Tony Pope

Anthony J. Pope (March 22, 1947 – February 11, 2004) was an American voice actor. He appeared in over 100 titles during his three-decade career, including as the voice of Goofy from 1979 to 1988. His anime roles include Colonel Shikishima in the Streamline Pictures dub of Akira (1988) and Shunsaku Ban in Metropolis (2001). Pope also provided the voice for the Tiger Electronics toy Furby.

Tony Pope
Born	Anthony J. Pope (1947-03-22)March 22, 1947 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Died	February 11, 2004(2004-02-11) (aged 56) Burbank, California, U.S.
Resting place	Forest Lawn – Hollywood Hills Cemetery
Other names	Anthony Mozdy Anthony Mozoy
Occupation	Voice actor
Years active	1973–2004
Spouse	Patricia Lentz ​ (m. 1984)​
Children	3

Early life

Anthony J. Pope was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on March 22, 1947, to Thomas and Katherine Pope (née Mozdy).^[1][2][3]

Career

After graduating from college, Pope moved to Los Angeles, California in 1973 where he officially began his career as a voice actor.^[2] His mentor was Daws Butler who was best known as the voice of Yogi Bear and Huckleberry Hound.^[4] Pope was known for providing the voice of Furby in English and five other languages.^[5] He was also the voice of Goofy for 10 years, garnering 17 Gold and Platinum records.^[2][5] His voice is prominent at Disneyland on several rides, as well as in the JumpStart products by Knowledge Adventure.^[2][5]

Personal life

Pope married actress Patricia Lentz in 1984 and had three children together.^[2] His daughter Marcella Lentz-Pope is an actress.^[2]

Death

Pope died on February 11, 2004, from complications of leg surgery at the age of 56 in Burbank, California.^[2] He was buried at Forest Lawn – Hollywood Hills Cemetery.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1978	The Adventures of Pinocchio	Candlewick, Boy	English dub
1980	Hurray for Betty Boop	Coffee Shop Boss, Mirror, Ringmaster	[6]
1981	The Little Fox	Karak	English dub
1985	Back to the Future	Radio Announcer	Uncredited
1987	Sport Goofy in Soccermania	Goofy
1988	Invasion Earth: The Aliens Are Here	Alien
1988	Who Framed Roger Rabbit	Goofy, Big Bad Wolf	[6]
1988	Akira	Colonel Shikishima, Yamagata, Nezu	Credited as Anthony Mozdy
1990	Spaced Invaders	Lieutenant Giggywig
1990	Watchers II	Outsider
1997	Cats Don't Dance	Alligator
1999	The King and I	Burmese Emissary	[6]
2001	Metropolis	Shunsaku Ban
2001	Marco Polo: Return to Xanadu	Babu, Foo-Long, Reginald
2002	Muhammad: The Last Prophet	Salman

Anime

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1981	Mobile Suit Gundam	General Revil
1981	Mobile Suit Gundam: Soldiers of Sorrow	General Revil
1982	Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space	General Revil
1987	Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise	Majaho
1991	Mobile Suit Gundam F91	Leslie Arno
1992	Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama	Sage Vishvamitra
1996	Apocalypse Zero	Oboro Hagakure
1996	Fake	Chief, Jaco
1996–1999	Rurouni Kenshin	Kaishu Katsu
1998	Vampire Princess Miyu	Tonbi
1998–2003	The Adventures of Mini-Goddess	Gan-chan
1999	The Big O	Gisang
1999	Hello Kitty's Paradise	Papa
2001	Samurai Girl: Real Bout High School	Tessai Onizuka
2001	S-CRY-ed	Chief
2002	Cyborg 009	Commander, Dr. Herschel
2002	Digimon Tamers	Zhuqiaomon
2002	Ai Yori Aoshi	Kaoru's Grandfather, Fish Vendor
2002	Ground Defense Force! Mao-chan	Sorajirou Tsukishima	Credited as Anthony Mozdy
2002	Heat Guy J	Mauro	Later replaced by Steve Kramer

Animation

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1981	Spider-Man	Joshua	Episode: "The Incredible Shrinking Spider-Man"
1986–1987	The Transformers	Wreck-Gar, additional voices	7 episodes
1992	Tiny Toon Adventures	God	Episode: "It's a Wonderful Tiny Toons Christmas Special"[6]
1993	SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron	Sergeant	Episode: "Rise of the Dark Kat"
1994–1995	Creepy Crawlers	Professor Googengrime, Tom Lockjaw, Hocus Locus	24 episodes
1995	What a Cartoon!	Junior	2 episodes[6]
1997	I Am Weasel	Jacques Cousteau, Boy	Episode: "Deep Sea Tour"
1998	Pinky and the Brain	Waiter	Episode: "Beach Blanket Brain"[6]
1998	Superman: The Animated Series	Scientist	Episode: "New Kids in Town"[6]
2001–2003	House of Mouse	Geppetto	2 episodes

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Sam & Max Hit the Road	Various characters	[6]
1993	Star Wars: Rebel Assault	C-3PO, Gamma Base Communications Officer
1994	JumpStart Kindergarten	Mr. Hopsalot
1994	Ace Ventura: The Case of the Serial Shaver	Shickadance, Doctor	[6]
1995	JumpStart 1st Grade	Frankie
1996	JumpStart Adventures 3rd Grade: Mystery Mountain	Professor Sparks
1996	JumpStart Adventures 4th Grade: Haunted Island	Flap
1996	JumpStart 2nd Grade	Edison	[6]
1997	JumpStart 1st Grade Math	Frankie, Bookworm	[6]
1998	JumpStart Kindergarten Reading	Mr. Hopsalot
1998	JumpStart Math	Edison
1998	Star Wars Trilogy Arcade	C-3PO, Rebel	[6]
1998	Star Wars: Rebellion	C-3PO, Yoda, Death Star Commander	[6]
1999	Disney's Villains' Revenge	Out	[6]
2000	Diablo II	Elzix, Guard	[6]
2000	JumpStart 1st Grade Reading	Frankie
2002	Kingdom Hearts	Geppetto
2002	Monopoly Party	Mr. Monopoly	[6]

Other

• Disney Discovery Series (1984–1987, read-along recordings) – Goofy, Ludwig Von Drake
• Teddy Ruxpin (1986, read-along recordings) – Newton Gimmick, L.B. the Bounder
• Robbery on the Overland Express: A Whoodunit Mickey Mystery (1993, Disney's Storyteller Series) – Heinrich Schniffengraul
• The Lion King: The Brightest Star (1994) – Cheetah (read-along cassette story recording)
• The Emperor's New Groove (2000, Disney's Storyteller Series) – Narrator
• Furby (1998) – Voice of the Furby toy

References

1. "Katherine Pope Obituary (2003) - Willoughby, OH - The Plain Dealer". Legacy.com. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
2. "Anthony J. "Tony" Pope". The News-Herald. February 22, 2004.
3. "Tony Pope". Variety. February 16, 2004.
4. "Tony Pope, R.I.P. – News From ME". www.newsfromme.com. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
5. "He's Proud to Be the Talk of the Toy World". Los Angeles Times. January 1, 1999.
6. "Tony Pope (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved June 27, 2021. 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 credits or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)

External links

• Tony Pope at IMDb
• Tony Pope at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Tony Pope at Find a Grave