Gordon Hunt (director)
| Gordon Hunt | |
|---|---|
| Born | Gordon Edwynn Hunt April 26, 1929 Sherman Oaks, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Director |
| Years active | 1959–present |
| Spouse(s) | Jane Elizabeth Novis (?–?; divorced) B.J. Ward (1995–present) |
| Website | http://www.gordonhunt.net/ |
Gordon Edwynn Hunt (born April 26, 1929) is an American actor, voice actor, director of stage, film, and voiceover and casting director.
He has directed such animated productions as The Jetsons, Scooby-Doo, Super Friends, The Pirates of Dark Water, Droopy, Master Detective, Pound Puppies, The Richie Rich Show, The Smurfs and many more.
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Life and career
Hunt was born in Sherman Oaks, California, the son of Helen F. (née Roberts; originally Rothenberg) and George Smith Hunt II, an industrial designer. He also has a younger half-brother, director and lighting designer Peter H. Hunt. His mother was from a German Jewish family; and his father, a Mayflower descendant, of English origin, was from Minnesota.[1][2] He is the father of actress Helen Hunt from his marriage to photographer Jane Elizabeth Novis; they later divorced. Since 1995, he has been married to voice actress B.J. Ward.
He had been working as a freelance director in New York before being hired to work at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, where he served as their casting director for ten years. He was then hired by Joseph Barbera to direct animated series at Hanna-Barbera. His first voice directing job was Partridge Family 2200 A.D. in 1974.[3]
With a prestigious twenty-year career at Hanna-Barbera, Hunt is now prominent in the voiceover forum, where he is a freelance director for multiple animated productions and video games. As a voice actor, he voiced the character of Wally in the animated adaptation of the comic strip Dilbert. He has often worked alongside colleague voice directors Ginny McSwain, Joseph Barbera, Andrea Romano and Kris Zimmerman. McSwain, Romano and Zimmerman have studied under him as casting directors and learned the profession from Hunt before becoming voice directors themselves. Andrea Romano considers him to be her mentor, who makes actors feel so comfortable and relaxed that she said, "Nobody does not like Gordon".[4]
He has also directed many television series, of which most were situation comedies. In 1996, he received the Directors Guild of America Award; "Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series" for Mad About You's episode The Alan Brady Show.
Gordon Hunt also voice directs multiple video games. Among the games he has worked on are Pandemonium, the God of War series, Lair, Final Fantasy XIV, Blur and the Uncharted series (Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception) on which, most recently in 2011, he also served as motion capture director on Uncharted: Golden Abyss.
Filmography
Voice director
Animated specials and movies
Video games
Actor; animated and film roles
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Crimes of Passion | Group Leader | Live-Action role |
| 1985 | Waiting to Act | Acting Coach Lars | Live-Action role |
| 1989 | Cheers | Gordon | Episode: "The Two Faces of Norm" |
| 1991 | (Blooper) Bunny | Director / Man in Audience / Movers | Animated short |
| Trancers II | Mustard Man | Live-Action role | |
| 1992-1993 | The Addams Family | Additional voices | Animated series |
| 1992-1995 | Capitol Critters | Additional voices | Animated series |
| 1993 | Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby | Additional voices | Made-For-Television animated movie |
| 1993-1994 | Bonkers | Additional voices | Animated series |
| 1998 | Mad About You | TV Host | Episode: "Paul Slips in the Shower" |
| 1999-2000 | Dilbert | Wally | Animated series |
| 2013 | I Know That Voice | Himself | Documentary |
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External links
- Articles with dead external links from October 2010
- Articles with hCards
- No local image but image on Wikidata
- 1929 births
- Living people
- Casting directors
- Voice directors
- Male actors from Los Angeles, California
- Male actors from Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles
- American television directors
- American theatre directors
- American male voice actors
- American people of English descent
- American people of German descent
- People from Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles
- Directors Guild of America Award winners
- Hanna-Barbera people
