Maurice LaMarche
Maurice LaMarche (born
March 30,
1958) is a
Canadian voice actor. He was born in
Toronto,
Ontario.
His signature voice is an impersonation of
Orson Welles. LaMarche provided the voice of the animated character The Brain in
Pinky and the Brain, who is modeled after Welles; many
Pinky and the Brain episodes are nods to Welles's career. LaMarche has voiced Welles himself on occasion. He dubbed over the voice of
Vincent D'Onofrio's performance of Welles in the film
Ed Wood and parodied Welles again in
The Critic, in which a video will devolves into a commercial for Mrs. Pells Fishsticks (as well as another for Rosebud Frozen Peas). In "Ghostbusters of the Year", an episode of
The Real Ghostbusters (in which he provided the voice of Dr. Egon Spengler), he played a "Citizen Kane" type ghost, Charles Foster Hearse.
LaMarche has also portrayed:
* The Kraken, a sea monster, and Hovis the butler on
Catscratch* Father (a.k.a. Mr. Wigglestein) on
Codename: Kids Next Door* Chief Quimby in
Inspector Gadget* Inspector Gadget in various
Inspector Gadget spinoff incarnations* The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight and The Fin (aka Mr. Smarty Pants) in
The Tick* Numerous secondary characters in
Futurama including
Kif Kroker,
Morbo,
Calculon,
Lrrr,
God, and Brainspawn, as well as a robot spoof of
Alan Alda's
M*A*S*H character
Hawkeye Pierce, in the
Futurama episode "
War is the H-Word"
* Recurring character Jeremy Hawke in
The Critic. He also did various other voices, such as the afore mentioned Orson Welles parody.
*
Egon Spengler in the many incarnations of the
Ghostbusters cartoons
*
Alec Baldwin in the
2004 feature film,
Team America: World Police.
*
Mortimer Mouse in
Mickey Mouse Works and
Disney's House of Mouse*
Kellogg's Froot Loops mascot
Toucan Sam*
George C. Scott in
The Simpsons episode
A Star is Burns. He would later appear in the 17th season as the voice of Commander McBragg in the episode
The Seemingly Never-Ending Story.
* Big Bob Pataki in
Hey Arnold! Also, in a Hey Arnold Halloween episode, he also voiced an alien hunter, using his Orson Welles voice.
*
Xiaolin Showdown - Master Fung (Seasons 2â€"3) and many others
*
Balto in the
second and
third animated
Balto movies, released only on DVD and video
* The animated
Willy Wonka character in
Nestlé's
Willy Wonka Candy Company commercials
* Henry, Mr. Wilson and Ruff from
Dennis the Menace* The android Gus in
Tripping the Rift* Numerous secondary characters in
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law* Nestor in
Full Throttle*
Yoshimo and Renal Bloodscalp in the award-winning RPG,
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn.
* Principal Pixiefrog, Mr. Hornbill, Mr. Mandrill, and Mr. Blowhole in
My Gym Partner's a Monkey* Larry the Tomato in the
Drawn Together episode "
Clum Babies"
* Dishonest John in a 1988 revival of
Beany and Cecil*
