Dan Castellaneta based his voice characterization on Chicago television's Bob Bell who had a very raspy voice and portrayed WGN-TV's Bozo the Clown from 1960 to 1984.

Ginny Tillman, the ex-wife of a Beverly Hills proctologist ; Francesca McDowell, a 14-year-old New York City girl being raised by her father Dave ( portrayed by Castellaneta ) and his partner William ( McMurray ); Tina, a Brooklyn postal employee who is best friends with her co-worker Meg ( Kavner ); Sarah Downey, a quintessential yuppie married to attorney Greg ( Castellaneta ); Kay Clark, an English office worker and caregiver to her sick mother ( Kay also appeared frequently in Tracey Takes On ); Sandra Decker, an aged Hollywood movie actress ; Kiki Howard-Smith, an Australian professional golfer ; Summer Storm, a Los Angeles disc jockey ; and Angel Tish, a singer who appeared with her husband Marty ( Castellaneta ).

Among the recurring characters portrayed by other cast members, besides those previously mentioned, were Gulliver Dark ( McMurray ), singer and rival to Marty Tish, and Dr. Alexander Gibson ( Castellaneta ), a psychiatrist.

Comedian Bob Hope was portrayed by series regular cast member Dan Castellaneta, who plays Homer among many other characters in the series.

* Doc Brown ( portrayed by Christopher Lloyd in live action segments, voiced by Dan Castellaneta in the animated segments ) – Marty's best friend and the inventor of the time machine, which he built out of a DeLorean sports car.

The gypsy fortune teller in the segment was portrayed by Tress MacNeille while the leprechaun was played by Dan Castellaneta.

Regular cast member Dan Castellaneta portrayed Dennis Miller in the segment ( a special ending credit had to be made to avoid confusion with viewers who thought the real Dennis Miller did voicework on the show ).

" The French man and the tuxedo-wearing man on the ship were both portrayed by main cast member Dan Castellaneta, who also plays Homer among other characters in the series.

" The voice actor who plays Angry Dad in the episode was portrayed by Dan Castellaneta, who also does the voice for Homer among other characters in the series.

Originally, the writers wanted Murdoch to be portrayed by cast member Dan Castellaneta, the voice of Homer among other characters in the series.

Real-life commentator Don Rickles and fictional character Lance Murdock were both portrayed by series regular voice actor Dan Castellaneta, who plays Homer among many others in the series.

He is portrayed by Castellaneta, who also plays Homer among other characters in the series.

The character, which was pitched by former show runner David Mirkin and portrayed by Castellaneta, has become one of the writers ' favourites, and was series animation director Jim Reardon's favourite joke of the entire season.

" Citizen Joe " follows an Indiana barber ( portrayed by Dan Castellaneta ) who carries the Ancient Technology Activation gene ( ATA Gene ) and has his life ruined when, through an Ancient device, he begins to have visions of SG-1's missions from season one to season eight.

In 2004, Kavner and Dan Castellaneta ( the voice of Homer ) won a Young Artist Award for " Most Popular Mom & Dad in a TV Series ".

Castellaneta has won several awards for voicing Homer, including four Primetime Emmy Awards for " Outstanding Voice-Over Performance " in 1992 for " Lisa's Pony ", 1993 for " Mr. Plow ", 2004 for voicing several characters in " Today I Am a Clown ", and 2009 for voicing Homer in " Father Knows Worst ".

In 2004, Castellaneta and Julie Kavner ( the voice of Marge ) won a Young Artist Award for " Most Popular Mom & Dad in a TV Series ".

In 2004, Castellaneta won an Emmy Award for voicing various characters, including Barney.

In 2004, Kavner and Dan Castellaneta won a Young Artist Award for " Most Popular Mom & Dad in a TV Series ".

In 2009 a film school was also opened in his hometown, " Centro Studi Cine Club Rodolfo Valentino Castellaneta ".

Alongside his television and film work, Castellaneta has appeared in a number of theatrical productions.

Dan Castellaneta had actually recorded all the dialogue of the Genie for this film, as he did with the previous sequel due to Disney's differences with Williams, but his recording session was not used when Robin Williams agreed to reprise his role.

The film co-stars Sarah Silverman and Bonnie Hunt, with supporting appearances by Paul Mazursky, Dan Castellaneta, and Amy Sedaris.

During the hiatus, Lacusta and Castellaneta were discussing the film Forrest Gump and questioned whether the stories Gump told actually happened, or if he made them up.

Castellaneta first tried using a Hispanic voicing, which Simon felt was too clichéd.

In the early 1990s, Castellaneta and Deb Lacusta wrote a script for an episode in which Barney becomes sober.

Other films in which Castellaneta has appeared include Nothing in Common, Say Anything ..., Super Mario Bros., The Client, Space Jam, My Giant, Rugrats in Paris: The Movie, Recess: School's Out, Hey Arnold!

In 1995, Castellaneta started writing Where Did Vincent van Gogh ?, a one man play in which he portrays a dozen different characters, including artist Vincent van Gogh.

Barney sobered up in the episode " Days of Wine and D ' oh ' ses ", which was co-written by Castellaneta, and stayed sober for several episodes.

Castellaneta has voiced Barney every time he has appeared in the series, with the exception of the episode " Homer's Barbershop Quartet ", in which some of Barney's singing is provided by a member of The Dapper Dans, who recorded lines for all four members of the Be Sharps.

Castellaneta and Lacusta waited several years and offered their script, which they updated, to then-show runner Mike Scully, who liked it and had them make a few changes.

Although cast member Dan Castellaneta occasionally voiced Santa's Little Helper for bit parts, American voice artist Frank Welker most often provided the sounds of the dog and other animals on the show from " Bart's Dog Gets an F ", which aired on March 7, 1991, to " Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily ", which aired on October 1, 1995.

The title character, an " average worm " who stumbled upon a space suit which turned him into a superhero, became immensely popular, and spawned a variety of other types of merchandise: action figures, comic books, and a syndicated television cartoon series on the Warner Kids Network, with the title character voiced on the show by Dan Castellaneta ( also known as the voice behind Homer Simpson ).

Castellaneta came in and recorded eight new takes, which was mixed together with some of the original vocals.

The song, which was sung by main cast member Dan Castellaneta, included mentions of " scraping blood and guts off the road " and was eventually dropped because it was considered too gruesome by the staff.

In the early 1990s, Castellaneta, the voice of Homer, Barney, and many other characters on the show, had conceived the idea to do an episode in which Barney sobers up.

Castellaneta and Lacusta waited several years and presented their script, which they had updated, to then-showrunner Mike Scully ( 1997 – 2000 ), who liked it but had them make some changes.

Dan Castellaneta had to learn proper Russian pronunciation so he could speak it during the chess scene in which he voiced the Russian chess player.

Dan Castellaneta, who guest stars as Joe Spencer, is the voice of Homer Simpson on The Simpsons, which has been established as O ' Neill's favorite television program.

The Genie had been voiced by Robin Williams in Aladdin, and Castellaneta described replacing him as " sort of like stepping into Hamlet after Laurence Olivier did it, how can you win?

Dan Castellaneta described how, after he prepared something for Homer to say in response to Brooks's new Scorpio lines, Brooks would deliver totally different lines in the next take.