Wally Burr was an American voice actor and voice director, active in the animation industry from the 1950s until his death in 2017. He was born Walter Story Burr on June 2, 1924, in Chicago, Illinois, and passed away on July 9, 2017, at the age of 93. Prior to his entertainment career, Burr served in the United States Army during World War II, where he was a tank commander and participated in the D-Day Normandy landings.

While Burr is most renowned for his extensive work as a voice director on numerous iconic American animated series of the 1980s, he also contributed his voice to several projects, including English dubs of anime. In this capacity, he is notably recognized for providing the voice of the antagonist Raoh in the Streamline Pictures English dub of the 1986 theatrical film Fist of the North Star. This role stands as a primary example of his direct work in anime voice acting. He also lent his voice to the 1989 Streamline dub of the influential anime film Akira, where he voiced additional characters, and he served as the uncredited voice director for that same dub.

Burr's primary and most influential role in the industry was as a voice director. He was the voice director for a significant portion of the most popular animated series of the 1980s, shaping the vocal performances for shows produced by Marvel Productions and Sunbow Entertainment. His directing credits include the original Transformers series and The Transformers: The Movie, G.I. Joe, Jem, Inspector Gadget, and the 1981 Spider-Man animated series. He was known for his perfectionist approach in the recording studio, often holding sessions that lasted the maximum eight hours allowed by union rules, a demanding style that became a hallmark of his career.

Beyond his directing work and anime roles, Burr also performed voices for many American cartoons. He provided the voice for the superhero Atom on various Super Friends series and filled in for other actors on Transformers when they were unavailable, voicing characters such as Jazz, Ratchet, and Thundercracker in individual episodes. In his later career, he also voiced characters in video games, including Huang Zhong in several installments of the Dynasty Warriors series and Rock in Soulcalibur III. Through his dual roles as a demanding director and a versatile performer, Wally Burr left a substantial mark on the landscape of American animation and anime localization during the 1980s and 1990s.