Peter Fernandez, RIP

[reaperg]

Farewell to the U.S. voice of Speed Racer.

He also dubbed about a zillion U.S. imports, including "Hercules" and "Godzilla versus the Sea Monster", also directing the dubbings. He even wrote the U.S. lyrics for the "Speed Racer" theme song -- he had the sheet when I got to see him at G-CON.

Thanks for everything, Mr. Fernandez.

[MonsterX]

That sucks. Looking over his IMDB entry it looks like he had his hand in a lot of genre stuff. Here's to you Pete, I'll think of you every time I watch Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster.

[angilasman]

It's too bad that several of the wonderful Godzilla dubs he did (Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster, Son of Godzilla, Destroy All Monsters, and Godzilla vs. The Smog Monster) have dissappeared in recent years and been replaced by inferior dubs from Hong Kong that synch up directly with the Japanese cuts.

Peter also directed and performed the US dub of Ultraman, which you can now get on DVD for crazy cheap.

RIP Mr. Fernandez

[Weirdo Writer]