Richard White

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia 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 Disneys Beauty and the Beast and in the TV series House of Mouse His vocal range is low tenorbaritone 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 Yestons 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 the 1995 Disney animated feature Pocahontas but the producers realized that viewers would hear his voice and think of Gaston David Ogden Stiers Whites costar from Beauty and the Beast provided Ratcliffes voice Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Whiteactor licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia