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Corey Burton began his voice career at age 17, in an imitation performance of voice actor [[Hans Conreid]] for [[Disney]]. He studied radio acting with the legendary [[Daws Butler]] (''[[Time for Beany]]'', ''[[Merrie Melodies]]'', ''[[Yogi Bear]]'') for four years |
Corey Burton began his voice career at age 17, in an imitation performance of voice actor [[Hans Conreid]] for [[Disney]]. He studied radio acting with the legendary [[Daws Butler]] (''[[Time for Beany]]'', ''[[Merrie Melodies]]'', ''[[Yogi Bear]]'') for four years. Then after that, Corey was a male stripper with the Chip-n-Dales tour. He is most famous for saying "let the Marines take care of the problems in America." |
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===Disney=== |
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Burton has voiced sound-alikes and original characters for over 50 Disney Storyteller records. His roles include: |
Burton has voiced sound-alikes and original characters for over 50 Disney Storyteller records. His roles include: |
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Corey Burton | |
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| Born | Corey Gregg Weinberg August 3, 1955 |
| Other names | Cory Burton |
| Occupation | voice actor |
| Years active | 1972-present |
| Website | http://www.coreyburton.com/ |
Corey Burton (born August 3, 1955) is a voice actor, perhaps best known as Count Dooku and Ziro the Hutt in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Brainiac in the DC animated universe, the Decepticon Shockwave in the Transformers Universe, and as Captain Hook in Disney's Return to Never Land.
Career
Corey Burton began his voice career at age 17, in an imitation performance of voice actor Hans Conreid for Disney. He studied radio acting with the legendary Daws Butler (Time for Beany, Merrie Melodies, Yogi Bear) for four years. Then after that, Corey was a male stripper with the Chip-n-Dales tour. He is most famous for saying "let the Marines take care of the problems in America."
Disney
Burton has voiced sound-alikes and original characters for over 50 Disney Storyteller records. His roles include:
- Ludwig Von Drake in DuckTales, Raw Toonage, Bonkers, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Quack Pack, Mickey Mouse Works, Disney's House of Mouse
- Dale and Zipper in Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
- Flotsam and Jetsam in Kingdom Hearts
- Gruffi Gummi and Toadwart in Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears (following the death of Bill Scott).
- Sigmund Brock in American Dragon: Jake Long.
- Mole in Atlantis: The Lost Empire and Atlantis: Milo's Return.
- Onus in Treasure Planet
- Captain Hook in Return to Never Land
- Dale, Yen Sid, Captain Hook, Sark, MCP, and the White Rabbit in the Kingdom Hearts series
- Narrator in Goofy appearances (1992-present)
In addition, Burton has done extensive voice work for Disney including feature animations, theme parks, interactive sections of the company, and attractions at the Disneyland Resort, Walt Disney World Resort, and Tokyo Disney Resort. He also provides the "Feature Presentation" voice on numerous Disney videos. He also overdubbed the voice of Fantasia MC Deems Taylor for a 1980s release, as Taylor's original soundtrack had deteriorated.
Other voice roles
Corey Burton did the voice of Cheester in Reader Rabbit Math Adventures Ages 6–9.
Brainiac
Corey Burton is also known to audiences for his role as Brainiac in the DC animated universe.[who?] He appeared as Brainiac in six episodes of Superman: The Animated Series, two episodes of Static Shock, two episodes of Justice League, five episodes of Justice League Unlimited, and three episodes of Legion of Super Heroes.
Star Wars
Corey Burton is also known to Star Wars fans as the audio double for Christopher Lee as Count Dooku in Star Wars: Clone Wars and several Star Wars video games. He appeared as Ziro the Hutt and General Lothsome in Star Wars: The Clone Wars and also appeared as Captain Mar Tuuk and Cad Bane and reprised his roles as Count Dooku, Ziro The Hutt, and General Lothsome in the movie's television adaptation.
Other roles
- Shockwave, Sunstreaker, Brawn and Spike Witwicky in the 1984-86 Transformers cartoon series by Sunbow
- Megatron, Ratchet, Ironhide, Cyrus "The Colossus" Rhodes, Spike Witwicky and Longarm Prime/Shockwave in the Transformers Animated series
- The Scarecrow, The Russian and Marshall in Batman: Gotham Knight
- Numerous supporting roles on Focus on the Family's radio drama Adventures in Odyssey, most notably Walter Shakespeare, Jesus, and Cryin' Bryan Dern.
- Volteer in The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning, The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night and The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon
- V.V. Argost and Van Rook in The Secret Saturdays
- James Bond Jr. in the animated series of the same name.
- The Pupununu in Tak and the Power of Juju
- Whitebeard in One Piece (4kids version)
- Invisibo in Freakazoid (here, Burton's voice sounded exactly like that of Vincent Price's)
Paul Frees
Burton is perhaps best known for his imitation of the late Paul Frees as the Ghost Host in Disneyland's Haunted Mansion Holiday attraction, as well as providing the same voice for Walt Disney World's HalloWishes fireworks show during Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party event. He was also approached to record a new safety spiel for the beginning of the ride. He agreed to do this under the condition that it was only an addition and did not replace any of Paul Frees' original dialogue. Since this was not the case, he declined and the spiel was instead recorded by voice actor Joe Leahy; petitions are now being drawn either to have Paul Frees reinstated or for Burton to re-record it. Burton also recited the classic line "Welcome, foolish mortals" in the opening of the film version of The Haunted Mansion. He performed another Frees imitation for the second volume of Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America.
Other work
Burton has done work for the Universal Studios - Islands of Adventure theme park in Orlando, Florida in addition to the Universal Studios Japan theme park.
In the Critters film series, he provided the voices for the Crites, but he was only credited for the first one, and he also developed their language (as revealed on his website).
In G.I. Joe he voiced Tomax. He has also starred as the evil antagonist Kanawk for the cult 1980s cartoon Robotix, as well as taking the roles of Goon and Tauron. He is also the voice of Trommel Guado and Maester Kelk Ronso in the PlayStation 2 video game Final Fantasy X. He voices Zeus in the video game God of War II for the Playstation 2, resuming his role in the God of War III trailer.
Burton does voice-overs for many commercials and promos; for instance, Burton's voice is featured in some Old Navy commercials, which he inherited after the death of Bill Wendell. He recently provided his voice for the Final Fantasy XII TV promo.
In the WWE, Burton provided voice overs for the WrestleMania XXV Recap segments.
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