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

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'' and voiced the title character on

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's '' Eek! The Cat'' and Kutter in '' The Terrible Thunderlizards'', which he created with Savage Steve Holland. He also voiced

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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 '' The Tracey Ullman Show'' "The Simpsons" shorts, but left after one season. Kopp created '' The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show'' and '' Mad Jack the Pirate'', worked as an executive producer and writer for '' Toonsylvania'', produced and directed ''

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'' 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 th ...

'' and '' The Incredible Crash Dummies''. Kopp worked on the story of two ''Roger Rabbit Shorts'', '' Tummy Trouble'' and '' Roller Coaster Rabbit''. He was also the writer/director/co-producer on '' Tales from the Crypts series finale "The Third Pig". He was the director of most episodes of '' The Twisted Whiskers Show''. Kopp is a regular on Cartoon Network's '' Mighty Magiswords'' providing the voice of Man Fish the Fish Man. He currently resides in California.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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