Rayle, Hal

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Rayle, Hal

(Hal Rale, Hal J. Rayle)

PERSONAL

Married Maggie Roswell (an actress and voice artist), 1987; children: one daughter. Education: Studied telecommunications, cinematography, and history at Ball State University.

Addresses:

Agent—Maximum Talent Agency, 1873 South Bellaire St., Suite 915, Denver, CO 80222.

Career:

Actor and voice artist. With Maggie Roswell, operated Roswell 'n Rayle and wrote and produced advertising, ring tones, messaging, and other work. Wrote, performed in, and sold radio commercials. Worked as a bartender and in a gas station.

Member:

Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.

CREDITS

Television Appearances; Animated Series:

Voices of Pipes, Snarl, and Shrapnel, Transformers (also known as Super God Robot Force, The Transformers, Transformers: Generation 1, Transformer 2010, and Tatakae! Cho robot seimeitai Transformer), syndicated, 1985.

Various voices, including Admiral Ledger, Prince Hajji, and Deep Six, G.I. Joe (also known as Action Force and Chijo saikyo no Expert Team G.I. Joe), syndicated, 1985-86.

Voice of Prince Krotan, Defenders of the Earth, syndicated, 1986.

Voice of Doyle Cleverlobe, Galaxy High School, CBS, 1986-87.

Voices of Rook, Basher, and Nutcap, The Glo Friends, broadcast as a segment of My Little Pony and Friends (animated), syndicated, 1986-90.

Voices of Arzon and Wisdom Owl, Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light (also known as Visionaries), syndicated, 1987.

Voices of Eric Bennet, Sport-1, Joe Kapoola, Shadow Boxer, and Bob, Bionic Six, syndicated, 1987.

Voices of Max Jones, Raw Meat, and Ben, Spiral Zone, syndicated, 1987.

Voice, Superman (animated), CBS, 1988-89.

Voice of Tin Woodsman, The Wizard of Oz, ABC, 1990-91.

Voice of Clint Mousewood, Fievel's American Tails, CBS, 1992-93.

Television Appearances; Animated Movies:

Voices of Ed Sullivan and the Marx Brothers, Alice through the Looking Glass (also known as Alice im Land des Zauberspiegels), 1987.

Television Appearances; Animated Specials:

Voice, P. J. Funnybunny, ABC, 1989.

Voices of the street bear and Murray Weasel, P. J.'s Unfunnybunny Christmas, ABC, 1993.

Voice, P. J. Funnybunny: A Very Cool Easter, ABC, 1996.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Chuck-a-Luck the chicken, "Mind Games," The A Team, NBC, 1985.

(As Hal Rale) Voice of announcer, "Toto, We're Not in Kansas Anymore," Roseanne, ABC, 1989.

Narrator, "Let Me Tell You 'bout the Birds and the Bees," Who's the Boss?, ABC, 1991.

Voice of Hammerhead Hannigan, "Darkly Dawns the Duck: Parts 1 & 2," Darkwing Duck (animated), ABC and Disney Channel, 1991.

Voice of Coast Guard captain, "Kon Ducki," Tiny Toon Adventures (animated; also known as Steven Spielberg Presents … "Tiny Toon Adventures"), syndicated, 1992.

Voice of henchman, "If You're So Smart, Why Aren't You Rich?," Batman (animated; also known as The Adventures of Batman & Robin and Batman: The Animated Series), Fox, 1992.

Voice of jogger, "What Is Reality?," Batman (animated; also known as The Adventures of Batman & Robin and Batman: The Animated Series), Fox, 1992.

Voice of Lieutenant commander Steele, "Enter the Madkat," Swat Kats: The Radical Squadron (animated), syndicated, 1993.

Voice of Lieutenant commander Steele, "The Wrath of Dark Kat," Swat Kats: The Radical Squadron (animated), syndicated, 1993.

Voice of camera operator, "The Lion and the Unicorn," Batman (animated; also known as The Adventures of Batman & Robin and Batman: The Animated Series), Fox, 1995.

Voice of driving police officer, "Girls' Nite Out," Batman Gotham Knights (animated; also known as The New Batman Adventures), The WB, 1998.

Provided the voice of Raphael for some episodes of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (animated; also known as Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Series, Las tortugas ninja, Les tortues ninjas, Les tortugues ninja, Ninja—padderne, and Teini—ikaeiset mutanttininjakilpikonnat), syndicated. Provided the voice of Polly, Small Wonder, syndicated. Provided voices for various programs, including ProStars (animated), NBC; Spacecats (live action and animated), NBC; and Tom & Jerry Kids Show (animated), Fox. Some sources state that Rayle contributed a voice to Rotten Ralph (animated), Fox Family Channel.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Voice, Rotten Ralph (animated), 1996.

Television Additional Voices; Animated Series:

The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show, ABC, 1979-80.

It's Punky Brewster, NBC, 1985-89.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (also known as Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Series, Las tortugas ninja, Les tortues ninjas, Les tortugues ninja, Ninja—padderne, and Teini—ikaeiset mutanttininjakilpikonnat), syndicated, beginning c. 1987.

A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, ABC, 1988-91.

TaleSpin (also known as Tale Spin), syndicated, 1990-94.

The Toxic Crusaders, syndicated, 1991.

Back to the Future (also known as Back to the Future: The Animated Series), CBS, 1991-93.

Mother Goose and Grimm (also known as Grimmy), CBS, 1991-93.

Television Additional Voices; Episodic:

"Cry of the Wolf," Sonic the Hedgehog (animated), ABC, 1994.

Television Executive Producer and Codirector; Episodic:

"Handsome and Gretel," Mother Goose and Grimm (animated; also known as Grimmy), CBS, 1992.

Film Appearances:

Voice of Shrapnel, The Transformers: The Movie (animated; also known as Matrix Forever, The Transformers, Transformers the Movie: Apocalypse! Matrix Forever, Transformers the Movie: Mokushiroku matrix yo eien ni, and Transformers: Matrix yo eien ni), De Laurentiis Entertainment Group, 1986.

Voice of Howler, Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw (animated), TriStar, 1988.

Voice of ghoulies, Ghoulies II, Empire Entertainment Company, c. 1988.

(As Hal J. Rayle) Voice, Mouse Soup (short animated film), 1992.

Voice of first alien, The High Crusade (also known as High Crusade—Frikasseee im Weltraum and Viimeinen ristiretki), Pioneer Entertainment/Raven Releasing/Senator Film, 1994.

Film Work:

Voice replacement worker, Star Worms II: Attack of the Pleasure Pods, Troma Entertainment, 1985.

Chimpanzee vocalizations, Project X, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1987.

Marsupial vocalization, The Adventures of Ford Fairlane, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1990.

Predator vocalization, Predator 2, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1990.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

Voice, Goldilocks and the Three Bears Sing Their Little Bitty Hearts Out (animated), Golden Book Video, 1995.

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