Editing Christopher Collins (section)

===Voice acting===
Collins made his animation voice acting debut as one of the English dubbers of the 1979 [[anime]] series ''[[Space Battleship Yamato]]'' (also called ''[[Star Blazers]]''). He was most recognizable in that series as the voice of space marine Sgt. Knox during the Comet Empire installment.

When he began regular voice work, he adopted the [[stage name]] Chris Latta, as another [[Screen Actors Guild]] actor was performing as Chris Collins.

In 1983, Collins began voicing [[Cobra Commander]] for a [[G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (1983 TV series)|five-part ''G.I. Joe'' animated mini-series]]. He continued voicing the role in a second five-part animated mini-series in 1984, a regular animated series beginning in 1985, a 1987 [[G.I. Joe: The Movie|direct-to-video animated movie]] and a [[G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (1989 TV series)|1989 animated series]]. Starting in 1984, Collins voiced the [[Decepticon]] [[Starscream]] for the [[The Transformers (TV series)|''Transformers'' animated series]]. He voiced other G.I. Joe and Transformers characters in these series as well as in toy commercials. These included the [[Autobot]] scientist Wheeljack, the Autobots' human friend Sparkplug Witwicky, the G.I. Joe Marine [[Gung-Ho (G.I. Joe)|Gung-Ho]] and the [[Cobra (G.I. Joe)#Factions|Dreadnok]] Ripper. In ''[[Inhumanoids]]'', he voiced D'Compose and Tendril. In ''[[Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light]]'', he voiced Darkstorm and Cravex. He provided voices in ''[[The Real Ghostbusters]]'', credited as Chris Collins.

In ''[[The Simpsons]]'', Collins originated the voice of [[Mr. Burns]] in the first-season episodes "[[Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire]]", "[[The Telltale Head]]", and "[[Homer's Odyssey (The Simpsons)|Homer's Odyssey]]", and recorded lines as [[Moe Szyslak]] for "The Telltale Head" and "[[Some Enchanted Evening (The Simpsons)|Some Enchanted Evening]]" (but was dubbed over in the latter). Along with several other early ''Simpsons'' voice actors, he left during the first season. [[Hank Azaria]] took over the voice of Moe, while [[Harry Shearer]] assumed the role of Mr. Burns.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XF8nDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA201 |title=Television Series of the 1980s: Essential Facts and Quirky Details |first=Vincent |last=Terrace |publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield]] |date=November 10, 2017 |page=201 |isbn=9781442278318}}</ref> In a 2018 interview with ''[[GQ]]'', Azaria commented on replacing Collins as Moe, saying that he did not find out until years later that he had replaced another actor. Azaria said that when he asked why he had replaced Collins, he was told by [[Matt Groening]], "He (Collins) was great... He was just a dick.  His voice was great, he was just kind of jerky to everyone." Azaria continued, "Think about how awful—that guy could have been on ''The Simpsons'' his whole life. Lesson to you kids: Always be nice!"<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5TaYFi4UVA  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/O5TaYFi4UVA |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live| title=GQ interview, Hank Azaria Breaks Down his Iconic Simpsons and Movie Roles |website=[[YouTube]] }}{{cbignore}}</ref>