Billy West
Birth name	William Richard West
Born	April 16, 1950 (1950-04-16) (age 57) Detroit, Michigan
Occupation(s)	Voice actor
Website	www.billywest.com

William Richard "Billy" West (born on April 16, 1950 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American voice actor, known for roles on television shows such as The Ren and Stimpy Show, Futurama, Doug, and Queer Duck. Billy West (September 22, 1892 - July 21, 1975) was an American film actor of the silent film era. ... Primrose and West was the name of a blackface song-and-dance team made up of partners George Primrose and Billy West. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... is the 106th day of the year (107th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Detroit redirects here. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... is the 106th day of the year (107th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Detroit redirects here. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... A voice actor (also a voice artist) is a person who provides voices for animated characters (including those in feature films, television series, animated shorts), voice-overs in radio and television commercials, audio dramas, dubbed foreign language films, video games, puppet shows, and amusement rides. ... The Ren and Stimpy Show was an American animated television series created by Canadian animator John Kricfalusi. ... This article is about the television series. ... This article is about the series. ... Queer Duck is an animated series that originally appeared on Icebox. ...

Major roles

Billy West talks about the abuse he suffered as a child at the hands of an alcoholic father, and how he stopped that cycle from repeating itself in his own life.

Television

Billy West has been in television since the late 1980s. His first role was for the 1988 revived version of Beany and Cecil. West's first two high-profile roles came almost simultaneously: Doug and Ren & Stimpy, which were two of the first original three Nicktoons (the other being Rugrats). Over his career West has been the voice talent for close to 120 different characters including some of the most iconic animated figures in television history. He (along with Joe Alaskey) has become one of few voice actors who can impersonate Mel Blanc in his prime, including characterizations of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd and other characters from Warner Bros. cartoons. West's favorite characters are those he originated: Philip J. Fry and Stimpy.^[1] Beany and Cecil was an animated cartoon series that ran from 1962 to 1967. ... A group of Nicktoons characters in a promotional image for Nicktoons TV Nicktoons are animated television programs airing on the childrens television channel Nickelodeon and its many spin-offs. ... A rugrat may also be a pejorative term for a toddler. ... Joe Alaskey (born May 26, 1949 in Watervliet, New York) is credited as one of the successors (including Billy West) of the great Mel Blanc in impersonating the voices of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and other characters from Warner Bros. ... Melvin Jerome Blanc (May 30, 1908 – July 10, 1989) was a prolific American voice actor. ... Bugs Bunny is an animated rabbit/hare who appears in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of animated films produced by Warner Bros. ... Daffy Duck is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Brothers Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. ... Elmer J. Fudd is a fictional cartoon character and one of the most famous Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies characters. ... “WB” redirects here. ... Philip J. Fry is the protagonist of the animated television series Futurama and is voiced by Billy West. ...

Ren & Stimpy

West provided the voice of Stimpy in Nickelodeon's The Ren and Stimpy Show from 1991 until 1996, and he provided the voice of Ren from 1993-1996 (after Ren's original voice and series creator John Kricfalusi was fired by Nickelodeon). West performed other characters on the series as well, such as Mr. Horse (another role that West assumed after Kricfalusi's departure) and the "Announcer/Salesman" of such shorts as the "Log" ads (a voice West would years later use as the Narrator for The Weird Al Show). Ren and Stimpy are the title characters of two cartoon TV series created by Canadian animator John Kricfalusi. ... This article is about the TV channel. ... The Ren and Stimpy Show was an American animated television series created by Canadian animator John Kricfalusi. ... John Kricfalusi (born Michael John Kricfalusi on September 9, 1955 in Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada) is an Emmy-nominated Canadian animator, better known as John K. He is creator of The Ren & Stimpy Show and The Ripping Friends animated series, The Goddamn George Liquor Program, the first animated series made using... The Weird Al Show was a short-lived television show starring Weird Al Yankovic. ...

According to West, he was originally supposed to do the voice of both Ren and Stimpy (and performed both characters on the tape that was used to sell the show to Nickelodeon), but then Kricfalusi chose instead that he would voice Ren.^[2] West provided Ren's maniacal laughter when John Kricfalusi was the voice of Ren.

Project Geeker

West was the voice of the show's namesake, Geeker throughout Project Geeker's 13 episode run. Project G.e. ...

Futurama

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Billy West, voice of Ren and Stimpy, Futurama, on the rough start that shaped his life

Billy West's roles in Futurama include Philip J. Fry, Professor Hubert Farnsworth, Dr. Zoidberg and Zapp Brannigan, as well as various other incidental characters. As he and other Futurama cast and crew point out in DVD commentaries, West spoke to himself quite often during recording. Image File history File links WikiNews-Logo. ... Wikinews is a free-content news source and a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. ... Philip J. Fry is the protagonist of the animated television series Futurama and is voiced by Billy West. ... Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth (born April 9, 2841) is the extremely elderly proprietor of the Planet Express delivery service in the fictional animated television series Futurama. ... Doctor John Zoidberg is a lobster-like alien, Decapodian, in the television series Futurama. ... Major General Webelo Zapp Brannigan is a fictional character in the television series Futurama. ...

West went into the Futurama auditions and tried out for, as he says, "just about every part";^[3] eventually landing the professor, Zoidberg, and Zapp Brannigan. It wasn't until some casting changes were made that West got the part of Fry, which originally had gone to Charlie Schlatter.^[4] While West is known for doing many different and unique voices, the voice he does for Philip J. Fry is often considered to be closer to his natural voice than any other character he has done (In an audio commentary, he states Fry is just himself at age 25). This similarity, West acknowledges, was done purposefully in order to make it harder to replace him in the part.^[5] Charles Schlatter (born May 1, 1966 in Fair Lawn, New Jersey) is an American actor. ...

The part of Zapp Brannigan was created for Phil Hartman but Hartman died before the show started and West assumed the role. Billy West has described the voice itself of Zapp Brannigan as an imitation of Phil Hartman, but described the actual vocalizations of the character as being based on old-time radio announcers.^[6] However, West has contradicted himself somewhat in other interviews in saying that he was not, in fact, imitating Hartman.^[7] Phil Hartman (September 24, 1948 – May 28, 1998) was a Canadian-American Emmy Award-winning writer as well as an actor, voice artist, comedian and graphic artist. ...

Futurama has been renewed by Comedy Central for at least 13 new episodes^[8] broken into four direct-to-video movies, the first of which is Futurama: Bender's Big Score. West is confirmed to reprise his original roles. Comedy Central is an American cable television and satellite television channel in the United States. ... A film that is released direct-to-video (also straight-to-video) is one which has been released to the public on home video formats first rather than first being released in movie theaters. ...

Invader Zim

West was the voice of Zim in the original pilot for Nickelodeon's Invader Zim.^[9] Richard Horvitz was chosen for the series role because West's voice was too recognizable, according to Invader Zim creator Jhonen Vasquez during DVD commentary. ZIM has the following meanings: GAZ-12 ZIM, a limousine produced at the GAZ between 1950 and 1960. ... This article is about the TV channel. ... Invader Zim, trademarked as Invader ZIM, is an award-winning[1] American animated television series that aired on and was produced by Nickelodeon. ... Richard Steven Horvitz (born July 29, 1966 in Los Angeles, California), is an American actor and voice actor. ... (JCV) redirects here. ...

Movies

Perhaps West's most notable film work came in the 1996 movie Space Jam. Starring along side Michael Jordan, West provided the voice of both Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd. West reprised the roles of Bugs and Fudd in subsequent Looney Tunes feature-length films and even returned as Fudd in the theatrically-released Looney Tunes: Back in Action. This article is about the motion picture. ... For other persons named Michael Jordan, see Michael Jordan (disambiguation). ... Bugs Bunny is an animated rabbit/hare who appears in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of animated films produced by Warner Bros. ... Elmer J. Fudd is a fictional cartoon character and one of the most famous Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies characters. ... Looney Tunes opening title Looney Tunes is a Warner Brothers animated cartoon series which ran in many movie theatres from 1930 to 1969. ... A feature-length is a movie/film term meaning full-length or uncut. ... Looney Tunes: Back in Action was a 2003 Warner Bros. ...

In 1998, West starred in the direct-to-video film Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island as Shaggy, becoming the second person to portray the character (the first being Casey Kasem). Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island is the first of a series of direct-to-video animated films based upon the Scooby-Doo Saturday morning cartoons. ... Scooby (left) and Shaggy (right), as seen in Whats New Scooby Doo? Norville Rogers (known by the nickname Shaggy to his friends) is a fictional character in the American cartoon television series Scooby-Doo, about the adventures of four crime-solving teenagers and Shaggys pet Great Dane, Scooby... Casey Kasem in 1989 Casey Kasem (born Kemal Amin Kasem on April 27, 1932, in Detroit, Michigan, USA, of Palestinian and Lebanese heritage) is an American radio personality and voice actor. ...

2004 saw West encounter two interesting milestones; voicing the classic character Popeye in the 75th anniversary film Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy and making his live-action film debut in Mark Hamill's Comic Book: The Movie & a cameo in Garfield: The Movie. For other uses, see Popeye (disambiguation). ... In film and video, live action refers to works that are acted out by human actors, as opposed to animation. ... Mark Richard Hamill (born September 25, 1951) is an American actor. ... Garfield: The Movie is a 2004 live action movie based on the Jim Davis comic strip Garfield. ...

Other films featuring West's vocal talents include Joe's Apartment, Cats & Dogs, Olive, the Other Reindeer, The Proud Family Movie, and three Tom & Jerry direct-to-video movies. Joes Apartment is a 1996 musical-serio-comic film starring Jerry OConnell. ... Cats & Dogs is a 2001 comedy film directed by Lawrence Guterman about the relationships between cats and dogs. ... Olive, the Other Reindeer is an animated 45-minute-long Christmas television special, produced by Matt Groening of Simpsons fame and directed by Oscar Moore. ... The Proud Family Movie is a Disney Channel Original Movie which premiered on August 19, 2005. ... The phrase Tom and Jerry has a several meanings: Tom and Jerry was originally a pairing of names from Pierce Egans Life in London, or Days and Nights of Jerry Hawthorne and his elegant friend Corinthian Tom. ...

Selected filmography

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Other media

Radio

Throughout the 1980s, Billy West provided character voices on Charles Laquidara's Big Mattress radio show on Boston's WBCN. West was also one half of the award winning WBCN Production team (with Boston radio vet Dave Wohlman) from 1981-1983. Charles Laquidara is a notable radio disc jockey whose show, The Big Mattress was broadcast in the Boston, Massachusetts area for nearly thirty years, first on WBCN and then for the final few years on WZLX. After retirement, Laquidara moved to Maui and has lived there ever since. ... WBCN 104. ...

From 1989 through 1995, West provided The Howard Stern Show with character voices such as Jim Backus, Raymond Burr, Connie Chung, Pat Cooper, Sammy Davis Jr., Doris Day, Ellen DeGeneres, Louis "Red" Deutsch, David Dinkins, Mia Farrow, Larry Fine, Pete Fornatel, Frank Gifford, Kathy Lee Gifford, Mark Goddard, Bobcat Goldthwait, the Greaseman, Rudolph Giuliani, Jonathan Harris, Leona Helmsley, Elton John, Nelson Mandela, Jackie Martling (as the Jackie puppet), Ed McMahon, Al Michaels, Bill Mumy, Cardinal John Joseph O'Connor, Maury Povich, Soon-Yi Previn, Marge Schott, Frank Sinatra, Rae Stern (Howard Stern's Mother), George Takei, Joe Walsh, and Robin Williams until eventually leaving the show over money.^[10] West has also been an occasional contributor to The Adam Carolla Show, a syndicated morning radio show that replaced Howard Stern's show along West Coast American cities, generally sitting in for an extended portion of the show every other Thursday. 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On February 19 and 20, 2007, The Howard Stern Show ran a special two-part retrospective of West's work with the show. It marked his first work with the show since leaving after his last show on November 1, 1995. Billy has since claimed that he left the Stern show because WXRK/CBS management refused to give him a sufficient pay raise. is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... WXRK (92. ... This article is about the broadcast network. ...

Commercial television

Billy West was the announcer of the program Screen Gems Network which ran from 1999-2001. He was also the promotional announcer for The Comedy Channel before it merged with HA! to become Comedy Central. Screen Gems Network (Abbreviaiton SGN) is an American program ran from 1999 to 2001, launched by Columbia TriStar Television Distribution. ... The Comedy Channel was a 1989 all-comedy network owned by Time Warner, which merged in 1991 with Viacoms HA! to become Comedy Central. ... This article should appear in one or more categories. ...

Over his career, Billy West has voiced multiple characters in television commercials.

These include (but are not limited to):

• The red M&M.
• BuzzBee, the honey nut bee for Honey Nut Cheerios.
• An alien for Pentium 4.
• Popeye for Minute Maid.
• Babe Ruth and Bruce Lee for Brisk Iced Tea.
• A Midget Priest for Oxy

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Speed Racer for Volkswagen

West voiced the Speed Racer character in a late-1990s advertisement for Volkswagen's GTI, because the commercial's producers couldn't locate Peter Fernandez, the original voice of Speed. However, the producers did locate Corinne Orr, the original voice for both the "Trixie" and "Spritle" characters.^{[citation needed]} Speed Racer is the title of an English adaptation of the Japanese anime Mach Go Go Go ) which centered around automobile racing. ... VW redirects here. ... Speed Racer and his Mach 5 Speed Racer originally started in Japan as the manga and anime series Mach Go Go Go (マッハGoGoGo) from the legendary anime studio Tatsunoko Productions. ... Corinne Orr was born in the French-Canadian village of St. ...

Video games

West's talents have also extended into the realm of video games. Characters most notably voiced by West are perhaps Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd in numerous Looney Tunes video games. Computer and video games redirects here. ...

Other video game characters voiced by Billy West include:

• PIIIZZAA GUUYY!! in George & William: Idiot Essimary (2008)
• Dr. John Zoidburg in The Simpsons Game (2007)
• Sparx in The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night (2007)
• Philip J. Fry, Professor Hubert Farnsworth, and Dr. John Zoidberg in Futurama (2003).
• Ninja in I-Ninja (2003).
• Nash and Zam in Crash Nitro Kart (2003).
• Murfy in Rayman 3 (2003).
• Muttley and L'il Gruesome in Wacky Races (2001).
• Voice of Red, the red M&M in M&Ms: The Lost Formulas (2000).
• Hamton J. Pig in Tiny Toon Adventures: Toonenstein
• Atomic Bomberman in Atomic Bomberman

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Music

West is also a guitarist singer-songwriter with a band called Billy West and The Grief Counselors. Their first album, Me-Pod, is now available for purchase.^[11] For the UK magazine, see Guitarist (magazine). ... The term singer-songwriter refers to performers who both write and sing their own material. ... In music, a band is a group of musicians, or musical ensemble, usually popular or folk, playing parts of a musical arrangement. ...

West also sang on a Christmas song from a WBCN limited release with Tom Sandman called "Christmas in Kenmore Square". For other uses, see Christmas (disambiguation). ...

He also raps on the Space Jam soundtrack as Bugs Bunny.

Internet entertainment

Billy West briefly worked on the short-lived internet show, Billy Bastard: Amateur Human Professional Asshole. West also provided voices for the Eric Kaplan-created webtoon Zombie College. Eric Kaplan is an American television writer, producer, and story editor. ...

The industry

West has been very outspoken over his displeasure about the influx of movie star actors providing voice-over for films and major shows.^[12][13] A voice-over is a narration that is played on top of a video segment, usually with the audio for that segment muted or lowered. ...

Cancer

West revealed on the October 4 2006 edition of The Adam Carolla Show that he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. He said it was the scariest moment of his life, especially since he considered himself a healthy person. West had surgery to eliminate the cancer, and the crew of the show commented on how good he looked, considering that the surgery had taken place only two weeks prior.^[14] is the 277th day of the year (278th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... HRPC redirects here. ...

Quotes

• "I pretty much felt I did all that I could with the character. I was ready to move on to different projects and opportunities." -On why he didn't continue voicing Doug Funnie when the show moved to ABC and became Disney's Doug.
• "I didn't even tell my mom about this junk until I was out of the woods. The whole thing just sneaked up on me but never, ever did I play the victim or bemoan my fate. Life is for the living. I was a little scared before surgery 'cause of the release you sign that says there's always a very small percent chance that you'll die during the operation." - On his scare with prostate cancer. Posted on October 4, 2006 by Billy West in his fan forum.

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References

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External links

• Billy West's Official website
• Billy West at the Voice Chasers Database
• Billy West at the Internet Movie Database
• Interview with Billy West on CNBC (Youtube)