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On April 28, 2012, Chris Latta was inducted into the Transformers Hall of Fame. His daughter Abigail accepted on his behalf, to a standing ovation.

He was the original voice of nuclear plant owner C. Montgomery Burns on I Simpson (1989), before circumstances forced him to turn the role over to Harry Shearer after the first few appearances. Shearer modeled his performance after Latta's, and was able to seamlessly assume the role.

Also originally provided the voice of Moe the bartender on I Simpson (1989) before passing the role over to Hank Azaria.

Was a prominent voice actor in the 1980s, most notably doing multiple voices for G.I. Joe (1985) (where he voiced the evil Cobra Commander and the heroic grunt Gung Ho, among others) and Transformers (1984) (where he voiced the treacherous Starscream, Reflector, and the Autobot Wheeljack, among others).

Former stand-up comic; toured in most of the United States and Canada in the late '80s to early '90s. Funny material, and a good friend of actor Stephen Sisk.

For many years it was erroneously believed that he had provided the voice for the Rulon character, Rasp in Dino-Riders (1988). To the extent that it was even reported in "ToyFare" magazine at one time. There are still conflicting reports as to who actually provided the voice for Rasp. It is believed to either have been Frank Welker or Charlie Adler. In truth, Latta had no involvement with the series at all.

He was the first Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) guest star to die.

He comically scared a school counselor once while talking about Latta's son Ben.