Arturo Mercado

Arturo Mercado Chacón (September 7, 1940, Acámbaro, Guanajuato, México) is a notable Mexican voice actor. He has dubbed many television and movie characters to Spanish for the Latin American movie and television market since 1963. He is the father of Arturo Mercado Jr., who is also a voice actor.

He has dubbed principal characters in the Spanish versions of many Muppet and Creature Shopproductions, most often as Waldorf, Sal Minella, and Baby Kermit.

Mercado's extensive resume includes dubbing Yoda in the Star Wars franchise and such diverse personalities as Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins, Sylvester Stallone in Rocky, Steve Martin in Little Shop of Horrors,Dennis Quaid in The Alamo, Jonathan Pryce in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, Ned Beatty in Superman II, Bruce Forsyth in Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Bernard Woringer in Monkeys Go Home, Deems Taylor in Fantasia 2000, and Bill Clinton (in news footage) in The Queen. TV dub roles include David Leisure on Empty Nest and William Schallert on The Torkelsons. Animation is dominated by such Disney characters as Uncle Scrooge, Beast in Beauty and the Beast, the adult Simba in The Lion King, the older Flower in Bambi, Fidget in The Great Mouse Detective, Gopher inThe Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, and Hamm in the Toy Story movies, amongst others, as well as Fred Flintstone, Speedy Gonzales and Daffy Duck in some Looney Tunes projects and Shaggy in various Scooby-Doo appearances.