William Kopp is an American animator, writer and voice actor.

Career

Kopp studied animation at the

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. In 1984, he won a Merit Award from the

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for ''Mr. Gloom''. In 1985, he won a Student Academy Award for ''Observational Hazard''. Kopp animated the Whammy on the 1980s game show ''

Press Your Luck ''Press Your Luck'' is an American television game show created by Bill Carruthers and Jan McCormack. It premiered on CBS daytime on September 19, 1983, and ended on September 26, 1986. The format is a retooling of an earlier Carruthers productio ...

'' and voiced the title character on

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's '' Eek! The Cat'' and Kutter in ''

The Terrible Thunderlizards ''The Terrible Thunderlizards'' is a segment that aired in the United States as part of '' Eek! Stravaganza'' on the Fox Kids programming block, and in Canada on YTV. It aired from November 20, 1993, to July 28, 1997. The series was originally in ...

'', which he created with

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. He also voiced Tom in the Tom and Jerry films '' Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars'' and '' Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry''.The New York Times
/ref> He was an animator for ''

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'' "The Simpsons" shorts, but left after one season. Kopp created ''

The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show ''The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show'' is a half-hour American animated comedy television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation and aired in 1995 as a spin-off of the show ''Marsupilami'', a spinoff itself of ''Raw Toonage''. ...

'' and ''

Mad Jack the Pirate ''Mad Jack the Pirate'' is an American animated comedy-adventure television series. The show was created by Bill Kopp and was directed by Jeff DeGrandis (who previously worked together on '' Toonsylvania''). On American television, the show was br ...

'', worked as an executive producer and writer for ''

Toonsylvania ''Toonsylvania'' is an American animated television series, which ran for two seasons in 1998 on the Fox Kids Network block (usually placed in a block called "The No Yell Motel" that contained other scary kids' shows such as ''Goosebumps'' and ''Ee ...

'', produced and directed ''

Tom and Jerry ''Tom and Jerry'' is an American Animated cartoon, animated media franchise and series of comedy short films created in 1940 by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. Best known for its 161 theatrical short films by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the series c ...

'' cartoons, wrote ''

Hare and Loathing in Las Vegas ''Hare and Loathing in Las Vegas'' is a 2004 Bugs Bunny cartoon short, which co-starred Yosemite Sam. It was directed by Peter Shin and Bill Kopp, and produced by Warner Bros. Animation. The cartoon was never released theatrically (due to the p ...

'' and ''

The Incredible Crash Dummies ''The Incredible Crash Dummies'' is a line of action figures designed by David McDonald and Jim Byrne, styled after the eponymous crash test dummy popularized in a public service advertising campaign of the late 1980s, to educate people on the saf ...

''. Kopp worked on the story of two ''Roger Rabbit Shorts'', ''

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'' and ''

Roller Coaster Rabbit The ''Roger Rabbit'' shorts are a series of animated short films produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation from 1989 to 1993. The anthology features Roger Rabbit, the animated protagonist from '' Who Framed Roger Rabbit'', being enlisted the task ...

''. He was also the writer/director/co-producer on ''

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s series finale "The Third Pig". He was the director of most episodes of ''

The Twisted Whiskers Show ''The Twisted Whiskers Show'' is an animated comedy television series based on the Twisted Whiskers greeting cards created by Terrill Bohlar for American Greetings. It began airing as the first program of the Hasbro/Discovery TV network, Discov ...

''. Kopp is a regular on

Cartoon Network Cartoon Network (often abbreviated as CN) is an American cable television channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. It is a part of The Cartoon Network, Inc., a division that also has the broadcasting and production activities of Boomerang, Car ...

's ''

Mighty Magiswords Mighty may refer to: * ''Mighty'' (The Planet Smashers album) * ''Mighty'' (Kristene DiMarco album) * ''The Mighty'' (1929 film), a 1929 American action film *'' The Mighty'', a 1998 comedy-drama film * ''The Mighty'' (comics), a DC Comics title * ...

'' providing the voice of Man Fish the Fish Man. He currently resides in California.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* Living people 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors 20th-century American artists 21st-century American artists American male voice actors American voice directors Animators from Illinois People from Rockford, Illinois California Institute of the Arts alumni American casting directors Film directors from Illinois American animated film directors American storyboard artists American television writers American male television writers Screenwriters from Illinois Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-animator-stub