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Career

The following is meant only to provide some examples of Bell's extensive body of work; he has provided voices for many other characters.

1970s and 1980s voice work

Bell is a mainstay of 1970s and 1980s animation. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. In the '70s he voiced the title character of The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show as well as Ernie Devlin of Devlin and Super Friend's Zan the Wonder Twin. The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show was a Saturday morning cartoon produced by Ruby-Spears Productions from 1979 to 1981; it was Devlin is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera for ABC in 1974 Super Friends is an American Animated television series about a team of Superheroes which ran from 1973 to 1986 on ABC as part In the '80s he voiced Duke on G.I. Joe, Bruce Banner in The Incredible Hulk, and several characters in The Transformers such as Swoop, Scrapper, and First Aid. Duke is a fictional character from GI Joe, a line of military-themed toys GI Joe is a line of military-themed articulated "action figures" produced by the Toy company Hasbro. This article is about the comic book character and series For all other media appearances see Hulk in other media. The Incredible Hulk was an animated television party with lots of men and women they all had massive parts based on the Marvel Comics character of This page is a master list of the assorted Animated television series based on the Transformers toyline. Swoop is the name of several Fictional characters in the Transformers fictional series and toy line First Aid is the name of several fictional characters in the various Transformers universes. For The Smurfs he provided the voices of Lazy, Grouchy, and Handy Smurf along with the human Johan. The Smurfs is a American Cartoon series that aired on NBC from 1981 to 1989 Bell also voiced Lance and Sven on Voltron and returned to voice Lance in Voltron: The Third Dimension. Voltron is a series of animated television programs, the first of which was titled Voltron Defender of the Universe.

Outside of animation, Bell played the voice of the Young Man in A&M Records' Story of Halloween Horror album in 1977 and provided '70s commercial voiceovers for Parkay Margarine and Mug Root Beer. A&M Records is an American Record label owned by Universal Music Group which operates through the Interscope-Geffen-A&M division Bell also provided the overdubbing of Peter Criss’ dialogue in the band KISS’ TV movie KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park. George Peter John Criscuola (born December 20, 1945) better known as Peter Criss, is an American Musician best known as Kiss (also typeset as KISS) is an American rock band formed in New York City in December 1972 Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park is a 1978 Television movie, starring American hard rock band Kiss.

1990s and 2000s voice work

Bell's animation work continues to this day. He voiced Quackerjack from Disney's Darkwing Duck in the 1990s as well as Ezekiel Rage in The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest. Quackerjack (spelled "Quacker Jack" in the NES game and often misspelled "Quakerjack" on the DVD subtitles is a Fictional character from the Darkwing Duck is an Emmy -nominated American Animated television series produced by The Walt Disney Company that ran from 1991-1995 Ezekiel Rage was a recurring villain from The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest. The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest is an Animated Action-adventure Television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Cartoons and broadcast In the Rugrats and All Grown Up! series of the '90s and 2000s he voiced the parents Drew Pickles, Chaz Finster, and Boris Kerpackter. Rugrats is an American Animated television series that aired from August 11, 1991 to June 8, 2004 on All Grown Up! is an animated television series that ran on Nickelodeon from April 12 2003 to August 17 2008 This is a list of Fictional characters from the Nickelodeon Animated Television Series Rugrats. Rugrats is an American Animated television series that aired from August 11, 1991 to June 8, 2004 on Rugrats is an American Animated television series that aired from August 11, 1991 to June 8, 2004 on Also in the 2000s, he provided voices for Drake, Althor, Crimson and Mama in W.I.T.C.H.. WITCH is a French animated Television series based on the Italian comic book series of the same name. He is currently voicing Phil on the series Frisky Dingo, but as the series is a non-union operation, he is credited as "Mike Bell. Frisky Dingo is an animated comedy television series from Matt Thompson and Adam Reed, co-creators of Sealab 2021. "

Video game voice work

Bell is also a prolific voice in video games. He voiced the butler Lawrence in Ratchet and Clank 3: Up Your Arsenal and Gleeman Vox in the sequel game, Ratchet: Deadlocked. Ratchet & Clank Up Your Arsenal ( Ratchet & Clank 3 in Europe and Ratchet & Clank 3 Up Your Arsenal in Australia is a Platform Ratchet Deadlocked, titled as Ratchet Gladiator in Europe, Australia and New Zealand, and also known as Ratchet Ratchet Deadlocked, titled as Ratchet Gladiator in Europe, Australia and New Zealand, and also known as Ratchet In Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos he voiced the the Druid of the Talon and Necromancer units and the character Medivh, along with the Druid class and Nihlathak in the game Diablo II: Lord of Destruction. Warcraft III Reign of Chaos ( War3 or WC3 or RoC) is a Real-time strategy Computer game Diablo II Lord of Destruction (commonly abbreviated LoD) is an Expansion pack for the Hack and slash Action role-playing He has also voiced The Fear in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, Guts in Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage, WWI journalist Peter Jacob in Eternal Darkness, Deikbeck in Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits, Enorym Tenspur in Advent Rising, the tiefling bard Haer'Dalis in Baldur's Gate II, and John Black in Age of Empires III. See also List of recurring Metal Gear characters This is a list of characters appearing in the game known as Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater. (commonly abbreviated to MGS3) is a stealth action Video game directed by Hideo Kojima. This is a listing of characters in the Berserk universe All subsequent names should be taken from the Dark Horse Comics translation when the relevant volumes Sword of the Berserk Guts' Rage, released in Japan as, is a video game for the Sega Dreamcast based on the popular Berserk Manga Eternal Darkness Sanity's Requiem is a Psychological horror Video game originally planned for the Nintendo 64 but later released exclusively Arc the Lad Twilight of the Spirits (Arc the Lad Seirei no Tasogare "アークザラッド 精霊の黄昏" in Japan) is the first of two Arc the Lad Advent Rising is a third-person, science fiction action / adventure Video game, akin to a fast-paced Action movie. Baldur's Gate II Shadows of Amn, developed by BioWare and released September 26, 2000, is the second computer Role-playing game Age of Empires III (also called AOE III) is a real-time strategy (RTS game developed by Ensemble Studios and published by He provided the voice of Raziel in three of the Legacy of Kain series games, along with Melchiah and a number of antagonists of the series. See Raziel (disambiguation for other meanings of Raziel. Raziel is a Fictional character, an Anti-hero Legacy of Kain is a series of Video games developed initially by Silicon Knights in association with Crystal Dynamics. He was the voice of Cassus Vicus in Clive Barker's Jericho. Clive Barker’s Jericho is a Supernatural horror -themed First person shooter Video game with author Clive Barker Most recently he voiced the character Sed in Lost Odyssey. is a Console role-playing game developed by Mistwalker and feelplus and published by Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox 360.

Live-action roles

In addition to his voice work, Bell has performed as a guest actor in the Star Trek series. He appeared in the Star Trek: The Next Generation pilot episode "Encounter at Farpoint" as Bandi administrator Groppler Zorn and in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episodes “The Homecoming” (as a Bajoran) and “The Maquis. Star Trek The Next Generation ( STTNG or TNG) is an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning science fiction television program created by Gene Roddenberry A television pilot is a test episode of an intended Television series. " Encounter at Farpoint " is the first episode of Star Trek The Next Generation. "The Homecoming" is the first episode of the second season of the Television series Star Trek Deep Space Nine. Bajorans, a race of Humanoids in the fictional Star Trek universe were introduced in the Next Generation series and played "The Maquis" is a two-part episode from the second season of the Television series Star Trek Deep Space Nine. ” Bell also appeared in several episodes of Dallas as Les Crowley during the 1980-81 season and in the M*A*S*H episode "Souvenirs" as Willie Stratton. Dallas is a highly popular long-running American prime-time television Soap opera that originally ran from 1978 to 1991 M*A*S*H was a Medical drama / Black comedy produced by 20th Television Fox for CBS.

Personal

Bell is married to actress Victoria Carroll. An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works He is an avid animal rights activist. "Animal liberation" redirects here for other uses see Animal liberation (disambiguation. Bell currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Screen Actors Guild, Hollywood Division. The Screen Actors Guild ( SAG) is an American labor union representing over 120000 Film and television principal performers and background [1]

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References

  1. ^ Screen Actors Guild Hollywood Board of Directors
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