Eddie Deezen lending his voice to animated feature films, including the voice of Donnie Dodo in "Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird" and Snipes the Magpie in Don Bluth's 1991 film "Rock-A-Doodle". According to a 2011 interview, Deezen unsuccessfully auditioned for the role of the title character in Robert Zemeckis's "Who Framed Roger Rabbit", losing out to comedian Charles Fleischer. He was also considered for the role of Judge Doom in the film along with several other actors that were considered but lost the role to Christopher Lloyd. Deezen eventually found full-time voice work on television in the mid-1990s, playing recurring characters
Judge Doom audition, the producers found him too terrifying for the role. Christopher Lee was also considered for the role, but turned it down. Several other actors were also considered for the role of Judge Doom, including John Cleese, Roddy McDowall, Eddie Deezen, and Sting. Christopher Lloyd was cast because he previously worked with Robert Zemeckis and Amblin Entertainment on "Back to the Future" in his most famous role as Emmett Brown. Lloyd compared his part as Doom to his previous role as the Klingon commander Kruge in "", both being overly evil characters which he considered being "fun to play". Lloyd