Thomas Fritsch (born 16 January 1944 in Dresden, Germany) is a German television and dubbing actor.He is the son of the famous actor Willy Fritsch, and the outstanding actor and director Gustaf Gründgens advised 16-year-old Thomas to take the profession of actor.He starred voicing Scar in the German dub of The Lion King, and has voiced many other animated lions as well. He also replaced the late Joachim Kemmer as Lumiere for the "Human Again" DVD feature of Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)