Eduardo Alcaraz

Eduardo Alcaraz (1915-1987) was a Chilean-born character actor and voice artist in Mexico who was the second voice of Sam the Eagle on El show de los Muppets (The Muppet Show), and also dubbed him in Los Muppets Toman Nueva York (The Muppets Take Manhattan).

Alcaraz began his career in radio, first in his native Chile and then in Ecuador where he participated in an infamous 1949 broadcast of The War of the Worlds (sparking rioting). Moving to Mexico in 1951, he found steady work in film, usually cast as pompous businessmen and bankers, as well as the occasional butler. He was a frequent foil in the comedies of Cantinflas and Germán Valdés "Tin-Tan." He appeared in two fifties Hollywood movies shot in Mexico, Silent Fear (as a doctor) and The Brave One. Later Hollywood credits included the horror film The Bees (as an Israeli UN delegate) and Zorro: The Gay Blade (with George Hamilton, as a local don).

A prominent figure in Mexican dubbing beginning in the 1960s, Alcaraz lent his authoritative voice to Victor Buono on Batman, Jonathan Harris on Lost in Space, Bernie Kopell and others on Get Smart, Bud Abbott in Abbott and Costello Meet Frakenstein, Leo G. Carroll in Strangers on a Train, and several actors on The Twilight Zone (including Burgess Meredith in "The Obsolete Man"). Cartoon roles included Captain Kirk on Star Trek: The Animated Series, Lex Luthor on The New Adventures of Superman, Cogswell on The Jetsons, and the Professor on Felix the Cat. On-camera TV work included guest roles on various telenovelas.