- Peter Fernandez
Infobox actor
name = Peter Fernandez
caption = Fernandez attending the 2008Tribeca Film Festival premiere of "Speed Racer", with his grandson.
birthdate =29 January 1927
birthplace =New York City Peter Fernandez (born
29 January 1927 ) is an Americanactor ,voice actor , director, andfilm crew person from the United States with extensive experience in screenwriting, production, and voice and dialogue direction. Despite a vast and varied career in entertainment extending from the late 1930s to the present day, Fernandez is perhaps best known for his uncredited roles of both the title character, and Rex Racer/Racer X in the 1967 anime dub of "Speed Racer " (which he also co-wrote; he was also the voice director for the series). Peter, among others, in his capacity as a voice-actor, writer, and producer, was instrumental in introducing manyanime series to Anglophonic audiences. [ [http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ff20080703r2.html] ] He was the voice director forCourage the Cowardly Dog , which he has been quoted as saying is his favorite job so far. He also has made cameos in a number of episodes, as the spirit of the harvest and a wish granting tree.He was the voice director for Robert Mandell's
Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers series.Peter had a cameo in the 2008 film "Speed Racer" as a racing announcer. He is also currently the voice of Spritle in the 2008 animated spinoff, "", and the original Speed Racer, as seen in the episode, "The Note".
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American Anime Awards External links
* [http://www.myspace.com/speedracersvoice Peter Fernandez's MySpace Page]
* [http://vbfile1.voicebank.net/sandboxes/47/Commercial%20-%20Actors/Fernandez%2C%20Peter.mp3 Recent commercial voice work by Fernandez]
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