The Lionel Stander Story as told by Transformers actor Neil Ross

Tranformers G1 voice actor Neil Ross (Slag and Springer) talks about working with Lionel Stander (who voiced Kup), and an interaction between Lionel and director Wally Burr during his panel with Jack Angel at TFcon DC.

[@onilaw6253]

So great to see these icons legends mennn♥️

[@TheRenegadist]

I wish he could reprise his role as the German commander in Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory one more time.

[@leaderstragg]

I didn't even know he was in that game!... Until now!

[@yosefdemby8792]

He was also the original actor of Buzz Buzzard from the Woody Woodpecker series.

[@Nick-ty9us]

That was before he was blacklisted by the un-American activities committee in the early 50s because he was exposed as a communist party member and after that every one in Hollywood, including Walter lantz blacklisted him, and he went to Europe and that’s why they had to replace the voice of buzz buzzard in 1952 with Dallas McKinnon, who did it up until 1972 by the time he did transformers He’s not been blacklisted since 1965.

[@Nick-ty9us]

That was before he was blacklisted

[@BrotherDerrick3X]

Neil Ross sounded more like John Stephenson as Kup than as Lionel Stander playing him.

[@leaderstragg]

Neil Ross missed his calling!

[@thomaslumpkin7021]

Lionel Stander always gave Kup a raspy old timer voice. Neil Ross should've also tried out for stand-up comedy given how he sounded in a raspy fashion.