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Efron Etkin

Efron Etkin was an Israeli stage, film and television actor and a voice actor, known for the Hebrew voice of Piglet in Winnie the Pooh.

1952 to 2012Hebrew voice of PigletStage roles at Habima and CameriDubbing direction at Videofilm International

Born: 29 December 1952, Hatzor
Died: 16 January 2012, Hatzor
Occupation: film actor, dub actor, stage actor, television actor
Education: Tel Aviv University

Efron Etkin was born in 1952 in Hatzor

Etkin was born in 1952 in Kibbutz Hatzor, one of three sons of Shoshana and Zvi Etkin. His father was active in the Haganah and taught Arabic.

He studied theater at Tel Aviv University and continued his acting training at HB Studio in New York. In regular and reserve service he was an intelligence collection officer in the Israeli Air Force.

Etkin acted at Habima, the Cameri, the Khan, the Beersheba Theatre and the Orna Porat Theatre, in plays such as A Midsummer Night's Dream and Richard III. He appeared in the film Operation Grandma and in the TV series Polishuk and Life is Not Everything.

From the early 1990s he dubbed many animated series and films, including Piglet, Robin Hood, Dolf in Alfred J. Kwak and Aaron in The Prince of Egypt. In 2005 he became a dubbing director at Videofilm International.

In late 2011 he was diagnosed with cancer, and he died of it in 2012. He was buried in Kibbutz Hatzor, and a memorial show was held for him in March 2012.