William Woodson



Name: William "Bill" T. Woodson Born: July 16, 1917 (age 91) Birthplace: Glendale, California, USA Spouse: Darlene Conley (October 1959 - 1966) (divorced) 1 child  Best Known As: Woodson's legacy will be his long association with the Superfriends series where he served as narrator and sometimes voice-actor.

William "Bill" T. Woodson (born July 16, 1917) is an American voice artist. He has a small onscreen appearance in the 50s sci-fi film The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms as a newscaster. He can be heard in the opening narrative of the 1970s television series The Odd Couple, explaining how it is that Felix and Oscar ending up rooming together. He had done some of the voice-over work on a late 1960s series called The Invaders. In 1978, Woodson also supplied the opening narration and voice for several guest characters on Battle of the Planets. Woodson is also the narrator of NFL Films' official film of Super Bowl II.

Voice on Super Friends
After the success of SuperFriends (1973), they decided to re-visit the SuperFriends with The All-New Super Friends Hour (1977). Woodson took over the role of narrator from Ted Knight. He would narrate each subsequent Superfriends episode, including the 7 minute short subject episodes produced during 1980 through 1983.


 * As the Narrator for seasons two through six:
 * The All-New Super Friends Hour (1977)
 * Challenge of the SuperFriends (1978)
 * The World’s Greatest Super Friends (1979)
 * SuperFriends: The Legendary Super Powers Show (1984)
 * The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians (1985)

Where Are They Now
In February 2007, he lent his serious-sounding voice to a series of humorous commercials promoting the Minnesota Twins.