Characters in Disney's Beauty and the Beast
| Maurice | |
|---|---|
| First appearance | Beauty and the Beast (1991) |
| Portrayed by |
Eric Keenleyside (Once Upon a Time) Kevin Kline (live-action film) |
| Voiced by | Rex Everhart |
| Lumière | |
|---|---|
| First appearance | Beauty and the Beast (1991) |
| Portrayed by |
Henri Lubatti (Once Upon a Time) Ewan McGregor (live-action film) |
| Voiced by |
Jerry Orbach (films, House of Mouse) Jeff Bennett (Kingdom Hearts 2, theme parks) Masashi Ebara (Japanese) |
| Cogsworth | |
|---|---|
| First appearance | Beauty and the Beast (1991) |
| Portrayed by | Ian McKellen (live-action film) |
| Voiced by | David Ogden Stiers |
| Mrs. Potts | |
|---|---|
| First appearance | Beauty and the Beast (1991) |
| Portrayed by | Emma Thompson (live-action film) |
| Voiced by |
Angela Lansbury (first and second films) Anne Rogers (Belle's Magical World) |
| Chip Potts | |
|---|---|
| First appearance | Beauty and the Beast (1991) |
| Portrayed by | Nathan Mack (live-action film) |
| Voiced by |
Bradley Pierce (first film) Haley Joel Osment (second film) Gregory Grudt (Belle's Magical World) Tress MacNeille (4 episodes of House of Mouse) Nikita Hopkins (1 episode of House of Mouse) |
| Babette (aka Fifi, aka Plumette) | |
|---|---|
| First appearance | Beauty and the Beast (1991) |
| Portrayed by | Gugu Mbatha-Raw (live-action film) |
| Voiced by |
Mary Kay Bergman (first film) Kimmy Robertson (Belle's magical world) |
| Wardrobe | |
|---|---|
| First appearance | Beauty and the Beast |
| Portrayed by | Audra McDonald (live-action film) |
| Voiced by | Jo Anne Worley |
| Le Fou | |
|---|---|
| First appearance | Beauty and the Beast |
| Portrayed by | Josh Gad (live-action film) |
| Voiced by | Jesse Corti |
| Monsieur D'Arque | |
|---|---|
| First appearance | Beauty and the Beast |
| Portrayed by | Adrian Schiller (live-action film) |
| Voiced by | Tony Jay |
| Claudette, Laurette, and Paulette | |
|---|---|
| First appearance | Beauty and the Beast (1991) |
| Voiced by |
Kath Soucie (Paulette [1991 film]; all characters [subsequent appearances]) Mary Kay Bergman (Claudette and Laurette [1991 film]) |
This article lists information of fictional characters from Disney's Beauty and the Beast franchise, covering the 1991 film, its direct to video followup, a short story collection, and the stage musical adaptation.
Maurice is the village inventor and Belle's father. However, he is considered by the majority of the village to be insane.
During the beginning of the movie, he is working on a machine that automatically chops up firewood. Once it is successfully working, he leaves for the County Fair to display his invention. However, he is unable to make it to the fair due to getting lost in the woods. After going down a path that results in the loss of his horse and cart, and being attacked and nearly killed by a pack of rabid wolves, he winds up at the gate of a dark castle. When he enters the castle to stay for the night, he ends up being locked up by the Beast, the castle's master.
Belle learns of what happened and goes to the castle, attempting to release her father. She then tries to convince the Beast to release him from the castle. She succeeds in convincing the Beast to release him, under the condition that she is to take her father's place, to Maurice's protests. He later tries to seek the villagers' help in trying to rescue Belle, but he learns that they don't believe him, and they consequently throw him out of the tavern.
Determined to not give up on Belle, he decides to return to the castle alone. However, it doesn't take long before he succumbs to an unknown illness. Luckily, Belle discovers that her father is in trouble via the Beast's Magic Mirror and is released by the Beast so she can save him. Shortly after arriving back home, Le Fou has alarmed the villagers of their return. Shortly thereafter the keeper of the Maison de Lunes Insane Asylum and the other villagers come to take Maurice to the insane asylum in an intricate plan to blackmail Belle into marrying Gaston. Belle reveals that Maurice's rants are true and that the Beast does exist. Both she and Maurice are locked up by Gaston in the cellar, to stop them from interfering with Gaston's goal to kill the Beast. Chip has managed to stow away in Belle's satchel and uses the automated firewood cutter to destroy the door to the cellar. Maurice and Belle leave for the castle to stop Gaston from killing the Beast. He is last seen in the ballroom standing by Mrs. Potts as he happily watches Belle and the Beast (who is now transformed back into a handsome prince) dance while he laughs at Chip's question to his mother whether he still has to 'stay in the cupboard'.
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