The Great Prince of the Forest is Bambi's father, the husband of Bambi's Mother, Faline's father-in-law, Geno and Gurri's paternal grandfather and the head of the forest until Bambi succeeds him. He appears in the 1942 film Bambi as a supporting character and it's 2006 midquel Bambi II as the deuteragonist. He was voiced by Fred Shields in the first film and Patrick Stewart in the second film.