Career
Tarplin was a familiar voice as Doctor Weird on The Strange Doctor Weird and Inspector Faraday on Boston Blackie. He was heard on numerous other shows, including Valiant Lady, The Shadow, Theater Five, The March of Time (as Winston Churchill), Gangbusters and various soap operas. He played Los Angeles District Attorney Richard Hanley on The Guiding Light.
On Myrt and Marge he played Barnie Belzer, and he was in several episodes of Tom Corbett, Space Cadet.
In later years, Tarplin did voiceovers for television commercials and worked on the English language soundtracks for foreign films. The Strange Doctor Weird (28 1944-1945 episodes).
