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  • Peter Fernandez
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  • Peter Fernandez (January 29, 1927 – July 15, 2010) was an American actor, voice actor, and director. Despite a career extending from the 1930s, he is probably best known for his uncredited roles in the 1967 anime Speed Racer. Fernandez co-wrote the scripts, was the voice director, and translated the English language version of the theme song. He was instrumental in introducing many Japanese anime series to English-speaking audiences.
  • Fernandez died on July 15, 2010 from complications of lung cancer at age 83.
  • Despite a vast and varied career in entertainment extending from the late 1930s to the present day, he was perhaps best known for voicing the title role of Speed Racer in the eponymous 1967 anime dub. He, among others, in his capacity as a voice-actor, writer, and producer, was instrumental in introducing many anime series to anglophonic audiences.
  • Peter Fernandez was an actor, voice actor and director from New York City. Born in 1949, he began as a child model for the John Robert Power Agency and had appeared on both radio and Broadway until he was drafted into the US Army at the age of 18. After his discharge from the Army in 1946, he had become a writer for both radio and pulp fiction, and later on had worked both in voice-acting and as a director. His notable role includes his work in Speed Racer, having voiced Speed Racer and Racer X as well as served as the lyricist of the english version's theme song as well as further voiced Headmaster Spritle and played the role of the racing announcer in the live action 2008 film. The announcer's rapid-fire delivery of dialogue was devised by Fernandez and his fellow co-stars in order to mi
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Name
  • Peter Fernandez
  • Fernandez, Peter
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  • Fernandez attending the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival premiere of Speed Racer, with his grandson.
Birthdate
  • 1927-01-29
Date of Death
  • 2010-07-15
Deathdate
  • 2010-07-15
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  • 1949
Occupation
  • Actor, voice actor, director
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  • 237
Date of Birth
  • 1927-01-29
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  • Peter Fernandez was an actor, voice actor and director from New York City. Born in 1949, he began as a child model for the John Robert Power Agency and had appeared on both radio and Broadway until he was drafted into the US Army at the age of 18. After his discharge from the Army in 1946, he had become a writer for both radio and pulp fiction, and later on had worked both in voice-acting and as a director. His notable role includes his work in Speed Racer, having voiced Speed Racer and Racer X as well as served as the lyricist of the english version's theme song as well as further voiced Headmaster Spritle and played the role of the racing announcer in the live action 2008 film. The announcer's rapid-fire delivery of dialogue was devised by Fernandez and his fellow co-stars in order to mimic the mouth flaps of its original version. He was also notable for his work for for Courage the Cowardly Dog, which he noted as among his favorite works, where he was the voice director and voiced cameo roles throughout the series. Fernandez had lived in Pomona, New York with his wife, Noel Smith. On July 15th, 2010, Fernandez had passed away from lung cancer at age 83.
  • Peter Fernandez (January 29, 1927 – July 15, 2010) was an American actor, voice actor, and director. Despite a career extending from the 1930s, he is probably best known for his uncredited roles in the 1967 anime Speed Racer. Fernandez co-wrote the scripts, was the voice director, and translated the English language version of the theme song. He was instrumental in introducing many Japanese anime series to English-speaking audiences.
  • Fernandez died on July 15, 2010 from complications of lung cancer at age 83.
  • Despite a vast and varied career in entertainment extending from the late 1930s to the present day, he was perhaps best known for voicing the title role of Speed Racer in the eponymous 1967 anime dub. He, among others, in his capacity as a voice-actor, writer, and producer, was instrumental in introducing many anime series to anglophonic audiences.
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