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Sad Sunday: the cinema legend has just passed away, he was 77 years old...

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Daniel Beretta, known as the French voice of Arnold Schwarzenegger, has died at the age of 77. On Instagram, his friend Jean-Luc Reichmann paid him a touching tribute.

Arnold Schwarzenegger has lost his French voice. The actor known for his many films including Double Détente (1988), Total Recall (1990), Last Action Hero (1993), True Lies (1994), the Terminator saga (1984) and Expendables (2010) was voiced by Daniel Beretta. Sadly, the 77-year-old died earlier this week in Ajaccio, South Corsica. A death which occurs just a few weeks after the disappearance of Alain Dorval who was the French voice of Sylvester Stallone. Sad news which was announced by his friend Michel Vigné on Facebook: “A friend, a brother, a friend… Hello my Daniel, I kiss you.”

Daniel Beretta was also the voice-over for the series New York: Special Unit
Daniel Beretta was not only the French voice of Arnold Schwarzenegger. He also doubled Ernie Hudson but also Rutger Hauer and Alan Rickman. Then, he was the voice of Lumière in the cartoon Beauty and the Beast, released in 1991, and of the mayor in The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993). Furthermore, he distinguished himself as an actor and played in A Wild Summer (1970), In the Dust of the Sun (1972), Les Prédateurs de la nuit (1988) and Cyrano de Bergerac (1990), to name but a few. 'them. Without forgetting that since its creation in 1999, he was the French voice of the catchphrase of the American series New York, Special Unit.

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