Jack Angel (October 24, 1930 – October 18, 2021) was an American voice actor and radio personality. Angel voiced characters in shows by Hasbro and Hanna-Barbera such as Super Friends, The Transformers and G.I. Joe and was involved in numerous productions by Disney and Pixar. Before becoming involved with voiceover work, Angel was a disc jockey for California radio stations KMPC and KFI.
Biography
Angel was born on October 24, 1930, in Modesto, California, the second child of John Angel, a Greek immigrant, and Lucille (née Parsons).
He also lent his voice to the character Dr. Zachary Darret in the 1984 CBS animated series Pole Position, and also voiced Wet Suit on Sunbow's G.I. Joe and several characters on Dino-Riders.
In 1995, he was the voice of Nikki in the animated film Balto. He played the SWATbots on Sonic the Hedgehog, The Liquidator on Darkwing Duck, and Nick Fury on Spider-Man: The Animated series.
In 2001, Angel was the voice of "Teddy" in the movie A.I. Artificial Intelligence. He provided voices for animated films such as A Bug's Life, Monsters, Inc., The Incredibles, Ice Age: The Meltdown, Cars, Horton Hears a Who!, Toy Story 3, The Prince of Egypt, The Iron Giant, and Aladdin.
Angel also ventured into video games, narrating the cult hit Killer7 as well as playing Wonkers the Watilla in Dreamfall: The Longest Journey, The Mayor in Ratchet & Clank, and Ammand the Corsair in the video game version of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.
In 2002, shortly after the death of Gene Moss, Angel voiced Smokey the Bear in a few public service announcements and radio spots until 2012. In 2007, he voiced an alien called Technorg on Ben 10. He also voiced Papa Smurf in the 2011 special, The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol and the 2013 special, The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow.
Nickelodeon
Angel's voice work in animated shows for Nickelodeon in the 2000s included:
- Superintendent Chaplin in Hey Arnold!.
- MacTavish in the second part of the episode "Sir Nigel" in The Wild Thornberrys
- The Pirate Captain on the episode of Avatar: The Last Airbender titled "The Waterbending Scroll".
- The Weathered One on an episode of My Life as a Teenage Robot titled "Weapons of Mass Distraction".
- Comrade Chaos on El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera in the episode "Old Money".
Disney and DreamWorks
He provided "additional voices" in Toy Story and Toy Story 2, and the voice of Chunk in Toy Story 3.
He also provided additional voices for Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo, The Dukes, Snorks, Dino-Riders, The Smurfs, The Rescuers Down Under, The Little Mermaid, DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp, Land of Enchantment, Super Dave: Daredevil for Hire, Aladdin, Hercules, Quest for Camelot, The Iron Giant, Monsters, Inc., The Lorax, Monsters University and Despicable Me 2.
His uncredited voice roles include an Egyptian in the 1998 animated film The Prince of Egypt and Rock in the 2014 American biblical epic film Noah.
Personal life
Angel was married twice. He and his first wife, Barbara Angel, divorced in 1980. Together they had three children. On the day of his death, a piece of lost 1980s paraphernalia that contained his voice as the lead role, being the U.S. dub of TUGS, was discovered.
Filmography
Animated films
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|rowspan=2|1986||The Transformers: The Movie
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