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William Richard Werstine [1] [4] (born April 16, 1952), [5] [2] known professionally as Billy West, is an American voice actor, musician and radio personality.His voice roles include Bugs Bunny in the 1996 film Space Jam and several subsequent projects, the title characters of Doug and The Ren & Stimpy Show, and the Futurama characters Philip J. Fry, Professor Farnsworth, Dr. Zoidberg, Zapp ...
The episode was written by Aaron Ehasz and directed by Peter Avanzino. Stephen Hawking guest stars during the second segment. [2] [5] David Herman voices Professor Farnsworth in the third segment, in place of regular voice actor Billy West.
Guest stars have appeared on Futurama since its first season, in addition to the show's main cast of Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, Tress MacNeille, and Maurice LaMarche and supporting cast of Kath Soucie, Tom Kenny, Dawnn Lewis and former supporting cast member Frank Welker and Bumper Robinson.
Voice actors on board were Billy West, ... 3 episodes 2004: ... Futurama: Won Behind the Voice Actors People's Choice Voice Acting Award
Billy West provides the voice of Fry. Although Billy West stated in an interview that the name "Philip" was given to Fry by Matt Groening as a homage to the late Phil Hartman , for whom the role of Zapp Brannigan was created, [ 4 ] Groening said during the 2013 Futurama panel at San Diego Comic-Con that Fry was in fact named after Groening's ...
Original series cast members Billy West, Katey Sagal, Tress MacNeille, Maurice LaMarche, Lauren Tom, Phil LaMarr and David Herman are all set to reprise their respective roles for the Hulu series.
Futurama had eight main cast members. Billy West performed the voices of Philip J. Fry, Professor Farnsworth, Doctor Zoidberg, Zapp Brannigan, and many other incidental characters. West auditioned for "just about every part", landing the roles of the Professor and Doctor Zoidberg. [46]
Professor Farnsworth is voiced by Billy West, using a combination of impressions of Burgess Meredith and Frank Morgan. [5] West has stated that the voice for Farnsworth is meant to be a bit shaky and that when developing the voice he came up with "a combination of all the wizard-type characters you heard when you were a kid, Burgess Meredith and Frank Morgan in The Wizard of Oz."