Editing Chris Latta

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[[Image:ChrisLatta1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Not pictured: Patrick Swayze.]]
'''Christopher Collins''', a.k.a. '''Chris Latta''' ([[August 30]], [[1949]] - [[June 12]], [[1994]]) was an American screen actor and voice actor. Though typically credited under his stage name '''Chris Latta''', he was occasionally credited under his given name.   Some of his non-Transformers roles include [[Cobra Commander]] and [[Gung-Ho]] from ''[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]'', Darkstorm and Cravex from ''[[Visionaries]]'', Sergeant Knox and General Dire from ''Star Blazers'',  D'Compose from ''[[Inhumanoids|The Inhumanoids]]'', the Beetle and the Sandman from ''[[Spider-Man|Spider-Man & his Amazing Friends]]'' and was the first voice of Mr. Burns on ''The Simpsons''.

Latta led something of a checkered lifestyle, the details of which are not fully known, but which anecdotes and stories by members of the ''Transformers'' cast and crew have hinted at. [[Flint Dille]] has claimed that he and other members of the production staff had to frequently bail Latta out of jail; on at least one occasion Latta claimed that he had simply been jaywalking. Latta died in Ventura, California, his cause of death officially recorded as a cerebral hemorrhage following a long illness. Although his contemporaries speak fondly of him when asked at various [[BotCon|BotCons]], there have been several cryptic comments made that suggest there is more to the story of his death — [[Peter Cullen]] remarked that he was a victim of [[Hollywood]]'s tendency to "devour its young"<ref>[http://groups.google.co.uk/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/52d429f6c677ba9c?hl=en]</ref>, [[Susan Blu]] said that Latta was "a sweet guy who had his demons"<ref>[http://groups.google.co.uk/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/f89a8cbaeef0f4ae?hl=en]</ref>, and Flint Dille noted that Latta "died, and we never really found out how."

{{bigquote|Everyone else here is a comedian, but that's not what I am...  What I am is a psychotic who's learned to market his problem.|An eerily prophetic line from Latta's stand-up routine.}}

==Roles==

===Generation 1===
* [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]
* [[Furg]]
* [[Krunk]]
* [[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]]
* [[Cobra Commander|Old Snake]]
* [[Sparkplug Witwicky]]
* [[Slammer]]
* [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]
* [[Sweep]]
* [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0490383/ Chris Latta at the Internet Movie Database]
*[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp;GRid=8087155 Chris Latta at Find-A-Grave]
*[http://vitals.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi?surname=Collins&amp;given=Christopher&amp;flast=Latta California Death Records]

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