Richard Overall (born January 1, 1978) is a British editor, voice director, writer, and voice actor. He is mainly known for having worked as an editor, voice director, and songwriter on The Amazing World of Gumball. He has co-written a few songs for the series, including "Fine Lady," "You Gotta Think Big," and "It's Christmas Eve." He is the main writer and director for The Gumball Chronicles.
He also portrays news reporter Kip Schlezinger (outside of "The News"), and he voices Billy, the 8-bit dog when singing "If I Told You,"[2] and the rats.[3]
He has also worked as an editor, writer, and voice director on the Cartoon Network animated series Elliott from Earth, and also an animatic editor on Dead End: Paranormal Park.
Trivia
- As the actor for Kip Schlezinger, his voice is dubbed over because he cannot do an American accent well enough.[4] The character is instead voiced by Dan Russell in season 3 and Alex Jordan from season 4 onwards.[5]
- Overall portrayed Ike Hitcher in the Thumb War Federation commercial in "The Laziest," as well as the man from the Infiniternity advertisement in "The Uploads."
- His favorite character is Darwin.
- The handle "Ricky O." is used by a user on Elmore Stream-It. This is likely an homage to Overall.
External links
References
- ↑ https://instagram.com/p/BdayYRsnFKA/
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://twitter.com/OverallRichard/status/1000078563813527553
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://twitter.com/OverallRichard/status/1000078563813527553
- ↑ https://twitter.com/OverallRichard/status/890958465006534656
- ↑ https://twitter.com/OverallRichard/status/893418891707383809