Arthur Burghardt

Arthur Burghardt
Burghardt at the 2019 GalaxyCon Raleigh
Born	Arthur Napier Burghardt (1947-08-29) August 29, 1947 (age 77) New York City, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1973–2017
Agent	TGMD Talent Agency [1]

Arthur Napier Burghardt (born August 29, 1947) is an American retired actor, best known for portraying Jack Scott on the soap opera One Life to Live . In animation, he is known for lending his deep bass voice as Devastator in The Transformers , Destro, Stalker and Iceberg in G. I. Joe and Pete (as the character's first and so far only Black performer) in several Disney video games.

Career

His first movie appearance was as the Great Ahmed Kahn in Network (1976). Notable voice roles include Destro in the animated series G.I. Joe and Devastator on The Transformers . He also lent his deep bass voice to Venom in Ultimate Spider-Man . and Turbo in Challenge of the Gobots . Burghardt appeared in the very first episode of the daytime soap opera Santa Barbara in 1984. He also appeared in the series premiere of the short-lived 1991 sitcom Good Sports with Ryan O'Neal and Farrah Fawcett. In 1997, he was the voice of "Cy" in the family science fiction movie Star Kid and portrayed Laurant in the 2001 TV series Los Luchadores .

Burghardt played a commando in the early-1990s video game Night Trap . In Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos , he lent his distinctive bass voice as Mannoroth and Grom Hellscream in 2002, and later in World of Warcraft: Cataclysm he reprised his role as Mannoroth. In 2010 he lent his powerful bass voice as Thanatos in God of War: Ghost of Sparta and afterwards retired that year.

The fictional Arthur Burghardt Expressway in the 8th season Seinfeld episode, "The Pothole", is named after Burghardt.

In 2016, Arthur Burghardt joined the convention circuit with his representative CelebWorx. He appeared at Long Beach Comic Con.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1976	Network	Great Ahmed Kahn
1985	Robotix	Argus, Steth	Direct-to-video
	Bigfoot and the Muscle Machines	Professor D. (voice)	Uncredited
	Playing with Fire	Harry
1986	GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords	Turbo, Cop-Tur, Talc (voices)
	The Transformers: The Movie	Devastator (voice)	[2]
1987	G.I. Joe: The Movie	Destro, Iceberg (voices)	Direct-to-video [2]
1990	The Prince and the Pauper	Pete (voice)	Featurette [2]
1991	A Rage in Harlem	Bo
1994	The Favor	Hotel Clerk
	Cosmic Slop	Justin Jasper	Television film Segment: "Space Traders"
1997	Star Kid	Cyborsuit (voice)
1998	Denial	Stuffy Man
2000	Killjoy	Homeless Man	Direct-to-video Last film role

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1978–1980	One Life to Live	Dr. Jack Scott
1979	Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo	Additional voices
1980	Diff'rent Strokes	Mr. DuPrey	Episode: "First Love"
1983–1986	G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero	Destro, Stalker, Iceberg (voices)	Recurring role
1982–1984	Knots Landing	Louis Bonfort, D.A., Dr. Rosen	4 episodes
1983	Hardcastle and McCormick	Lt. Stanton	2 episodes
	Super Friends	Head of Volti (voice)	Episode: "Day of the Dinosaurs"
	Alvin and the Chipmunks	Additional voices	13 episodes
1984	Santa Barbara	TV Reporter	1 episode
	Partners in Crime	Leon DeRoy	Episode: "Celebrity"
	Cover Up	Boris Culver	Episode: "Harper-Gate"
	Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show	General Plankton, Additional voices	8 episodes
	Saturday Supercade	Borf, Mr. Friendly (voices)
	Dragon's Lair	Cinge (voice)	Episode: "Tale of the Enchanted Gift"
	Challenge of the GoBots	Turbo, Cop-Tur (voices)	9 episodes
1984–1986	The Transformers	Devastator (voice)	9 episodes
1985	Hill Street Blues	Maddy	Episode: "Intestinal Fortitude"
	The Jeffersons	Mr. Harris	Episode: "Last Dance"
	Robotix	Argus, Steth (voices)	Episode: "Battle of the Titans"
	Sectaurs	Spidrax, Spiderflyer (voices)	5 episodes
1986	The Fall Guy	Tony Maguire	Episode: "The Lucky Stiff"
	Pound Puppies	Dr. Black, Newsreporter (voices)	2 episodes
	Foofur	Additional voices	3 episodes
1987–1989	227	Walter Gipson, Krieger	2 episodes
1987	Starman	Les Martin	Episode: "The System"
	Bionic Six	Edward Tully	Episode: "The Hive"
	Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs	Commander (voice)	Episode: "Star Sheriff Round Up"
	The Real Ghostbusters	The Undying One, Ambassador Yali (voices)	Episode: "Moaning Stones"
1988	Frank's Place	Coach Richards	Episode: "The Recruiting Game"
1989	The Robert Guillaume Show	Dr. Hug	Episode: "Fast Friends"
1990–1992	Tom & Jerry Kids	Additional voices	2 episodes
1991	Good Sports	Stu Ramsey	Episode: "Pros and Ex-Cons"
1992	Fievel's American Tails	Hambone (voice)	Episode: "The Gift"
1992	Conan the Adventurer (Animated Series)	Ram Amon (voice)	Multiple Episodes
1995	Aaahh!!! Real Monsters	Elban Bigfoot (voice)	Episode: "Bigfoot, Don't Fail Me Now" [2]
1995	Live Shot		Episode: "Shake, Rattle, and Roll"
1996	Bone Chillers	Principal Pussman	Recurring role; 9 episodes
1997–1998	Conan the Adventurer (Live Action Series)	The Skull That Talks (voice)	22 episodes
1998–2000	The Wild Thornberrys	Big Buffalo, Rhino (voices)	2 episodes [2]
2001	Los Luchadores	Laurant	Recurring role; 16 episodes
	As Told by Ginger	Santa Claus #2 (voice)	Episode: "The Even Steven Holiday Special" [2]
2002	What's New, Scooby-Doo?	Roller Ghoster (voice)	Episode: "Roller Ghoster Ride"
2006	Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!	Commodore Game Master (voice)	2 episodes

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Night Trap	Commando	[2]
1995	Stonekeep	Khull-Khuum the Shadowking	[2]
1996	Star Wars: X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter	Imperial Officer #5
1999	Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast	Narrator, Demonknight
2000	Freedom: First Resistance	Zared, Oq, Poter PK
2002	Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos	Mannoroth, Grom Hellscream	Uncredited
	Monsters, Inc. Scream Arena	Schmidt
	Disney Golf	Pete
	Treasure Planet: Battle at Procyon	Aquanog Crew, Aquanog Mayor, Admiral	[2]
	Disney Sports Soccer	Pete
	Disney Sports Skateboarding
	Disney Sports Football
2003	Disney Sports Basketball
	Disney's Party
2004	The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay	Booger, Haamid, Thunder
	World of Warcraft	Mannoroth
2005	Predator: Concrete Jungle	Additional voices	[2]
	Ultimate Spider-Man	Venom
2007	World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade	Grommash Hellscream, Mannoroth
2009	The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena	Booger, Haamid, Thunder
2010	God of War: Ghost of Sparta	Thanatos	[2]
	World of Warcraft: Cataclysm	Mannoroth

References

1. "Arthur Burghardy". Voice Chasers. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
2. "Arthur Burghardt - 49 Character Images". Behind The Voice Actors.

External links

• Arthur Burghardt at IMDb
• Arthur Burghardt at the Internet Broadway Database