, The" (1993) TV Series .... Agent Michael Malone
• Double 0 Kid, The (1993) .... Rudi Von Kseenbaum
• Sunset Grill (1993) .... Stockton
• Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter, The (1993) .... Professor Warren
  ... aka H.P. Lovecraft's The Unnamable Returns (1993)
  ... aka Unnamable Returns, The (1993)
• Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing (1992) (TV) .... Phillip Graff
  ... aka Perry Mason: The Case of the Posthumous Painter (1992) (TV)
• Canvas (1992) .... Nick
  ... aka Canvas: The Fine Art of Crime (1992)
• Journey of Honor (1992) .... El Zaidan
  ... aka Shogun Mayeda (1995) (Japan)
• Lost World, The (1992) .... Challenger
• Night Caller (1992)
• Return to the Lost World (1992) .... Challenger
• Seventh Coin, The (1992) .... Captain Galil
  ... aka Worlds Apart (1992)
• "Under Cover" (1991) TV Series .... Flynn
• "Strauss Dynasty, The" (1991) (mini) TV Series .... Gribov
• Secret Weapon (1990) (TV) .... Mossad Chief
• "Misteri della giungla nera, I" (1990) (mini) TV Series
  ... aka "Geheimnis des schwarzen Dschungels, Das" (1990) (mini) (Germany)
  ... aka "Mysteries of the Dark Jungle, The" (1990) (mini)
• Rebel Storm (1990)
  ... aka Rebel Waves (1990)
  ... aka Rising Storm (1990)
• Tusks (1990)
  ... aka Fire in Eden (1990)
  
  
• Desperado: Badlands Justice (1989) (TV) .... Marriott
• Gifted One, The (1989) (TV) .... Carl Boardman
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) .... Sallah
• Trial of the Incredible Hulk, The (1989) (TV) .... Wilson Fisk/The Kingpin
• "Great Expectations" (1989) (mini) TV Series .... Joe Gargery
• "War and Remembrance" (1989) (mini) TV Series .... Sammy Mutterperl
• Goddess of Love (1988) (TV) .... Zeus
• Higher Ground (1988) (TV) .... Lt. Smight
• "Noble House" (1988) (mini) TV Series .... Quillan Gornt
  ... aka "James Clavell's Noble House" (1988) (mini)
• Waxwork (1988) .... Werewolf
• Young Toscanini (1988) .... Rossi
  ... aka Giovane Toscanini, Il (1988) (Italy)
• Little Match Girl, The (1987/II) (TV)
• Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam (1987) (TV) .... Ed Tremaine
• Living Daylights, The (1987) .... General Leonid Pushkin
• In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro (1986) .... Chris Tucker
• Firewalker (1986)
• King Solomon's Mines (1985) .... Dogati
• Kim (1984) (TV) .... Babu
• Nairobi Affair (1984) (TV) .... Simon
• No Man's Land (1984) (TV)
• Sahara (1983) .... Rasoul
• "Reilly: The Ace of Spies" (1983) TV Series
• Sadat (1983) (TV)
• Ivanhoe (1982) (TV) .... Front de Boeuf
• "Quest, The" (1982) TV Series .... Sir Edward
• Victor/Victoria (1982) .... Cassell
• Best Revenge (1982) .... Mustapha
• Sword of the Valiant (1982) .... Baron Fortinbras
  ... aka Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Gawain and the Green Knight (1982)
• Sphinx (1981) .... Stephanos Markoulis
• Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) .... Sallah
• Shogun (1981) (TV) .... Vasco Rodrigues
• Peter and Paul (1981) (TV) .... Silas
• Merchant of Venice, The (1980) (TV) .... Salerio
  ... aka BBC Television Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice (1980) (TV)
• "Shogun" (1980) (mini) TV Series .... Vasco Rodrigues
  ... aka "James Clavell's Shogun" (1980) (mini)
  
  
• Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square, A (1979) .... Solicitor
  ... aka Big Scam, The (1979)
  ... aka Biggest Bank Robbery, The (1979)
  ... aka Mayfair Bank Caper, The (1979)
• Nativity, The (1978) (TV) .... Nestor
• "I, Claudius" (1976) (mini) TV Series .... Macro
• Naked Civil Servant, The (1975)
• "Budgie" (1970) TV Series .... Laughing Spam Fritter

Notable TV Guest Appearances

• "Star Trek: Voyager" (1995) playing "Leonardo Da Vinci" in episode: "Concerning Flight" (episode # 4.11) 11/26/1997
• "Star Trek: Voyager" (1995) playing "Leonardo Da Vinci" in episode: "Scorpion: Part 1" (episode # 3.26) 5/21/1997
• "Incredible Hulk, The" (1996) playing "Thor"(voice) in episode: "Mortal Bounds" 11/17/1996
• "Murder, She Wrote" (1984) playing "Harry Mordecai" in episode: "Dear Deadly" (episode # 11.5) 10/23/1994
• "Animaniacs" (1993) playing "Tympannini"(voice) in episode: "Piano Rag (short)" 9/21/1993
• "Murder, She Wrote" (1984) playing "Harry Waverly" in episode: "Night of the Tarantula" (episode # 6.7) 11/12/1989
• "Murder, She Wrote" (1984) playing "Lancaster" in episode: "J.B. as in Jailbird" (episode # 5.1) 10/23/1988
• "Scarecrow and Mrs. King" (1983) playing "Lord Bromfield" in episode: "Affair in Bromfield Hall" 1984
• "CHiPs" (1977) playing "Nakura" in episode: "Force Seven" (episode # 5.27) 5/23/1982
• "Target" (1977) playing "Hecht" in episode: "Fringe Banking" 1978
• "Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles" (1996) playing "MacBeth"(voice) in episode: "Journey, The"
• "Freakazoid!" (1995) playing "Professor Beasthead"(voice)
• "Batman: The Animated Series" (1992) playing ""Baron" Waclaw Jozek"

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