# Familiar voices in animated childrens shows **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 6, 2001, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/familiar-voices-in-animated-childrens-shows/80031 "2001-09-06T14:23:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2001, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/familiar-voices-in-animated-childrens-shows/80031/21 "2001-09-07T02:10:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ross \* > \*\*Is it me or is all this a little depressing? Mark Hamill… as a cat on the PowerPuff Girls… \*\* Oh, no, it was a very powerful kitty. Cute as a button, too, but potent and EVIL. ---
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2001, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/familiar-voices-in-animated-childrens-shows/80031/22 "2001-09-07T18:30:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Booker57 \* > \*\*George Takei did the voice of Hadji on “Jonny Quest” \*\* No, he didn’t. While he did do voices for the 1986 revival of [_Quest_](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0206500), he never did the voice of Hadji. That was career voice actor Rob Paulsen, who’s better-known as Pinky of _Pinky and the Brain_. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2001, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/familiar-voices-in-animated-childrens-shows/80031/23 "2001-09-07T19:56:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tracer \* > rjung wrote: > > > [@](#): > > > > As for Orson Welles, he actually died in the middle of doing voice work for _Transformers: The Movie._ His remaining lines were done by Leonard Nimoy, whose voice was slowed down to closer match Welles’ voice. > > Which of Unicron’s lines did Nimoy do? Did he do the one where Unicron says, “Destiny … you cannot … destroy … my … destinEEEEEEE” \ ? Supposedly yeah, that’s the one. If you play with the audio a bit, it does sound a lot like Nimoy. To be fair, Susan Blu (who did the voice of Arcee in the movie, and is now a voice director herself) has publically stated that Welles did all of his lines himself. Given that he died just a few days after recording for the movie began, I’m a bit skeptical… ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2001, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/familiar-voices-in-animated-childrens-shows/80031/24 "2001-09-07T20:30:10Z")
All the cast members of Star Trek: TOS did the voices on the Star Trek cartoon. Wally Cox- Underdog Don Adams- Tennessee Tuxedo, Inspector Gadget Edward Everet Horton- narrator “Fractered Fairy Tales” Jack Benny and Eddy “Rochester” Anderson- Old MGM cartoon which name escapes me. People famous for doing only voices: Gary Owens- Space Ghost Mel Blanc Don Messick- Scooby Doo…among others. Frank Welker June Foray- Rocket J. Squirrel among others. Did you know she did the voice of “Talky Tina” in the old Twilight Zome Episode. ---
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2001, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/familiar-voices-in-animated-childrens-shows/80031/25 "2001-09-07T22:00:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by furryman \* > **All the cast members of Star Trek: TOS did the voices on the Star Trek cartoon.** Not quite. Walter Koenig (Chekov) never appeared in the Animated Series, though he wrote an episode. Majel Barrett (Nurse Chapel), Nichelle Nichols (Uhura), James Doohan (Scott) and George Takei (Sulu) did voices for characters in addition to their own. Nimoy and Shatner never did any voices other than Spock and Kirk. The late Ted Baxter (_Mary Tyler Moore Show_) also did cartoon voices. So did Ted Cassidy (Lurch). So did John Astin (Gomez Addams), come to think of it. ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2001, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/familiar-voices-in-animated-childrens-shows/80031/26 "2001-09-08T00:38:38Z")
I do appreciate Tim Curry’s work. His list of cartoon voice overs is tremendous. [http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Cinema/2636/voic-ovr.htm](http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Cinema/2636/voic-ovr.htm) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Bitterdrunk\_Kid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@The\_Bitterdrunk\_Kid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Bitterdrunk_Kid)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2001, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/familiar-voices-in-animated-childrens-shows/80031/27 "2001-09-08T02:15:39Z")
The cartoon with Jack Benny and all the cast of his show(all but Dennis Day, I think)was a Warner Bros. cartoon called “The Mouse that Jack Built”. Jack himself makes a live action cameo at the end. Arnold Stang did the voice of Top Cat. I think Don Knotts did the voice of Mr. Bone, the principal on Doug (the Nick version). George Clooney was the barking of the gay dog on South Park. Not to mention the endless vocal appearances of celebrities on the Simpsons, with Phil Hartman doing two regular characters and several one time characters. Mark Hamil appeared as himself in one show, and also in that show played a drill sargeant character at a bodyguard training center where Homer goes. Film maker John Waters played a gay character on an episode. And, of course, Elizabeth Taylor as the voice of Maggie’s first word. ---
**Author:** ![Edwardina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Edwardina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edwardina)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2001, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/familiar-voices-in-animated-childrens-shows/80031/28 "2001-09-08T02:28:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jab1 \* > [B}That was career voice actor Rob Paulsen, who’s better-known as Pinky of _Pinky and the Brain_. \*\* “His name was _Robert Paulsen_”? [sub]Sorry, I couldn’t help it[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2001, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/familiar-voices-in-animated-childrens-shows/80031/29 "2001-09-08T03:27:02Z")
Rik Mayall did the seagul on the recent (perhaps still ongoing) Watership Down cartoon. Jim Byrnes (Jow Dawson from the Highlander TV series) has been in a number of cartoons, especially Ocean jobs. (He’s most recognizable as Thrust in Beast Machines.) ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2001, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/familiar-voices-in-animated-childrens-shows/80031/30 "2001-09-08T03:57:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by The Bitterdrunk Kid \* > **George Clooney was the barking of the gay dog on South Park.** In the South Park movie, Clooney also does the voice of the E.R. doctor who replaces Kenny’s heart with a baked potato. (“It just doesn’t get any easier!” Exit whistling.) Eric Idle also did a voice for the South Park movie, as well as _Transformers: The Movie_. And it’s not a cartoon, but John Cleese was the voice of an Ape Named “Ape” in the live-action film _George of the Jungle_. AS for Mark Hamill’s ever-growing voice-over resume, he was also the voice of Snakebite Scruggs in _Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island_, Disney’s _Pepper Ann_, _Cow and Chicken_ as Vet/Weenie Dog/Karate Chick/Mayor, and _Bruno the Kid_. Btw, check out the voice talent on [Bruno the Kid](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0115118) - Bruce Willis (who, along with Demi Moore also did voices for _Beevis and Butthead Do America_), Rene Auberjonois, Tim Curry, Kenneth Mars (Inspector Kemp from _Young Frankenstein_), Ed McMahon, Bronson Pinchot, and Ben Stein. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Bitterdrunk\_Kid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@The\_Bitterdrunk\_Kid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Bitterdrunk_Kid)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2001, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/familiar-voices-in-animated-childrens-shows/80031/31 "2001-09-08T17:51:37Z")
The Jungle Book had the voices of Louis Prima (King Louie) and Phil Harris (Baloo the Bear), off the top of my head. Scatman Caruthers did the voice of a character (I forget the name) in the Aristocats that was planned for Louis Armstrong. He died before he could start work on it, and thet told Scatman to imitate Armstrong as much as he could. ---
**Author:** ![Verrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/46a35a/32.png) [@Verrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Verrain)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2001, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/familiar-voices-in-animated-childrens-shows/80031/32 "2001-09-08T18:03:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zoggie \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Ross \* > > \*\*Is it me or is all this a little depressing? Mark Hamill… as a cat on the PowerPuff Girls… \*\* > > Oh, no, it was a very powerful kitty. Cute as a button, too, but potent and EVIL. \*\* Mark Hammil’s big cartoon voice however, was that of the Joker on Batman The Animated Series and a fine Joker he made too. I think all his other voice work stemmed from that though how he got that role is a story I’d like to hear. ---
**Author:** ![woolly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ebca7d/32.png) [@woolly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woolly)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2001, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/familiar-voices-in-animated-childrens-shows/80031/33 "2001-09-08T22:37:07Z")
Thanks for the responces. I guess I was looking at the morning littlies TV shows [for say under 5yos], so Star Trek, Beevis and Butthead, The Simpsons, Southpark etc and Disney movies aren’t quite what I was thinking about. Can’t quite work out why I hadn’t realised Don Adams was Inspector Gadget! ---
**Author:** ![MattTheCroc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/439d5e/32.png) [@MattTheCroc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MattTheCroc)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/familiar-voices-in-animated-childrens-shows/80031/34 "2001-09-09T05:10:00Z")
I never worked out Inspector Gadget either and I’m a huge fan of Get Smart… But get a load of [Captain Planet](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0098763): Whoopi Goldberg Ed Asner James Coburn (name sounds really familiar and has tons of credits so I’ll list him) Tim Curry Jeff Goldblum Helen Hunt Margot Kidder (though besides Superman I can’t really think of what she’s been in) Malcolm McDowell Meg Ryan Martin Sheen Sting How the hell they afforded all this when it was thinly veiled EPA propaganda I’ll never know. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/familiar-voices-in-animated-childrens-shows/80031/35 "2001-09-09T05:54:37Z")
Frank Zappa was the voice of **The Pope** in _Ren and Stimpy_ Here is a link. The Powdered Toast Man episode. [http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~splat/Ren\_and\_Stimpy.html](http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~splat/Ren_and_Stimpy.html) ---
**Author:** ![Salix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3e96dc/32.png) [@Salix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salix)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/familiar-voices-in-animated-childrens-shows/80031/36 "2001-09-09T06:39:20Z")
Dan Castellaneta, the voice of Homer Simpson, was also the voice of the genie on the Aladdin cartoon series (not the original animated movie; that was Robin Williams). Several of the voices on Gargoyles were done by people from Star Trek, like Jonathan Frakes as Xanatos and Marina Sirtis as Demona. ---
**Author:** ![Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/familiar-voices-in-animated-childrens-shows/80031/37 "2001-09-09T07:31:34Z")
I just wanna plug my favorite voice actor of all time, **Jim Cummings**. A search of his name on the IMDB should give you a glimpse of his well-known talent. ---
**Author:** ![Kaitlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/73ab20/32.png) [@Kaitlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaitlyn)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/familiar-voices-in-animated-childrens-shows/80031/38 "2001-09-09T08:10:45Z")
Pamela Segal, though not a familiar face, is a very familiar voice. She plays: Bobby Hill on “King of the Hill” Ashley Spinelli on “Recess” Rusty on “Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot” Brutus on “Hercules” About half the characters on “The Oblongs” Moose Pearson on “Pepper Ann” and a lot of the supporting characters on “Rugrats”. The most interesting thing is that the voice she uses for Bobby Hill (pudgy white boy), Ashley Spinelli (skinny Asian girl), and Rusty (robot), is exactly the same, and is strangely appropriate for all three. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/familiar-voices-in-animated-childrens-shows/80031/39 "2001-09-09T20:48:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Number Six \* > \*\*The most interesting thing is that the voice she uses for Bobby Hill (pudgy white boy), Ashley Spinelli (skinny Asian girl), and Rusty (robot), is exactly the same, and is strangely appropriate for all three. \*\* And the Oblong kid (who’s name I can’t remember), and the kid Kiki delivers a stuffed cat to (who’s name I ALSO can’t remember…) in the Kiki’s Delivery Service dub, and… ---
**Author:** ![silent\_rob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@silent\_rob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silent_rob)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/familiar-voices-in-animated-childrens-shows/80031/40 "2001-09-09T22:58:52Z")
Well, when I think about familiar voices in children’s cartoons (at least, as far as my childhood goes), I always think of Mel Blanc and Lorenzo Music. Lorenzo Music is probably best known as the voice of Garfield in all of his TV specials and shows. However, he was also Peter Venkman in _The Real Ghostbusters_, Tummi in _The Gummi Bears_, and was various voices on _The Jetsons_, _Tailspin_, _Darkwing Duck_, and a bunch of other cartoons. Also, taking a look at the IMDB, I see that he also produced, wrote, and composed for _The Bob Newhart Show_ and _Rhoda_, as well as writing and performing for The Smothers Brothers. I also noticed that he apparently passed away at the beginning of this past August. ☹ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/familiar-voices-in-animated-childrens-shows/80031.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/familiar-voices-in-animated-childrens-shows/80031.md?page=3)