![]() He has played Coran, Stride the Tiger Fighter, and King Alfor in the Lion Voltron series, the transforming spaceship/robot Ramrod in the 1980s anime series Saber Rider & the Star Sheriffs, Commander James Hawkins in the Vehicle Voltron series, Eeyore in the Winnie the Pooh franchise, KARR in Knight Rider, Antor and Bomba, and Gunner, in Dino-Riders, Airbourne, Nemesis Enforcer and Zandar in G.I. In the 1980s and 1990s, Cullen appeared on a number of television shows. I'd never had an opportunity to do a superhero, and when that came, just came right out of me and I sounded like Optimus." He was quieter and he was a man and a superhero to me," says the actor. "When he came home, I could see a change. ![]() He has stated that Optimus is his favorite voice role and that he based the voice of the Autobot leader on his older brother Larry, who served in Vietnam. Real superheroes don't yell and act tough they are tough enough to be gentle, so control yourself." Cullen later learned from his agent, Steve Tisherman, that he not only won the part of Prime but also, to his surprise, the role of Ironhide as well, which he saw as a "home run". He lent his voice to a character in the album "The Story of Halloween Horror" in 1977.Ĭullen recalls auditioning for the role of the robot superhero Optimus Prime at a casting house in Burbank, California, explaining that as he read Prime's character breakdown, he saw that it was "the opportunity of the year", and heeded his brother Larry's advice: "Peter, don't be a Hollywood superhero, be a real superhero. ![]() In 1974, Cullen was the announcer and a series regular (with Ted Zeigler and Billy Van) on The Hudson Brothers Razzle Dazzle Show. From 1967–69, he was the announcer for Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.įrom 1971–74, he, Zeigler and Billy Van were series regulars on The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour. He honed his voice skills by working as a radio announcer, notably in his home town of Montreal on (then) MOR station CKGM doing the overnight and weekend swing shifts. In 1968, he and Joan Stuart appeared as "Giles" and "Penelope" in L'Anglaise, a recurring segment about a French-Canadian man with an English-Canadian wife, on the CBC Radio comedy series, Funny You Should Say That.
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