Hot Springs in Garland County, Arkansas — The American South (West South Central)

Rodger Bumpass

Actor

— Hot Springs Arkansas Walk of Fame —

Rodger Bumpass Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, September 13, 2024

1. Rodger Bumpass Marker

Inscription.
Born in Little Rock with career in radio/films/TV/video games since 1960 • 693 film credits • 2012 nominee Daytime Emmy Award • Voice of Squidward Tentacles over 20 years in SpongeBob SquarePants. TV series/films • Was in films Lion King and Shrek, part of National Film Registry by Library of Congress as culturally, historically or aesthetically significant

Little Rock, Arkansas • Inducted 2022

Erected by Hot Springs Arkansas Walk of Fame.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment. A significant historical year for this entry is 1960.

Location. 34° 30.639′ N, 93° 3.233′ W. Marker is in Hot Springs, Arkansas, in Garland County. It is at the intersection of Central Avenue (State Highway y) and Spring Street, on the right when traveling north on Central Avenue. The marker is embedded in the sidewalk on the west side of the Hot Springs City Visitor Center. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 629 Central Avenue, Hot Springs National Park AR 71901, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Arkansas’ Ouachita Mountains.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: James Smith McDonnell (here, next to this marker); Ashlie Atkinson (here, next to this marker); Don Munro (here, next to this marker);

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Buddy Jewell (here, next to this marker); Henry Bernard Glover (here, next to this marker); Daisy Bates (here, next to this marker); Sonny Burgess and The Pacers (here, next to this marker); Dale Evans (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hot Springs.

Also see . . . Rodger Bumpass (Wikipedia).

Excerpt: Rodger Bumpass was born on November 20, 1951, in Little Rock, Arkansas. He is an American actor, known for his role as Squidward Tentacles on the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. He voices several other characters on the show as well, including the purple doctor fish and various anchovies. He also voiced The Chief in the animated series Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?, Professor Membrane from Invader Zim and Mr. Besser, the school principal in the animated series The Kids from Room 402.
Bumpass attended Little Rock Central High School, where he received his first training in theater. He then majored in radio–TV and minored in theater at Arkansas State University. Bumpass has been voicing
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, September 13, 2024

2. Rodger Bumpass Marker
Looking west across Central Avenue from the Hot Springs City Visitor Center; it is the 2nd from the right of four markers in this photo.
and acting in films since the 1960s and has also appeared on stage through the mid-1970s until the late 1980s.

(Submitted on January 21, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Credits. This page was last revised on January 21, 2025. It was originally submitted on January 21, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 197 times since then and 30 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 21, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.