Voice Actors

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Season One

J.D. Roth (Jonny)

The excerpts below are taken from a Disney official website which has long since disappeared. They were archived here.

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J.D. Roth, co-host of The Disney Channel's new weekly series "Inside Out," has hosted several children's game shows. After eight consecutive years on the air, he has more than 530 episodes under his belt. "It's an exciting opportunity to work with The Disney Channel, not to mention what a blast it is to work at Walt Disney World and Disneyland," reveals Roth, among the most sought-after personalities for children's shows. As the youngest game show host in history at the age of 19, Roth presided over 360 episodes of the Warner Bros. series "Fun House," helping make it the #1-ranked children's show in the country. He also starred with Jane Fonda in two 35-minute exercise videos for children, which were developed in conjunction with the show. The highly successful videos have sold more than 100,000 units.

In addition to hosting "Inside Out," Roth has been working for more than a year on 65 episodes of Hanna-Barbera's "New Adventures of Jonny Quest," in which he voices the title role. The episode premieres in September 1996, airing simultaneously on TNT, TBS, and the Cartoon Network for an unprecedented 21 times a week. Born at Killeen Army Base, Texas, Roth moved at age two with his family to Cherry Hill, New Jersey, where his first words were reportedly "Mom," "Dad," and "TV." This precocious desire for the spotlight proved long-lasting as his talent and dedication became evident. At age 11, Roth heard about a kids' night at a New York City nightclub and personally arranged his own audition after successfully impersonating his father on the phone. He won a spot in the club's Sunday showcase, along with Sarah Jessica Parker and Rikki Lake, and convinced his reluctant parents to let him find an agent. During his first year in the business, Roth shot 22 national television commercials.

In addition to his career in commercials, Roth went on to win roles in such feature films as "First Born" and "Children's Island" and starred in the HBO special, "The Wilder Summer." He also had a recurring role in the daytime drama "As the World Turns." After high school graduation, Roth attended drama school at the University of Southern California, while continuing his professional career. His number of national commercials and voice-overs has climbed to more than 200. Roth's television acting career has recently included guest starring roles in "Room for Two," "Charles in Charge," and two episodes of "Melrose Place."

In 1991, Roth formed his own production company, Slam Dunk Productions, named for his love of basketball. Since its inception, Slam Dunk has produced a 70-city live national tour of "Fun House," which was staged in theme park amphitheatres across the country. His company also created "Double Up" for NBC's Saturday morning lineup, making him, at age 24, the youngest executive producer in the network's history. He also wrote and hosted the show during its 1992/1993 season. Other projects include a one-hour special for TNT called "Road Trip," about four kids, who never met before, driving across the country; and a late-night pilot presentation, which Roth hosted for New World Television. Most recently, Slam Dunk finished executive producing a pilot for King World entitled "Off the Hook," a daytime dance show which will premiere in the fall of 1996.

During all these projects, Roth still found time to become host of "Game Pro" (syndicated on ABC affiliates by Samuel Goldwyn Television), which gave the weekend crowd an inside look at the newest video game technology; and in 1994, he became the host of The Family Channel's #1-ranked children's game show, "Master of the Maze." Despite all his success at such a young age, Roth remains a down-to-earth guy always seeking a new challenge and a good game of basketball.

Michael Benyaer (Hadji)

Michael Benyaer has lent his voice to several other cartoons, including Reboot. He's currently performing as a guest star in TV shows and telefilms.

Jesse P. Douglas (Jessie)

Little is known about Jesse Douglas, who only has a couple small guest star roles to her credit as Jessie in the realm of Hollywood. She was 35 in 1996 according to the Cinefantastique interview.

George Segal (Dr. Quest)

George Segal is a prolific, stage-trained actor.

Robert Patrick (Race)

Robert Patrick is a cult actor made famous by his appearance as the T-1000 in Terminator 2.

Season Two

Quinton Flynn (Jonny)

Quinton Flynn is a prolific voice actor who achieved his widest audience as Reno from FFVII: Advent Children.

Rob Paulsen (Hadji)

Rob Paulsen previously voiced Hadji in the two telefilms.

Jennifer Hale (Jessie)

Jennifer Hale is famous for voicing lead female characters with red hair.

Granville van Dusen / Robert Foxworth (Race)

Granville (or Sonny) van Dusen voiced Race for the '86 series and two TRAJQ episodes before being replaced by Robert Foxworth, who originally auditioned for Dr. Quest.

Robert Foxworth
Robert Foxworth
Robert Foxworth

Granville van Dusen
Granville van Dusen
Granville van Dusen

Don Messick / John de Lancie (Dr. Quest)

Don Messick, the original voice of Benton Quest, recorded dialogue for Rock of Rages before suffering a stroke. One line (Not a moment too soon) survives. John de Lancie was made famous as Q from Star Trek: The Next Generation.

John de Lancie
John de Lancie
John de Lancie

Don Messick
Don Messick
Don Messick (center)

Lance Falk Dialogue

Who got John de Lancie on board? Was he a classic fan?

A bit of a story. When the Season Two crew was allowed to recast (quite a battle, believe me), we assembled voices closer to the original series.

Sonny (Granville) VanDusen had been used for Race since the original as an acceptable Mike Road sound-alike. Road had a tremor in his voice and so, was forced to retire a while ago. (Or so I’d heard.)

Larry Houston brought in Quentin Flynn (please check my spelling) with whom he had worked with on his previous job on Fantastic Four as the Human Torch. Flynn was appropriately youthful and energetic. Nice guy and big fan of the original series.

Rob Paulsen was a pal of ours from SWAT Kats and did a pretty good Hadji. Rob is so funny and energetic (in addition to having a hell of a lot of talent) that he brings up everyone he works with.

Leaving Dr. Quest. Of course, we brought in Don Messick. Don was a delightful, sweet guy…….especially for a legend! A few years earlier, he He recorded the first Season Two show: “The Mummies of Malenque” It was difficult for our voice director to get a good performance from him. (Not that he didn’t try). He struggled trough a few more. His fourth recording was my second script: “Race Against Danger”. It was pretty obvious that he could no longer handle even the simplest stage direction. Don was fine doing the gentle dad voice, but he was unable to play tension, anger, concern, urgency, and so on. It was a very sad moment when everyone in the Director’s booth shared a look that said “Shit. We gotta’ let him go.”

Don was let down gently…and he knew it was coming. A week later, he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and moved into a Santa Barbara Alzheimer’s Home. (By coincidence, my friend’s wife worked in the home and told me that Don thought of me very fondly.) The only thing more flattering than being well-remembered by a living legend, is being well-remembered by a living legend with Alzheimer’s. I kid you not.

A month (or so) later, he was gone.

Backing the narrative up to right after that unfortunate recording session, we knew we had to find a new Dr. Quest and fast. I wrote up the Sides (a name for the short audition script) to represent the many faces of Benton Quest: The Dad, the Technical Genius, the Man of Action.

We had an interesting collection of candidates besides DeLancie. Dean Jones, James B. Sikking, Robert Foxworth, a few others that I can’t recall. They all gave strong performances, but DeLancie stood out at once…not because he sounded like Don (Others were closer) but because he really evoked the personality of the character. He was also very energetic. Not self-conscious at all about shouting dialogue and other things which look and feel silly, but work great when you combine them with footage. In short, he nailed it for all four of us who had a vote (Davis, Larry, Kris, and I).

I’ve been accused of liking him because I’m a Star Trek fan….but no. He was great. (Besides, I’m only a fan of the original series. The others bore the living hell out of me).

What I’m kicking myself for is not thinking of John Stephenson: The ORIGINAL Dr. Quest. I guess I just assumed he was retired….but he’s still working and sounds great. Ah well.

Another thing was that someone in HB management (I don’t know who exactly) did not like Sonny’s Race Bannon for some reason. Davis remembered my comment when Robert Foxworth read for Benton Quest: “This guy sounds more like Race”.

So, Foxworth and DeLancie were in. I don’t believe either were CJQ fans in particular (it never came up), they just wanted to do the best jobs they could.

Recurring

Frank Welker (Bandit)

Frank Welker is a versatile actor who has voiced scores of Hanna-Barbera animals and exotic characters.

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Aggregated Guest Roles

Stars' names are in boldface.

David Ackroyd — 104 Ezekiel Rage, 124 Rage
Charlie Adler — 119 Rawlings / Robber #2
June Angela — 219 Anaya, 224 Anaya / Airport Security Guard 2
Matthew Arkin — 223 Petrov / Sentry 1
Lewis Arquette — 119 Civilian / Driver
Ed Asner — 211 Von Romme / Sentry #4
Dee Baker — 221 Williams
George Ball — 126 Announcer
James Barbour — 212 Andrew / Second Cop / Thug
Gregg Berger — 223 Captain Rossanov / Guard
Dee Bradley Baker — 124 Dr. Vedder
Irene Bedard — 111 Alice Starseer / Young Girl, 113 Old Indian Woman / Alice Starseer
Michael Bell — 104 Ezekiel Rage, 109 Ezekiel Rage, 117 Aide / Secretary, 124 Dr. Forbes / Additional voices, 202 Karst / Pilot, 221 Ezekiel Rage
Jeff Bennett — 101 Gun Captain / Diver, 107 Sonarman / Medical Officer / Navigator / Crew #2
Michael Benyaer — 101 Charlie, 103 Navigator, 104 Disciple #1, 105 Gottlos / Soldier, 106 Man #5, 107 Purvian Sea Captain, 108 Captain, 109 Co-Pilot / Army Lt. Guard #, 110 Aide, 111 Man / Shaman, 112 Guard, 115 Man #5, 116 1st Mate, 117 William's Messenger, 119 Robber #1, 120 Investigator #2, 121 Thug #1, 122 Monks, 124 Guard #1, 125 Guard #3 / Scout / Voice / Additional Voices, 126 Cowboy
Meyim Bialik — 108 Julia / French Woman, 112 Lucy
Earl Boen — 119 Officer / Stage Coach Guard, 122 Kyle, 221 Dr. Forbes
Clancy Brown — 223 Colonel Nikolai / Guard, 226 Frederico, Francois
Greg Burson — 204 Corbin / Sanderson
Robert Cait — 209 Base Op / Checkpoint Guard
Darleen Carr — 108 Abby, 124 Abby, 202 President, 222 President Stasny
Michael Carven — 212 Arnaud
Megan Cavanagh — 102 Julia, 113 Julia, 116 Julia / Kelly, 118 Julia, 121 Julia, 126 Julia
Tara Charendoff — 123 Kazrina, 222 Irina Kafka
Nick Chinlund — 204 Temple
Kevin Conroy — 106 Hardman
Jim Cummings — 101 Lacey / Pirate, 107 Harpooner / Planesman, 123 Florid Face / Yagor / Captain James
John de Lancie — 207 Construction Worker / Blaine, 208 Screaming Guard, 209 Guard, 213 Agent #1, 214 Moffat, 217 Guard #1
Alex Dent — 103 Indian Boy
Michael des Barres — 112 Merlin, 117 Rodney
Shari Belafonte — 216 Diana Cruz
Neil Dickson — 117 Josiah / Hallmane
Michael Dorn — 205 Tala
Jesse Douglas — 103 Estella Scheele, 104 Sister Carla
Sarah Douglas — 214 Mrs. Cadbury / Woman's Voice
Jerry Doyle — 211 Corey / Driver #2 / Felipe
Richard Doyle — 106 Producer
Greg Eagles — 106 Karl
Paul Eiding — 102 Bennett, 104 Bennett, 110 Bennett / Technician #1
Fernando Escandon — 201 Dr. Salazar
Troy Evans — 212 Sgt. Kenton / Running Man21
David Fennoy — 204 Clark / Guard
Quinton Flynn — 112 Ben / Policeman, 202 Dmitri, 203 Mustache, 207 Dal Chele, 208 Screaming Guard, 209 Guard #1, 211 Worker / Sentry #1, 213 Soldier / Denver Control, 214 Greene, 218 Goon #1, 219 Guard, 221 Big Guard, 223 Sonar Man / Guard, 224 Guard, 225 Guard
Robert Foxworth — 114 Max Schumaker / Vladimire Oistrakh / Capt. Briggs, 218 Goon #2
Kathleen Freeman — 111 Mrs. Evans
Thomas Gibson — 210 Paul Mornay
El Gilbert — 103 Professor Scheele, 110 Tyler / Technician #2, 125 Badur / Guard #2, 203 Hakim / Salim / Haresh
Michael Gough — 226 Jacobi, Eric
Mary Gregory — 212 Mrs. Adrian
Arye Gross — 209 Matthews / Pilot
Castullo Guerra — 201 Col. Salazar / Miguel
Jennifer Hale — 119 Kate, 203 Baby Hadji / Young Hadji, 205 Female Voice, 207 McCollum, 216 Computer Voice, 225 Smart House Computer
Mark Hamill - 103 Eldoradoan, 202 Vostok, 223 General Vostok / Guard
Dorian Harewood - 105 Officer, 215 Tigari / Guard
Haven Hartman — 109 Karla, 124 Karla
Don Harvey — 222 Milos Duncek
Phil Hayes — 205 Deke
Richard Hill — 117 Aide / Secretary
Michael Horse — 113 Old Indian, 119 Ames, 120 Tuk, 124 Eskimo
Chuck Howerton — 110 Vice President
Robert Ito — 108 Pradad, 208 President Horkarno / Controller
Nick Jameson — 122 Himalayan / Sherpa, 125 Leif / Sentry, 203 Sultan Vikram / Cop
Dean Jones — 209 Dr. Karel
S. Marc Jordan — 115 Wingate II / Old Man / Mercenary, 118 Curator / Worker
Peter Jurasik — 207 Alan Zegler / Williams
Andreas Katsulas — 225 Stephano DePace
George Kennedy — 209 General Axton
Clyde Kusatsu — 208 Dr. Zin, 219 Dr. Zin, 224 Dr. Zin / Guard, 225 Dr. Zin / Guard
Maurice LaMarche — 203 Pasha / Arun / Deepak, 219 Pasha the Peddler / The Keeper
Andy Lamond — Army Lt. Guard #2
Page Leong — 108 Choi Li
Richard Libertini — 203 Commissioner
Jennifer Lien — 212 Elise
Nancy Linari — 117 Mother, 203 Neela, 213 Julia / Zaftig Woman, 218 Julia, 219 Neela
Lucy Alexis Liu — 219 Melana, 224 Melana
Bruce Locke — 220 Kumar Mukharno
Tim Lounibos — 220 N'Joman / Screaming Cop, 224 Dr. Hatani / Airport Security Guard 1
Carl Lumbly — 216 Colonel William Marcus
John Mariano — 106 C.W.
Ken Mars — 112 Faust / Police Captain
Tonyo Melendez — 201 Jose / Reynaldo
Jim Meskimen — 101 Black Jack Lee Impostor / Pirates, 107 Havel / Conn / Crew #1, 111 Chief Man in Black / Pilot, 116 Capt. Havel / Man, 124 Torgeson / Disciple, 221 Dr. Vedder
Paul Mercier — 101 Diver / Technician
Haunani Minn — 112 Old Woman
Iona Morris — 118 Teacher
Larry Moss — 107 Skipper / Planesman / Harbormaster
Charles Napier — 213 Hinkle
Ian Ogilvy — 214 Dr. Smallwood / Techie #2
Soon-Tek Oh — 208 General Yala
Robert Patrick — 125 Crew #1
Rob Paulsen — 201 Medicine Man / Ruby, 202 Novak / Commander, 203 Shopkeeper / Beard, 204 Hill, 206 Lorenzo, 208 Techie #2, 209 Army Doctor, 210 Jean Leger, 211 Noah Ryan / Driver, 212 Doc, 213 Lorenzo / General Wincroft, 215 Higgins, 217 Warden, 218 Lorenzo, 221 Worker, 223 Soldier 1, 224 Guard, 226 Tentacle Monster
Brock Peters — 105 Masai, 215 The Shaman
Richard Poe — 109 Dr. Smallwood
Harve Presnell — 211 Doug / NRC Man #2
Jan Rabson — 125 Avary / Donaldson
Don Reed — 106 Jamie / Reporter #1, 215 Ngama
Peter Renaday — 122 High Lama, 205 Kane
Clive Revill — 107 Harpooner / Medical Officer, 214 Hunter #1 / Trench
Kevin Richardson — 211 Computer Voice / Sentry #2 / Tech #1, 215 Segala / Monster
Tristan Rogers — 105 Hawkins
Roger Rose — 106 Vince Vance
Karen Ross — 120 Marie Metier, 207 Dr. Simone Duval / Kruegger
J.D. Roth — 102 Swat Member, 119 SWAT Member, 125 Additional Voices
Theresa Saldana — 201 Estella Velasquez, 225 Estella
Julian Sands — 204 Kreed
Carolyn Seymour — 117 Sarah, 123 Aleutian Woman / Mother
James Shigeta — 220 Inspector Mantjur, 224 Dr. Yamashiro / Japanese Prime Minister
Marc Singer — 112 Montegue, 115 Mitchell Stramm
Nicolas Smith — 214 Quentin / Techie
Michael Stanton — 119 Additional Voices, 121 Additional Voices, 123 Additional Voices, 211 Hank / NRC Man #1 / Sentry #5
Peter Strauss — 208 Lab Guard
Jeffrey Tambor — 101 Black Jack Lee
Nick Tate — 101 Pirate, 214 Darcy / Hunter #2
Mark Taylor — 104 Brother James / Soldier
Brian Tochi — 208 Techi #1 / Terrorist Pilot, 216 Professor Ken Otsuki
Nancy Travis — 104 Captain Spencer
Marcelo Tubert — 106 Derelict / Reporter #2
Helene Udy — 104 Natasha Rastova, 119 Belle, 206 Julie / Red
Tasia Valenza — 220 Jade, 225 Jade
Chick Vennera — 102 Lorenzo, 108 Lorenzo, 113 Lorenzo, 116 Lorenzo, 118 Lorenzo, 121 Lorenzo / Thug #2, 123 Gustavo Arollo, 125 Walker / Additional Voices, 126 Lorenzo
B.J. Ward — 110 Iris the Computer, 122 Iris the Computer, 124 Iris the Computer, 214 Iris the Computer / Nurse Holloway, 216 Iris the Computer, 217 Iris the Computer, 221 Iris the Computer, 222 Iris the Computer
Mari Weiss — 210 Lady Caroline
Frank Welker — 102 Surd / Guard / Quest Computer / Cop, 103 Indian Boy / Monkey, 104 Aide / Guard #1 / Voice, 105 Ndovu / Lion / Jackal, 106 Tiger / Cats / Irish Cop, 108 Surd / Computer Voice / Fournier, 109 Pilot / Bat Creature, 110 Officer / Alien, 111 Indian / Pilot / Policeman, 112 Eagle / Monk, 113 Dr. Surd, 114 Police Chief, 115 Amok / Man #6 / Swain, 116 Surd, 117 Devil, 118 Surd / Computer Voice / Medusa, 120 Werewolf / Prof. Metier, 121 Surd / Primate, 122 Yeti / Baby Yeti / Mother Yeti, 123 Sled Dog / Polar Bear / Radio Voice, 124 Operations Controller, 125 Alligator, 126 Dr. Surd / Cowboy / Rodeo Clown, 201 Jaguar / Louis, 202 Golem / Driver, 204 Dr. Zin / Computer Voice, 205 Wama / Alien Guard, 206 Surd, 207 Sea Creatures / Gimeno, 208 Water Buffalo / Dispatcher, 209 Scanner Voice, 210 Ruby the Ghost Cat, 211 Federal Agent / Sentry #3, 213 Surd / President, 214 Innes / Winston, 217 Jeremiah Surd, 218 Surd, 219 Falcon, 222 Josef, 223 Professor Erikson, 225 Mr. Henry
Paxton Whitehead — 101 Commander
Ed Winter — 213 President / Sarge, 224 U.S. President / Guard
Ric Young — 220 Dja'Lang Mukharno / Mr. Mahasson
Ahmet Zappa — 217 Policeman / Guard #2

Media

Race Comparison

Cover-Up At Roswell allows a comparison of Robert Patrick and Robert Foxworth's Race portrayals given in the episode Return of the Anasazi.

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