Neil Ross

He served as announcer for ABC's prime time revival of the classic game show Press Your Luck from 2019 to 2023, as well as the voice of its villainous character The Whammy. Ross was the co-announcer for the 75th Annual Academy Awards Telecast in 2003, and the announcer for the 56th Annual Prime Time Emmy Awards Telecast in 2004. He has also narrated numerous episodes of A&E's Biography, and many editions of NOVA on PBS (including Mars – Dead or Alive, which was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2004).

• Name — Neil Ross • Birthplace — London, England • Occupation — * Actor • announcer • Years Active — 1978–present • Children — 1

Ross was born in London, England. He was subsequently raised in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. His family relocated to California when he was 12 years old, eventually settling in San Diego.

Ross started working in radio when he finished school. His first station was KMUR in Salt Lake City, Utah. Following this, he moved on to KORL, KGMB and KKUA in Honolulu, Hawaii, before moving to KCBQ in San Diego in 1969. He stayed in California, working on KYA San Francisco and KMPC Los Angeles. He made his last broadcast in 1985.

He began his voice-over work in 1978 when he moved to Los Angeles. His first role was as a salesman in an episode of Richie Rich for Hanna-Barbera. Ross has voiced radio and television commercials for companies including Wal-Mart, AT&T, Volkswagen, Coca-Cola, Mattel, Goodyear, Disney, Hoover, Anheuser-Busch, Southwest Airlines, and Kellogg's, and has done promo work for CBS, NBC, ABC, TBS and Fox Kids, using an American accent in all of his performances. For five years he was the promotional announcer for Game Show Network. Ross voiced the Green Goblin/Norman Osborn in Spider-Man: The Animated Series, Shipwreck, Buzzer, Monkeywrench, Dusty, Thunder, and Heavy Metal in G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, and Commander Keith and Pidge in Voltron: Defender of the Universe. In The Transformers, he voiced Springer, Hook, Slag, and Bonecrusher, reprising these roles in The Transformers: The Movie (1986).

Ross served as co-announcer on the 75th Annual Academy Awards telecast in March 2003 and as announcer on the 56th Annual Prime Time Emmy Awards telecast in September 2004. He narrated numerous episodes of A&E's Biography and many editions of NOVA for PBS. In 2019, Ross became the announcer and voice of the Whammy character for the ABC primetime revival of Press Your Luck, hosted by Elizabeth Banks. He served in this role for four seasons until 2023.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes — References • 1982–84 — Pac-Man — Clyde — 19 Episodes • 1983–86 — G.I. Joe — "Buzzer", "Dusty", "Heavy Metal", "Monkeywrench", "Shipwreck", "Thunder" — Unknown episodes • 1984–85 — Voltron — Keith / Jeff / Pidge / Chip / Prince Bandor • 1984–87 — The Transformers — Bonecrusher, Hook, Springer, Slag, Sixshot, Pointblank, Fracas • 1985–92 — Cap'n O. G. Readmore — Cap'n O. G. Readmore — Animated specials only • 1985–86 — Jem — Howard Sands, Hector Ramirez — Unknown episodes • Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling — Mean Gene Okerlund — 26 episodes • 1985–88 — Kissyfur — Duane the Pig • 1985–95 — Robotix — Jerrok / Flexor / Gaxon / Steggor — Unknown episodes • 1986 — Galaxy High — Rotten Roland — 13 episodes • Inhumanoids — Herc Armstrong, Tank, Ssslither, Sabre Jet, Ronald Reagan, Hector Ramirez — Unknown episodes • Rambo: The Force of Freedom — John J. Rambo — 65 episodes • The Centurions — Ace McCloud — Unknown episodes • 1987 — Bionic Six — F.L.U.F.F.I. • The Little Troll Prince — Prag No. 1 — Television special • Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light — Leoric — Unknown episodes • Spiral Zone — Overlord, Wolfgang 'Tank' Schmidt • 1988–94 — Garfield and Friends — Jon's cousin, Paco, announcer • 1989 — X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men — Nightcrawler — Television pilot • 1990–91 — Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: The Animated Series — Whitley White — Unknown episodes • Zazoo U — Logan Chomper • 1991–93 — The Legend of Prince Valiant — Duncan Draconarius • 1991–99 — Little Dracula — Maggot • 1991 — Yo Yogi! — Baba Looey • 1991–2004 — Rugrats — Professor, Western Union Man, Scientist, Santa Claus, Announcer, Clerk, Clown, Mr. Namby, Reporter, President, Dr. Ventnor, The Changeling, F. Lee Barnum, Judge, Press, Various TV Announcers, Fisherman, Policeman, Prince — 11 episodes • 1992–93 — Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa — Bat Blastagun — Unknown episodes • 1992–94 — Batman: The Animated Series — Dealer, Ratso, Jake — The Cat and the Claw: Part I, The Cat and the Claw: Part II, Pretty Poison, Harley and Ivy, Birds of a Feather, Read My Lips, Harlequinade • 1993 — Secret Squirrel — Morocco Mole — Unknown episodes • 1993–94 — SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron — Mac Mange — 5 episodes • 1994 — Fantastic Four — Puppet Master, Super-Skrull (Season 1) — Unknown episodes • 1994–96 — Iron Man — Fin Fang Foom, Wellington Yinsen, Blizzard — Unknown episodes • 1995–97 — The Mask: The Animated Series — Lt. Kellaway, Sly Eastenegger — Unknown episodes • 1995 — Freakazoid! — Board Member — Episode: "The Chip: Part 1" • 1995–98 — Spider-Man: The Animated Series — Norman Osborn/Green Goblin — Unknown episodes • Pinky and the Brain — Marvin the Martian • 1995–96 — The Adventures of Hyperman — Narrator — 13 episodes • 1996 — Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm — Shang Tsung • 2000 — Oh Yeah! Cartoons — Al, Pirate — Ep. Sick 'n' Tired in Bug Bite! • 2000–07 — Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law — Vulturo — Unknown episodes • 2003–09 — My Life as a Teenage Robot — Dr. Phineas Mogg, Redneck, Barber, Monitor Voice, Special Agent #1 — Unknown episodes • 2003–05 — Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks — Mr. McGandry, Mr. O'Hopper — Unknown episodes • 2004 — The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius — Announcer — Episode: "The Junkman Cometh" • 2007 — Ben 10 — Wainwright, Guard #2, Radio Chatter #1 — Ep. "Ben 4 Good Buddy" • 2010–13 — Planet Sheen — Helmb • 2012 — The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes — William Cross / Crossfire, Thug 1, Security Guard — Ep. "To Steal an Ant-Man" • 2012–13 — Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness — Constable Hu — 7 episodes • 2017 — Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! — Scrooge, Symposium Head — Ep. "Scroogey Doo"

• Press Your Luck – Announcer / Whammy (voice) • Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad – Skorn ("His Master's Voice", "An Un-Helping Hand", "Loose Lips Sink Microchips"), Stupid Virus ("Cheater, Cheater, Megabyte Eater") (voices)

• Lifepod (1981) – Main Cerebral (voice) • The Transformers: The Movie (1986) – Bonecrusher / Hook / Springer / Slag (voice) • An American Tail (1986) – Honest John (voice) • G.I. Joe: The Movie (1987) – Buzzer / Dusty / Monkeywrench / Shipwreck (voice) • Innerspace (1987) – Pod Computer (voice) • Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1989) – Oompa (voice) • Back to the Future Part II (1989) – Biff Tannen Museum Narrator (voice) • Dick Tracy (1990) – Radio Announcer #3 (voice) • Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) – Announcer (voice) • The Little Engine That Could (1991, Short) – Doc / Control Tower / Handy Pandy (voice) • FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992) – Elder (voice) • The Town Santa Forgot (1993) – Pout the Elf (voice) • Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993) – (voice) • Thumbelina (1994) – Mr. Bear / Mr. Fox (voice) • A Troll in Central Park (1994) – Pansy (voice) • Quiz Show (1994) – Twenty-One Announcer • The Pebble and the Penguin (1995) – Scrawny (voice) • Babe (1995) – (voice) • The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue (1998) – Doctor Valentine's assistant • Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost (1999) – Mayor Corey (voice) • Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders (2000) – Sergio (voice) • It's the Pied Piper, Charlie Brown (2000, TV Movie) – Interviewer (voice) • The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004) – Cyclops Diver (voice) • Son of the Mask (2005) – Deep Alvey Avery (voice) • Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry (2005) – Dr. Professor (voice) • The Ant Bully (2006) – Wasp #1 / Wasp #5 (voice) • Codename: Kids Next Door - Operation Z.E.R.O. (2006) – Grandfather (voice) • Garfield Gets Real (2007) – Wally / Charles (voice) • Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight (2008) – Fizban / Paladine (voice) • Garfield's Pet Force (2009) – Wally / Charles (voice) • The Outback (2012) – Monty (voice) • The Reef 2: High Tide (2012) – Schliemann (voice)

• Call of Duty – Announcer, Narrator • Command & Conquer: Renegade – Additional Voices • Command & Conquer: Generals – Additional Voices • Disney Universe – VIC • Doom 3 – Sergeant Kelly • Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem – Dr. Edwin Lindsey • Final Fantasy VII Remake – Mayor Domino • Legacy of Kain – Malek the Paladin, King Ottmar, Elzevir the Dollmaker, Rahab • Leisure Suit Larry 6: Shape Up or Slip Out! – Narrator • Leisure Suit Larry: Love for Sail! – Narrator • Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty – Navy SEAL • Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater – Colonel Volgin • Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck's Revenge – Wally B. Feed • The Curse of Monkey Island – Wally B. Feed • Ninja Gaiden – Murai • Onimusha 3 – Guildenstern • Onimusha Blade Warriors – Guildenstern • RAGE 2 – Dr. Kvasir, Wellspring Guard • Return to Monkey Island – Wally B. Feed • Revenant – Sardok, Verhoevan, Townsmen • Rosewater – Doc Sedgwick, Oberlin, Quentin Ellis, Perry Cloud Smith, Buford, Roderick Nethersole • Spyro: Year of the Dragon – Moneybags, Bentley • Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly – Moneybags • Spider-Man 3 – Luke Carlyle • Star Wars: Rogue Squadron – Han Solo, General Rieekan • Star Wars: Rebellion – Han Solo, Stormtrooper, Imperial Command Center Communications Officer • Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance – Admiral Nammo, Concourse PA Announcer, Imperial Officer, Rebel Pilot • The Bard's Tale – Additional voices • Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines – Gary Golden

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