Bob Johnson (voice actor)

Robert Cleveland "Bob" Johnson (born May 4, 1920 in Portland , Oregon , † December 31, 1993 in Molokaʻi , Hawaii ) was an American voice actor .

Life

Johnson began his career as a voice actor in 1956 with the Woody Woodpecker - Cartoons Niagara Fools . He played the role of the ranger trying to keep Woodpecker from falling down Niagara Falls in a barrel . During the year he had various speaking roles in the horror film The Black Scorpion . He had another pure speaking role in Arthur Hiller's war film For Officers Only . Between 1963 and 1964, he said, changing roles in the television series The Outer Limits and played in sequence Talos IV - taboo series Star Trek theTransporter Chief Pitcairn , but not in the picture.

From 1966 to 1973 he was in 158 episodes of the US original version of the series Kobra, taking over the voice of the secret messages of the secret service IMF , which was played at the beginning of each episode from a tape device, which then destroyed itself. In the German version, this always ended with the words “Should you or someone from your special unit be captured or killed, the minister will deny any knowledge of this operation. This tape will self-destruct in five seconds. Good luck jim Kobra, take over! ” . When the series was resumed in 1988 with Peter Graves , Johnson also returned as a speaker, this time not using tape recorders, but optical data storage devices .

Filmography (selection)

• 1964: For Officers Only ( The Americanization of Emily )
• 1963–1964: The Outer Limits (TV series, 11 episodes)
• 1966: Starship Enterprise ( Star Trek )
• 1966–1973: Cobra, Take Over ( Mission: Impossible )
• 1967: Zoff for two ( Double Trouble )
• 1988–1990: On a secret mission ( Mission: Impossible )

Web links

• Bob Johnson in the Internet Movie Database (English)