Interviews/Jack Angel

This is a navigation hub for official and fan-run interviews for Jack Angel.

## Fan-run

He was the pretty pink pop princess' father and the father of the latest Hologram. Give our kind attention to Jack Angel!

**1. Could you please introduce yourself, including your roles with Jem?**

My name is Jack Angel. I’m a Hollywood actor that you never see, only hear. I do voices.
**2. Could you please tell us how you got the roles?**

Most of the time I audition with a lot of other actors and sometimes I win the role.
**3. You were the father of the star Jem; a one shot episode, yet the main character. Did you feel special?**

I am not defined by the roles I play. I am special because I am one of a kind in the Universe.
**4. You were also the father of Raya, who was a new doll debut for Jem’s second season. Did you also feel special somewhat in introducing a character that would turn out to be a new band member for the toyline?**

No.
**5. You were only one character for G.I. Joe, Wetsuit. What was it that Wally Burr heard in your voice?**

I had worked for Wally on several previous occasions and he knew my capabilities.
**6. On the dark side, you played the evil Astrotrain and Ramjet for Transformers. How does one go from evil robots, to a loving father who would continue to care for all his foster children; is it just fluctuating your voice?**

The voices were all so big, that it really matter whether they were good or evil. As long as they sounded huge and tough.
**7. How did voicing for Jem go in such small roles; did Wally just imply something like, “Hey Jack, we need you for these rolls. You have the voice.”**

Something like that.
**8. Let’s go to 1986 Transformers: Ultra Magnus. Wow; I would have just thought Robert Stack continued from the movie. Did Wally Burr really push you to sound like Robert or did it just come naturally?**

Robert Stack was a big movie star. Movie stars don’t do animated series work. That’s why Orson Welles only played Unicron in the movie. I just sounded more like Stack than any of the other guys.
**9. Cyclonus: evil, but had a different tone than Astrotrain and Ramjet. Did you get into the feel of the role of being Galvatron’s right hand Decepticon?**

No. I did a voice and Wally said that’s it.
**10. Were any of your voices run through high-technology like Frank Welker and Soundwave? Astrotrain’s voice was “cosmicy” sounding, but I suppose it could be done with voice alone.**

I don’t know.
**11. Back to Jem and Raya’s father, how did it feel going for the Mexican accent?**

I was hungry for a burrito all the time.
**12. And for the guard who says, “Down the hall and to the left,” is it kind of like filler just to volunteer for one line?**

I never volunteer. Something I picked up from my Army days.
**13. Did you identify with the “Out of the Past” episode, being Jerrica and Kimber’s father?**

I never identified with any of the episodes.
**14. Did you ever wonder what life would be like if you actually build and created that giant intelligent computer (Synergy?)**

No.
**15. Voicing Autobot Smokescreen, were you happy you got to be at least one Autobot?**

I was happy to get the work.
**16. And let’s not forget the baddest of them all... Unicron! Was it once again, your deep voice that got you the final role after Roger Carmel?**

Yes.
**17. Because you were only one G.I. Joe character, is there a particular episode that is your favorite?**

I never watched any of the shows because I was always working on other shows when they were on.
**18. What was your favorite Transformer to voice?**
They were all like children…I loved them all.

**19. Why?**

See answer 18
**20. Any particular favorite Transformers episode?**

The ones where I go to the bank and cash the checks.
**21. What was Wally Burr like to work with?**

Wally was a great director who knew exactly what he wanted. He was also a tough task master. -Which may have been a result of him being a tank commander in World War II.
**22. What was it like working with various voice-over teams for different show series?**

There were no teams, just a bunch of extremely talented voice actors who loved working together.
**23. Were you sad when Sunbow shut down?**

I was sad when the checks stopped coming in regularly. Sunbow shut down when Hasbro discovered that their show, Gem, was a platform for Mattel to sell Barbie dolls. The FCC rule was that a company could not advertise the doll in a show in which the doll played a roll. Which meant that Hasbro couldn’t sell Gem dolls in the number one show for girls, and that left the door open for Mattel to sell their dolls in the show. So at Christmas time, Barbies jumped off the shelves and Gems just sat there. Hasbro cancelled all their TV shows as a result. Except for GI Joe, which was then recorded in Canada.
**24. Do you keep in touch with any of your old voice over teammates?**

I see them all the time at auditions and recording sessions. Except for the dead ones.
**25. Any general advice for those that want to get into voice over?**

Go for it. It beats working for a living.
**26. Any final words to say to your fans, those whose favorite toy is one you voiced over, or otherwise?**

Life is a game. If you’re not having fun you are doing it wrong.
Thank you Jack, for your time!