William Dufris (February 1, 1958 - March 24, 2020) was an American voice actor who voiced characters in the Original Series of Bob the Builder.
He died of battle with esophageal cancer at his home in South Portland on March 24, 2020, at the age of 62. He was later cremated.
Voices
US
- Bob (2001-2005)
- Farmer Pickles (2001-2005)
- Mr. Beasley (2001-2005)
- Mr. Sabitini (2002-2005)
- Skip (2002-2005)
Trivia
- He was the longest serving US voice actor for Bob himself.
- He was also known for being one of the English voice actors for the titular character of Lupin the Third.
- It was likely he was attended to return in Project: Build it but left at the last minute as there are early versions of the Bob's Mini Project shorts produced in 2004 with him voicing Bob.
- He and along with Marc Silk voiced characters in Rocky and the Dodos, with William voicing "Elvis" and "Dougan" respectfully.
- In 2003 he left Bob the builder because Sarah ball the producer was leaving and William felt like it was time to move on too
- He passed away exactly one week before Vincent Marzello, the American voice actor of Robert.
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