jerry orbach voiced lumiere in the original beauty and the beast.
jerry orbach voiced lumiere in the original beauty and the beast.
who voiced lumiere in the original beauty and the beast?
jerry orbach
actor terrence mann was cast as the beast. mann had previously performed as javert in "les misérables", for which he was nominated for a tony award. for his final audition for disney management, mann performed for a large audience comprising disney executives and secretaries in a theatre located on 42nd street, which he felt was in stark contrast to the usual method of auditioning for six to eight people in a dark theatre. actor gary beach was cast as lumiere. beach had seen "beauty and the beast" premiere at the el capitan theatre, prior to which he had watched a stage rendition of the film, and thoroughly enjoyed both. beach was particularly drawn to jerry orbach's rendition of "be our guest" in his role as lumiere, thinking, "now why can't i get a part like that". two years later, beach received a call from casting director jay binder inviting him to play lumiere during their workshop of "beauty and the beast", but kept turning down the offer due to having prior commitments to an upcoming show starring comedian carol burnett. it was only at burnett's insistence that beach finally accepted. amidst a cast of relatively obscure actors, tom bosley, famous for his roles on the television series "happy days" and "murder, she wrote", became the show's most recognizable performer when he was cast as belle's father maurice.
beauty and the beast (musical)
cogsworth is the beast's tightly wound and extremely loyal majordomo, and lumière's counterpart and rival. when the enchantress curses the beast, he is transformed into a pendulum clock. he initially tries to stop the others from allowing maurice to stay at the castle (as he knows the beast would not approve), but ultimately gives in. when the beast arrives, he tries to explain what happened, but the beast is too angry to hear what happened. he tries to get belle to come to dinner, but she refuses. when he reports to the beast her refusal, he tries desperately to calm him down, as well as keep him calm when trying to get her to join him for dinner. he follows the beast's orders to deny her dinner, but he eventually relents, telling them to at least keep the noise down. he is eventually swept up in the boisterous "be our guest" number. later he learns that the beast let belle go, much to his dismay. he then tells everyone the bad news, and seems resigned to his fate (as the rose is nearing the last petal). when the residents of the castle learn of the upcoming invasion, he tries to come up with a plan to stop the villagers, but the others leave him before he can finish. he later participates in the battle and saves lumiere from le fou by sliding down the banister and prodding le fou's rear end with a pair of scissors. he, lumiere and mrs. potts rush to aid the beast who is fighting against gaston, but arrive after the battle's end, when the beast dies from a mortal wound from gaston, who fell from the west wing. the spell breaks, however, reviving the beast and returning cogsworth and the others to their original forms. in the end, he gets into an argument with lumiere about who told who about belle breaking the spell (it was lumiere).
list of disney's beauty and the beast characters