April 04, 2011

Voice Actor - Earl Hammond

Earl Hammond was best remembered for providing the voices of Mumm-Ra, Jaga, and other characters on the 1980s animated TV series ThunderCats, and for being the voice of villain Mon*Star on the 1980s animated TV series Silverhawks. He was also the voice of the Transformers villain Megatron in a series of children's read-along books.

He started his television career in the early 1950s, his first major role being as a regular, Sergeant Lane, on the Dumont police drama Inside Detective. At the same time, he was also the first of three actors to portray the title character in the short-lived ABC TV science-fiction adventure series Buck Rogers, which ran from April 15, 1950 to January 30, 1951. In the mid 1950's, he had a major role in the daily/noontime CBS television soap opera Valiant Lady, as Hal Soames, the married love interest of the widowed title character. Earl passed away May 1st, 2002, at the age of 79.



Credit List
Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers, The (1986, Animated Series) Captain Kidd
Commander Joseph Walsh
King Spartos
Lazarus Slade
Wildfire Cody
Buster and Chauncey's Silent Night (1998, Animated Film) (additional voices)
Comic Strip, The (1987, Animated Series) Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
Walro
Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, The (1985, Stop-Motion Animated Special) Santa Claus
Light Years (1988, Animated Film) Blaminhor
Peter Absolute on the Erie Canal (2000, Audio Book Serial) Hank
Seeing Ear Theatre (1997, Internet Radio Series) Count de Lunel
The Governor
Silverhawks (1986, Animated Series) Commander Stargazer
Mon-star
Star Blazers (1979, Anime Series) (additional voices)
Thundercats (1985, Animated Series) Amuck
Jaga
Mumm-Ra
Tugg-Mugg
Vultureman
World of Hans Christian Andersen, The (1971, Anime Film) Ducks
Theatre Manager

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