Arthur Burghardt
Arthur Napier Burghardt (born 1947) is an American stage, film and voice actor. He appeared in his first play at 9 years old. Among the roles he is best known among fans of cartoon animation are playing Destro and Stalker on G.I. Joe, and Turbo on Challenge of the GoBots. He also played Dr. Jack Scott on One Life to Live, Venom in Ultimate Spider-Man, Principal Pussman in "Bone Chillers" and mentor-to-superheroic-Mexican-wrestlers Laurant on Los Luchadores. He also has an EMMY for "OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR" in 1976 for a televised summary of his one-man stage performance about Frederick Douglass. While he continues to perform and write, he has also become a producer of film and television and sometimes meets with his fans to discuss his roles and the evocation and creation of character in performance.
Voice roles
The Transformers
Notes
- Burghardt was name-dropped on the Seinfeld episode "The Pothole", in which Kramer adopts a stretch of the "Arthur Burghardt Expressway".
- Burghardt was one of the eight voice actors featured in Shout! Factory's cast reunion in the 25th Anniversary "Matrix of Leadership" Collection of the original series.
