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'''Wally Burr''' is an American voice actor and director. As the voice director for [[The Transformers (cartoon)|the original '' Transformers'' cartoon]], Burr has had many stories told of him by actors on the show, who universally recall his perfectionist recording sessions as exhausting, voice-straining experiences, to the point that [[Michael Bell]] jokingly implicated the strain involved as the cause of [[Orson Welles]]'s death. | '''Wally Burr''' is an American voice actor and director. As the voice director for [[The Transformers (cartoon)|the original '' Transformers'' cartoon]], Burr has had many stories told of him by actors on the show, who universally recall his perfectionist recording sessions as exhausting, voice-straining experiences, to the point that [[Michael Bell]] jokingly implicated the strain involved as the cause of [[Orson Welles]]'s death.<ref>BotCon 2001 voice actor panel</ref> | ||
In contrast to most directors, Burr was regularly insistent on prolonging recording sessions out to the eight-hour maximum defined by the Screen Actor's Guild - whether, to quote [[ | In contrast to most directors, Burr was regularly insistent on prolonging recording sessions out to the eight-hour maximum defined by the Screen Actor's Guild - whether, to quote [[Townsend Coleman]], "it was necessary or not."<ref>[http://jemlist.tripod.com/to0320.txt Truly Outrageous! The Jem Mailing List Vol 3 #20]</ref> That habit of his, it is said, was a major contributing factor to the 1987 animation voice artist strike; one of the striking actors' primary demands was the reduction of the maximum session length to four hours. [[Maurice LaMarche]] had less-kind words, suggesting that all Burr really wanted was for the actor to "parrot" the lines back to him as he himself would have performed them.<ref>[http://www.quickstopentertainment.com/?p=1153&page=2 Quick Stop Interview: Maurice LaMarche]</ref> | ||
Aside from voicing some incidental characters, he has also filled in roles for regular voice actors who were unavailable for taping. | Aside from voicing some incidental characters, he has also filled in roles for regular voice actors who were unavailable for taping. | ||
Revision as of 11:52, 17 July 2009
Wally Burr is an American voice actor and director. As the voice director for the original Transformers cartoon, Burr has had many stories told of him by actors on the show, who universally recall his perfectionist recording sessions as exhausting, voice-straining experiences, to the point that Michael Bell jokingly implicated the strain involved as the cause of Orson Welles's death.[1]
In contrast to most directors, Burr was regularly insistent on prolonging recording sessions out to the eight-hour maximum defined by the Screen Actor's Guild - whether, to quote Townsend Coleman, "it was necessary or not."[2] That habit of his, it is said, was a major contributing factor to the 1987 animation voice artist strike; one of the striking actors' primary demands was the reduction of the maximum session length to four hours. Maurice LaMarche had less-kind words, suggesting that all Burr really wanted was for the actor to "parrot" the lines back to him as he himself would have performed them.[3]
Aside from voicing some incidental characters, he has also filled in roles for regular voice actors who were unavailable for taping.
Generation 1
- Dancitron Promoter
- Jazz (in "Kremzeek!")
- King Nergill
- Museum Guard (in "Masquerade")
- Ratchet (in "Masquerade")
- Seaspray (in his PSA)
- Thundercracker (in "War Dawn")
- Kremzeek
Convention appearances
External links
References
- ↑ BotCon 2001 voice actor panel
- ↑ Truly Outrageous! The Jem Mailing List Vol 3 #20
- ↑ Quick Stop Interview: Maurice LaMarche
