Maurice

Maurice is a character in Kingdom Hearts χ. He originally appeared in the animated film  and is Belle's father.

Kingdom Hearts χ [chi]
When Maurice falls ill, Beast allows Belle to leave the castle so she can help him. However, they being attack by several Rabid Dog Heartless, both father and daughter are saved by the player. Then, Belle asks the player to return to Beast as she accompanies Maurice home. After he recovers, and he realized that Belle liked the castle.

After he and Belle learn that Gaston decides to eliminate the Beast, they returns to the castle to aid the latter. However, Gaston saw them when he attacks Beast, who isn't fighting back, his dark aura grows stronger and summons a Malicious Reindeer Heartless to attack them. The player tell him and Belle to go on ahead while taking care the enemy. After the death of Gaston and the Beast has regained his human appearance, Maurice cheerfully observes Belle and Prince Adam dancing in the ballroom.

Origin
Maurice first appears in Walt Disney's Academy Award winning film,.