Richard McGonagle

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Richard McGonagle
Born	Richard Francis McGonagle (1946-10-22) October 22, 1946 (age 74) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1969–present
Website	www.richardmcgonagle.com

Richard Francis McGonagle (born October 22, 1946) is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his voice work in various video games, movies and television shows. He is also known for his work by voicing Colonel Taggart in Prototype, Orlovsky in World in Conflict: Soviet Assault, Mr. Incredible through various The Incredibles projects (replacing Craig T. Nelson), Victor Sullivan in the Uncharted franchise, Four Arms and Exo-Skull in the Ben 10 franchise, Bato in Avatar: The Last Airbender, Dr. Peace in No More Heroes, Eight-Armed Willy in The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, Dr. I.Q. Hi in Duck Dodgers, Apocalypse in X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse, Ed Machine in Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, Tom Sheldon in Just Cause, Abin Sur in Green Lantern: First Flight, and Bill the Wrangler in Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, and provided additional voices for The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, World in Conflict, The Rise of the Argonauts, Dragon Age: Origins, Regular Show, OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes and Samurai Jack.

Life and career[]

McGonagle was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Hildagard Virginia (née Hiller) and William Francis McGonagle.^[1]

As a voice actor he has done many roles such as Four Arms and Exo-Skull on Ben 10, several voices on the show Samurai Jack, as Bato, a secondary character from the Nickelodeon show Avatar: The Last Airbender, various people in Zatch Bell, Bill the Wrangler in Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, Dr. I.Q. Hi in Duck Dodgers, Apocalypse in X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse, the second voice of General Grievous in Star Wars: Clone Wars, Ed Machine in Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, Abin Sur in Green Lantern: First Flight, and various teachers in Recess. He was one of the voice directors on Beyblade, and did various voices on Rugrats and All Grown Up! and adult voices on The Buzz on Maggie. He also provided the voice of the Oracle in Jak 3 and voiced Dr. Peace in No More Heroes, and Eight-Armed Willy in The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, also voiced Herb (Starla's Father) in Regular Show.

He also voiced in video games such as Baten Kaitos Origins, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, the Uncharted series (also motion capture), Just Cause, The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction, Dragon Age: Origins and Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse. In film, he appeared in The Bucket List for Warner Bros. Pictures. He narrated the acclaimed indie film (500) Days of Summer, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel. He has also narrated a number of audiobooks, including the New York Times bestseller The Dark Side, by New Yorker journalist Jane Mayer.

In television, he has appeared in an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation and two episodes of Star Trek: Voyager. He played the recurring character Judge Lathrop in the crime drama Close to Home and provided the voice of Sanders on the sitcom Community in the second-season episode "Basic Rocket Science". He appeared in the TV series Rules of Engagement as a doctor.

Filmography[]

Film[]

• Union City (1980) - Man in Crowd
• Tattoo (1981) - Texan's Friend #1
• Man, Woman and Child (1983) - Faculty Member #6
• The Man with One Red Shoe (1985) - CIA Agent
• Howard the Duck (1986) - First Cop
• Innerspace (1987) - Cop #2
• 14 Going on 30 (1988, TV Movie) - Danny's Dad
• Dad (1989) - Victor Walton
• Speechless (1994) - Dignitary
• The American President (1995) - Rumson Staffer
• Too Good to Be True (1997) - Spencer
• Senseless (1998) - Robert Bellwether
• Mighty Joe Young (1998) - Panda Owner
• Rules of Engagement (2000) - Judge Col. E. Warner
• Critical Mass (2001) - Adam Gould
• Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002) - Bill (voice)
• The Bucket List (2007) - Board Chairman
• 500 Days of Summer (2009) - Narrator (voice)^[2]
• The Consultants (2009) - Cutter

Television[]

• 21 Jump Street – Mr. Bill Weckerle
• 3rd Rock from the Sun – Dr. Howard
• The A-Team – Pete Peterson (episode: "There Goes the Neighborhood")
• Ally McBeal – District Attorney Moon (episode: "Reasons to Believe")
• The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. – Ashenden (episode: "Stagecoach")
• Anything but Love – Priest (episode: "Bang You're Dead")
• Better Off Ted – Manny (episode: "Get Happy")
• Blacke's Magic – Leon (episode: "Breathing Room")
• Boston Legal – A.A.G. Norman Wood (episode: "Patriot Acts")
• Brooklyn South – William "Woody" McKenzie
• CBS Schoolbreak Special – Tom (episode: "Gambler")
• Charmed – Woogy, Gasman (episode: "Is There a Woogy in the House?")
• Cheers – Customer #2 (episode: "The Tortelli Tort")
• Civil Wars - Judge Mandelberg
• The Client – Minister Richards (episode: "The Good Samaritan")
• Close to Home – Judge Lathrop
• Clueless – Mr. Wilcox (episode: "Mercy Date")
• Community – Sanders (episode: "Basic Rocket Science")
• Days of Our Lives – Bishop Andrews, Friar Peter
• Dirty Sexy Money – Bishop Bascombe
• Falcon Crest – Auctioneer (episode: "Flash Point")
• Fame – Simon Marshall (episode: "Beginnings")
• Family Ties – Male Customer, Brother Timothy
• Fantasy Island – Phillip Woodson (episode: "Secret Self")
• General Hospital – Kincaid
• Harry's Law – Judge (episode: "American Girl")
• Highway to Heaven – Martin (episode: "Keep Smiling")
• Hill Street Blues – Dr. Sandler (episode: "The Life and Time of Dominic Florio Jr.")
• Hunter – Detective Levine (episode: "Hunter")
• JAG – Captain Richard Carey
• L.A. Law – Ackley Atwood-Wade (episode: "Sidney, the Dead-Nosed Reindeer")
• Life's Work – Carl Bieber (episode: "Harassment")
• Loving – Clem Margolies
• Mama's Family – Arthur Booth (episode: "A Taxing Situation")
• Matlock – Dr. Eldon McNeeley (episode: "The Accident")
• Me and the Boys – Tom (episode: "The Kiss-Off")
• Melrose Place – Probation Officer (episode: "The Cook, the Creep, His Lover and Her Sister")
• The Middle – Doctor (episode: "The Sit Down")
• Moonlighting – Detective Barber
• Mr. Belvedere – Announcer #1 (episode: "The Field")
• Murder One – Judge Owen Harris
• The New Mike Hammer – Joe Barry (episode: "Warpath")
• Night Court – Andrew (episode: "Pop Goes the Question")
• Nip/Tuck – Roger McGuinness (episode: "Dan Daly")
• Over My Dead Body – Hargrove (episode: "Pilot")
• Pacific Blue – Police Chief Rod Sherman
• Party of Five – Emmett
• Perfect Strangers – Zitell (episode: "Crimebusters")
• Picket Fences – FBI Agent (episode: Terms of Estrangement")
• The Practice – Judge Patrick Wilcox
• Quantum Leap – Dad Wilson (episode: "Camikazi Kid – June 6, 1961")
• Remington Steele – Colby, Clerk
• Rituals – Phillip Mason
• Roswell – General Edward Chambers (episode: "Control")
• Rules of Engagement – Dr. Sachs, Doctor
• The Secret World of Alex Mack – Judd DuBrow (episode: "Local Hero")
• Seinfeld – Mr. Star (episode: "The Maestro")
• Simon & Simon – FBI Man #1 (episode: "Full Moon Blues")
• Sisters – Dr. Eastman (episode: "Not in a Million Years")
• Snoops – William Keller (episode: "True Believers")
• Star Trek: The Next Generation – Dr. Ja'Dar (episode: "New Ground")
• Star Trek: Voyager – Commander Pete Harkins (episodes: "Pathfinder" and "Inside Man")
• T. J. Hooker – Joe Doyle (episode: "King of the Hill")
• Titus – Dr. Phine (episode: "Locking Up Mom")
• The Torkelsons – Howard Roberts (episode: "Fence Neighbors")
• The Twilight Zone – Lester (Segment: "Her Pilgrim Soul")
• University Hospital – Dr. Ross (episode: "Endings and Beginnings")
• Veronica's Closet – Stanley
• Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color – Dr. Richard Wwintraub, Danny Scott
• The West Wing – Sen. Warren, D (episode: "18th and Potomac")
• Wings – Reverend Powell (episode: "Ex, Lies and Videotape")
• The X-Files – Dr. Francis Orovetz (episode: "Deadalive")
• Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane – Art (episode: "The Feud")

Voice Performances[]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• Richard McGonagle at IMDb
• Richard McGonagle at Behind the Voice Actors