1. Rodger Bumpass was born on November 20,1951 and is an American actor.
21 Facts About Rodger Bumpass
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Rodger Bumpass is known for his role as Squidward Tentacles on the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants.
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Rodger Bumpass was born on November 20,1951, in Little Rock, Arkansas, to Carroll C and Virginia Cathey Bumpass.
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Rodger Bumpass had two siblings, one of whom was stillborn.
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Rodger Bumpass memorized the comedy albums of Jonathan Winters and Bill Cosby and was inspired by Tim Conway's physical comedy.
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Rodger Bumpass attended Little Rock Central High School, where he received his first training in theater.
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Rodger Bumpass worked at the campus radio station and at Jonesboro's ABC affiliated television station, KAIT-TV, where he had multiple duties as announcer, film processor, cameraman, audio technician, and technical director.
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Rodger Bumpass graduated from A-State in 1976, and when encouraged by an A-State professor to consider professional theater, he moved to New York in June 1977.
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Rodger Bumpass has been voicing and acting in films since the 1960s and has appeared on stage through the mid-1970s until the late 1980s.
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In 1979, Rodger Bumpass was cast as the leading role in a National Lampoon film to be called Jaws 3, People 0 in which he would have a love scene with Bo Derek.
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In 1980, Rodger Bumpass created the character of 'Fartman' to appear on the National Lampoon LP The White Album, which later inspired the Howard Stern character by the same name.
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Rodger Bumpass is best known to present-day viewers as the voice of Squidward Tentacles and various incidental characters on the Nickelodeon animated comedy series SpongeBob SquarePants.
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In 2012, Rodger Bumpass received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for his role as Squidward.
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On July 27,2019, Rodger Bumpass married Angela VanZandt, with whom he attended high school fifty years prior.
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On January 15,2016, Rodger Bumpass was arrested for alleged DUI in Burbank, California.
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Rodger Bumpass was said to have been leaning against the vehicle, and when officers approached him for questioning, he attempted to walk away and lost his balance.
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Rodger Bumpass admitted to drinking and driving after leaving a Burbank bar before the police spotted him, and he was handcuffed after failing a sobriety test.
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Rodger Bumpass was later released on a $15,000 bail shortly the next morning.
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Nickelodeon representatives were notified of the incident by Rodger Bumpass, but did not release any immediate comments or actions regarding the matter.
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On January 25,2016, ten days after the incident, Nickelodeon representatives confirmed to TMZ that Rodger Bumpass would remain on SpongeBob SquarePants for the foreseeable future.
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The representatives alleged that the network did not consider DUI charges to be an immoral act, and thus Rodger Bumpass was not legally subject to termination.