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Val Bettin
Bettin in 1963
Born	Valentine John Bettin (1923-07-08)July 8, 1923 La Crosse, Wisconsin, U.S.
Died	January 7, 2021(2021-01-07) (aged 97) Ventura, California, U.S.
Resting place	Ivy Lawn Memorial Park
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1953–2008
Agent	CESD Talent Agency
Spouse	Hildy Pender ​ ​(m. 1950; died 2007)​

Valentine John Bettin (July 8, 1923 – January 7, 2021) was an American actor, known for using an English accent in all of his roles. He is perhaps best known for voicing Dr. David Q. Dawson in the 1986 Disney animated film The Great Mouse Detective and the Sultan in The Return of Jafar and Aladdin and the King of Thieves, the two direct-to-video sequels to Disney's Aladdin as well as the TV show, taking over for Douglas Seale. Bettin also hosted The Storyteller, a children's show on Chicago television in the late 1950s.

Early life and career

He was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin on July 8, 1923. In 1948, he went to England to enroll in the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts and graduated in 1950. There he met his wife Hildy in 1950, and the two married that same year. They returned to the United States in order for him to become a drama teacher in Iowa.

Bettin's first film role was in 1980's Somewhere in Time. He later became a voice actor, with his first role as Dr. David Q. Dawson in the 1986 Disney film The Great Mouse Detective. His credits included Shrek, Gargoyles, Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series and W.I.T.C.H..

Personal life

He married Hildy Pender, from Manchester, England, in 1950. She died in Ventura, California on August 16, 2007, at the age of 82.

Bettin died of natural causes in Ventura on January 7, 2021, at the age of 97. He was buried at Ivy Lawn Memorial Park on 3 March.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Audiobooks

• Quest for Camelot Audio Action-Adventure (1998) - Narrator

References

1. Hischak, Thomas S. (September 21, 2011). Disney Voice Actors: A Biographical Dictionary. McFarland. pp. 239–. ISBN 9780786462711. Retrieved February 23, 2014.
2. Valentine John Bettin in the U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940–1947
3. McMullen, Kieran (2012). The Many Watsons. MX Publishing. ISBN 978-1780923031.
4. Hildy Bettin obituary
5. Valentine John Bettin, 1923–2021
6. "Valentine John Bettin". Find a Loved One - Ivy Lawn Memorial Park & Funeral Home. Retrieved November 12, 2021.

External links

• Val Bettin at IMDb
• Val Bettin at the Great Mouse Detective fansite

• 1923 births
• 2021 deaths
• 20th-century American male actors
• 21st-century American male actors
• Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
• American male film actors
• American male radio actors
• American male stage actors
• American male television actors
• American male voice actors
• Disney people
• Male actors from Wisconsin
• People from La Crosse, Wisconsin