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René Auberjonois 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.
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René Auberjonois 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.
Known For
NCIS
Grey's Anatomy
Murder, She Wrote
The Outer Limits
Criminal Minds
The Good Wife
L.A. Law
Judging Amy
The Rockford Files
Charlie's Angels
The Wild Thornberrys
Starsky & Hutch
Madam Secretary
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Justice League
Tony Awards
Masters of Sex
Frasier
Family Guy
Archer
Chicago Hope
Wonder Woman
The Practice
Faerie Tale Theatre
The Jeffersons
Matlock
Night Gallery
Doogie Howser, M.D.
Saving Grace
Ellery Queen
Blacke's Magic
Star Trek: Enterprise
The Librarians
Nash Bridges
Avatar: The Last Airbender
The Jetsons
Mrs. Columbo
Batman: The Animated Series
Eerie, Indiana
1600 Penn
Stargate SG-1
Tom & Jerry Kids Show
Wander Over Yonder
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Aladdin
The Rookies
DuckTales
Man from Atlantis
Rhoda
Ben 10: Omniverse
Raw Toonage
The Looney Tunes Show
Young Justice
Star Trek: Prodigy
The New York Times Presents
The Princess Diaries
Absolute Strangers
Planes: Fire & Rescue
Family Guy Presents: Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story
First Cow
The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach
Boston Legal
The Last Unicorn
Batman Forever
Inspector Gadget
The Rhinemann Exchange
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
The Little Mermaid
The Patriot
Certain Women
The Lost Language of Cranes
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
Tarzan & Jane
King Kong
The Dark Secret of Harvest Home
The Wild Wild West Revisited
The Big Bus
Geppetto
What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Emissary
The Christmas Star
The Making of Star Trek Deep Space Nine Trials And Tribble-ations
Marsupilami
Snorks
Production Credits
Young Justice
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
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