Paul Rugg

Not to be confused with Paul Rudd.

Paul Kevin Rugg is an American screenwriter, producer, puppeteer, actor, voice actor, and comedian, who, for Disney, played Manny the Uncanny, Alistair Flyndiggery, and Vanessa in the ABC Kids series Disney's One Saturday Morning. As well as, The Dark Lord Chuckles the Silly Piggy in the Disney Channel animated series Dave the Barbarian, Hans Rotwood in American Dragon: Jake Long, a TV reporter in The Country Bears, and Ed and Cosmo in Buzz Lightyear of Star Command. He also voiced Lord Starchbottom in the series The 7D, a show in which he also wrote.

Rugg has worked extensively in the field of animation. His list of credits include writing for, co-producing, and playing the voices of several cartoon characters; first being credited as "Mr. Director" (a Jerry Lewis-esque character) from Animaniacs. Afterwards, he voiced the title characters Freakazoid! and Histeria!. Rugg was recruited to the Warner Brothers Television Animation team headed up by Jean MacCurdy and Tom Ruegger and was a key contributor to their various series in the 1990s.

Trivia[]

• He was considered for the role of The Duke of Weselton, if he had been cast the directors would have preferred he use the same voice he uses for Dark Lord Chuckles the Silly Piggy.
• Rugg drew inspiration towards Jerry Lewis for Lord Starchbottom.

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External links[]

• Paul Rugg on Wikipedia
• Paul Rugg on IMDb