To talk about Peter Cullen’s voice acting career is to take a trip through the last five decades of mainstream U.S.
animation.
The man has lent his voice to so many noteworthy cartoon series that it boggles the mind, including “Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo,” “The Smurfs,” “Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends,” “Voltron: Defender of the Universe,” “Alvin and the Chipmunks,” “Muppet Babies,” “Chip ‘n Dale Rescue Rangers,” and “Invincible.” But one cannot even begin to do justice to his body of work without touching on the iconic character that he’s voiced across multiple animated shows and feature films for nearly 40 years now.
Truly, at this point, Cullen is all but synonymous with his onscreen counterpart: Eeyore. After debuting as the Autobots’ intrepid leader in “The Transformers” in 1984, Cullen took over voicing the most relatable resident of the Hundred Acre Wood from the late Ralph Wright (who voiced…
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