Bill Switzer
William Ashton Switzer is a Canadian actor. He is known for his work on the animated television series Mummies Alive!. He had a leading role in Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension and he also performed in Sabrina: The Animated Series. While he has voiced several roles in anime, he was also Philthy from MythQuest and the voice of Harvey Kinkle in Sabrina: The Animated Series and Sam Guthrie / Cannonball in X-Men: Evolution. He also voiced Billy's former friend Nick in the second season of Billy the Cat, replacing Lee Tockar.
Career
Switzer attended his first audition and won his first role, in a Shari Lewis special, when he was a teenager. He voices the lead character; Presley Carnavon in the television show Mummies Alive!
Switzer was nominated for a Young Artist Award for The Christmas List.
Switzer was noticed for his starring role in Mr. Rice's Secret, in which he played a young cancer patient. He was in almost every scene of the film. Elvis Mitchell of the New York Times wrote, "In the leading role, Mr. Switzer is fine as Owen, especially given that he has to spend a great deal of time talking to himself". The Vancouver Province wrote, "here's an appealing freshness to the young cast of this Vancouver-filmed movie, especially Switzer in the lead role".
He had a leading role in the television show Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension.
Switzer was reported to be directing a short film at age 17.
Personal life
Switzer, who lived in Tsawwassen at the time Mr. Rice's Secret was in production, was reported to be a good swimmer and baseball player in his youth. He learned to ride a horse for his guest role in The Adventures of Shirley Holmes.
Selected filmography
Film
Mail to the Chief – Kenny WitkowskiCheats – GarretThe Dinosaur Hunter – DanielWhen Danger Follows You Home – Andrew WerdenLocked in Silence – JohnThe Right Connections – Gary FlemingThe Christmas List – Danny SkylerA Call to Remember – Sandy HalperThe Life – JasonMr. Rice's Secret – Owen WaltersDeath Note – Sasaki
Television
The Adventures of Shirley Holmes – MattCold Squad – StewartDead Man's Gun – JoJoThe Dead Zone – Doug HirshEerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension – Mitchell TaylorFirst Wave – Nick PattersonMythQuest – PhilthyScorn – DavidThe Sentinel – Edward Lazar
Anime roles
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED – Sai ArgyleMobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack – Hathaway NoahZoids: New Century Zero – Jamie Hemeros, LinebackCardcaptors – Eli MoonMegaMan NT Warrior – Chaud BlazeInfinite Ryvius – Ikumi OzeRanma ½ – Harumaki's GrandsonMaster Keaton – Shinsuke YunaseDragon Drive – Ichiro SumishibaTrouble Chocolate – Boy with Card, RaisinBoys Over Flowers – Junpei Oribe
Voice Work
Billy the Cat – Nick Extreme Dinosaurs – Additional voicesGreatest Heroes and Legends of the Bible – Various charactersMama, Do You Love Me? – Sam and RascalMilo's Bug QuestMummies Alive! – Presley CarnavonRainbow Fish – StingoSabrina: The Animated Series – Harvey KinkleSilverwing – ShadeX-Men: Evolution – Sam Guthrie / Cannonball
Video games
Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounters in Space – Kou UrakiMobile Suit Gundam SEED: Never Ending Tomorrow – Sai ArgyleSabrina: The Animated Series: Magical Adventure – Harvey Kinkle