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Corey Burton began his voice career at age 17, in an imitation performance of voice actor Hans Conreid for Disney. He studied radio acting with the legendary Daws Butler for four years, and went on to work with nearly all of the original Hollywood radio actors in classic-style radio dramas. He has also done numerous cartoon series for other networks, such as Cartoon Network.

Burton has voiced sound-alikes and original characters for over 50 Disney Storyteller records. His roles include:

Ludwig Von Drake
Dale and Zipper in Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
Gruffi Gummi and Toadwart in Adventures of the Gummi Bears (following the death of Bill Scott).
Sigmund Brock in American Dragon Jake Long.
Ranger Woodlore, Captain Hook, Grumpy, Chernabog, the Horned King, Zeus, and several other characters from House of Mouse.
Mole in Atlantis the Lost Empire and Atlantis: Milo's Return.
Onus in Treasure Planet
Captain Hook in Return to Never Land and Jake and The Neverland Pirates
Dale, Yen Sid, Captain Hook, Sark, MCP, Shan Yu, Flotsam and Jetsam, and the White Rabbit in the Kingdom Hearts series
- DiZ/Ansem The Wise in Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories and Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep
Narrator in Goofy appearances (1992-present)
V.V. Argost in The Secret Saturdays
Zeus in God of War.
Hugo Strange in Batman: Arkham City.

In addition, Burton has done extensive voice work for Disney including feature animations, theme parks, interactive sections of the company, and attractions at the Disneyland Resort, Walt Disney World Resort, and Tokyo Disney Resort. In fact, regarding the Floridian resort, he was also one of two narrators in a 1990s PC application called Walt Disney World Explorer, which was a Point and Click "edutainment" title that had slideshows, videos, audio descriptions and even a trivia side game that was all about Disney World. (Specifically, he was the male narrator of the game; the other narrator was a woman.) He also provides the "Feature Presentation" voice on numerous Disney videos. He also overdubbed the voice of Fantasia MC Deems Taylor for a 1980s release, as Taylor's original soundtrack had deteriorated.

Corey Burton is also known to audiences for his role as Brainiac in the DC animated universe. He appeared as Brainiac in six episodes of Superman the Animated Series, two episodes of Static Shock, two episodes of Justice League, five episodes of Justice League Unlimited, and three episodes of Legion of Super Heroes. He has also reprised the role in the MMO DC Universe Online.

Corey Burton is also known to Star Wars fans as the audio double for Christopher Lee as Count Dooku in Star Wars Clone Wars and several Star Wars video games (likewise for Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories, doubling over for Lee as DiZ from Kingdom Hearts II and Birth By Sleep). He appeared as Ziro the Hutt and General Lothsome in Star Wars the Clone Wars and also appeared as Captain Mar Tuuk and Cad Bane and reprised his roles as Count Dooku, Ziro The Hutt, and General Lothsome in the movie's television adaptation.

Also well-known to the Transformers universe as the voice of Shockwave, Sunstreaker, Brawn and Spike Witwicky in The Transformers and Megatron, Ratchet, Ironhide and Longarm Prime/Shockwave in Transformers Animated.

He has also played dozens of characters on Adventures in Odyssey, his most frequent as Edwin's assistant Walter Shakespeare.

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-Corey Burton began his voice career at age 17, in an imitation performance of voice actor Hans Conreid for Disney. He studied radio acting with the legendary Daws Butler for four years, and went on to work with nearly all of the original Hollywood radio actors in classic-style radio dramas. He has also done numerous cartoon series for other networks, such as [[Cartoon Network (Creator)|Cartoon Network]].
+Corey Burton began his voice career at age 17, in an imitation performance of voice actor Hans Conreid for Disney. He studied radio acting with the legendary Daws Butler for four years, and went on to work with nearly all of the original Hollywood radio actors in classic-style radio dramas. He has also done numerous cartoon series for other networks, such as [[Cartoon Network]].
 Burton has voiced sound-alikes and original characters for over 50 Disney Storyteller records. His roles include:
 * Ludwig Von Drake
-* Dale and Zipper in ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (Animation)|Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]''
+* Dale and Zipper in ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (animation)|Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]''
-* Gruffi Gummi and Toadwart in ''[[Adventures of the Gummi Bears (Animation)|Adventures of the Gummi Bears]]'' (following the death of Bill Scott).
+* Gruffi Gummi and Toadwart in ''[[Adventures of the Gummi Bears]]'' (following the death of Bill Scott).
-* Sigmund Brock in ''[[American Dragon Jake Long (Animation)|American Dragon Jake Long]]''.
+* Sigmund Brock in ''[[American Dragon Jake Long]]''.
-* [[Classic Disney Shorts (Animation)|Ranger Woodlore]], [[Peter Pan (Disney)|Captain Hook]], [[Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs (Disney)|Grumpy]], [[Fantasia (Disney)|Chernabog]], [[The Black Cauldron (Disney)|the Horned King]], [[Hercules (Disney)|Zeus]], and several other characters from ''[[House of Mouse (Animation)|House of Mouse]]''.
+* [[Classic Disney Shorts|Ranger Woodlore]], [[Peter Pan (Disney film)|Captain Hook]], [[Snow White (Disney film)|Grumpy]], [[Fantasia|Chernabog]], [[The Black Cauldron|the Horned King]], [[Hercules (Disney film)|Zeus]], and several other characters from ''[[House of Mouse]]''.
-* Mole in ''[[Atlantis the Lost Empire (Disney)|Atlantis the Lost Empire]]'' and ''Atlantis: Milo's Return''.
+* Mole in ''[[Atlantis: The Lost Empire|Atlantis the Lost Empire]]'' and ''Atlantis: Milo's Return''.
-* Onus in ''[[Treasure Planet (Disney)|Treasure Planet]]''
+* Onus in ''[[Treasure Planet]]''
-* Captain Hook in ''[[Peter Pan (Disney)|Return to Never Land]]'' and ''[[Jake and The Neverland Pirates (Animation)|Jake and The Neverland Pirates]]''
+* Captain Hook in ''[[Peter Pan (Disney film)|Return to Never Land]]'' and ''[[Jake and the Never Land Pirates|Jake and The Neverland Pirates]]''
-* Dale, [[Fantasia (Disney)|Yen Sid]], [[Peter Pan (Disney)|Captain Hook]], [[Tron (Film)|Sark, MCP,]] [[Mulan (Disney)|Shan Yu]], [[The Little Mermaid (Disney)|Flotsam and Jetsam]], and [[Alice in Wonderland (Disney)|the White Rabbit]] in the ''[[Kingdom Hearts (Franchise)|Kingdom Hearts]]'' series
+* Dale, [[Fantasia|Yen Sid]], [[Peter Pan (Disney film)|Captain Hook]], [[Tron|Sark, MCP,]] [[Mulan|Shan Yu]], [[The Little Mermaid|Flotsam and Jetsam]], and [[Alice in Wonderland (Disney film)|the White Rabbit]] in the ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' series
-** DiZ{{spoiler|/Ansem The Wise}} in ''[[Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories (Video Game)|Kingdom Hearts]] [[Updated Rerelease|Re:]] [[Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories (Video Game)|Chain of Memories]]'' and ''[[Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep (Video Game)|Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep]]''
+** DiZ{{spoiler|/Ansem The Wise}} in ''[[Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories|Kingdom Hearts]] [[Updated Rerelease|Re:]] [[Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories|Chain of Memories]]'' and ''[[Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep]]''
 * [[Narrator]] in Goofy appearances (1992-present)
-* V.V. Argost in ''[[The Secret Saturdays (Animation)|The Secret Saturdays]]''
+* V.V. Argost in ''[[The Secret Saturdays]]''
-* Zeus in ''[[God of War (Video Game)|God of War]]''.
+* Zeus in ''[[God of War (series)|God of War]]''.
-* Hugo Strange in ''[[Batman: Arkham City (Video Game)|Batman Arkham City]]''.
+* Hugo Strange in ''[[Batman: Arkham City]]''.
-In addition, Burton has done extensive voice work for Disney including feature animations, theme parks, interactive sections of the company, and attractions at the Disneyland Resort, Walt Disney World Resort, and Tokyo Disney Resort. In fact, regarding the Floridian resort, he was also one of two narrators in a [[The Nineties|1990s]] PC application called ''[[Walt Disney World Explorer]]'', which was a [[Point and Click]] "edutainment" title that had slideshows, videos, audio descriptions and even a trivia [[Mini Game|side game]] that was all about Disney World. (Specifically, he was the male narrator of the game; the other narrator was a woman.) He also provides the "Feature Presentation" voice on numerous Disney videos. He also overdubbed the voice of ''[[Fantasia (Disney)|Fantasia]]'' MC Deems Taylor for a 1980s release, as Taylor's original soundtrack had deteriorated.
+In addition, Burton has done extensive voice work for Disney including feature animations, theme parks, interactive sections of the company, and attractions at the Disneyland Resort, Walt Disney World Resort, and Tokyo Disney Resort. In fact, regarding the Floridian resort, he was also one of two narrators in a [[The Nineties|1990s]] PC application called ''[[Walt Disney World Explorer]]'', which was a [[Point and Click]] "edutainment" title that had slideshows, videos, audio descriptions and even a trivia [[Mini Game|side game]] that was all about Disney World. (Specifically, he was the male narrator of the game; the other narrator was a woman.) He also provides the "Feature Presentation" voice on numerous Disney videos. He also overdubbed the voice of ''[[Fantasia]]'' MC Deems Taylor for a 1980s release, as Taylor's original soundtrack had deteriorated.
-Corey Burton is also known to audiences for his role as Brainiac in the [[DCAU (Franchise)|DC animated universe]]. He appeared as Brainiac in six episodes of ''[[Superman: The Animated Series (Animation)|Superman the Animated Series]]'', two episodes of ''[[Static Shock (Animation)|Static Shock]]'', two episodes of ''[[Justice League (Animation)|Justice League]]'', five episodes of ''Justice League Unlimited'', and three episodes of ''[[Legion of Super Heroes (Animation)|Legion of Super Heroes]]''. He has also reprised the role in the MMO ''[[DC Universe Online (Video Game)|DC Universe Online]]''.
+Corey Burton is also known to audiences for his role as Brainiac in the [[DCAU|DC animated universe]]. He appeared as Brainiac in six episodes of ''[[Superman: The Animated Series|Superman the Animated Series]]'', two episodes of ''[[Static Shock]]'', two episodes of ''[[Justice League (animation)|Justice League]]'', five episodes of ''Justice League Unlimited'', and three episodes of ''[[Legion of Super-Heroes (TV series)|Legion of Super Heroes]]''. He has also reprised the role in the MMO ''[[DC Universe Online]]''.
-Corey Burton is also known to ''[[Star Wars (Franchise)|Star Wars]]'' fans as the [[Poor Man's Substitute|audio double]] for Christopher Lee as Count Dooku in ''[[Westerm Animation/Star Wars Clone Wars|Star Wars Clone Wars]]'' and several ''Star Wars'' video games (likewise for ''[[Kingdom Hearts (Franchise)|Kingdom Hearts]] [[Video Game Remake|Re]]:Chain of Memories'', doubling over for Lee as DiZ from ''Kingdom Hearts II'' and ''Birth By Sleep''). He appeared as Ziro the Hutt and General Lothsome in ''[[Star Wars the Clone Wars (Animation)|Star Wars the Clone Wars]]'' and also appeared as Captain Mar Tuuk and Cad Bane and reprised his roles as Count Dooku, Ziro The Hutt, and General Lothsome in the movie's television adaptation.
+Corey Burton is also known to ''[[Star Wars]]'' fans as the [[Poor Man's Substitute|audio double]] for Christopher Lee as Count Dooku in ''[[Westerm Animation/Star Wars Clone Wars|Star Wars Clone Wars]]'' and several ''Star Wars'' video games (likewise for ''[[Kingdom Hearts]] [[Video Game Remake|Re]]:Chain of Memories'', doubling over for Lee as DiZ from ''Kingdom Hearts II'' and ''Birth By Sleep''). He appeared as Ziro the Hutt and General Lothsome in ''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars|Star Wars the Clone Wars]]'' and also appeared as Captain Mar Tuuk and Cad Bane and reprised his roles as Count Dooku, Ziro The Hutt, and General Lothsome in the movie's television adaptation.
-Also well-known to the ''[[Transformers (Franchise)|Transformers]]'' universe as the voice of Shockwave, Sunstreaker, Brawn and Spike Witwicky in ''[[The Transformers (Animation)|The Transformers]]'' and Megatron, Ratchet, Ironhide and Longarm Prime/Shockwave in ''[[Transformers Animated (Animation)|Transformers Animated]]''.
+Also well-known to the ''[[Transformers]]'' universe as the voice of Shockwave, Sunstreaker, Brawn and Spike Witwicky in ''[[The Transformers (animation)|The Transformers]]'' and Megatron, Ratchet, Ironhide and Longarm Prime/Shockwave in ''[[Transformers Animated]]''.
-He has also played dozens of characters on ''[[Adventures in Odyssey (Radio)|Adventures in Odyssey]]'', his most frequent as Edwin's assistant Walter Shakespeare.
+He has also played dozens of characters on ''[[Adventures in Odyssey]]'', his most frequent as Edwin's assistant Walter Shakespeare.
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