Helge Reiss

{{Short description|Norwegian actor (1928–2009)}}{{Infobox actor | name = Helge Reiss | image = 66167 Helge Reiss.jpg | caption = Reiss in 1959 | birth_date = {{Birth date|1928|02|27|df=yes}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|2009|11|09|1928|02|27|df=yes}} | citizenship = Norwegian }}

'''Helge Reiss''' (27 February 1928 – 11 November 2009)<ref>{{Cite news |title=Helge Reiss er død |url=http://www1.vg.no/film/artikkel.php?artid=598483 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025205429/https://www.vg.no/film/artikkel.php?artid=598483 |archive-date=2021-10-25 |access-date=2025-05-07 |work=VG |language=no}}</ref> was a Norwegian actor.<ref name="NBL">{{Cite encyclopedia |last1=Brodal |first1=Svein Erik |title=Helge Reiss |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo |url=https://nbl.snl.no/Helge_Reiss |language=Norwegian|accessdate=December 6, 2022}}</ref> He was the son of the actor Thorleif Reiss.<ref name="NBL" />

== Early life == Reiss was born 27 February 1928.

==Career== {{unsourced|section|date=February 2017}} He began his career in 1948 with a minor role in a low budget crime film, and remained active until his death. He provided the Norwegian voice of main character Carl Fredricksen in the dubbed version of the movie ''Up'' months before his death.

Reiss provided the voice for "Cogsworth" in Disney's 1991 animated film, ''Beauty and the Beast''. Despite playing in more than thirty films, he was mostly known for his role as "Professor Drøvel" on the first season of the series ''Brødrene Dal'' and reprised his role in a small cameo in the fourth series, 27 years later. In later years he played in the Norwegian soap opera, ''Hotel Cæsar''.

==Death== Reiss died on 11 November 2009, aged 81, from undisclosed causes.{{Where|date=February 2017}}

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