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'''William Richard "Billy" West''' is a voice actor.
'''William Richard "Billy" West''' is a voice actor, known to many for his work on the {{w|Howard Stern}} {{w|The Howard Stern Show|radio show}}. Billy West is a voice actor who provides voices for many characters in the ''[[Futurama]]'' {{the universe|universe}} including [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]], the [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor]] and [[Zoidberg]]. Outside of ''Futurama'', West is best known as the voice of Doug Funnie on the Nickelodeon cartoon ''Doug'' and the voice of Stimpy (and later Ren, after show creator, John Kricfalusi was fired) on ''Ren and Stimpy'', but has done voicework on many other cartoon shows (both for kids and for adults) and even voiced such animated mascots as the Honey Nut Cheerios bee and the Red M&M.


Known to many for his work on the Howard Stern radio show, Billy West is an extremely talented voice actor who provides voices for many characters in the [[Futurama]] universe including [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]], the [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor]] and [[Zoidberg]].  He has done everything from the Honey Nut Cheerios Bee, to both Ren and Stimpy
== Engagement with ''Futurama'' ==


==Characters Voiced==
Of all ''Futurama''{{'}}s voice actors, Billy West is perhaps the one most willing to shout out his love for the show.  As such, he was the crew member who spoke out most of the possibilities of ''Futurama''{{'}}s return for a [[second run]], during [[Speculation of Futurama's return till the second run|much of Spring,]] [[2009]].
 
He stated he would almost be crushed if he could not be able to continue on the show, and stated that ''Futurama'' was the best gig he ever had.<ref name="tv-com">{{cite web |url=http://www.tv.com/story/11422.html |title=TV.com Q&A: ''Futurama''{{'}}s Billy West |publisher=TV.com |author=Surette, Tim |date=2008-06-24 |accessdate=2009-06-19 }}</ref>
 
== Characters voiced ==
=== Regular characters ===
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Prof. Farnsworth]]
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]]
*[[Dr. John Zoidberg|Dr. Zoidberg]]
*[[Dr. John Zoidberg|Dr. Zoidberg]]
=== Recurring characters ===
*[[Zapp Brannigan]]
*[[Zapp Brannigan]]
*[[Smitty and URL|Smitty]]
*[[Smitty]]
*[[Leo and Inez Wong|Leo Wong]]
*[[Leo Wong]]
*[[Richard Nixon's head]]
*[[Richard Nixon's head]]
*[[Glurmo]] (Both halves)
*[[Ipji]]
*[[Gorgak]]
*[[Enos Fry]]
*[[The Zookeeper]]
*[[Galactic Entity|God]]
*[[Narrator|Announcer in "Farnsworth Parabox"]]
*[[Lars Fillmore]]
*[[Ipgee]]
*[[Ron Whitey|Judge Ron Whitey]]
*[[M5438]]
*[[M5438]]
*[[Mr. and Mrs. Kroker|Mr. Kroker]]
*The [[Educational films]] narrator
*[[Land Squid]]
*[[Gearshift]]
*[[Fratbots|Gearshift]]
*[[Humorbot 5.0]]
<small>''If you know more, add them here. Click 'edit' to the right of "Characters Voiced" and add the characters' names to the end of the list''</small>
*The [[Transition Announcer]]
*Judge [[Ron Whitey|Whitey]]
*The [[Galactic Entity]]
*[[Sinclair 2K]]
*[[Glurmo]]
 
=== One-time characters ===
*[[Doug]] {{et|1ACV04}}
*[[Gorgak]] {{et|1ACV07}}
*[[President McNeal]] {{et|1ACV12}}
*[[R.J.]] {{et|3ACV10}}
*[[Enos Fry]] {{et|3ACV19}}
*The [[Zookeeper]] {{et|4ACV04}}
*[[Robo-Puppy]] {{et|4ACV07}}
*[[Coffee salesman]] {{et|4ACV16}}
*[[Lars Fillmore]] ([[Bender's Big Score|BBS]])
*[[Atanarjuat and Fufu|Atanarjuat]] (BBS)
*[[Mr. Kroker]] ([[The Beast with a Billion Backs|TBWABB]])
*The [[Land Squid]] (TBWABB)
*The [[Bill Morrison Robot]] {{et|6ACV11}}
*[[Scruffy]] (in a [[2007]] Comic Con table read of "[[Futurama Returns]]")
 
== Additional information ==
=== Trivia ===
*Billy West shares a name with [[John DiMaggio]].
 
== References ==
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==External Links==
== External links ==
[http://www.billywest.com Billy West's Official Site]<br \>
*[http://www.billywest.com Billy West's Official Site]
[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0921942/ Billy West's credits at IMDb.com]


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Revision as of 18:19, 11 December 2014

Billy West
ProfessionVoice actor
Born16 April, 1952
IMDB profilenm0921942
Wikipedia has information unrelated to Futurama
Category of characters voiced by Billy West
This article is about the voice actor. For the character, see Billy West (character).

William Richard "Billy" West is a voice actor, known to many for his work on the Howard Stern radio show. Billy West is a voice actor who provides voices for many characters in the Futurama universe including Fry, the Professor and Zoidberg. Outside of Futurama, West is best known as the voice of Doug Funnie on the Nickelodeon cartoon Doug and the voice of Stimpy (and later Ren, after show creator, John Kricfalusi was fired) on Ren and Stimpy, but has done voicework on many other cartoon shows (both for kids and for adults) and even voiced such animated mascots as the Honey Nut Cheerios bee and the Red M&M.

Engagement with Futurama

Of all Futurama's voice actors, Billy West is perhaps the one most willing to shout out his love for the show. As such, he was the crew member who spoke out most of the possibilities of Futurama's return for a second run, during much of Spring, 2009.

He stated he would almost be crushed if he could not be able to continue on the show, and stated that Futurama was the best gig he ever had.[1]

Characters voiced

Regular characters

Recurring characters

One-time characters

Additional information

Trivia

References

  1. ^ Surette, Tim (24 June 2008). "TV.com Q&A: Futurama's Billy West". TV.com. Retrieved on 19 June 2009.

External links