Ben Burtt
Actor
Biography
Benjamin "Ben" Burtt, Jr. is a sound designer, film editor, director, screenwriter, and voice actor. He has worked as sound designer on various films, including the Star Wars and Indiana Jones film series, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, WALL-E, and Star Trek. He is responsible for creating many of the iconic sound effects heard in the Star Wars film franchise, including the binary speech of R2-D2, the lightsaber hum, the sound of the blaster guns, and the heavy-breathing sound of Darth Vader, which he made by breathing into a scuba regulator. Burtt has a reputation for popularizing a sound effect dubbed the "Wilhelm scream", which was taken from a character named Wilhelm in the 1953 film The Charge at Feather River.
Filmography
WALL路E
as WALL路E / M-O (voice) 2008
Return of the Jedi
as 'Freeze' Officer in Endor Bunker / Tortured Power Droid (voice) 1983
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
as Naboo Courier (uncredited) 1999
BURN路E
as WALL路E / M-O (voice) (uncredited) 2008
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
as Self - Sound Designer 2004
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
as Self 2019
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self - Interviewee 2014
I Am Your Father
as Himself 2015
Under the Helmet: The Legacy of Boba Fett
as Self 2021
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
as Self 2001
From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga
as Self 1983
Star Wars: Within a Minute - The Making of Episode III
as Self 2005
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
as Self 1996
When Star Wars Ruled the World
as Self 2004
From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'
as Self 2002
Star Wars: Music by John Williams
as Self 1980
WALL路E's Treasures & Trinkets
as WALL路E / M-O (voice) 2008