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Comparision of the voice over actors who have been the voice of Mad Hatter with sound clips and images.
Created by Pokejedservo on Sun Jan 30 2011, 11 Comments, Add Comment
Special thanks to Cypo for additional sound clips.
EDITOR'S OPINION
In this Batman VC we have another member of Batman's Rogues Gallery and this time its for this Alice in Wonderland-themed villain generally known as Jervis Tetch... THE MAD HATTER! In the late 60's the Mad Hatter had his VA debut in Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder in which he was voiced by the late Ted Knight. Unlike the 2nd clip that we will go over later this take on the Mad Hatter is a simple good old fashioned silly comic book villain with a gimmicky theme. Is this take on the Mad Hatter a generic gimmicky comic book super-villain? Perhaps but Ted Knight's performance does help ensure that this take on the Mad Hatter does suit this show's light-hearten nature.In the Batman Animated Series (and the DCAU) the Mad Hatter was voiced by the also late Roddy McDowall in which this take on the Mad Hatter is another example of why Paul Dini is known for making sympathetic villains. Granted the Mad Hatter did become a bit more of a conventional villain later on in his appearances in the DCAU but in his debut he was a fine example of a sympathetic antagonist in which Roddy's performance definitely captured the Mad Hatter's persona in the DCAU quite well. Roddy's performance worked very well for the Mad Hatter as it has a good sense of sympathetic shyness to increasing insanity in which to be honest I always found it to be one of my favorite performances from Roddy and it is another fine example of the voice work in the DCAU. Overall while Ted Knight's performance does work for the more simplistic take on the Mad Hatter but I am clearly going with Roddy McDowall here.
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EmpireGrotesk said at 12:09 PM on Sat Apr 21 2012
Roddy McDowall was able to cover the all the different sides of Hatter from Jervis to his costumed persona. MacNicol was good but can only really do the creepy side. And unfortunately his voice gets a tiny bit irritating.
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Music Meister said at 3:45 PM on Tue Jan 17 2012
I feel, given the character's bio, needs a creepy element which Peter delivers. Roddy was better in Gotham Knights where he was a little creepy. Ted is fine just not very rememberable
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Anicomicgeek said at 11:33 PM on Sun Oct 23 2011
I'm gonna give this one to Peter MacNicol as I felt his Mad Hatter was really creepy. Roddy McDowall was good, too, but I just think MacNicol was creepier.
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pete said at 3:50 PM on Sat Oct 22 2011
Peter MacNiol's Doc Ock voice fits Mad Hatter more. Makes him sound just creepy and is great replacement for Mcdowall.
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Blue Paratroopa said at 11:40 PM on Sun Aug 14 2011
Anyone else think Ted Knight sounds A LOT like Jim Backus?
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said at 9:14 AM on Tue Jul 31 2012
Peter, by contrast, is playing a much creepier Hatter closer to the comics; you definitely get more of a "child molester" vibe from him, and he does that excellently.
said at 6:33 AM on Fri Sep 28 2012
I totally agree with you a 100%, Roddy captured the humanity of the Hatter portrayed in the early BTAS. Which ended up being my favorite depiction of him through the series. I had issues with half the villain character development in Season Three of BTAS. Even Bruce seemed to fall flat at times. Maybe it's just me but there has to be a bit of humanity in each villain to relate or even like the character.
Now Peter MacNicol really got that "Holy Shit" this guy is a creeper Mad Hatter aspect. The total this guy is a crazy pedo-bear! Which I like too. :P I like both depictions of the Mad Hatter maybe one day they can somehow intertwine both. Though Peter does and excellent job and should continue portraying him.