Edwin Neal

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Edwin Neal
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Edwin Neal at the TCM panel at Days of the Dead Indianapolis 2012.
BornJuly 12, 1945
Houston, Texas, U.S.[1]
OccupationActor
Years active1972–present
Children6

Edwin Neal (born July 12, 1945) is an American actor, perhaps best known for his role as the hitchhiker in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.[2] He has been a voice talent and actor for years appearing on screen and off, including three voices in Wii's Metroid Prime 3. He set a record doing 26 different voices in the only completely unedited version of all 103 episodes of Gatchaman (Battle of the Planets), which included the lead villain Berg Katse. Neal also provides three voices in the DC Universe Online game; those of Two-Face, Killer Croc, and Harvey Bullock.

Early life and career[]

Neal, after high school, studied at Lon Morris College in Jacksonville, Texas, before moving on to acting and directing studies at the University of Texas at Austin. While there, Neal auditioned for the role of the Hitchhiker in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and got it. He has said that when auditioning he acted as an eccentric relative of his. The movie went on to become a cult classic.

Neal still continues to act. His most notable roles since The Texas Chain Saw Massacre were playing the Mercer interrogator in Oliver Stone's JFK, and Big Chuck's Henchman in the 1993 movie My Boyfriend's Back. He has also done some voice work, for films, computer games and cartoons. Neal also annually tours worldwide making many public appearances as "The Hitchhiker" at horror conventions and related gatherings.

Honors[]

Neal was inducted into the "Hollywood Horror Hall of Fame" in 1993 alongside Vincent Price, and owns one of the world's largest movie poster collections, from 1900 to the present day. He received a Bronze Star for Valor during his service in Vietnam in 1969.

Personal life[]

Neal currently lives in Austin, Texas and has six children: Kirsche Dickson, David Valenzuela, Heidi James, Morna Neal, Preston Neal, Marlee Neal and two step children: Angelina Hitchcock and Andrea Ramos.

Filmography[]

Film roles[]

Anime roles[]

Video game roles[]

Year Title Role Notes
1991 Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi The Emperor (voice)
1995 Crusader: No Remorse Dr. Gregor Hoffman (voice)
2000 Starlancer Admiral Petrov
2001 Conquest: Frontier Wars Spinelayer / ESP Coil / Troopship
2003 Deus Ex: Invisible War Generic Citizen #5 / WTO Guard #1
2007 Metroid Prime 3: Corruption Ghor, Trooper, Noncom
2011 DC Universe Online Two-Face, Killer Croc, Harvey Bullock [6]

Voice roles[]

  • Love Lost in a Boat - Narration

References[]

  1. ^ According to the State of Texas. Texas Birth Index, 1903–1997. Searchable at http://www.ancestry.com/
  2. ^ "Edwin Neal". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2014. Archived from the original on 5 March 2014.
  3. ^ The Best Laid Plans (2019) - IMDb
  4. ^ "The Giant Mummy That Summons Storms". Gatchaman. Season 1. Episode 3. Archived from the original on 2014-08-26. - closing credits
  5. ^ BTVA Anime Dub Awards 2015 - Movies - Behind The Voice Actors
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "Edwin Neal (visual voices guide)". BTVA. Retrieved July 18, 2019. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.CS1 maint: postscript (link)

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