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Ben Burtt

1948 - Today

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Benjamin Burtt Jr. (born July 12, 1948) is an American sound designer, film director, film editor, screenwriter, and voice actor. As a sound designer, his credits include the Star Wars and Indiana Jones film series, Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), WALL-E (2008), and Star Trek (2009). Burtt is notable for popularizing the Wilhelm scream in-joke and creating many of the iconic sound effects heard in the Star Wars film franchise, including the 'voice' of R2-D2, the lightsaber hum, the sound of the blaster guns, the heavy-breathing sound of Darth Vader, and creating the Ewoks’ language, Ewokese. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ben Burtt is the 5,976th most popular actor (down from 5,894th in 2019), the 9,279th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,640th in 2019) and the 2,754th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Ben Burtt ranks 5,976 out of 13,578. Before him are Konstantin Khabensky, Craig Sheffer, Sidney Fox, Aida Turturro, Xiumin, and Michael Paul Chan. After him are Lisa Marie, Indira Varma, Vasily Kachalov, Saundra Santiago, Daniel Sharman, and Wade Dominguez.

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Among people born in 1948, Ben Burtt ranks 586. Before him are Fred Hampton, Josef Ackermann, Nick Mancuso, Yasumasa Kanada, Jean-Pierre Haigneré, and Jürgen Marcus. After him are Jorge Carrascosa, T. C. Boyle, Guido Knopp, Robert S. Langer, Birthe Kjær, and Mayanga Maku.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ben Burtt ranks 9,281 out of 20,380. Before him are Midori (1968), Sterling Price (1809), William J. Casey (1913), Terry Kath (1946), Dick Barnett (1936), and Michael Paul Chan (1950). After him are Lisa Marie (1968), Paul A. Rothchild (1935), Mike Miller (1980), Saundra Santiago (1957), Wade Dominguez (1966), and Lucille La Verne (1872).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Ben Burtt ranks 2,755. Before him are June Foray (1917), Marc Cherry (1962), Michel Gill (1960), Craig Sheffer (1960), Aida Turturro (1962), and Michael Paul Chan (1950). After him are Lisa Marie (1968), Saundra Santiago (1957), Wade Dominguez (1966), Lucille La Verne (1872), James Gammon (1940), and John David Washington (1984).

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