William Kopp is an American animator, writer and voice actor.

Career

Kopp studied animation at the

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. In 1984, he won a Merit Award from the

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for ''Mr. Gloom''. In 1985, he won a Student Academy Award for ''Observational Hazard''. Kopp animated the Whammy on the 1980s game show '' Press Your Luck'' and voiced the title character on Fox's '' Eek! The Cat'' and Kutter in ''

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'', which he created with

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. He also voiced Tom in the Tom and Jerry films '' Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars'' and '' Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry''.The New York Times
/ref> He was an animator for ''

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'' "The Simpsons" shorts, but left after one season. Kopp created '' The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show'' and '' Mad Jack the Pirate'', worked as an executive producer and writer for '' Toonsylvania'', produced and directed ''

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'' cartoons, wrote '' Hare and Loathing in Las Vegas'' and '' The Incredible Crash Dummies''. Kopp worked on the story of two ''Roger Rabbit Shorts'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. He was also the writer/director/co-producer on '' Tales from the Crypts series finale "The Third Pig". He was the director of most episodes of '' The Twisted Whiskers Show''. Kopp is a regular on Cartoon Network's ''

Mighty Magiswords Mighty may refer to: * ''Mighty'' (The Planet Smashers album) * ''Mighty'' (Kristene DiMarco album) * ''The Mighty'' (1929 film), a 1929 American action film *'' The Mighty'', a 1998 comedy-drama film * ''The Mighty'' (comics), a DC Comics title * ...

'' providing the voice of Man Fish the Fish Man. He currently resides in California.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* Living people 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors 20th-century American artists 21st-century American artists American male voice actors American voice directors Animators from Illinois People from Rockford, Illinois California Institute of the Arts alumni American casting directors Film directors from Illinois American animated film directors American storyboard artists American television writers American male television writers Screenwriters from Illinois Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-animator-stub