Changes: Charles Fleischer

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Charles Jesse "Charlie" Fleischer is an American stand-up comedian, actor, voice actor, writer, and musician, who is best known for performing the voices of Roger Rabbit, Benny the Cab, Greasy, and Psycho in Disney/Touchstone's 1988 film, Who Framed Roger Rabbit. After the film's success he continued to portray the four characters' voices on Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin. He continued to voice Roger for all the cartoon shorts, as well as Mickey's 60th Birthday (Fleischer himself also makes a guest appearance in the special).

He also reprised the voice of Benny in the House of Mouse episode "Max's New Car". Additionally, he played Tony in Straight Talk, a reporter in Dick Tracy, and provided some additional voices in The Great Mouse Detective.

Outside of Disney, he is well-known for his film roles, such as Dr. King in A Nightmare on Elm Street, Terry in Back to the Future Part II, the Elf General in The Polar Express, Elbows in Rango, and Dweeb in We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story. Additionally, he took over the voice role of Boris in the sequel films, Balto II: Wolf Quest and Balto III: Wings of Change.

Disney Roles

Trivia

While filming Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Charles insisted on wearing a Roger Rabbit costume while on the set, in order to get into the character.

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-|image = Charles_Fleischer.jpg
+|image = Charles Fleischer.jpg
-|born = [[August 27]], [[1950]] (age 68)<br>[[Washington, D.C.]], [[United States]]
+|born = Charles Jesse Fleischer<br>[[August 27]], [[1950]] (age 70)<br>[[Washington, D.C.]], [[United States]]
 |alternate names = Charlie Fleischer
-|occupation(s) = Stand-up comedian, actor, writer, musician
+|occupation(s) = Stand-up comedian, actor, voice actor, writer, musician
 |nationality = [[File:Flag of the United States.png|20px]] American
+|spouse = Sheryl Strassman ([[1977]]-present)
+|children = '''With Sheryl''': Rachel
 |years active = [[1972]]-present}}
-'''Charles "Charlie" Fleischer''' is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and musician who is best known for performing the voices of [[Roger Rabbit]], [[Benny the Cab]], Greasy, and Psycho in [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]]/[[Touchstone Pictures|Touchstone]]'s [[1988]] film ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]''. After the film's success he continued to portray the four characters' voices on ''[[Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin]]''. He continued to voice Roger for all the cartoon shorts, as well as ''[[Mickey's 60th Birthday]]'' (Fleischer himself also makes a guest appearance in the special).
+'''Charles Jesse "Charlie" Fleischer''' is an American stand-up comedian, actor, voice actor, writer, and musician, who is best known for performing the voices of [[Roger Rabbit]], [[Benny the Cab]], Greasy, and Psycho in [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]]/[[Touchstone Pictures|Touchstone]]'s [[1988]] film, ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]''. After the film's success he continued to portray the four characters' voices on ''[[Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin]]''. He continued to voice Roger for all the cartoon shorts, as well as ''[[Mickey's 60th Birthday]]'' (Fleischer himself also makes a guest appearance in the special).
 He also reprised the voice of Benny in the ''[[House of Mouse]]'' episode "[[Max's New Car]]". Additionally, he played Tony in ''[[Straight Talk]]'', a reporter in ''[[Dick Tracy]]'', and provided some additional voices in ''[[The Great Mouse Detective]]''.
-Outside of Disney, he is well-known for his film roles, such as Dr. King in ''{{WikipediaLink|A Nightmare on Elm Street}}'', [[w:c:backtothefuture:Terry|Terry]] in ''{{WikipediaLink|Back to the Future Part II}}'', [[w:c:polarexpress:Elf General|the Elf General]] in ''{{WikipediaLink|The Polar Express (film)|The Polar Express}}'', Elbows in ''{{WikipediaLink|Rango (2011 film)|Rango}}'', and [[w:c:hero:Dweeb|Dweeb]] in ''{{WikipediaLink|We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (film)|We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story}}''. Additionally, he took over the voice role of [[w:c:balto:Boris|Boris]] in the sequel films, ''[[w:c:balto:Balto II: Wolf Quest|Balto II: Wolf Quest]]'' and ''[[w:c:balto:Balto III: Wings of Change|Balto III: Wings of Change]]''.
+Outside of [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]], he is well-known for his film roles, such as Dr. King in ''{{WikipediaLink|A Nightmare on Elm Street}}'', [[w:c:backtothefuture:Terry|Terry]] in ''{{WikipediaLink|Back to the Future Part II}}'', [[w:c:polarexpress:Elf General|the Elf General]] in ''{{WikipediaLink|The Polar Express (film)|The Polar Express}}'', Elbows in ''{{WikipediaLink|Rango (2011 film)|Rango}}'', and [[w:c:hero:Dweeb|Dweeb]] in ''{{WikipediaLink|We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (film)|We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story}}''. Additionally, he took over the voice role of [[w:c:balto:Boris|Boris]] in the sequel films, ''[[w:c:balto:Balto II: Wolf Quest|Balto II: Wolf Quest]]'' and ''[[w:c:balto:Balto III: Wings of Change|Balto III: Wings of Change]]''.
 ==Disney Roles==
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 Roger_Rabbit.png|'''[[Roger Rabbit]]'''<br>(''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]'')
-Benny the Cab.jpg|'''[[Benny the Cab]]'''<br>(''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'')
+Benny the Cab.jpg|'''[[Benny the Cab]]'''<br>(''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'' and ''House of Mouse'')
 Greasy.jpg|'''Greasy'''<br>(''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'')
 Psycho.jpg|'''Psycho'''<br>(''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'')
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 Walt Disney World Quiz Challenge.png|'''''Walt Disney World Quiz Challenge'' Host'''<br>(''[[The Walt Disney World Explorer]]'')
 </gallery>
+==Trivia==
+*While filming ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'', Charles insisted on wearing a Roger Rabbit costume while on the set, in order to get into the character.
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