Ratner, Bill

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Ratner, Bill

PERSONAL

Married Aleka Corwin (an art director); children: two.

Addresses:

Agent—Cunningham, Escott, Slevin & Doherty, 10635 Santa Monica Blvd., suite 130, Los Angeles, CA 90025.

Career:

Actor and voice artist. Provides voice-overs for local television newscasts including WCVB in Boston, MA, and WESH in Daytona Beach and Orlando, FL; provided voice work for numerous commercials, including McDonalds, Apple Computer, Microsoft, Honda automobiles, Hilton Hotels, and Procter & Gamble products.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Special effects voices, Explorers, Paramount, 1985.

Voice of Flint, G.I. Joe: The Movie (animated; also known as Action Force: The Movie), Celebrity Home Entertainment, 1987.

Character voice, Lobster Man from Mars, Electric Pictures, 1989.

Voice of announcer, Fat Albert, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2004.

Voice of Humpty Dumpty, Geppetto's Secret (animated), 2005.

Television Appearances; Series:

Voice, Meatballs and Spaghetti, CBS, 1982.

Voice of Flint and Cobra Trooper, G.I. Joe (animated; also known as Action Force and Chijo saikyo no Expert Team G.I. Joe), syndicated, 1985.

Announcer, Missing/Reward, syndicated, 1989.

Announcer, Haywire, Fox, 1990.

Announcer, Stuntmasters, syndicated, 1991.

Narrator, Secret Passages, 2002.

Narrator, Impact: Stories of Survival, 2004, Discovery Health Channel.

Television Appearances; Specials:

George, The Christmas Tree Train, 1983.

George, Which Witch Is Which?, 1984.

Voice of Flint, G.I. Joe: The Revenge of Cobra (animated), 1984.

George, The Turkey Caper, 1985.

Voice of Flint, G.I. Joe: Arise, Serpentor, Arise! (animated; also known as Action Force: Arise, Serpentor, Arise!), 1986.

Announcer, Miracle and Other Mysteries, ABC, 1991.

Announcer, The Last Days of World War II (also known as The Last Days of WWII), 1995.

Announcer, The 1996 Clio Awards, Fox, 1996.

Announcer, Comedy Club Superstars, ABC, 1996.

Narrator, The Berlin Airlift: First Battle of the Cold War (documentary), History Channel, 1998.

Narrator, Masters of Fantasy: Vincent Price, Sci-Fi Channel, 1998.

Narrator, Evel Knievel: The E! True Hollywood Story, E! Entertainment Television, 1998.

Narrator, The Missouri: A Journey with Stephen Ambrose (documentary), History Channel, 1999.

Narrator, The Greatest Supermodels, The Learning Channel, 1999.

Narrator, The Greatest Relief Organization: The Red Cross, The Learning Channel, 1999.

Narrator, Air Force One: A History, History Channel, 1999.

Narrator, Mt. Everest: The Fatal Climb (documentary), Discovery Channel, 1999.

Narrator, The Greatest Boxer: Muhammad Ali, The Learning Channel, 2000.

Narrator, Greatest Space Explorer: Hubble Telescope, The Learning Channel, 2000.

Narrator, Sarge!, History Channel, 2001.

Newsreel voice, Goin' to Chicago, PBS, 2001.

Narrator, The Greatest Monument: Mt. Rushmore, The Learning Channel, 2002.

Narrator, Search for the Mothman, 2002.

Narrator, THS Investigates: Love Behind Bars, E! Entertainment Television, 2005.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Voice of interceptor, Interceptor, syndicated, 1989.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Voice of Flint and Dashiell R. Faireborn, Transformers (animated; also known as Super God Robot Force, Tatakae! Cho robot seimeitai Transformer, The Transformers, Transformer 2010, and Transformers: Generation 1), syndicated, 1986.

Voice of Stu Simmons, AAAHH!!! Real Monsters (animated), Nickelodeon, 1994.

Narrator, "Air Force One: A History," Modern Marvels, History Channel, 1997.

Narrator, "The Magnum," Modern Marvels, History Channel, 2002.

Narrator, "Car Tech of the Future," Modern Marvels, History Channel, 2005.

Voice of Flint, "North by North Quahog," Family Guy (animated; also known as Padre de familia), Fox, 2005.

Voice of narrator, "Gwen 10," Ben 10 (animated), Cartoon Network, 2006.

Voice, "A Day at the Circus," Robot Chicken (animated), Cartoon Network, 2006.