Gordon Hunt

Early life and career Hunt was born on Friday, April 26, 1929,

He had been working as a freelance director in New York City 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.

With a prestigious twenty-year career at Hanna-Barbera, Hunt was now prominent in the voiceover forum, where he was 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, Andrea Romano, Kris Zimmerman and Jamie Thomason. McSwain, Romano and Zimmerman had studied under him as animation 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".

He 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 Yous episode The Alan Brady Show. Hunt also voice directed multiple video games. Among the games he worked on are Pandemonium, the God of War series, Lair, Final Fantasy XIV, Blur, the Legacy of Kain series, and the Uncharted series. He also served as motion capture director on Uncharted: Golden Abyss.

Personal life He was the father of actress Helen Hunt from his marriage to photographer Jane Elizabeth Novis; they later divorced. He later married voice actress B.J. Ward in 1995, they remained married until Hunt's death in 2016.

Filmography

Recording director + Animated television series Year Title Notes 1974 ABC Afterschool Specials Episode: "Cyrano" 1974–1975 Partridge Family 2200 A.D. These Are the Days 1975–1978 The Great Grape Ape Show 1980 The Flintstone Comedy Show The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show 1980–1983 The All New Popeye Hour 1981 The Kwicky Koala Show 1980–1981 The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang 1980–1982 Super Friends 1980–1984 The Richie Rich Show 1981–1982 Laverne & Shirley in the Army Trollkins Space Stars 1981–1989 The Smurfs 1982 The Gary Coleman Show 1982–1983 Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour Recording director for Laverne & Shirley The Scooby & Scrappy-Doo/Puppy Hour Pac-Man 1982–1984 The Little Rascals Shirt Tales 1983 The Dukes Monchhichis 1983–1984 The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show The Biskitts ABC Weekend Specials 3 episodes 1984–1985 Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show Challenge of the GoBots 1984–1986 Pink Panther and Sons 1984–1988 Yogi's Treasure Hunt 1984–1989 Snorks 1985 The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible Galtar and the Golden Lance CBS Storybreak 11 episodes The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo 1985–1986 The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians Paw Paws 1985–1987 The Jetsons 1980s revival of the original show 1986 Wildfire 1986–1987 The New Adventures of Jonny Quest Pound Puppies 1986–1988 Foofur The Flintstone Kids 1987 Sky Commanders Popeye and Son 1988 The New Yogi Bear Show The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley Recording Director for "Ed Grimley" and "Amazing Gustav Brothers" segments Casting Director for "Count Floyd" segment 1988–1990 Fantastic Max 1988–1991 A Pup Named Scooby-Doo1989 The Further Adventures of SuperTed 1990 Gravedale High Midnight Patrol: Adventures in the Dream Zone Paddington Bear 1990–1991 Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures Wake, Rattle, and Roll Animated segments only The Adventures of Don Coyote and Sancho Panda Timeless Tales from Hallmark 1990–1994 Tom & Jerry Kids 1991 Yo Yogi! 1991–1993 The Pirates of Dark Water 1992 Fish Police 1992–1993 The Addams Family 1992–1995 Capitol Critters1993–1994 Droopy, Master Detective 1993–1995 Captain Planet and the Planeteers 33 episodes

Animated specials and films + Animated specials and films Year Title Notes 1982 Yogi Bear's All Star Comedy Christmas Caper 1983 Lucky Luke: The Daltons on the Run English Version 1987 The Little Troll Prince The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers Yogi's Great Escape Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose Rock Odyssey 'Tis The Season to Be Smurfy 1988 Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound Yogi and the Invasion of the Space Bears Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf Daffy Duck's Quackbusters Rockin' with Judy Jetson 1989 Hanna-Barbera's 50th: A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration 1990 The Yum Yums: The Day Things Went Sour Jetsons: The Movie 1992 Tom and Jerry: The Movie Monster in My Pocket: The Big Scream1993 I Yabba-Dabba Do! Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby Jonny's Golden Quest Nick and Noel The Halloween Tree The Town Santa Forgot A Flintstone Family Christmas

Animated shorts + Animated specials and movies Year Title Notes 1987 The Duxorcist Daffy Duck cartoon 1988 The Night of the Living Duck Daffy Duck cartoon 1998 Chicken Little

Video games + Video games Year Title Notes 1996 Pandemonium Blazing Dragons 1999 Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2001 Soul Reaver 2 2002 Blood Omen 2 2003 Star Trek: Elite Force II The Italian Job Legacy of Kain: Defiance 2004 ShellShock: Nam '67 Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone 2005 SOCOM 3 U.S. Navy SEALs SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs: Fireteam Bravo 2006 Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs: Fireteam Bravo 2 SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs: Combined Assault 2007 God of War II Uncharted: Drake's Fortune Tomb Raider: Anniversary Lair 2009 Uncharted 2: Among Thieves 2010 God of War III God of War: Ghost of Sparta Final Fantasy XIV Blur 2011 Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception Uncharted: Golden Abyss

Voice director + Animated television series Year Title Notes 1993 Mighty Max1994 The Bears Who Saved Christmas Exosquad 1996–1998 Adventures from the Book of Virtues 2000–2001 God, the Devil and Bob

Actor: animated and film roles + Actor 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 "The KiloWatts Riot" 1993 Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby Additional voices Television animated movie 1993–1994 Bonkers Additional voices "A Woolly Bully," "Fall-Apart Land" 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