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Henri is a supporting character from An American Tail. He is a French-accented pigeon who is busy working on the Statue of Liberty (which is later finished at the end, revealed to be made of copper and it isn't green). He is voiced by the late Christopher Plummer.

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  • Spielberg wanted his character cut, but Bluth fought to keep him in, and eventually won.
  • Henri was voiced by the late Christopher Plummer which was his first character to be a bird and who would later go on to voice the Grand Duke of Owls.
  • He is the late Christopher Plummer’s first animated character. He later went on to voice the aforementioned Grand Duke of Owls in Rock-A-Doodle (which is also from Don Bluth), Charles Muntz in Up, 1 the Rag-doll in 9, and King Herod in The Star (which is his last animated film role before his death in 2021).
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