Howard Ryshpan is a Canadian actor with an extensive career in theater, film, and television who is particularly recognized for his significant contributions to English-language dubbing of animated series. Born in New York City on December 5, 1932, he became a pioneering figure in English television in Montreal, which began in September 1952. His performance career started in the late 1940s with stage productions, and he maintained a long and active career until his semi-retirement around 2009.

Ryshpan's work in voice acting is closely tied to his role as a director of English dubs. He had been directing dubbing projects for nearly two decades before taking on his most iconic voice role. For the Franco-Japanese animated series The Mysterious Cities of Gold, Ryshpan served as the English voice director. The process of casting the series led to him also providing the voice for the character Mendoza. After auditions, his recording engineer insisted on submitting one more voice for the role of Mendoza, and Ryshpan, despite being tired, recorded a track late at night. The producers in Europe ultimately chose his unnamed voice for the part, making him the voice of the grizzled Spanish navigator. His work on the series extended beyond acting and directing; he was responsible for managing the dubbing of all 39 episodes, a process that took about five months of recording at a pace of two episodes per week. He also voiced the character Pedro in the same series.

Ryshpan applied a similar dedication to other animated projects. He is known for voicing Doctor Gasparetti and Grandpa Waldo in the series Meiken Jolie. In the 2004 CGI film Pinocchio 3000, he provided the voice for Geppetto. His voice can also be heard in the and the 1987 series OZ国历险记 (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz).

Throughout his career in dubbing, Ryshpan maintained a philosophy of striving for the highest quality, aware of the often-negative reputation of English-dubbed programs. In his role as voice director, he insisted on using child actors for children's roles to ensure authenticity, a practice he employed for The Mysterious Cities of Gold. His collaborators in the industry included a number of Montreal-based actors. He frequently worked with Vlasta Vrana, with whom he collaborated on at least five projects, including The Mysterious Cities of Gold and A Year in the Death of Jack Richards. Other frequent collaborators included Walter Massey, Harvey Berger, and Harry Hill.

Beyond his on-screen and voice work, Ryshpan achieved a notable innovation in the field of dubbing. In the late 1990s, he and his wife, computer specialist Jocelyne Côté, developed a software suite called DubStudio. This program, which utilized voice recognition technology, was designed to synchronize a dubber's voice with an actor's lip movements on screen, representing a significant technological advancement for the post-synchronization industry. This innovation highlights his deep, behind-the-scenes commitment to the craft of dubbing.