Has Maurice LaMarche done any deep-voiced characters?

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I know that Maurice LaMarche is famous for his Orson Welles-like voice. From what I've seen, it's roughly the same voice he uses in almost all of his roles. No problem there.

Recently, though, I heard the voice of Welles himself in a recording of the famous radio production of War of the Worlds. Apart from having a great voice in general, something struck me right from the beginning in his opening narration: His voice was deep. Not just distinctive in itself, but as deep as all get out, coming in just short of his later role as Unicron - something I don't I've ever heard in any of Maurice LaMarche's roles.

For a man famed for his Orson Welles impression, I can't help but think I'm missing something. It's just that I've actually got a role in mind myself (not that it's likely to go anywhere, but that's another story), and I was wondering: True to his inspiration, has Maurice LaMarche ever played any especially deep-voiced characters?
 
Off the top of my head: Morbo and Lrrr in Futurama. I think they've got pretty deep voices. I'm sure he's done a couple more, although I can't think of any at the moment.
 
Actually, Maurice has quite a few different voices he uses. The voice he uses for Lurr and Morbo on Futurama is pretty deep, and he uses that voice a lot.

One you become familiar with a VA's voice, you can pick his voice out in a show, even if it's a voice you're unfamiliar with.
 
How can you honestly say that all of his voices sound just like his Orson Welles' impression? Perhaps you're unfamiliar with his standup routines. Also, the following voices sound nothing like his Orson impression: Kif from Futurama, Calculon from Futurama, Dizzy Devil from Tiny Toons, Inspector Gadget (he sounds almost identical to Don Adams), his Dudley Moore, Bob Hope, Rod Serling, Jack Benny, and Rodney Dangerfield impressions, and the list goes on and on. To get a more accurate picture of his range, you should watch The Critic.

Oh, and if you watched some of the first Pinky and The Brain shorts on Animaniacs, you will quickly notice that The Brain's voice was very deep because originally The Brain was supposed to be a direct impression of Orson Welles. Apparently, over time, the producers told him that they wanted The Brain to have more highs in the voice, and Maurice accordingly added a touch of Vincent Price. In his own words, The Brain is "65% Orson Welles, and 35% Vincent Price."

If there is *any* voice actor whose voice sounds like most of his other voices, I would have to say Rob Paulsen fits the bill. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE Rob Paulsen (Pinky and The Brain is one of my favorite shows of all time), but I can spot Rob's voice around 95% of the time. In fact, I would have to say that Pinky is his one voice that sounds *nothing* like his other roles. Tress MacNeille is another voice actor whose voice I can spot practically every time, whereas with Maurice, I can spot his voice only about 50-60% of the time.
 
He did Mortimer Mouse for Disney's House of Mouse and Mickey's Mouseworks, and Mortimer doesn't sound A THING like Orson Welles.

However, it is true that (as with any voice actor) a few of LaMarche's voices do have a "hint" of the Brain in them, if you have the keen ears to identify it with. For example, LaMarche voiced the villainous Father on Codename: KND, and quite frankly, his Father voice almost sounds like his Brain voice, albeit with different mannerisms and inflections. He actually used the Father voice previously for a one-shot character called "Simion" for the "Dial M for Monkey" segment of Dexter's Laboratory.

If Father's voice isn't "deep-enough," I don't know whose (among the LaMarche-voiced characters) is!
 
Paulsen's pretty easy to spot, since outside of a few characters (Yakko, Pinky, Snow Job on G.I. Joe), EVERY voice pretty much sounds like Raphael, or some variation there of.

Like an earlier poster said, check out the Critic for a proper venue of what exactly Maurice LaMarche can do, as well as Tress MacNeille, and a few others. I believe in the commentary it was stated that Maurice and one of the other voice actors pretty much voiced virtually character one shot/recurring character outside of the core cast.
 
I remember that, and I knew it was him before I even checked the IMDb - I knew D'Onofrio was playing Orson Welles, but as soon as he opened his mouth, I thought "Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?"
 
I have to strongly disagree on Paulsen. I've always been surprised by his range - think of Time Squad's Buck Tuddrussel, Jack Fenton & Technus on Danny Phantom, Mark Chang & his Dad on FOP, Hard Drive on SWAT Kats, Throttle on Biker Mice from Mars, Major Glory on Dexter's Lab, and Gordon on Catscratch. That's a heck of lot of range, maybe not as much as LaMarche, but nothing to sniff at.

Anyway, in answer to the OP's question, Egon from Ghostbusters fits the bill.
 
Only the ones I've heard and was aware were being done by him. Which, in retrospect, is probably because I'd mainly look it up when I heard that one distinctive voice. As to his stand-up routines, much as I've heard about his career as a comedian, no, actually. Where can I find them?

Thanks, everyone.
 
I don't know if this counts as a deep-voiced character, but LaMarche does a pretty credible Don Adams impression. He played Inspector Gadget in one of the live-action segments of The Super Mario Brothers Super Show!.

LaMarche also voiced Hugh, Taz's father on Taz-Mania, whose voice was basically a Bing Crosby impression, a fact that was actually lampooned in 3 of the syndicated episodes, which featured Hugh's brother Drew (also voiced by LaMarche) who talked like Bob Hope.
 
Also, he voices a good number of Hanna Barbera characters on Harvey Birdman Attourney At Law such as:

- Yogi Bear
- Fred Flintstone
- Apache Cief
- Blue Falcon
- Dum Dum
- Inch High (similar to his Inspector Gadget voice)
- Speed Buggy
- Droopy
- Doggie Daddy
- Shazzan
- Atom Ant
 
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