Jim Cummings is the American voice actor who provides the voices for Lord Boxman, Boxman Jr., Can Wizard, & Mecha Maw. He is also very well-known for providing the voices of Darkwing Duck from the titular Disney series, Dr. Robotnik from Sonic the Hedgehog, and being the current voices of various classic characters like Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Pete, and the Tasmanian Devil among others.
Early Life and Career[]
Born in Youngstown, Ohio, Cummings relocated to New Orleans, where he designed and painted Mardi Gras floats, worked as a riverboat deckhand and sang and played drums in the regionally successful rock band, "FUSION". He attended Immaculate Conception and St. Columbagrade schools as well as Ursuline High School and graduated from there in 1970.
Some of Cummings' earliest vocal work was at Disney, where he replaced Hal Smith as the voice of Winnie-the-Pooh in 1988 (Smith had taken over the role from longtime actor Sterling Holloway in 1981). He began voicing Tigger in 1989, taking over for Paul Winchell (though Winchell voiced Tigger four more times, the last time being in February 1999) after Winchell died in 2005. In 1991, he ventured to Warner Bros. Animation and began voicing the Tasmanian Devil on the animated series Taz-Mania (he would voice the character on other Warner Brothers shows, such as Animaniacs, and reprise the voice in 2006 in Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas).
When actor Jeremy Irons, the voice of Scar in The Lion King, developed vocal problems during recording of the song "Be Prepared", Cummings was chosen to replace him for the rest of the song. Cummings would later be hired as the singing double for Russell Means in Pocahontas and Christopher Lloyd in Anastasia.
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| — Companies and Staff (OK K.O.! Krew) — | |
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| Producers | Janet Dimon (supervising) • Toby Jones (executive) • Ian Jones-Quartey (executive) |
| Directors | Supervising: Toby Jones • Geneva Hodgson Art: John Pham • Kali Ciesemier |
| Story Writers | Toby Jones • Ian Jones-Quartey • Erin Shade • Dave Tennant |
| Storyboarders | Artists & Writers: Dave Alegre • Stevie Borbolla • Mira Ong Chua • Iggy Craig • Danny Ducker • Geneva Hodgson • Toby Jones • Ian Jones-Quartey • Haewon Lee • Ryann Shannon • Parker Simmons
Supervisors: Jeremy Polgar • Jeff Liu Revisionists: Dante Buford • Max Collins • Iggy Craig • Kofi Fiagome • Katrina Ruzics |
| Character/Prop Designers | Ben Adams • Ben Bates • Danny Hynes • Damon Moran • Julia Srednicki • Nicolette Wood • Brandon Wu |
| Background Artists | Designers: Diego Molano • Daniella Rosu-Ortiz • Ryan Cecil Smith
Painters: William Gibbons • Thomas Lynch III • Emily Walus • Amanda Winterstein |
| Colorists | Kali Ciesemier • Ashley Fisher • Amanda Thomas • Jessica Yost |
| Composers | Mint Potion Studios: Robbie Altschuler • Brian Burwell • Jake Kaufman • Madeline Lim • Sam Lustig • Ben Nix-Bradley • Preston Seeholzer
Other Song Writers: Ben Esposito • William Gibbons • Geneva Hodgson • Ian Jones-Quartey • Ryann Shannon • Parker Simmons • David C. Smith • Rebecca Sugar Vocalists: Ben Esposito • Rebecca Sugar • Matthew D. Twining |
| Voice Actors | Diedrich Bader • Melique Berger • JB Blanc • Nichole Bloom • Susan Blu • Andrés du Bouchet • Clancy Brown • Ashly Burch • Robert Costanzo • Jim Cummings • Keith David • Jonathan Davis • Robbie Daymond • John DiMaggio • Michael Donovan • Melissa Fahn • Dave Fennoy • Kate Flannery • Larissa Gallagher • Barbara Goodson • Kali Hawk • Dave Herman • Ben Jones • Ian Jones-Quartey • Carrie Keranen • Kristen Li • Jamie Marchi • Justin McElroy • Mary Elizabeth McGlynn • Richard McGonagle • Erica Mendez • Lara Jill Miller • Pat Musick • Stephanie Nadolny • Chris Niosi • Joe Nipote • Steven Ogg • Natalie Palamides • Steven Rattazzi • Tony Revolori • Robbie Rist • Cole Sanchez • Wallace Shawn • Reshma Shetty • Parker Simmons • Michael Sinterniklaas • Marina Sirtis • Dana Snyder • Melodee Spevack • Mena Suvari • Courtenay Taylor • Russi Taylor • James Urbaniak • Melissa Villasenor • Kari Wahlgren • Michael-Leon Wooley |
| Pilot Crew | Lamar Abrams • Robert Alverez • Martin Ansolabehere • Tim Beckhardt • Pete Browngardt • Mike Collins • Nate Funaro • Amber Hardin • Danny Hynes • Melody Iza • Ian Jones-Quartey • Hugo Morales • Sue Mondt • Ron Russell • Phil Rynda |
| Production Studios | Cartoon Network Studios • Digital eMation • Mint Potion Studios • MUA Film • Powerhouse Animation • Rubber House • Science Saru • Studio Yotta • SunMin Image Pictures |