- Rodger Bumpass
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awards =Rodger Bumpass (born
November 20 ,1951 ) is an Americanvoice actor with credits in cartoons stretching back to "The Jetsons ." He was born inJonesboro, Arkansas . Present-day viewers know him as the voice ofSquidward Tentacles , Dr. Gill Gilliam and theanchovies on the Nickelodeon animated series "SpongeBob SquarePants ", The Chief from "Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego ", Dr. Light on "Teen Titans",Professor Membrane on "Invader Zim ". He has also appeared in adult cartoons, such as "Heavy Metal". Bumpass has over 693 film credits, according toIMDb .According to
Matty Simmons ' book, "If You Don't Buy This Book We'll Kill This Dog - Life, Laughs, Love and Death at the National Lampoon", Bumpass was to star in a comedy called "Jaws 3 - People 0", for "National Lampoon". It would have followed "Animal House ", and starred Bumpass withBo Derek , who had just made her movie "10".Universal Studios canceled the deal before shooting.Fact|date=February 2007During August 2006, rumors were circulated that Bumpass died during heart surgery. His death was noted on
IMDb and in theArkansas State University alumni newsletter. Bumpass confirmed that reports of his death were untrue. [http://www.kait8.com/Global/story.asp?S=5335667]Bumpass is married to actor
Amy Stiller , sister of actor/writer/directorBen Stiller . Bumpass rides arecumbent bicycle ; as an in-joke by the producers of theSpongeBob SquarePants Movie , Squidward does too.External links
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