West, Billy

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Name
West, Billy Gender: M
William Richard Werstine
born on 16 April 1952 at 08:00 (= 08:00 AM )
Place Detroit, Michigan, 42n20, 83w03
Timezone EST h5w (is standard time)
Data source
From memory
Rodden Rating A
Collector: Scholfield
Astrology data s_su.18.gif s_aricol.18.gif 26°28' s_mo.18.gif s_capcol.18.gif 15°27 Asc.s_gemcol.18.gif 09°43'



Billy West (on a panel for "Futurama" at the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con)
photo: Gage Skidmore, license cc-by-sa-3.0

Biography

American voice actor, comedian, impressionist, musician, and former 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, as well as the Futurama characters Philip J. Fry, Professor Farnsworth, Dr. Zoidberg, and Zapp Brannigan. In commercials, he is the current voice of the Red M&M and formerly voiced Buzz for Honey Nut Cheerios. West also voices other established characters such as Elmer Fudd, Popeye, Shaggy Rogers, Skeets, Tom, Muttley, and Woody Woodpecker. He was a cast member on The Howard Stern Show, during which time he was noted for his impressions of Larry Fine, Marge Schott, George Takei, and Jackie Martling.

West was previously married to Violet Benny, but they later divorced. He is of Irish descent, and was born with ADHD and autism.

Link to Wikipedia biography

Relationships

  • associate relationship with Harry, Debbie (born 1 July 1945). Notes: Music collaborators
  • associate relationship with Reed, Lou (born 2 March 1942). Notes: Music collaborators
  • associate relationship with Wilson, Brian (born 20 June 1942). Notes: Music collaborators
  • role played of/by Blanc, Mel (born 30 May 1908). Notes: West impersonated Blanc's voice
  • role played of/by Love, Mike (born 15 March 1941). Notes: West impersonated Love's voice
  • role played of/by Takei, George (born 20 April 1937). Notes: West impersonated Takei's voice

Source Notes

Sy Scholfield quotes West on Twitter: "Also my birthday April 16th" [1], "That was 52 years ago. So if I’m 69 she’s 82. Omg…" (posted 11 August 2021) [2], "8:00 AM" (when asked "do you know what clock time you were born?") [3], "I was born in Detroit" [4], [5], [6].

Categories

  • Traits : Body : Race (Irish)
  • Diagnoses : Psychological : ADHD
  • Diagnoses : Psychological : Other Psychological (Autism)
  • Vocation : Business/Marketing : Advertising (Voice actor)
  • Vocation : Entertainment : Comedy
  • Vocation : Entertainment : Radio/ D.J./ Announcer
  • Vocation : Entertainment : Voice-Over
  • Vocation : Entertainment : Voice-Over
  • Vocation : Entertain/Music : Group/ Duo (Billy West and The Grief Counselors)
  • Vocation : Entertain/Music : Instrumentalist (Guitar)
  • Vocation : Entertain/Music : Song writer
  • Vocation : Entertain/Music : Vocalist/ Pop, Rock, etc. (Rock, blues)