Every
Princess Has a Royal Villain
Belle’s
Villain
Richard White
August
4th, 1953
Richard White (born August 4, 1953, in Oak Ridge, Tennessee) is an American actor, opera
singer and voice actor. He is best known for voicing the character of Gaston in
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast and in the TV series House of Mouse.
He also played the character of Gaylord
Ravenal in Show Boat at Paper Mill Playhouse and Robert Mission in The New Moon,
at the New York city Opera. White also created the title role of Erik in the
world premiere of Arthur Kopit and Maury Yeston's musical, Phantom and sings
the role on the cast recording.
White has performed on Broadway as Joey
in The Most Happy Fella and has had roles in New York revivals of Brigadoon, South
Pacific, and Auntie Mame.
He was also considered for the voice of Governor
Ratcliffe in Disney's 1995 animated feature Pocahontas, but the producers
realized that viewers would hear his voice and think of Gaston. David Ogden
Stiers, White's co-star from Beauty and the Beast, provided Ratcliffe's
voice.
Nickname
Dickie
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Spouse
Sharon Halley ( 4 June 1982 – 2003) (divorced) 1 child
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Trade Mark
Deep, baritone-like voice
The voice of Gaston in Beauty and the
Beast (1991)
Trivia
Pursued a Disney voice career as
Gaston in the movie Beauty and the Beast (1991).
Played the Phantom in Yeston/Kopit's
version of Phantom of the Opera
He is also a Reverend in real life.
Godfather of Meghan Furey, cousin of
writer, Damien Furey
1971 Graduate of Bethel Park High
School just outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Father of Amanda White.
He was nominated for a 1985 Joseph
Jefferson Award for Actor in a Principal Role in a Musical for "Carousel"
at the Marriott Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
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