Charlie Adler - Turner Classic Movies

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Before he became the voice of a generation with his voiceover work on '80s cartoons like "G.I. Joe" and "Transformers," Charlie Adler was an aspiring stage actor who toured the country with Harvey Fierstein's landmark Broadway play, "Torch Song Trilogy." Adler pursued his theatrical interests in California, where he quickly landed minor roles in high-profile animated series like "My Litt...

Filmography

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Dead Space: Downfall (2008)

Norm of the North (2016)

Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)

Transformers (2007)

Transformers: First Encounter (2002)

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Cahill, United States Marshal (1973) -- (Movie Clip) Any Of You Wanna Surrender?

Cahill, United States Marshal (1973) -- (Movie Clip) Austin To El Paso

Biography

Before he became the voice of a generation with his voiceover work on '80s cartoons like "G.I. Joe" and "Transformers," Charlie Adler was an aspiring stage actor who toured the country with Harvey Fierstein's landmark Broadway play, "Torch Song Trilogy." Adler pursued his theatrical interests in California, where he quickly landed minor roles in high-profile animated series like "My Little Pony" and "The Pound Puppies," both of which were inspired by their massively popular toy and merchandise lines. In 1986 he scored a role on the hit militaristic action-adventure series "G.I. Joe" as Low-Light, an extremely private and intense member of the Special Missions Force; in the '00s Adler returned to the "G.I. Joe" universe with roles on the spinoff series "Resolute" and "Renegades." He voiced Silverbolt, the leader of the high-flying Aerialbots, in the original "Transformers" animated series, and was chosen to portray Decepticon leader Starscream in Michael Bay's live-action adaptations of the iconic series. Adler built on his success in the '90s to become one of the industry's top voiceover actors; he worked on 100 episodes of the frenetic "Tiny Toon Adventures," portrayed a hapless wallaby's cruelly petty next-door neighbor in the surreal "Rocko's Modern Life," and voiced a nervous monster-in-training in the Tim Burton-inspired "Aaahh!!! Real Monsters." In addition to his work as a voice and casting director, Adler has also written and directed the short film "No Prom for Cindy," about a middle-aged body builder who pretends to be a high school student.

Filmography

Director (Feature Film)

Dead Space: Downfall (2008)

Cast (Feature Film)

Norm of the North (2016)

Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)

Transformers (2007)

Transformers: First Encounter (2002)

Rugrats in Paris - The Movie (2000)

The Rugrats Movie (1998)

Yogi the Easter Bear (1994)

Once Upon a Forest (1993)

Cool World (1992)

DuckTales: The Movie (1990)

The Prince and the Pauper (1990)

Sky High Surprise (1989)

Papa's Big Snooze (1989)

Big Shot Smurfs (1989)

Phantom Bagpiper (1989)

Like It or Smurf It (1989)

Gnoman Holiday (1989)

Hefty Sees a Serpent (1989)

Mummy Dearest (1989)

Greedy's Masterpizza (1989)

Curried Smurfs (1989)

Papa Loses His Patience (1989)

A Fish Called Snappy (1989)

Karate Clumsy (1989)

Grandpa's Fountain of Youth (1989)

Bananas Over Hefty (1989)

No Reflection on Vanity (1989)

The Little Mermaid (1989)

Jungle Jitterbug (1989)

Imperial Panda-Monium (1989)

Small Minded Smurfs (1989)

Painter's Egg-Cellent Adventure (1989)

Hogapatra's Beauty Sleep (1989)

Scary Smurfs (1989)

Brainy's Beastly Boo-Boo (1989)

G'day Smoogle (1989)

Lost in the Ages (1989)

Shamrock Smurfs (1989)

Fortune Cookie (1989)

Cave Smurfs (1989)

Denisa's Greedy Doll (1988)

Clumsy in Command (1988)

A Maze of Mirrors (1988)

The Good, the Bad and Huckleberry Hound (1988)

Bit-2 News Reporter

Land of Lost and Found (1988)

Shutterbug Smurfs (1988)

Lost Smurf (1988)

Smurf the Presses (1988)

Pappy's Puppy (1988)

Bravestarr (1988)

Smoogle Sings the Blues (1988)

Nanny's Way (1988)

Long Live Brainy (1988)

Big Mouth's Roommate (1988)

Grandpa's Walking Stick (1988)

Rockin' with Judy Jetson (1988)

Denisa's Slumber Party (1988)

Memory Melons (1988)

Archives of Evil (1988)

Grandpa's Nemesis (1988)

A House for Nanny (1988)

Stealing Grandpa's Thunder (1988)

A Smurf for Denisa (1988)

It's a Smurfy Life (1988)

Don Smurfo's Uninvited Guests (1988)

Bungling Babysitters (1988)

Clockwork's Power Play (1988)

The Chipmunk Adventure (1987)

Smurf on the Wild Side Part 1 (1987)

Natural Smurfling

Smurf on the Wild Side Part 4 (1987)

Natural Smurfling

Smurf on the Wild Side Part 2 (1987)

Natural Smurfling

Smurf on the Wild Side Part 3 (1987)

Natural Smurfling

The Royal Drum (1986)

The Lure of the Orb (1986)

Lazy's Nightmare (1986)

Fire Fighting Smurfs (1986)

The Prince and the Hopper (1986)

The Littlest Viking (1986)

My Little Pony (1986)

Bookworm Smurf (1986)

Greedy Goes on Strike (1986)

The Enchanted Quill (1986)

Essence of Brainy (1986)

Gargamel's New Job (1986)

Papa Smurf, Papa Smurf (1986)

Baby's First Word (1985)

Things That Go Smurf in the Night (1985)

Papa's Family Album (1985)

Smurf a Mile in My Shoes (1985)

The Dark Ness Monster (1985)

Marco Smurf and the Pepper Pirates (1985)

Alarming Smurfs (1985)

Kow Tow We Won't Bow (1985)

The Comet Is Coming, the Comet Is Coming (1985)

The Pussywillow Pixies (1984)

Little Orange Horse with Gold Shoes (1984)

Lazy's Slumber Party (1984)

The Incredible Shrinking Wizard (1984)

Never Smurf Off 'Til Tomorrow (1984)

Smurf on Wood (1984)

Papa's Worrywarts (1984)

Hopping Cough Smurfs (1984)

A Circus for Baby (1984)

The Master Smurf (1984)

The Noble Stag (1983)

The Smurfs' Time Capsule (1983)

Every Picture Smurfs a Story (1983)

Baby's First Christmas (1983)

The Miracle Smurfer (1983)

The Last Smurfberry (1983)

The Golden Smurf Award (1983)

Once in a Blue Moon (1983)

Handy's Sweetheart (1983)

The Raven Wizard (1982)

Natural Smurfling

The Three Smurfketeers (1982)

Natural Smurfling

The Adventures of Robin Smurf (1982)

Natural Smurfling

The Return of Clockwork Smurf (1982)

Natural Smurfling

The Littlest Giant (1982)

Natural Smurfling

The Imposter King (1982)

Natural Smurfling

The Haunted Castle (1982)

Natural Smurfling

The Good, the Bad, and the Smurfy (1982)

Natural Smurfling

The Cursed Country (1982)

Natural Smurfling

A Mere Truffles (1982)

Natural Smurfling

The Smurf Who Couldn't Say No (1982)

Natural Smurfling

The Lost City of Yore (1982)

Natural Smurfling

The Magic Fountain (1982)

Natural Smurfling

The Enchanted Baby (1982)

Natural Smurfling

The Sorcery of Malthrochu (1982)

Natural Smurfling

The Prince and the Peewit (1982)

Natural Smurfling

The Ring of Castellac (1982)

Natural Smurfling

Smurfs at Sea (1982)

Natural Smurfling

All's Smurfy That Ends Smurfy (1982)

Natural Smurfling

Johan's Army (1982)

Natural Smurfling

The Goblin of Boulder Wood (1982)

Natural Smurfling

Smurfette's Dancing Shoes (1981)

Natural Smurfling

Sideshow Smurfs (1981)

Natural Smurfling

The Smurfette (1981)

Natural Smurfling

Sir Hefty (1981)

Natural Smurfling

Romeo and Smurfette (1981)

Natural Smurfling

The Astrosmurf (1981)

Natural Smurfling

A Clockwork Smurf (1981)

Natural Smurfling

The Smurfs and the Howlibird (1981)

Natural Smurfling

St. Smurf and the Dragon (1981)

Natural Smurfling

Soup a la Smurf (1981)

Natural Smurfling

Poet and Painter (1981)

Natural Smurfling

The Fountain of Smurf (1981)

Natural Smurfling

Bewitched, Bothered, and Be-Smurfed (1981)

Natural Smurfling

Sound (Feature Film)

The Wild Thornberrys Movie (2002)

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

Norm of the North (2016)

Rugrats Go Wild (2003)

Dialogue Director

Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001)

Rugrats in Paris - The Movie (2000)

The Rugrats Movie (1998)

Project X (1987)

Director (TV Mini-Series)

Rocket Power: Reggie's Big (Beach) Break (2003)

Cast (TV Mini-Series)

A Rugrats Kwanzaa (2001)

Rugrats: All Growed Up (2001)

The Third Pig (Do Not Use) (1996)

Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible (1996)

Scooby-Doo's Arabian Nights (1994)

Arabian Nights (Do Not Use) (1994)

Eek! The Cat Christmas Special (1993)

P.J.'s Unfunnybunny Christmas (1993)

Tiny Toon Adventures: The Looney Beginning (1990)

Blondie and Dagwood II (1989)

The Monster Bed (1989)

Hound Town (1989)

Voice Of Patton

P.J. Funnybunny (1989)

'Tis the Season to Be Smurfy (1987)

Natural Smurfling

Misc. Crew (TV Mini-Series)

Rugrats: All Growed Up (2001)

Life Events

Videos

Cahill, United States Marshal (1973) -- (Movie Clip) Any Of You Wanna Surrender? Snow on a dark soundstage, Scott Walker and crew (Rayford Barnes, Dan Kemp) sensing the arrival of John Wayne (title character), who dismisses Indian visitor Lightfoot (Neville Brand) before doing business, opening Cahill, United States Marshal, 1973, directed by Andrew V. McLaglen.

Cahill, United States Marshal (1973) -- (Movie Clip) Austin To El Paso Widower John Wayne (title character) appoints Mrs. Green (Marie Windsor) to care for his younger son (Clay O’Brien), then takes his deputized older boy (Gary Grimes), who’s already in thrall to murderous bandit George Kennedy, to hire tracker Lightfoot (Neville Brand), in Cahill, United States Marshal, 1973.

Sting, The (1973) -- (Movie Clip) We're Millionaires! The second scene, Depression-era Joliet, IL,introducing Hooker (Robert Redford), Luther (Robert Earl Jones), the "Erie Kid (Jack Kehoe), running a venerable scam on mob courier Mottola (James J. Sloyan), in George Roy Hill's depression-era caper comedy The Sting, 1973.

Alphabet City (1984) -- (Movie Clip) You Gotta Kick! Junior gangster Johnny (Vincent Spano) and, as emerges in their conversation, partner, Lippy (Michael Winslow), safe but frightened in the aftermath of the slightly surreal police raid on the heroin hide-out they supplied, in director Amos Poe's Alphabet City, 1984.

Infernal Affairs (2002) -- (Movie Clip) Buddha Has Spared Me The arresting opening from directors Andrew Lau and Alan Mak, Eric Tsang addressing his recruits, Andy Lau's secret mission revealed, in Infernal Affairs, the Hong Kong police thriller which was remade by Martin Scorsese as The Departed, 2006.

Summer Place, A (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Fighting For Our Lives Following the credits we meet Bart (Arthur Kennedy) and Sylvia Hunter (Dorothy McGuire) who have money troubles, in writer, producer and director Delmer Daves' A Summer Place, 1959, from the Sloan Wilson novel.

Summer Place, A (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Her Cheap Behavior The famous theme fades on Molly (Sandra Dee) and John (Troy Donahue) in the garden, her up-tight mother Helen (Constance Ford) spying, complaining to husband Ken (Richard Egan), in the Warner Bros. hit A Summer Place, 1959.

Artists and Models (1937) -- (Movie Clip) Opening, Sasha Pasha Opening credits from Paramount's Artists and Models, 1937, followed by a portion of "Sasha Pasha," written and performed by "The Yacht Club Boys" with Ted Koehler.

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