Production
Professor Farnsworth is voiced by Billy West, who also voices Fry, Dr. Zoidberg, and Captain Zapp Brannigan. Farnsworth's design is considered to be somewhat similar to a combination of Mr. Burns, Grandpa Simpson, and Professor Frink from Matt Groening's other series, The Simpsons. West has stated that the voice for Farnsworth is meant to be a bit shaky and that when developing the voice he came up with "a combination of all the wizard-type characters you heard when you were a kid, Burgess Meredith and Frank Morgan in The Wizard of Oz." There is a direct nod to this in the episode Anthology of Interest II, in which the Professor portrays the Wizard of Oz.
In the "Action Delivery Force" segment of "Reincarnation", Professor Farnsworth is voiced by David Herman.
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