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David "Dave" Willis (born May 1, 1970) is a voice actor, writer, producer and musician who portrays George the Doorman in the Nickelodeon television series, Welcome to the Wayne.
He is widely known for his work in animation, particularly his long association with Adult Swim for whom he created the series Aqua Teen Hunger Force, and Squidbillies and worked on other programs like Space Ghost Coast to Coast. Willis is also known for voicing the character Barry Dylan in the FXX series Archer.
Career[]
Dave Willis has worked on various Adult Swim shows that are created primarily by Williams Street, an animation-centered, Atlanta-based production division of Cartoon Network. He first got hired for Williams Street (then Ghost Planet Industries) as a writer for Cartoon Planet in 1995 and then as a writer for Space Ghost Coast to Coast (SGC2C for short) soon after. In early 2000 he helped write and produce the two Brak Presents the Brak Show Starring Brak specials.
Willis was working on Space Ghost Coast to Coast where he first met Matt Maiellaro, with whom Willis would later create many independent short films and eventually create the popular Adult Swim cartoon Aqua Teen Hunger Force. Aqua Teen Hunger Force first premiered unannounced in the early hours of December 30, 2000 and later officially debuted on Adult Swim in the Fall of 2001. In 2005, he co-created the show Squidbillies. His works mostly fall into the genre of surreal humor.
In 2010, Willis created Cheyenne Cinnamon and the Fantabulous Unicorn of Sugar Town Candy Fudge, a new television pilot for Adult Swim. The pilot aired on March 29, 2010, and was not picked up for a full series. In 2010, Willis co-wrote "New Kidney in Town", an episode of Family Guy.
Trivia[]
- Some of the actors worked with him on Aqua Teen Hunger Force.
External links[]
- Interview with Dave Willis on public radio program The Sound of Young America
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