Star Trek Actors in Batman: The Animated Series
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- Batman: The Animated Series, one of my favorite TV shows from childhood, featured many voice actors who had also appeared in Star Trek. While not necessarily exhaustive, this video documents representative roles played by these actors in Batman and Star Trek.
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Starring...
Michael Ansara as Mr. Freeze and Kang
Rene Auberjonois as Dr. March and Odo
Adrienne Barbeau as Catwoman and Senator Cretak
LeVar Burton as Hayden Sloan and Geordi La Forge
John de Lancie as Eagleton and Q
Malcolm McDowell as Arcady Duvall and Tolian Soran
Diana Muldaur as Leslie Thompkins and Katherine Pulaski
Kate Mulgrew as Red Claw and Kathryn Janeway
George Murdock as Boss Biggis and Admiral Hanson
Nichelle Nichols as Thoth Khepera and Uhura
Michael Pataki as The Sewer King and Korax
Ron Perlman as Clayface and The Viceroy
Brock Peters as Lucius Fox and Joseph Sisko
Robert Picardo as Eddie and The Doctor
John Rhys-Davies as Waclaw Jozek and Leonardo da Vinci
David Warner as Ra's al Ghul and Gul Madred
William Windom as Ethan and Matt Decker
Paul Winfield as Earl Cooper and Captain Terrell
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Okay, the fact that Michael Anasara played a Klingon and then as Mr. Freeze said "revenge is a dish best served cold" is just objectively the most awesome thing ever.
It IS a Klingon proverb, after all....
The DCAU is very good at making wink references
Revenge is a disk best served with pinto beans and muffins.
"What do you want, Ra's?"
"Oh, nothing really. Tell me, how many lights do you see?"
There are four lights!
You forget the Riddler himself, John Glover. He appeared in a DS9 episode as Verad.
I miss Kevin Conroy...😢😢😢
Been hard revisiting this series since he died
We all do.
Why? He wouldn't miss you.
You do not miss Kevin Conroy. You didn’t know him. His family and loved ones miss Kevin Conroy. You miss the feelings that have been evoked by watching his performances.
i never realized how many actors were in both shows, it makes sense since for btas they wanted to hire screen actors with plenty of experience behind them, as well as the fact that most of these star trek shows were in production around the same time as btas
This show and Gargoyles had a lot of them.
Gargoyles was basically an unofficial TNG cast reunion lol
David Warner.
I still watch a movie of him in A Christmas Carol when he was younger.
The one with George C. Scott as Scrooge.
David Warner is amazing. He was also Gorkon in The Undiscovered Country.
He was in a ton of movies of my childhood, usually playing the bad guy in some weird alien makeup. No wonder Ra's was so chilling, he was being played by Evil himself.
Loren Lester who voiced Robin was on _DS9: “The Quickening”_
Robert Costanzo who voiced Harvey Bullock was on _TNG: “Manhunt”_
John Glover who voiced The Riddler was on _DS9: “Invasive Procedure”_
Paul Williams who voiced The Penguin was on _VOY: “Virtuoso”_
Robert Ito who voiced Kyodai Ken was both on _TNG: “Coming of Age”_ and _VOY: “Author, Author”_
Steve Susskind who voiced Maxie Zeus was in _Star Trek V: The Final Frontier_
Joseph Campanella who voiced Matthew Thorn was on _VOY: “Author, Author”_
There’s more like Paul Dooley, Eugene Roche, Bill Mumy, Matt Frewer, and Ed Begley Jr. to name a few.
Incidentally, many of these actors played more than one character in Trek and it would have been nice to shown that.
Excellent Video And Also Some Of These Actors Lend Their Voices In Gargoyles Alongside Other Star Trek Actors
And, not to mention, that some of these actors stared in SG1
Gargoyles was very much a TNG reunion....and as far as I'm aware, it is the ONLY animated work of fiction to feature voice talent from all four of the first Star Trek series.
TOS: Elisa Maza's grandmother (Nichols), The Arch-Mage (Warner)
TNG: too many to list, but very much all the main cast except for Stewart, Winfield serves for here and TOS
DS9: Avery Brooks as the Moai Alien during the Avalon arc
VOY: Mulgrew as Queen Titania
And that's just the ones I can think of immediately.
I forgot about Adrienne Barbeau...I remember her as the Romulan, but not the Batman voice acting. Thanks John
She'll always be Carol from Maude to me
@@markmullins8622 or Wilma "Billie" Northrup from Creepshow
Ruthie, the snake charmer of "Carnivale".
5:51 I didn't know Gimli was in Star Trek and Batman!!!
You mean Professor Arturo from Sliders?
Or, perhaps, the Spaniard from Shogun?
Mayhaps Mighty Thor, Prince of Asgard?
“That still counts as one!”
Or Sallah from Indiana Jones (I and III)
You missed one and even showed the character! Matt Frewer voiced Sid the Squid and was on an episode of TNG.
Berlinghoff Rasmussen!
People love to joke about Gargoyles being the animated Trek reunion show, yet they always seem to overlook Batman TAS as being one too.
Kate Mulgrew also famously voiced Flemeth in the Dragon Age games.
David Warner also played Chancellor Gorkon in Star Trek 6.
and the human representative Talbot on Nimbus III in Star Trek 5.
@@Tuning3434 you are correct!
And, to my knowledge, he also played Sark in Tron.
@necronustheeverchosen1994 you know I think you could be right about that. TRON is a movie that never needs a squeal and I'm not ever considering Legacy as a squeal.
He also famously voiced Jon Irenicus in Baldur’s Gate II: Shadows of Amn.
Yk it makes it pretty cool looking back and realizing just how many talented actors lent their voices to lots of kid shows during the golden age of animation from the 80s-00s. Also it’s pretty interesting how not just for Batman but for lots of shows there’s someone with a Star Trek credit. The biggest surprise for me is Michael Reisz (Yamato/Matt Ishida from Digimon) on Voyager lol
The one that blew me away when I found out was Martin Sheen as Punisher.
IIRC, Mary Elizabeth Mcglynn (Motoko Kusanagi) was in Voyager for an episode.
I'm a huge DCAU junkie, and ST:TNG fan.
What an excellent idea for a video!!👍Keep em coming.
I would never have guessed Picardo!
There's a lot of star trek talent in BTAS. I never knew
Excellent video as always John.
@@TheMultiGunMan Thanks!
Some of these actors also appeared more than once in Star Trek.
- David Warner was also in two of the movies. Star Trek 5 as one of the ambassadors, Star Trek 6 as Gorkon.
- Paul Winfield was also in TNG's "Darmok". (Bonus points, also was in "Batman Beyond" a few times.
- Rene Auberjonois also was in Star Trek 6 as Colonel West.
-... as was Brock Peters as Admiral Cartwright.
It's fascinating to know how many actors showed up across various properties.
For bonus points, Michael Ansara and David Warner were also given neat roles in "Babylon 5". (As well as Walter Koenig, who was great to watch.)
William Windom. Also the voice of Uncle Chuck from Sonic SatAM
Surprised no one has done a fanfic adapting the Doomsday Machine as something Chuck unwittingly created as a measure against the Black Arms or whatever and Sonic and friends have to take it out before it takes out their world. Makes one hell of a boss fight like the SA2 Biolizard fight but on steroids and more high pressure.
Wait in which episode
Amazing vid! I knew Mr Freeze sounded familiar but I would never have guessed Michael Ansara.
Now it seems obvious:
Commander Kang: "We need no urging to hate Humans. But for the present, only a fool fights in a burning house."
It's truly amazing how all these actors made art through scifi and fantasy shows. A true nostalgic trip
How many actors were on Star Trek, Batman AND Gargoyles? I counted at least 7.
Fantastic Video.
Thanks heaps for this John :-)
Great video! However, I would like to point out that in the Robert Picardo B:TAS clip it also features Matt Frewer who appeared in TNG's "A Matter of Time" as the time traveling Berlinghoff Rasmussen.
Oh wow I had no idea Adrienne barbeau was either of those
Excellent video my friend! Congratulations are in order.
LaVar Burton was kind of a giveaway.
Excellent video
I still think Patrick Stewart wouldve been great as Mr Freeze.
How wild would that be? Stewart playing Mr Freeze to perfection and then Prof X to perfection...?
1:53 I never would’ve guessed that was De Lancie.
Oddly, Mr. Freeze was almost played by two other Star Trek actors. Leonard Nimoy was considered to voice him before Michael Ansara, and Patrick Stewart was considered as one of Joel Schumacher's picks for him in Batman and Robin before Arnold Schwarzenegger was cast.
Batman & Robin needed a better script, director and Mr Freeze. Stewart wouldve been perfect
Imagine Freeze voiced by Nimoy… terrifying
So many great actors in both series!
Sid the squid was voiced by Matt frewer, not robert picardo.
But Matt frewe was also in trek. He played the time traveling historian on TNG.
Not including Matt Frewer as Sid the Squid was an unfortunate oversight on my part. However, Robert Picardo was the voice of the goon Eddie who was talking to Sid.
No wonder why BTAS sounded so good, it had the best cast members of Star Trek providing voices.
Don’t forget gargoyles.
0:42 Also “Dr Burton” in Batman Forever!
I was surprised about Michael Ansara too that he voiced General Warhawk.
And he must have been good friends with Irwin Allen because he did an episode of every TV show Allen made and even worked with his wife Barbara "Jeannie" Eden on the movie "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" and an episode of her show, "I Dream of Jeannie"
My favorite BAS villian
Brock Peters also played Admiral Cartwright in Star Trek 4 and 6
Jeffrey Combs did the voice of the Scarecrow in the final season of BTAS, when they changed the look, and had Nightwing and Robin
He later was also The Question
Recently I noticed that there was a lot of actors crossover with Star Trek and other series in the past. "Dallas" and "Gargoyles" had a ton of Star Trek actors going back and forth.
I don't know what you're talking about. I'm a member of the Imperial senate on a diplomatic mission to Aalderaaan
You are part of the Rebel Alliance and a traitor!
red claw is janeway!!!!
I know, mind blown!
What If Idea: What If DC and Star Trek did a crossover movie?
Well they’ve already done multiple comic crossover so why not at this point.
@@myriadmediamusings you do have a point and a DC and Star Trek crossover movie could work
Notice the difference between the experiences of a Movie/TV star and a thespian's devotion through Theatre.
It's conviction and complete fulfillment. Its more than just a role...it is life that is brought in to these characters.
Andrea Romano understood her assignment that redefine animation for generations.
❤ I was going to upvote anyway and save in my Star Trek playlist, but choosing Uhura's animated command moment sealed it. ST:TAS & BTAS...
Wow, I had no idea how many Star Trek actors did voices, and major characters too.
Man can it get better
I did not know that Adrienne Barbeau was on either show, much less as the voice of Catwoman.
She is also in Swamp Thing 1987
Hey next time use some other footage of David Warner in Star Trek 5 & 6!
Can you do gargoyles next?
@@dwainsimmons3447 An excellent idea. Thanks!
My immediate thought!
@@JohnDiMarco That video's gonna be MUCH longer than this one.
God, I was wondering why Ras al gul's voice made me shiver.
He was with Malcolm McDowell (sp?) together in a time travel movie of 1979
Brent Spiner played the Joker in Young Justice.
Data instead of Luke Skywalker?? Thats crazy
And John de Lancie was Mr. Twister.
So Robert Picardo voiced a character who could name another person and played a character who couldn't decide what name to call himself.
Ironic. He could give others a name, but not himself.
wait which one was robert picardo? as honestly I couldnt tell, he hid his voice very well, and I think that's the episode about the man who did in batman, where he actually gets to properly scare the joker at the end too
You are correct about which episode it is from. Picardo did the voice of the goon who suggested the name Sid the Squid.
@@JohnDiMarco okay so that was the goon, jesus he hid his voice well, normally with the others its like an instant recognition as I'm so used to the voice,
not a slight against them its just their so distinct, you cant help but go hey worf lol
Another series to find a ton of Star Trek alumni is Dallas
What about Matt Frewer?!!!.
Really cool video. Could have done without the bible verse at the end though.
both batman TAS and star trek has legendary actors?
Captain Planet and Gargoyles has that too.
I didn't know Catwoman was voice by John Carpenter wife 😮
Shame most of these great actors were in some mediocre episodes. With a few exceptions
Somebody show this to Mike Stoklasa.
Paul Dini and Bruce Till really pulled every string they could to make Batman: TAS something that could be considered at the same level as prime time TV. In the same way the people on Star Trek had to work to get scifi to be recognized. Not that we the audience needed convincing. Just the gatekeepers in Hollywood. Sadly, despite their efforts, Hollywood continued to look down on animation and Star Trek. And now modern Batman and Star Trek are going out of their way to destroy their legacy...
I like the voiceover performances of both Michael Ansara and David Warner in "Batman." But I think I would have preferred it if Michael Ansara voiced Ra's al Ghul, and David Warner voiced Mr. Freeze.
Thanks for posting this.
139th like.
I wager a lot of what earned Heart Of Ice an emmy was Ansara's performance.
@@RipperCyclotron No doubt about it. Michael Ansara is an excellent actor. I think I first saw him perform when I was six and he starred as The Ruler on "Lost in Space." Later, I would see his earlier performance as US Marshall Sam Buckhart in the TV shows, "The Rifleman" and "Law of the Plainsman." And then on "I Dream of Jeannie" in many roles; especially his iconic Blue Djinn.
It's just that I would rather have seen Michael Ansara portraying Ra's al Ghul, and would have cast David Warner to portray Mr. Freeze.
If the 1966 "Batman" series had stayed on the air for another few years, we might have seen Adam West's Batman going up against Ra's. Though my first choice for that role would have been Sir Christopher Lee, Michael Ansara would definitely have been my next choice.
But I was going to Tosci Station to pick up some power converters!!!!
@@Gradient14 You can waste time with your friends when your chores are done.
The audacity to use animated Uhura
Kevin Conroy should of been in Lower Decks
Isn’t it Michelle ?
Apparently Nichelle it is.
Amazing! Hollywood actor who had more than one job. Inconceivable.
Freeze was amazing