1. Jackson Beck was an American actor best known as the announcer on radio's The Adventures of Superman and the voice of Bluto in the Famous era Popeye theatrical shorts.
15 Facts About Jackson Beck
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Jackson Beck impersonated Joseph Stalin and other world leaders for The March of Time radio series, starred as The Cisco Kid on radio from 1942 to 1945 and sleuth Philo Vance in a syndicated series from 1948 to 1950, starred in the dramatic anthology Brownstone Theater on Mutual, and served as narrator for the radio adventures of Tom Corbett, Space Cadet.
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Jackson Beck co-starred in several episodes of the CBS Radio Mystery Theater.
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Jackson Beck portrayed Perry White, Clark Kent's boss in Filmation's The New Adventures of Superman animated series and was narrator as well.
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Jackson Beck was the announcer for the first season of Tom Corbett, Space Cadet on television.
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In 1966, Jackson Beck dubbed the English voice of the judge listing Tuco's many crimes before sentencing him to death by hanging in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, and used his deep, dramatic, modulated voice as the narrator of Woody Allen's Take the Money and Run in 1969.
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Jackson Beck was prominent as well in Allen's 1987 film Radio Days, dubbing the voice of the on-the-spot newsman.
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Jackson Beck had a prolific career in animation, becoming one of the regular voice actors at Famous Studios in the mid-1940s.
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Jackson Beck voiced Bluto in the Popeye cartoons, Little Lulu's father, the fox in the Baby Huey cartoons, and Buzzy the Crow, who was a foil for Katnip the Cat in a number of cartoons.
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Jackson Beck was the voice of King Leonardo in the 1960s TV cartoon series of the same name.
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Jackson Beck had a part in the Peanuts 1977 film Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown as the snickering cat, Brutus.
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Jackson Beck was featured announcer on the 1972 comedy record album "National Lampoon Radio Dinner".
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Jackson Beck had done some voice work for MTV, mostly for their contest advertisements.
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Jackson Beck recorded voices for children's records such as The Little Engine That Could from Diplomat Records.
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Jackson Beck died of a stroke on July 28,2004, five days after his 92nd birthday.