Len Carlson: Difference between revisions

| years_active = 19661964–2006

'''Len Carlson''' (September 2, 1937 &ndash; January 26, 2006<ref name="obit"/>) was a Canadian voice actor who has voiced various characters on many [[Animated series#Television|animated television series]] from the 1960s onwardto the 2000s, an occasional live-action TV actor, and a [[Kraft Foods|Kraft Canada]] TV pitchman during the 1970s and 1980s. He was a native of [[Edmonton]] and a former professional athlete.

He was the voice of Big Boss, Sundown and Mace on ''[[C.O.P.S.]]'', [[Robert Kelly (comics)|Senator Robert Kelly]] (and the [[Supreme Intelligence]]) on ''[[X-Men: (TVThe series)Animated Series|X-Men]]'' (1992), Bert Raccoon and Pigs Two and Three in ''[[The Raccoons]]'' (and a voice director for the show from 1990 onwards), Putter from ''[[Popples (1986 TV series)|Popples]]'', Mr. Frumble, Mr. Gronkle, and Mayor Fox in ''[[The Busy World of Richard Scarry]]'', Professor Coldheart in ''[[Care Bears]]'' (1985), and ''[[Rocket Robin Hood]]'' in some of the third-season episodes. He was also the voice of Allo and Quackpot on the TV series, ''[[Dinosaucers]]'' and he was the original voice of the [[Green Goblin]] in ''[[Spider-Man (1967 TV series)|Spider-Man the original series]]'' (1967) and the voice of Buzz in the show ''[[Cyberchase]]'' (2002). Also, he was the voice of Sterling Überbucks, his brother Carling, his great grandfather Sterling Überrucks and his nephew Stewie on ''[[Roboroach]]'' (2002) and the title character in the short-lived ''[[Swamp Thing (1991 TV series)|Swamp Thing]]'' (1991) animated series.

He also voiced all the male characters in two animated 1970s series (''[[The Undersea Adventures of Captain Nemo]]'' and ''[[The Toothbrush Family]]''), was the voice of Ace the Seagull and Sharkey Shark in the children's TV series ''The Waterville Gang'' and did voices for movies including ''[[The Nutcracker Prince]]'', ''[[Care Bears: Journey to Joke-a-lot]]'', ''[[Rolie Polie Olie|The Great Defender of Fun]]'', and reindeer voices in the live-action feature ''[[Blizzard (2003 film)|Blizzard]]''.

In his last years, Carlson was a regular on [[Nelvana]]-produced shows such as ''[[Rolie Polie Olie]]'', ''[[Cyberchase]]'', ''[[Pecola]]'', ''[[Donkey Kong Country (TV series)|Donkey Kong Country]]'', ''[[Medabots]]'', ''[[Beetlejuice (TV series)|Beetlejuice]]'', and ''[[Beyblade (manga)|Beyblade]]'' as the main antagonist Gideon (season two). Most recently, he appeared in the French-Canadian co-production ''[[Atomic Betty]]'', voiced the characters Hugo and Q in the [[video game]] ''[[Street Fighter III|Street Fighter III 3rd Strike]]'' and narrated the animated bible TV series ''[[Friends and Heroes]]''. He also voiced Herc Stormsailor in the 1980s show ''[[Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors]]''.

|Bert Raccoon / Pigs Two and Three (Boyd and Floyd) / Mr. Knox / Additional voices

|data-sort-value="Legend of Zelda, The" | ''[[The Legend of Zelda (TV series)|The Legend of Zelda]]''

|[[Ganon]] / [[Universe of The Legend of Zelda#CreaturesEnemies|Moblins]]

|The Monster Across the Street / Additional voices

|Senator [[Robert Kelly (character)|Robert Kelly]] / Additional voices

|Krusha / Kritter

|Pappy OliePolie / TV Announcer

|Buzz (season 1-5)

|''[[Blizzard (2003 film)|Blizzard]]''

[[Category:VoiceMale directorsactors from Ontario]]