Rene Auberjonois

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René Murat Auberjonois (June 1, 1940 – December 8, 2019) was an American actor and singer best known for playing Father Mulcahy in MASH (1970), as well as Chef Louis in The Little Mermaid (1989), in which he sang "Les Poissons."

Auberjonois lent his voice as Flanagan, the human film director of "Li'l Ark Angel" in the American animated musical comedy film Cats Don't Dance (1997). Auberjonois portrayed a number of characters in various long-running television series, including Clayton Endicott III on Benson (for which he was an Emmy Award winner) and Paul Lewiston on Boston Legal. He also dabbled into voice acting in video games, having appeared in a number of popular video games.

In the first God of War (2005) game, Talos, the enigmatic Mr. House in Fallout, and Odo in Star Trek Online, he portrayed Talos.

Early life

Auberjonois was born in New York City on June 1, 1940. Fernand Auberjonois, a Swiss-born reporter and Pulitzer Prize-nominated writer, was his father. Laure Louise Napoléone Murat's mother, as well as Joachim Murat, was Napoleon's marshal and king of Naples during the First French Empire) and his mother—Napoleon's youngest sister—Caroline Bonaparte. Auberjonois had a sister and a brother, as well as two half-sisters from his mother's first marriage. Auberjonois wrote that his French family name, which is unusual in the United States, translates to "armorer."

René Auberjonois, a Swiss post-Impressionist painter, was also a descendent painter of Auberjonois. Hélène Macdonald Stallo's maternal grandmother, Eudoxia Michailovna Somova, and his maternal grandmother, Caroline Georgina Fraser, was born in Charleston, South Carolina; Prince Napoleon Lucien Charles Murat's mother was an American from Cincinnati, Ohio; his maternal grandmother, Eudoxia Michaillovna Somova, was an American from Cincinnati, Ohio; his maternal grandmother, Caroline Georgina Fraser, was a Russian noblewoman

After World War II, Auberjonois' family migrated to Paris. After a few years in France, the family returned to the United States and joined the South Mountain Road artists' colony in Rockland, New York, whose residents included Burgess Meredith, John Houseman, and Lotte Lenya.

The Auberjonois family lived in London for a time, where Auberjonois attended high school while studying theatre. He obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the College of Fine Arts in 1962 to complete his education.

Personal life

Auberjonois was married to his wife Judith Mihalyi from 1963 to his death in 2019. Tessa and Remy had two children.

Judith Auberjonois revealed that René underwent chemotherapy for lung cancer in 2018. The cancer had spread to his brain in 2019, according to the author. Auberjonois did not pursue the whole-brain radiation therapy recommended by his doctors due to the risk of serious cognitive side effects.

Auberjonois, a California resident, had hoped for medical assistance in dying as a result of the California End of Life Option Act. He spent his remaining hours with his family at his Los Angeles home on December 6, 2019, reminiscing over pictures and listening to music. He died at the age of 79 after taking the drugs for assisted suicide. The California End of Life Option Act states that death certificates should identify the underlying terminal disease as the cause of death rather than the use of life-ending medications. Metastatic lung cancer was identified as the cause of death.

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Career

Auberjonois worked for many theatre companies, beginning at the prestigious Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., and then traveling between Los Angeles, California, and New York, where he appeared in several productions. He was a founder of the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, and the Brooklyn Academy of Music Repertory Company in New York City. During the 1962 season, he was a member of the Peninsula Players summer theater company.

Auberjonois appeared in three plays this season: as Fool to Lee J. Cobb's King Lear (the longest running production of the play), as Ned in A Cry of Players (which played in repertory with King Lear), opposite Frank Langella, and as Marco in Fire! In 1969, he received a Tony Award for his work as Sebastian Baye alongside Katharine Hepburn in Coco.

He received Tony Award for his performances in Neil Simon's The Good Doctor (1973) as the Duke in Big River (1984), winning a Drama Desk Award; and, more recently, in City of Angels (1989), written by Larry Gelbart and Cy Coleman.

Mr. Scapin in Tricks (1972); and Mr. Samsa in Metamorphosis (1989); and Professor Abronsius in Dance of the Vampires, Jim Steinman's musical adaptation of Tanz der Vampire; and Jethro Crouch in Sly Fox (2004), both nominated for Outstanding Featured Actor in A Play, an Outer Critics Circle Award.

Auberjos appeared at the Mark Taper Forum many times, including Malvolio in Twelfth Night and Stanislavski in Chekhov, Yalta. He toured with Ed Asner, Dianne Wiest, and Harris Yulin as a member of the Second Drama Quartet. He appeared in Every Good Boy Deserves Favor by Tom Stoppard and André Previn at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., and the Metropolitan Opera in New York.

He starred in numerous theater performances and appeared in 12 Angry Men (2004), where he starred "Juror #5" to Roy Scheider's "#8" and Robert Prosky's "#3." In 2008, he made his debut at the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C., as the titular character in Molière's The Imaginary Invalid.

He served on the advisory board of Sci-Fest LA, the first annual Los Angeles Science Fiction One-Act Play Festival, held in May 2014.

In 2018, Auberjonois was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame.

In the original film version of M*A*S*H, Auberjonois played Father Mulcahy, as well as Inspector Jimmy in Assignment Miami Beach (1988) and Reverend Oliver in The Patriot (2000). In Robert Altman's 1970 film Brewster McCloud, he made cameo appearances in a number of films, including Dr. Burton, a mental asylum doctor modeled after Tim Burton in Batman Forever (1995), and a bird expert who gradually transforms into a bird. Colonel West appeared in the 1991 Star Trek film Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1972), Images (1972), Peter 'n' Tillie (1976), Where the Buffalo Roam (1980), And Eulogy (2004).

In the 1993 Miramax film The Ballad of Little Jo, Auberjonois portrayed Straight Hollander's character. In the 1st and 2nd Little Nemo films, Louis the Chef, Flanagan in Cats Don't Dance, King of Dreams, and the concierge in Planes: Fire & Rescue, he played Professor Genius.

Auberjonois portrayed Raising Buchanan as mediocre US president James Buchanan in 2019.

Auberjonois guest starred on three television shows (Benson, a situation comedy; Star Trek: Deep Space Nine in science fiction; and Boston Legal, a legal comedy drama), including: The Practice, The Business, The Practice, Richard Smith (who received an Emmy Award, Hart to Hart, The Outer Limits, Aime Afford, Stephen Grey, The Invoice of Mary, It's Always Sunny, The Good Wife, The Library, and Madam Secretary

The Rhinemann Exchange, The Dark Secret of Harvest Home, Disney's Geppetto, Gore Vidal's Billy The Kid, the reimagining of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, and the Sally Hemings: An American Scandal (2000) miniseries are among his television film credits. In an episode of American Masters titled "Edgar Allan Poe: Terror of the Soul" (1995), he portrayed Fortunato. For his role in ABC's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, he received his third Emmy Award nomination. In the episode "Phoenix" on NCIS, he played NASA scientist Dr. Felix Blackwell.

Characters on Snorks, Batman: The Animated Series, Leonard McLeish on Pound Puppies, Master Fung in the first episodes of the Xiaolin Showdown (before being replaced by Maurice LaMarche), Avatar: The Last Airbender, Master Fung, The Legend of Tarzan, Obscuring, Uncertain. Avengers Assemble and Cartoons. He lent his voice to the 2001 Public Broadcasting System (PBS) The American Experience documentary "Woodrow Wilson" as the title character, as well as the 2003 PBS historical documentary Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites.

Marblehead Manor and several episodes of Deep Space Nine were directed by Auberjonois.

In radio drama, Auberjonois was present. Mordechai Strigler of Mordechai Strigler's National Public Radio (NPR) series "The Stunt" listened in, and he also listened to books on tape. On PRI, he was often featured on Selected Shorts, reading works of dramatic fiction. Louis the Chef and singing "Les Poissons"), as The Skull in The Last Unicorn, was heard in Disney's The Little Mermaid (receiving alphabetical top billing as Louis the Chef and singing "Les Poissons."

He performed on the Challenge of the GoBots film as Dr. Braxis in 1980, when Peter Parker's "From Beyond the Grave" (BDS 5119), a radio-style story replete with sound effects and rock and roll song interludes, in which the protagonists of "The Vulture, The Lizard, Green Goblin, Aunt May, and Doctor Strange appeared, appeared on "The Webspinners."

He lent his voice to DeSaad, an associate of the villainous Darkseid from the animated film Super Friends in 1984-1985. He appeared in the cartoons series Wildfire from 1986 to 1989. Professor Genius appeared in Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland, and he was also the voice of Professor Genius.

He was in Soul Reaver 2, Blood Omen 2, and Legacy of Kain: Defiance. He was an ancient vampire in the Legacy of Kain video game series; he was a playwright. Angler was the voice of the Pirates of the Caribbean in this At World's End video game. In a Joseph Ruby-Kenneth Spears animated Superman series episode titled "The Hunter," he played General Zod.

Auberjonois provided minor character voices for Justice League, reprising his role as Desaad and parts of "In Blackest Night" in 2003, as Kanjar-Ro, a pirate testifying in the Green Lantern Corps and as a fellow member of the Green Lantern Corps in other episodes.

In 2003, he appeared in the English-dubbed version of Whisper of the Heart, The Cat Returns, Hayao Miyazaki film Whisper of the Heart. In a family Guy's Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story, he reimagined an animated recreation of his character Odo from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. The cutaway featured a more human-faced Odo, posing a danger to Stewie's suspected cousin Quark Griffin. Auberjonois has also lent his voice to Skylanders: SuperChargers.

In 2011, he played villain Mark Desmond in Cartoon Network's Young Justice. He was also the voice of Leonard McLeish in the Pound Puppies series, Pepe Le Pew's 2011 appearance on The Looney Tunes Show, Azmuth, Ben 10: Omniverse, and Ebony Maw in Avengers Assemble.

Janos Audron appeared in Soul Reaver 2 as one of Auberjonois' first attempts at video game voice acting; he continued to portray the character in subsequent releases in the Legacy of Kain series. "This is for a video game?" he asked in Soul Reaver 2, a behind-the-scenes featurette, revealing candid discussions among the voice actors during recording. When the recordings were discovered, they were discovered.

Karl Schäfer, the respected German explorer in Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, and Mr. House, the reclusive New Vegas casino owner in the 2010 video game Fallout: New Vegas, Auberjonois. In Command & Conquer: Renegade, he also referred to Dr. Ignatio Mobius. Odo in the game Star Trek: The Fallen resurfaced. He reprised his role as Odo in the hugely multiplayer online role-playing game Star Trek Online in June, 2018.

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