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| rdfs:comment | - Jackson Beck (July 23, 1912 - July 28, 2004) was a prolific voice actor in radio, animation, and commercials, who was perhaps best known as the Narrator on radio's The Adventures of Superman. He reprised the role on the animated series The New Adventures of Superman and its spin-offs, as well as in records and various live recreations.
- Beck's father, Max Beck, was a silent film actor. Beck had a career in radio, television, and animation dating from 1931 with Myrt and Marge, among other roles. In 1943, he took over as narrator of radio's The Adventures of Superman; it was Beck who intoned the familiar prologue "strange visitor from another planet..." Decades later, he portrayed Perry White, Clark Kent's boss in Filmation's The New Adventures of Superman animated series and was narrator as well. He also impersonated Joseph Stalin and other world leaders for the March of Time radio series, starred as The Cisco Kid on radio from 1942-1945 and sleuth Philo Vance in a syndicated series from 1948-1950, and served as narrator for the radio adventures of Tom Corbett, Space Cadet.
- In addition to a lengthy career in radio and film as a narrator and actor, Beck was a prolific voice artist in animation, becoming a regular at Famous Studios in the mid-1940s. He voiced Bluto in the Popeye cartoons, Little Lulu's father and Buzzy the Crow, who was a foil for Katnip the Cat in a number of cartoons. Later, he would lend his voice to animated television films such as Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown and series like G. I. Joe and Popeye the Sailor (as Bluto's replacement, Brutus). His voice was also employed for commercials, as an announcer, and in various other capacities.
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| abstract | - Jackson Beck (July 23, 1912 - July 28, 2004) was a prolific voice actor in radio, animation, and commercials, who was perhaps best known as the Narrator on radio's The Adventures of Superman. He reprised the role on the animated series The New Adventures of Superman and its spin-offs, as well as in records and various live recreations.
- Beck's father, Max Beck, was a silent film actor. Beck had a career in radio, television, and animation dating from 1931 with Myrt and Marge, among other roles. In 1943, he took over as narrator of radio's The Adventures of Superman; it was Beck who intoned the familiar prologue "strange visitor from another planet..." Decades later, he portrayed Perry White, Clark Kent's boss in Filmation's The New Adventures of Superman animated series and was narrator as well. He also impersonated Joseph Stalin and other world leaders for the March of Time radio series, starred as The Cisco Kid on radio from 1942-1945 and sleuth Philo Vance in a syndicated series from 1948-1950, and served as narrator for the radio adventures of Tom Corbett, Space Cadet. In 1969, Beck used his deep, dramatic, modulated voice as the narrator of Woody Allen's Take the Money and Run. Three years earlier, he dubbed the English voice of the judge listing Tuco's many crimes before sentencing him to death by hanging in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Beck was one of the players in National Lampoon's first comedy album Radio Dinner in 1972. He was prominent as well in Allen's 1987 film Radio Days, dubbing the voice of the on-the-spot newsman. Beck also co-starred in several episodes of the CBS Radio Mystery Theater (CBSRMT).
- In addition to a lengthy career in radio and film as a narrator and actor, Beck was a prolific voice artist in animation, becoming a regular at Famous Studios in the mid-1940s. He voiced Bluto in the Popeye cartoons, Little Lulu's father and Buzzy the Crow, who was a foil for Katnip the Cat in a number of cartoons. Later, he would lend his voice to animated television films such as Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown and series like G. I. Joe and Popeye the Sailor (as Bluto's replacement, Brutus). His voice was also employed for commercials, as an announcer, and in various other capacities. Beck died of a stroke on July 28, 2004 at age 92. He is buried in Brooklyn's Mount Hope Cemetery.
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