Obituary: Mark Dodson, video game voice actor, passed away at age 64. Dodson's decades-long career included voice work for the Ghostrunner, Bendy, and Nancy Drew franchises. Image via Funko/Lucasfilm. Mark Dodson, a voice actor across video games, TV, and film, died from a heart attack over the weekend.
According to a statement released by the voice acting agency Office Kaoru, actor Yasuo Muramatsu passed away on April 11, 2024, at the age of 91. A private funeral service was held and attended by family members.
How many original Star Wars actors are still alive?
Who will be the last surviving cast member of the original Star Wars? We are left with: James Earl Jones, Anthony Daniels, David Prowse, Harrison Ford, and Mark Hamill. Mark Hamill is the youngest of the ones remaining and the only one still in his 60s. Everyone else is in their 70s and 80s.
In terms of physically coming back from the dead, Star Wars: The Clone Wars set a precedent by bringing Darth Maul back from his dramatic end in The Phantom Menace. Maul's preposterous return involved him swapping his severed lower half for spider-like legs, just to hammer home his villainous look.
Occupation. James Earl Jones (born January 17, 1931) is an American actor who voiced the masked Darth Vader in the Star Wars films, including the Holiday Special.
Jim Henson had originally been contacted by Lucas about possibly performing Yoda. Henson was preoccupied and instead suggested Oz be assigned as the chief puppeteer of the character, as well as a creative consultant.
March 29, 2024, at 8:56 a.m. LOS ANGELES (AP) — Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win a supporting actor Oscar and an Emmy winner for his role in the seminal TV miniseries “Roots,” has died.
Mel Blanc. Often referred to as the “Man of Thousand Voices,” Mel Blanc is perhaps the most iconic voice actor of all time. He is best known for his work on Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies, where he voiced characters such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Tweety Bird.
Anthony Daniels is the only actor to have appeared in all films in the franchise, appearing as C-3PO in all except Solo, in which he appeared as Tak. Multiple other cast members recur across multiple films and series within the franchise.
Princess Leia is a character in the Star Wars franchise. Introduced in the original Star Wars film in 1977, Leia is a princess of the planet Alderaan, a member of the Imperial Senate and a leader in the Rebel Alliance.
In the fictional Star Wars universe, Mace Windu is portrayed as a Jedi Master who sits on the High Council during the final years of the Galactic Republic. He is notable for wielding a unique purple-bladed lightsaber, and is regarded as one of the most powerful Jedi of his time, second only to Yoda.
How much were the original actors in Star Wars paid and how much were they paid for the latest film? Alec Guiness received 2.25 percent of the films goss which in the beginning amounted to approximately 3 million dollars but in the long run he earned close to 75 million for his role as Obi Wan!!
The New Sith, also known as the New Sith Empire, the Sith Empire or simply as the Sith, was a restored Sith Order that existed throughout the millennia-long Draggulch Period, which dissolved into several factions as time went on.
A long-standing piece of trivia that Goku's American voice actor, Sean Schemmel, passed out while recording SS3 is only... half true. Most human beings cannot scream for ten minutes straight without ripping up their vocal cords or running out of oxygen.
Actor Hikaru Miyata passed away at a Tokyo hospital at 6:45 a.m. on Sunday due to an acute aortic dissection. He was 87. A funeral service will be held on September 30 with his wife Fumiko as chief mourner. Fellow voice actor Taketora recalled on Twitter that Miyata was always smiling.
Akira Toriyama, the Japanese manga artist who created the enormously popular and influential Dragon Ball series, died of a brain condition last week at the age of 68, his production studio said Friday.
