Michael Yarmush

Michael Yarmush was the original voice of Arthur Read for the TV series, voicing the character from Season 1 to Season 5 and Arthur's Perfect Christmas. Yarmush now provides the voice of Tough Customers member Slink. Although, his Arthur voice can still be heard in the theme song of the show. He also provided the voice of the waiter Jay in the Season 10 premiere "Happy Anniversary," which celebrated ten years of the series. 22 years later after Michael departed from voicing Arthur in 2000, he return to do his voice for the show's series finale episode "All Grown Up". But this time, he plays the Adult Arthur.

Trivia

 * He is the only voice actor to reprise his main role he landed for the show's series finale after departing from voicing his character after the past season.
 * He is also the first to return to play a different character (Slink) after leaving the series.
 * Marc Brown revealed that he was very impressed at Yarmush's performance as Arthur Read so he let him continue on the role as long as he likes, until he got to old to do so.

Voices on Arthur

 * Arthur Read
 * Slink
 * Jay
 * Big Kid 2

Season 2

 * Arthur Meets Mr. Rogers/Draw!
 * Binky Barnes, Art Expert/Arthur's Lucky Pencil
 * /Buster and the Daredevils
 * Arthur Makes a Movie/Go to Your Room, D.W.
 * Arthur's Underwear/Francine Frensky, Olympic Rider
 * /Play it Again, D.W.
 * Arthur's TV-Free Week/Night Fright
 * Arthur vs. the Piano/The Big Blow-Up
 * Lost!/The Short, Quick Summer
 * D.W. Goes to Washington/Arthur's Mystery Envelope
 * D.W.'s Deer Friend/Buster Hits the Books
 * Arthur's Faraway Friend/Arthur and the Square Dance
 * Water and the Brain/Arthur the Unfunny
 * Sue Ellen's Lost Diary/Arthur's Knee
 * Grandma Thora Appreciation Day/Fern's Slumber Party
 * Love Notes for Muffy/D.W. Blows the Whistle
 * Francine Redecorates/Arthur the Loser
 * Arthur vs. the Very Mean Crossing Guard/D.W.'s Very Bad Mood
 * D.W.'s Name Game/Finders Key-pers
 * How the Cookie Crumbles/Sue Ellen's Little Sister

Season 3

 * Buster's Back/The Ballad of Buster Baxter
 * D.W. All Fired Up/I'd Rather Read It Myself
 * Arthur Goes Crosswire/Sue Ellen and the Brainasaurus
 * Background Blues/And Now Let's Talk to Some Kids
 * The Chips are Down/Revenge of the Chip
 * Binky Rules/Meet Binky
 * Arthur Rides the Bandwagon/Dad's Dessert Dilemma
 * Popular Girls/Buster's Growing Grudge
 * Arthur's Treasure Hunt/The Return of the King
 * Attack of the Turbo Tibbles/D.W. Tricks the Tooth Fairy
 * Double Tibble Trouble/Arthur's Almost Live Not Real Music Festival
 * What Scared Sue Ellen?/Clarissa is Cracked
 * Arthur's Dummy Disaster/Francine and the Feline
 * Mom and Dad Have a Great Big Fight/D.W.'s Perfect Wish
 * Arthur and D.W. Clean Up/The Long, Dull Winter

Season 4

 * D.W.'s Library Card/Arthur's Big Hit
 * Hide and Snake/Muffy's New Best Friend
 * Buster's Breathless/The Fright Stuff
 * The Contest/Prove It
 * The Blizzard/The Rat Who Came to Dinner
 * D.W. Tale Spins/Prunella Gets it Twice
 * Binky Barnes, Wingman!/To Beat or Not to Beat
 * 1001 Dads/Prunella's Prediction
 * What is that Thing?/Buster's Best Behavior
 * My Music Rules/That's a Baby Show!

Season 5

 * Arthur and the Big Riddle/Double Dare
 * Kids are from Earth, Parents are from Pluto/Nerves of Steal
 * It's a No-Brainer/The Shore Thing
 * The World Record/The Cave
 * The Lousy Week/You Are Arthur
 * The Election/Francine Goes to War
 * Sleep No More/Pet Peeved
 * The Last Of Mary Moo Cow/Bitzi's Beau
 * Just Desserts/The Big Dig
 * Arthur's Family Feud/Muffy Gets Mature

Specials

 * Arthur's New Friend
 * Arthur's Perfect Christmas
 * Arthurs First Day

Season 9

 * The Law of the Jungle Gym
 * Arthur Makes Waves

Season 10

 * Happy Anniversary

Season 14

 * The Play's the Thing

Season 16

 * The Last Tough Customer

Season 21

 * Slink's Special Talent/Take a Hike, Molly

Season 25

 * All Grown Up