19 Facts About Lou Scheimer

Louis Scheimer was an American producer and voice actor who was one of the original founders of Filmation.

Lou Scheimer was credited as an executive producer of many of its cartoons.

Lou Scheimer graduated from Carnegie Tech University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with a bachelor's degree in fine arts in 1952.

Lou Scheimer formed a close working relationship with former Disney animator Hal Sutherland, with the two later becoming business partners.

Lou Scheimer figured that he could form his own company to produce animation.

For Star Trek: The Animated Series, Lou Scheimer won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Entertainment - Children's Series.

Early in Filmation's history, Lou Scheimer contributed a number of guest or secondary voices for the various productions.

Lou Scheimer was the voice of Legal Eagle and the Brown Hornet's sidekick Stinger, and did voice-over narration during the opening credits of the majority of Filmation shows and cartoons.

Lou Scheimer played a significant role in the creation of the cartoons He-Man and the Masters of the Universe and BraveStarr.

Lou Scheimer became a voice actor for the show, going under the pseudonym "Erik Gunden".

The reason that Lou Scheimer performed the voices for so many supporting characters was that the "official" voice actors were contracted to perform no more than three different voices per episode.

Since there were usually only three regular cast members working on each show, Lou Scheimer would fill in the rest of the male cast.

Lou Scheimer transformed He-Man from a graphically violent version of Conan the Barbarian into a pro-social character, who imparted a life lesson to impressionable viewers in each episode.

Lou Scheimer effectively went into retirement after the end of his studio.

Lou Scheimer went into production on Robin and the Dreamweavers, an adult animated feature film.

Lou Scheimer provided consultation work for Gang of Seven Animation.

Lou Scheimer was married to Joanne "Jay" Wucher until her death.

Lou Scheimer underwent quadruple bypass surgery in the late 1990s and was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.

Lou Scheimer died from the disease at his home in Tarzana, California, on October 17,2013, two days before his 85th birthday.