Juan Cuadra Escobar (November 6, 1945 – July 3, 2019) was a Nicaraguan voice actor based in Los Angeles. He was the father of fellow voice actor Ulises Cuadra.
Biography[]
In his youth, he worked as a voice-over artist in his native Nicaragua, creating commercials for major companies like Coca-Cola. He also presented musical themes and recorded radio soap operas. After the 1972 Managua earthquake, he emigrated to the United States. A few months later, a friend took him to a studio across the street from Universal Studios to take a dubbing test. Since then, he has lent his voice to countless films, series, animated films, and anime. In recent years, he has hosted the "English Without Barriers" course.
He retired from dubbing a few years ago and passed away on July 3, 2019. His son Ulises Cuadra, who has followed in his footsteps and is now a prominent voice-over actor in Los Angeles, announced the news.
Filmography[]
Films[]
Richard Portnow
- Judge George in Indictment: The McMartin Trial (1995)
- Dan "The Man" Levitan in Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) (Los Angeles dub)
Robert Brown
- M in A Killer's Eye (1985)
- Admiral Hargreaves in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
Others
- Director (Roger Dunn) in The President and His Counselor (2000)
- Tom Williams (Ernie Lively) in Balloon Farm (1999)
- Judd Marshall (Stanley DeSantis) in Love and the Beast (1997)
- Train Conductor (Albert Moses) / Buldeo's Servant (Raja Summanapala) in Mowgli and Baloo (1997)
- Additional Voices in Paul: The Emissary (1997)
- Professor Spatz (Paul Reubens) / Narration in Buddy: My Favorite Gorilla (1997)
- Harry Sloan (Simon Jones) / Father Canlon (Ciarán O'Reilly) in The Enemy Within (1997)
- Captain Frank Solis (Denis Arndt) in Metro (1997)
- Director (Ken James) in Flying Home (1996)
- Inserts / Additional Voices in Larry Flynt: The Name of Scandal (1996)
- Johnny Carson (Rich Little) in Late Night (1996)
- Sonny Bono / Additional Voices in The President's Son (1996)
- Coll (Ewan Stewart) in Rob Roy (1995)
- Dunenkov (Ralph Nossek) / Additional Voices in Citizen X (1995)
- Senator (Graham Jarvis) / Additional Voices in The Airmen of Tuskegee (1995)
- Mr. Rugg (Ben Stein) in Casper (1995)
- Di Cosimo (Mariano Rigillo) in Il Postino (1995)
- Evan Buckley (Christopher Dibb) in In Pursuit of Honor (1995)
- Anchorman Bill Cromwell (Wirt Cain) in The Chase (1994)
- Elementary School Principal (Sam Anderson) / Additional Voices in Forrest Gump (1994)
- Vice President Walter Kelly (Dakin Matthews) / Introduction in The Enemy Within (1994)
- Bill Spencer (Max Wright) / Prosecuting Attorney in The White Mile (1994)
- Mr. Rajuela (Dann Florek) in The Flintstones (1994)
- Mr. Appleton (Bernie Engel) / Additional Voices in Blank Check (1994)
- Harley (Ron Donachie) in The Jungle Book (1994)
- Mr. Ingersol (Lewis Arquette) / Inserts / Additional Voices in Attack of the 50 Foot Tall Woman (1993)
- Virgil Earp (Sam Elliott) in Tombstone (1993)
- Sexton (Edward Jewesbury) in So Much for Nothing (1993) (original dub)
- Jimmy (Christopher Lloyd) / Introduction / Additional Voices in Twenty Dollars (1993)
- Juanito Rostagno (Miguel Sandoval) in Jurassic Park (1993)
- Additional voices on The Real McCoy (1993)
- Doctor (Wantland L. Sandel Jr.) / Mr. Murphy (Ed Quinn) in The Real McCoy (1992)
- Inserts on Background Effects (1992)
- Malcolm (Eddie Jones) / Additional voices on Rocketeer (1991)
- General Lu Soong (Burt Kwouk) in Air America (1990) (re-dubbing)
- Milton Brighs (James Handy) in Arachnophobia (1990) (original dubbing)
- Introduction in Genius (1989)
- Walter Donovan (Julian Glover) in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) (original dubbing)
- Commissioner Gordon (Pat Hingle) / TV Director (Richard Durden) in Batman (Los Angeles dubbing)
- Sharkey (Frank McRae) in Licence to Kill (1989)
- Vincent Ludwig (Ricardo Montalbán) in Rain Man (1988)
- Additional voices in Rain Man (1988) (original dubbing)
- Fournier (Michael MacRae) in Shooting to Kill (1988)
- Earl Cross (Brian Doyle-Murray) in Scrooged (1988)
- Additional voices in Twins (1988)
- Earl Hooter (Lee McLaughlin) in Elvira, the Lady in the Dark (1988) (redubbing)
- Jacques (Frederik de Groot) in Trapped (1987)
- Guard in Blayden (Marc Boyle) / Jailer in Afghanistan (Ken Sharrock) / Announcer in Tangier / Man in Customs in Danger is His Name (1987)
- Inspector Douglas Todd (Gilbert R. Hill) in Hurry Up in Hollywood II (1987)
- Additional voices in Blind Date (1987)
- President of the United States (Robert Beatty) / Council Member #2 (Esmond Knight) in Superman IV (1987) (Los Angeles dub)
- Carlos (John Van Dreelen) in Home Sweet Home (1986) (Los Angeles dubbing)
- Flight Captain (Mark Gadbois) in Top Gun (1986) (original dubbing)
- Reverend Doty (Wil Dewitt) / Additional Voices in Winners (1986)
- Ivan Drago (Dolph Lundgren) / Announcer (R.J. Adams) in Rocky IV (1985) (Los Angeles dubbing)
- George Granville (David White) in Brewster's Millions (1985) (redubbing)
- Ericcson (Martin Kove) in Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
- McFee (Danny Glover) in Witness (1985)
- Grandpa (Arthur Hill) in A Christmas Story (1985)
- Mr. Kendall (Richard Schaal) in Halloween (1985)
- Microphone Operator / Others in 007: A Killer's Eye (1985)
- Lite (Sy Richardson) in The Reclaimer (1984)
- Admiral Ackbar (Erik Bauersfeld) in Star Wars: Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983) (original dubbing)
- Omar Suarez (F. Murray Abraham) / Mel Bernstein (Harris Yulin) / Sheffield (Michael Alldredge) in Scarface (1983) (redubbing)
- Commissioner Nightblack (Nesbitt Blaisdell) / Tucker (Buddy Gilbert) / Introduction in Eddie Macon: The Fugitive (1983)
- Conal Cochran (Daniel O'Herlihy) in Halloween III: Night of the Witch (1982) (redubbing)
- Norman Thayer Jr. (Henry Fonda) in On Golden Pond (1981) Universal version
- Hospital Porter (Albert Moses) in An American Werewolf in London (1981)
- John Harper (Roberts Blossom) in Resurrection (1980)
- Colonel Daintry (Richard Attenborough) / Introduction in The Human Factor (1979)
- Additional voices in The Rose (1979)
- Reverend Matthew Turner (Russell S. Doughten) in Distant Thunder (1978)
- Introduction in Anything Goes (1977)
- The Hotel Manager (Siegfried Wallach) / Introduction in The Eiger Mission (1975) (Los Angeles dubbing)
- Additional voices in Earthquake (1974) (original dubbing)
- Waiter in New Orleans (Dan Jackson) / Eddie (Lance Gordon) / Additional Voices in Live and Let Die (1973)
- Henry Gondorff (Paul Newman) in The Sting (1973)
- Judge (John Carter) in Joe Kidd (1972)
- Nick (Osiride Pevarello) in Django the Avenger (1969)
- Friar (Enzo Fiermonte) in Hail Maria Gunman (1969)
- Warden (John Le Mesurier) in The Italian Connection (1969)
- Additional Voices in The Hail Maria Four (1968)
- U-boat Captain (John Stone) in You Only Live Twice (1967)
- Prime Minister (Herbert Marshall) in Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962)
- Pharaoh (Robert Rietty) in Joseph and His Brothers (1962)
- Potts (C. Denier Warren) / Additional Voices in Lolita (1962)
- Bill Gaye (Wilfrid Brambell) in The Children of Captain Grant (1962)
- Dr. Dan Hennessy (Hayden Rorke) in All That Heaven Allows (1955) (redubbing)
- Introduction and Inserts in The Storm (1940)
TV Series[]
- The Storyteller: Greek Myths
- King Acrisius (Arthur Dignam, episode 3)
- Polydektes (John McEnery, episode 3)
- Various voices in Unsolved Mysteries (Season 1)
- The Inventors
- Narrator / Fee's Father (Episode "Winslow Hummer: An American Original")
- Captain Banning Cocq (Episode "Rembrandt, Fathers and Sons")
Miniseries[]
- Forster (John Carlin) / Louis Pasteur (Hugo De Vernier) in Around the World in 80 Days (1989)
Anime[]
- Windom (2nd voice) in The Magical Warriors
- Gozo Hatamoto (eps. 22-23) / Hitoshi Yuda (ep. 24) / Juro Yoshioka (ep. 45) / Kenjin Hanaoka (ep. 60) in Detective Conan
- Windcharger / Sparkplug (base voice) / Ratchet (some eps.) / Additional voices in Transformers G1
- Enrique's father in Corazón
- Captain Azcárraga in IronMan 28
- Gucchi / Additional voices in Conan, the boy from the future
- Doctor / Policeman / Reporter / Assassin (two eps.) in Sandy Bell
- Emerald City Guard in The Wizard of Oz (Los Angeles dub)
- Grace and Oscar's uncle in The Magic of Titila
- Various voices in The Super book
Animated Series[]
- Witterquick (Jim Cummings) in Visionaries
- Electro in Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends (2nd version)
- Dirty Prawn / Magic Wishing Star / Additional Voices in The New Adventures of the Little Mermaid
- Captain Dutch in Protagonists of the Story (episode "William Bradford and the First Thanksgiving")
- God in Animated Biblical Movies
- Additional Voices in Inspector Gadget
Animated Movies[]
- Ironhide (Peter Cullen) / Cliffjumper (Casey Kasem) in Transformers: The Movie
- DeSoto (Carl Weintraub) in Oliver & Company
- Moe (Hal Smith) in An American Tail
- Wylie Perrales (James Stewart) in An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
- Captain Neweyes (Walter Cronkite) in Guys! We're Back
- Narrator (Laurent de Brunhoff) / Inserts in Babar and Father Christmas
- King Morpheus (Bernard Ehard) in Little Nemo in Dreamland
- Ghost of Christmas Past / Various Voices in A Christmas Carol (1994)
- Color Commander / Additional Voices in Robotech II
- Sebastian in Heidi (1995)
- Caiaphas (David Schofield) / Additional Voices in The Lord of Miracles (Los Angeles dub)
- Mender in Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure
- Johan de Witt in The Black Tulip
- Court Astrologer in [[The Nutcracker (1995)
Documentaries[]
- William Hanna in The Flintstones: A Page Right Out of History
- Jackie Cooper / Warren Beatty / John Ford / King Vidor / Additional voices in The First 100 Years: A Tribute to Cinema
- Maharishi Mahesh Yogi / Ed Sullivan / Derek Taylor / Additional voices in The Beatles Anthology
Acknowledgments[]
- Ulises Cuadra - Photographs and biographical information