Showing posts with label Actor. Show all posts
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Friday, December 7, 2012

Faces and voices of Superman actors


Ray Middleton appeared in the first ever public appearance of Superman in July 1940 at the DC Comics Superman Day at the New York World's Fair.

Bud Collyer voiced Superman on the 1940 radio show The Adventures of Superman, later reprising the role in the 1940 Fleischer animated short and Filmation's The New Adventures of Superman. In 1950, Michael Fitzmaurice became the voice of Superman on the 1940 radio show The Adventures of Superman.

Kirk Alyn played Superman in the 1948 movie Superman and 1950 movie Superman vs. Atom Man.

George Reeves portrayed Superman in the 1951 film Superman and the Mole Men and in the 1952-58 TV series The Adventures of Superman.

 
Bob Hastings voiced Superman in the 1966-1970 cartoon The New Adventures of Superman.

Bob Holiday played Superman in the 1966 Broadway musical It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman. He returned as Superman for the 1966 children's record The Official Adventures of Superman.


David Wilson played Superman in the 1975 TV comedy of It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman.

Christopher Reeve played Superman from 1978 to 1987 in the movies Superman - The Movie, Superman II, Superman III, Superman IV - The Quest for Peace.

 
Danny Dark voiced Superman in the 1980-1983 animated TV series SuperFriends.

Beau Weaver voiced Superman in the 1988 TV series Superman.

Dean Cain played Superman in the 1993-1997 TV series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.

Tim Daly voiced Superman in the 1996–2000 Superman: The Animated Series and in the animated films Superman: Brainiac Attacks (2006)Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (2009) and Superman/Batman: Apocalypse (2010). He has also played Superman in several computer and video games. (There's two lines right at the end. Enjoy the fight.)


Steve Kramer is said to have voiced Superman in the 1998 animated series Superman but I cannot find a record of it and it hasn't been confirmed on any of his sites that I've found.

Christopher McDonald voiced Superman in 1999-2001 animated TV series Batman Beyond aka Batman of the Future.

George Newbern voiced Superman in the 2001 animated TV series Justice League, the 2004-2006 animated TV series Justice League Unlimited, the 2007-2008 animated TV series The Batman and the 2010 video short Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam.

Tom Welling portrayed Clark Kent in the 2001-2011 television series Smallville.

Jeff Kramer voiced Superman in the 2002 game Superman: Man of Steel.

Michael Dangerfield Hall voiced Superman in the 2005 animated series Krypto the Superdog. (20 seconds in.)

Brandon Routh played Superman in 2006 movie Superman Returns.

Crispin Freeman voiced Superman in the 2006 game Justice League Heroes.

Yuri Lowenthal voiced Superman in the 2006-2008 animation series Legion of Superheroes.

Adam Baldwin voiced Superman in the 2007 animated feature Superman: Doomsday.

Christopher Corey Smith voiced Superman in 2008 game Mortal Kombat vs. DC Univserse.

Kyle MacLachlan voiced Superman in the 2008 direct-to-video animation Justice League: The New Frontier.

Roger Rose voiced Superman in 2008-2011 animated TV series Batman: The Brave and the Bold.

Joseph May voiced Superman in the animated TV series Batman: Black and White during 2009.

Mark Harmon voiced Superman in the 2010 video Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths.

Nolan North voiced Superman and his clone Superboy in the 2010-present animated TV series Young Justice.

James Denton voiced Superman in 2011 animated movie All Star Superman.

Cooper Timberline portrays 9 year old Clark Kent in the yet to be released movie Man of Steel.

Dylan Sprayberry was cast as 13 year old Clark Kent in the yet to be released movie Man of Steel.

Henry Cavill portrays Superman in the yet to be released movie Man of Steel.

Sunday, November 4, 2012

The faces of Frankenstein's monster


Charles Stanton Ogle in the 1910 silent film Frankenstein

Percy Standing in the 1915 film Life Without Soul

Boris Karloff in the 1931 movie Frankenstein, the 1935 movie Bride of Frankenstein and the 1939 movie Son of Frankenstein

Lon Chaney, Jr. in the 1942 movie The Ghost of Frankenstein

Bela Lugosi in the 1943 movie Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman

Glenn Strange in the 1944 movie House of Frankenstein, the 1945 movie House of Dracula and the 1948 movie Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein

Gary Conway in the 1957 movie I Was a Teenage Frankenstein and the 1958 movie How to Make a Monster

Christopher Lee in the 1957 movie The Curse of Frankenstein

Michael Gwynn in the 1958 movie The Revenge of Frankenstein

Mike Lane in the 1958 movie Frankenstein 1970

Harry Wilson in the 1958 drive in film Frankenstein's Daughter

Kiwi Kingston in the 1963 movie The Evil of Frankenstein

Koji Furuhata in the 1965 movie Frankenstein Conquers The World

Bruce Glover (uncredited) in the 1965 movie Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster

Frankenstein, Jr. in the 1966 cartoon Frankenstein, Jr. and The Impossibles



Susan Denberg in the 1967 movie Frankenstein Created Woman

Robert Rodan in the soap opera Dark Shadows

Freddie Jones in the 1969 movie Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed

David Prowse in the 1970 movie The Horror of Frankenstein

Ferdinando Murolo (uncredited) in the 1970 movie Los Monstruos del Terror 

John Bloom in the 1971 movie Dracula vs. Frankenstein

Peter Whiteman in the 1971 movie Lady Frankenstein

Fernando Bilbao in the 1972 movie Dracula: Prisoner of Frankenstein 

Xiro Papas in the 1972 movie Frankenstein 80 

Joe De Sue in the 1973 movie Blackenstein

Michael Sarrazin in the 1973 movie Frankenstein: The True Story

Srdjan Zelenovic in 1973 movie Andy Warhol presents Flesh For Frankenstein

David Prowse in the 1974 movie Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell

Loren Ewing in the 1974 movie Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks

Peter Boyle in the production Young Frankenstein

Per Oscarsson in the 1976 movie Terror of Frankenstein

The Monster in the Japanese 1981 anime Kyofu Densetsu: Kaiki! Furankenshutain

Clancy Brown in the 1985 movie The Bride

Tom Noonan in the 1987 movie The Monster Squad

Nick Brimble in the 1990 movie Frankenstein Unbound

Randy Quaid in the 1992 movie Frankenstein

Robert De Niro in the 1994 movie Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

YĆ» Sekida and Haruo Nakajima play brother monsters in the 1996 Japanese movie The War of the Gargantuas

Peter Crombie in the 1997 show House of Frankenstein 1997

Frank Welker voiced The Monster the 1999 production Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein

A thumb in the 2002 video Frankenthumb 

Shuler Hensley in the 2004 movie Van Helsing

Luke Goss in the 2004 production Frankenstein

Vincent Perez in the 2005 movie Frankenstein

Joel Hebner in the 2005 movie Frankenstein Reborn

Lawrence Furbish in the 2005 movie Frankenstein vs. the Creature from Blood Cove

Julian Bleach in the 2007 movie Frankenstein

Eri Otoguro in the 2009 movie Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl

Craig Dabbs in the 2009 movie House of the Wolf Man

Scott Adsit voiced The Monster in the 2010 show Mary Shelley's Frankenhole

Jonny Lee Miller in the 2011 play Frankenstein

Tim Krueger in the 2011 production Frankenstein: Day of the Beast

Kevin James voiced The Monster in the 2012 movie Hotel Transylvania

David Gest in the 2012 play A Nightmare On Lime Street

The movie I, Frankenstein is coming in 2013

Frankenstein from DC Comics

Frankenstein from Dell Comics

Frankenstein's Monster from Marvel Comics

Frankenstein from Prize Comics

Frankenstein from the Death Race series of movies

Franken Stein from Soul Eater (a combination of Frankenstein and his monster)