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William Woodson is a Actor American born on 16 july 1917 at Glendale (USA)

William Woodson

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Birth name William T. Woodson
Nationality USA
Birth 16 july 1917 (106 years) at Glendale (USA)

William T. Woodson (born July 16, 1917) is a retired American voice actor, best known for his narration of the radio series This is Your FBI and the animated series Super Friends and all its spin-offs.

Biography

Stage career
Before becoming a professional actor, he acted in stock theatre for nearly a decade with his first appearance in a 1928 play.

In 1943, Bill Woodson made his Broadway debut as Lowell Denton in Harriet, starring Helen Hayes. He showed versatility as a performer, proving himself equally capable in classical roles such as that of Montano in Shubert Theatre's adaptation of William Shakespeare's Othello with Paul Robeson in the lead role. From 1946-47, the actor played, what is probably his best-known stage role, Le Bret opposite Jose Ferrer as the title character in Cyrano de Bergerac.

He also appeared as Tom Mackenzie in The Seven Year Itch, Stephen Douglas in The Rivalry and T. Stedman Harder in A Moon for the Misbegotten.

In 1947, he was among the first actors to be accepted to the first class of the newly formed Actors Studio.


Radio career
Woodson served as the narrator for the crime drama series This is Your FBI from 1948-53 on ABC radio.

He also voiced multiple characters on episodes of several other radio programs such as Suspense, Inheritance and Family Theater.


Film and television career
He had a small live-action appearance in the 1950s sci-fi film The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms as a newscaster. Another on-screen role was as Sergeant Ed Blankey on the drama television series This Man Dawson.

He can be heard in the opening narrative of the 1970s television series The Odd Couple, explaining how it is that Felix and Oscar end up rooming together. He did the narration for the pilot of "The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams". He also did some of the voice-over work on the 1960s series The Invaders.

He was a featured (but uncredited) voice-over announcer for WKRP In Cincinnati. It was his voice, inviting the audience to stay tuned for the epilogue for each episode. He also did various voice roles in several episodes, including the pre-recorded announcer of the intro to Les Nessman's newscasts.

In 1983, the actor served as the narrator for the miniseries adaptation of Herman Wouk's novel, The Winds of War, and its sequel miniseries, War and Remembrance. In this capacity, he would explain to the television audience the large-scale historical events that provide the context for the storylines of the two miniseries.


"Super Friends" and voice acting career
William Woodson's legacy will be his long association with the Super Friends series, where he served as narrator and sometimes voiced additional characters. He took over the role from Ted Knight. It wasn't the first time Woodson replaced Knight. In 1971, he had a bit part in Season 2, Episode 9 of The Mary Tyler Moore Show as "Big Voice Man", who auditions to be Ted's character's replacement while he takes his first vacation in 4 years.

Woodson narrated each subsequent Super Friends episode, narrating over 100 episodes, including the 7-minute short subject episodes produced from 1980 to 1983. Perhaps his most memorable line from the series was the often-used phrase that accompanied a transition to scenes at the Super Friends' headquarters: "Later, at the Hall of Justice..."

In a 2011 interview, he explained the reason for his pronunciation of Super Friends as "See-Yoo-per Friends" was that in high school people were criticizing his speech, so he decided to make it sound more sophisticated by channeling Ronald Colman and, among other things, stopped saying "Super" and started saying "See-Yoo-per".

In addition, he also supplied the opening narration and voice for several characters on Battle of the Planets, as well as playing the sinister tanner in Walt Disney's The Small One. In 1981, he did the voice of J. Jonah Jameson in Spider-Man and that same year, he reprised the character on Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends, where he also played Namor the Submariner in the episode "7 Little Superheroes".

Woodson later guest-starred on Garfield and Friends, The Jetsons, Tiny Toon Adventures and Duckman and other shows.


Other acting work
In 1966, he played the Secretary of War in 3 episodes of F-Troop.

He played the reporter in Stan Freberg's parody advertisement of Jacobsen Mowers, which were in actuality sheep grazing. In the satirical ad, he announced: "Jacobsen Mowers. Faster...than sheep!".

Bill Woodson is also the narrator of NFL Films' official films of Super Bowl II and he also narrated the 1967 NFL Championship Game, better known as the "Ice Bowl". The longtime voice of NFL Films, John Facenda, had been unavailable.

From 2004-2010, Woodson, a California resident, lent his austere deep voice to a series of humorous commercials promoting the Minnesota Twins. The ads had titles such as "The Minnesota Twins - Get to Know 'Em", "Every Fan Counts", and "This is Twins Territory". His voice can also be heard narrating in many Disney read-alongs.

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Don Bluth
Don Bluth
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David Zucker
David Zucker
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Jim Abrahams
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Filmography of William Woodson (9 films)

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The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear, 1h25
Directed by David Zucker
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Politique, White House in fiction
Actors Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, George Kennedy, Robert Goulet, Richard Griffiths, Jacqueline Brookes
Roles le présentateur de la publicité Hexagon Oil
Rating68% 3.449023.449023.449023.449023.44902
Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) is honored at the White House, where President George H. W. Bush (John Roarke) announces that he will base his recommendation for the country's energy program on Dr. Albert Meinheimer's (Richard Griffiths) advice at the National Press Club dinner the following week. The heads of the coal and oil (fossil fuel) and nuclear industries are apparently distressed by this fact, as Dr. Meinheimer is an advocate for renewable energy. Jane Spencer (Priscilla Presley), now working for Dr. Meinheimer, is working late at his research institute, crying about Frank. She spots a man in a red van. A maintenance worker, emptying out garbage cans, discovers a clock with dynamite attached and takes it to the security guards, accidentally triggering it. The next morning, Frank reacquaints himself with Jane as he interviews her about the explosion. He is shown around the institute and meets Jane's boyfriend, Hexagon Oil executive Quentin Hapsburg (Robert Goulet), of whom he becomes exceedingly jealous. Frank's boss, Ed Hocken (George Kennedy), finds him at a lonely blues bar. Meanwhile, at a meeting of the "energy" industry leaders, Hapsburg reveals that he has kidnapped Dr. Meinheimer and found an exact double for him, Earl Hacker, who will give their recommendation to the President endorsing fossil and nuclear fuels.
The Bonfire of the Vanities, 2h5
Directed by Brian De Palma
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
Actors Tom Hanks, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith, Kim Cattrall, Saul Rubinek, Morgan Freeman
Rating55% 2.7993652.7993652.7993652.7993652.799365
Sherman McCoy (Tom Hanks) is a Wall Street investor who makes millions while enjoying the good life and the sexual favors of Maria Ruskin (Melanie Griffith), a Southern belle gold digger. Sherman and Maria are driving back to Maria's apartment from JFK Airport when they take a wrong turn on the expressway and the two find themselves in the "war-zone" of the South Bronx. They are approached by two suspicious black youths after Sherman gets out of the car to move a tire placed purposely in the middle of the road. Sherman jumps back into the car and Maria guns the engine in reverse, running over one of the teenagers and putting him in a coma. The two drive away and decide not to report the accident to the police.
Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose, 1h36
Directed by Joseph Barbera, Ray Patterson, Arthur "Art" Davis
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Adventure, Animation
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Children's films
Actors Daws Butler, Don Messick, Frank Welker, Paul Winchell, Dave Coulier, Greg Burson
Roles a Movie Narrator
Rating65% 3.2886853.2886853.2886853.2886853.288685
Yogi leads his friends on a tour of the "Spruce Goose", the world famous flying boat, built by billionaire Howard Hughes. While touring, they were accidentally locked inside the plane. To make matters more worse, the dome where the plane was located closed up for the night. As the gang tried to get out, Augie Doggie tripped over and opened a door. Now the gang walked down a corridor and soon they came to the cockpit. While looking for a button or switch to open a door, Yogi pushed a button which magically activated the plane. Soon the gang exited the dome in the plane. In an attempt to avoid a bridge, Yogi pulls back the wheel, causing the Spruce Goose to lift off. A segment then occurs where the Spruce Goose is in outer space, and the gang begins seeing images of each other drawn in the stars. Later we saw two aliens Merkin and Firkin trying to invade earth by posing as "Earth people", but they were scared away from California by the Spruce Goose.
The Small One, 25minutes
Directed by Don Bluth, Richard Rich
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Themes Christmas films, Films about religion, Children's films
Actors Sean Marshall, William Woodson, Olan Soule, Hal Smith, Joe Higgins, Gordon Jump
Roles tanneur
Rating74% 3.733223.733223.733223.733223.73322
Outside of the city of Nazareth, a young boy and his father own four donkeys. Three of these donkeys are young and strong. The fourth donkey, Small One, is old and weak, but the boy loves him anyway. Everyday, the boy and the donkey play together before they go to work, helping the boy's father to collect wood.
More Dead than Alive
Directed by Robert Sparr
Genres Action, Western
Actors Clint Walker, Vincent Price, Anne Francis, Harry Lauter, Paul Hampton, William Woodson
Rating60% 3.048543.048543.048543.048543.04854
A murderer named Cain (Clint Walker) is released from prison after 18 years and wants to settle down as a rancher without ever having to touch a gun again. But no one will give him a job and people are after him for his earlier crimes. He finally takes an offer from a showman named Ruffalo (Vincent Price) to perform as "Killer Cain" in his traveling shooting show. However, after 18 years without practice, Cain is not as good as he once was with a gun. Cain tries to find redemption and peace when he falls in love with Monica Alton (Anne Francis), an artist from the east who came out west to paint. Yet Cain's reputation continues to dog him as past enemies (Mike Henry) try to settle old scores and a young gunslinger (Paul Hampton) looking to make his reputation by killing Cain.
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band, 1h50
Directed by Michael O'Herlihy
Origin USA
Genres Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Walter Brennan, Buddy Ebsen, Lesley Ann Warren, John Davidson, John Davidson, Janet Blair
Roles Henry White
Rating62% 3.1482753.1482753.1482753.1482753.148275
The Bower Family Band petitions the Democratic National Committee to sing a rally song for President Grover Cleveland at the party's 1888 convention. On the urging of Joe Carder, a journalist and suitor to eldest Bower daughter Alice, the family decides instead to move to the Dakota Territory. There, Grandpa Bower, a staunch Democrat, causes trouble with his pro-Cleveland sentiments. The Dakota residents are overwhelmingly Republican, and hope to get the territory admitted as two states (North and South Dakota) rather than one (so as to send four Republican senators to Washington rather than two). Grandpa's actions result in family strife, including nearly costing Alice her position as the town's new school teacher. The budding romance between Joe and Alice also suffers. In the end, more ballots are cast for Cleveland, but Republican nominee Benjamin Harrison nonetheless wins the Electoral College reversal and the presidency. Before he leaves office, Cleveland grants statehood to the two Dakotas, along with two Democrat-voting territories, evening the gains for both parties. The Dakotans, particularly the feuding young couple, resolve to live together in peace.
20 Million Miles to Earth, 1h19
Directed by Nathan Juran
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Adventure, Horror
Themes Space adventure films, Films about magic and magicians, Giant monster films, Space opera, Venus in film, Films about extraterrestrial life, Disaster films
Actors William Hopper, Joan Taylor, Frank Puglia, Ray Harryhausen, John Zaremba, Bart Braverman
Rating62% 3.1489553.1489553.1489553.1489553.148955
Off the coast of a small Sicilian fishing village, two fishermen watch in amazement as a spaceship pierces the skies and crashes into the sea. The men, Mondello (Don Orlando) and Verrico (George Khoury), row out to the site and pull two space travelers from the capsized craft before it shudders and sinks into the sea. Meanwhile, in Washington, D.C., General A. D. McIntosh (Thomas Browne Henry) discovers that the government's missing spacecraft, piloted by Col. Bob Calder (William Hopper), has been located off the coast of Italy. As McIntosh flies to Italy, Pepe (Bart Braverman), a little boy who lives in the fishing village of Gerra, finds a metal capsule that has washed up on the beach. Upon opening the capsule, he finds a jelly-like glob inside and sells it to Dr. Leonardo (Frank Puglia), a visiting zoologist who is studying sea creatures. Meanwhile, Leonardo's medical-student granddaughter Marisa (Joan Taylor) is summoned to town to take care of the injured Calder and his companion, Dr. Sharman. When Calder regains consciousness, he finds Sharman in the last throes of the fatal disease that decimated his crew.
Down Three Dark Streets, 1h25
Directed by Arnold Laven
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Broderick Crawford, Ruth Roman, Martha Hyer, Marisa Pavan, Max Showalter, Gene Reynolds
Rating66% 3.342963.342963.342963.342963.34296
FBI agent John Ripley investigates the three cases his murdered partner Zack Stewart was working on, thinking there could be a connection.