Who is the voice actor for the Beast in Walt Disney Animation Studios' 30th animated feature film "Beauty and the Beast"?
Beauty and the Beast (1991 film) Beauty and the Beast is a 1991 American animated musical romantic fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 30th Disney animated feature film and the third released during the Disney Renaissance period, it is based on the French fairy tale of the same name by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (who was also credited in the English version as well as in the French version), and ideas from the 1946 French film of the same name directed by Jean Cocteau. "Beauty and the Beast" focuses on the relationship between the Beast (voice of Robby Benson), a prince who is magically transformed into a monster and his servants into household objects as punishment for his arrogance, and Belle (voice of Paige O'Hara), a young woman whom he imprisons in his castle. To become a prince again, Beast must learn to love Belle and earn her love in return to avoid remaining a monster forever. The film also features the voices of Richard White, Jerry Orbach, David Ogden Stiers, and Angela Lansbury.
Stuart Buchanan Stuart Buchanan (March 18, 1894 – February 4, 1974) was an American actor and deep-voice announcer, who was the casting director for the Walt Disney Company, best known for voicing Humbert the Huntsman in the 1937 Disney animated film "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". He also made cameo voiceover roles as a flight attendant in "Saludos Amigos" (1942) and in "Super-Speed" (1935). He also voiced Goofy in "The Mickey Mouse Theater of the Air" in 1938.