Voice Actors Who Died Too Soon

1. Lee Millar

Lee Millar was born on February 20, 1888 in Oakland, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Bone Trouble (1940) and Baggage Buster (1941). He was married to Verna Felton and Anna McNaughton. He died on December 24, 1941 in Glendale, California, USA.

Voice of: Pluto. Died from a stroke on December 24, 1941 at the age of 53.

2. Kent Rogers

Actor | Horton Hatches the Egg

Kent Rogers was born on July 31, 1923 in Houston, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Horton Hatches the Egg (1942), All-American Co-Ed (1941) and The Heckling Hare (1941). He died on July 9, 1944 in Pensacola, Florida, USA.

Voice of: Beaky Buzzard in Looney Tunes and the third voice of Woody Woodpecker. Killed in a training flight accident during World War II on July 9, 1944 at the age of 20.

3. Dink Trout

Actor | Alice in Wonderland

Dink Trout was born on June 18, 1898 in Beardstown, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Alice in Wonderland (1951), Scattergood Baines (1941) and Cinderella Swings It (1943). He died on March 26, 1950 in Hollywood, California, USA.

Voice of: Bootle Beetle in three Donald Duck cartoons and in Morris, the Midget Moose and the King of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland. Died from complications after surgery on March 26, 1950 at the age of 51.

4. Frank Graham

Actor | Cosmo Jones in the Crime Smasher

Frank Graham was born on November 22, 1914 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Cosmo Jones in the Crime Smasher (1943), The Three Caballeros (1944) and Horton Hatches the Egg (1942). He died on September 2, 1950 in Hollywood, California, USA.

Voice of: The recurring Wolf in Tex Avery's MGM cartoons and the eponymous characters in the Fox and the Crow cartoons. Committed suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning on September 2, 1950 at the age of 35.

5. Larry Grey

Actor | Alice in Wonderland

Larry Grey was born on March 23, 1895 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Alice in Wonderland (1951) and Mr. Celebrity (1941). He was married to Carlotta Dale Garrison. He died on May 5, 1951 in Oakland, California, USA.

Voice of: Bill the Lizard and a Card Painter in Alice in Wonderland. Committed suicide by shooting himself with a gun on May 5, 1951 at the age of 56.

6. Wally Maher

Actor | Mystery Street

Wally Maher was born on August 4, 1908 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Mystery Street (1950), The Reformer and the Redhead (1950) and Hollywood Hotel (1937). He was married to Molly Bruno. He died on December 27, 1951 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Voice of: Screwy Squirrel. Died from lung cancer on December 27, 1951 at the age of 43.

7. Harry Lang

Actor | Who's Who?

Harry Lang was born on December 29, 1894 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Who's Who? (1929), Bad Boy (1939) and Soldiers Three (1951). He died on August 3, 1953 in Hollywood, California, USA.

Voice of: Tom on several occasions in the Tom and Jerry cartoons. Died of a heart attack on on August 3, 1953 at the age of 58.

8. Marian Richman

Actress | Gog

Marian Richman was born on April 10, 1922 in California, USA. She was an actress, known for Gog (1954), Oboler Comedy Theatre (1949) and The Red Skelton Hour (1951). She died on February 24, 1956 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Voice of: Various female characters in Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons such as Melissa Duck in the Daffy Duck cartoon "The Scarlet Pumpernickel" and Ralph Phillips' teacher in "From A to Z-Z-Z-Z". Committed suicide by overdosing on pentobarbital on February 24, 1956 at the age of 33.

9. Arthur Q. Bryan

Actor | The Devil Bat

Arthur Quirk Bryan was an American actor from Brooklyn, New York City. He is primarily remembered as a voice actor for radio and animation. His best known roles were the wisecracking physician and surgeon Dr. George Gamble in "Fibber McGee and Molly" (1935-1959), and the inept hunter Elmer Fudd in ...

Voice of: Elmer Fudd in Looney Tunes. Died of a heart attack on November 18, 1959 at the age of 60.

10. Maurice Gosfield

Actor | The Phil Silvers Show

Maurice Lionel Gosfield was born on January 28, 1913 in New York City, but raised in Philadelphia and later Evanston, Il., where he began acting with the Ralph Bellamy and Melvyn Douglas Players, later joining the summer stock theater circuit in 1930. He made his Broadway debut as Manero in the ...

Voice of: Benny the Ball in Top Cat. Died of a heart attack on October 19, 1964 at the age of 51.

11. Vita Linder

Actress | The Sub-Mariner

Vita Linder was born on June 28, 1922 in Melville, Saskatchewan, Canada. She was an actress, known for The Sub-Mariner (1966), Mighty Thor (1966) and Hulk (1966). She died on September 20, 1966 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Voice of: Various characters on The Marvel Super Heroes. Died on September 20, 1966 at the age of 44.

12. Verna Felton

Actress | Sleeping Beauty

Verna Felton had extensive experience on the stage and in radio before she broke into film and television. Her trademarks was her distinctive husky voice and her no-nonsense attitude. She was quite in demand for voiceover work, as evidenced by her roles in Cinderella (1950), Alice in Wonderland (...

Voice of: The Fairy Godmother in Cinderella, the Queen of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland, and Flora in Sleeping Beauty. Died from a stroke on December 14, 1966 at the age of 76.

13. Pinto Colvig

Actor | Creation

Pinto Colvig was the quintessential clown whose own identity was always hidden but whose innate warmhearted character always came through his many talents. His humor tickled the funny bone and touched the heart. Incredibly gifted in music, art and mime, he spoke to different generations in ...

Voice of: Goofy and Pluto. Died from lung cancer on October 3, 1967 at the age of 75.

14. Bea Benaderet

Actress | Petticoat Junction

Bea Benaderet had a remarkable career in radio and television. In the earlier days of radio, before television, she provided the voice for numerous names of characters on the radio, on shows like "Fibber McGee and Molly," "My Favorite Husband" with Lucille Ball & "The Jack Benny Show. She was born ...

Voice of: Various female characters in Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons such as Granny, Mama Bear in the Three Bears cartoons, Little Red Riding Hood in the Bugs Bunny cartoon "Little Red Riding Rabbit", and Betty Rubble in The Flintstones. Died from lung cancer and pneumonia on October 13, 1968 at the age of 62 as a result from smoking.

15. Sara Berner

Actress | Rear Window

This accomplished voice actress with an ear for accents, first made her mark on Jack Benny's radio program in the dual role of wisecracking, gum-chewing telephone operator Mabel Flapsaddle and Jack's plumber girlfriend Gladys. Brunette Sara Berner's real name was Lillian Herdan and she was born in ...

Voice of: Red in Tex Avery's Red Hot Riding Hood and Ma Buzzard and various female characters in Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons. Died on December 19, 1969 at the age of 57.

16. Bill Thompson

Actor | Lady and the Tramp

Bill Thompson was born on July 8, 1913 in Terre Haute, Indiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Lady and the Tramp (1955), Peter Pan (1953) and Sleeping Beauty (1959). He was married to Mary Margaret McBride. He died on July 15, 1971 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Voice of: Droopy, the Dodo and the White Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland, Mr. Smee in Peter Pan, Touche Turtle, and Uncle Waldo in The Aristocats. Died from septic shock on July 15, 1971 at the age of 58.

17. Allan Sherman

Soundtrack | Fired Up!

Allan Sherman was born on November 30, 1924 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for Fired Up! (2009), The Cat in the Hat (1971) and Dr. Seuss on the Loose (1973). He was married to Dee Chackes. He died on November 20, 1973 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Voice of: The Cat in the Hat in the animated TV movie of the same name. Died from emphysema on November 20, 1973 at the age of 48.

18. Walter Tetley

Actor | Rocky and His Friends

Walter Tetley was born on June 2, 1915 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Bullwinkle Show (1959), The Gorilla Man (1943) and Boy Slaves (1939). He died on September 4, 1975 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.

Voice of: Andy Panda and Sherman in "Peabody's Improbable History" segments in The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show. Died from gastric carcinoma and from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident four years prior to his death on September 4, 1975 at the age of 60.

19. Alan Reed

Actor | The Flintstones

Character player Alan Reed was a strong, gruff, burly presence on '40s and '50s film and TV but he would be best remembered for his equally strong, gruff, distinctive voice on radio and TV. In 1960, he gave vocal life to the bombastic prehistoric cartoon character Fred Flintstone on the prime-time ...

Voice of: Fred Flintstone in The Flintstones, Boris in Lady and the Tramp, and the second titular character in Touche Turtle and Dum Dum. Died of a heart attack on June 14, 1977 at the age of 69.

20. Ted Cassidy

Actor | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Ted Cassidy was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and raised in Philippi, West Virginia. He was a well respected actor who portrayed many different characters during his film and television career. His most notable role was Lurch, the faithful butler on the television series The Addams Family (1964)....

Voice of: The titular character in Frankenstein Jr. and Lurch in the animated adaptation of the Addams Family. Died from complications following heart surgery on January 16, 1979 at the age of 46.

21. Hans Conried

Actor | Peter Pan

Hans Conried was born in Baltimore and raised both there and in New York City. He studied acting at Columbia University, and played many major classical roles onstage. After having been a member of Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre Company, he was heard as Prof. Kropotkin on the radio show "My Friend ...

Voice of: Captain Hook and George Darling in Peter Pan and Snidely Whiplash in Dudley Do-Right. Died of a heart attack on January 5, 1982 at the age of 64.

22. Paul Lynde

Actor | Bye Bye Birdie

Paul Lynde was born in 1926 in Mount Vernon, Ohio (one of six children and the middle of four boys). His father was a local police officer and the sheriff of the Mount Vernon Jail for two years. Lynde got his inspiration to become an actor at the age of four or five after his mother took him to see...

Voice of: Mildew Wolf and Templeton in the animated adaptation of Charlotte's Web. Died of a heart attack on January 10, 1982 at the age of 55.

23. Jack Mercer

Actor | Popeye

His parents were actors, but Jack decided to pursue his love of art. He got a job as an inbetweener (rookie animator) at the Fleischer studio. Dave Fleischer happened to hear him singing the Popeye theme song in a funny voice, and asked Jack to try voicing one cartoon. He later became a writer at ...

Voice of: Popeye the Sailor from 1935 to 1945 and later from 1947 to 1984. Died from stomach cancer on December 4, 1984 at the age of 74.

24. Bob Holt

Actor | Wizards

Bob Holt started his career in front of the cameras with a film role in 1950, playing Octavius Caesar in Julius Caesar followed by another role in 1959 in The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery. He moved on to primarily voice acting in 1968 providing all of the voices for a film short called Johnny ...

Voice of: Grape Ape in The Great Grape Ape Show and the Lorax in the animated TV movie of the same name. Died of a heart attack on August 2, 1985 at the age of 58.

25. Bill Scott

Actor | Rocky and His Friends

Bill Scott was born on August 2, 1920 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Bullwinkle Show (1959), Hoppity Hooper (1964) and The Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy (1966). He was married to Dorothy Scott. He died on November 29, 1985 in Tujunga, California, USA.

Voice of: The second titular character in The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, the titular character in Dudley Do-Right, the titular character in George of the Jungle, Moosel in The Wuzzles, and Gruffi Gummi, Sir Tuxford, and Toadwart in Adventures of the Gummi Bears. Died of a heart attack on November 29, 1985 at the age of 65 which led to the cancelation of The Wuzzles along with his characters being recast in Adventures of the Gummi Bears.

26. Paul Frees

Actor | The War of the Worlds

Actor, composer, songwriter, voiceover artist and author. He joined ASCAP in 1956, and his chief musical collaborators included Tony Romano, Ruby Raksin, Walter Gross, and Ed Brandt. His popular-song compositions include "Hollywood Soliloquy", "The Clown", "Drowning My Sorrow", and "Voice in the ...

Voice of: Professor Ludwig Von Drake in Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color, Boris Badenov in The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, Inspector Fenwick in Dudley Do-Right, and Ape in George of the Jungle. Died from heart failure on November 2, 1986 at the age of 66.

27. Roger C. Carmel

Actor | The Transformers: The Movie

Roger C. Carmel, who was born September 27, 1932, was named after his grandfather, Roger Charles, who carved the horses for the carousel in New York's Central Park. He became an actor and won television immortality by appearing as Harry Mudd in two classic Star Trek (1966) episodes, "I, Mudd" and "...

Voice of: Cyclonus, Motormaster, Menasaur, and Bruticus in The Transformers and Sir Tuxford in Adventures of the Gummi Bears following Bill Scott's death. Died from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy on November 11, 1986 at the age of 54 which led to his role in Adventures of the Gummi Bears being recast along with Cyclonus being recast in The Transformers.

28. Scatman Crothers

Actor | The Shining

Scatman Crothers was born Benjamin Sherman Crothers on May 23, 1910 in Terre Haute, Indiana. Songwriter ("Dearest One"), actor, composer, singer, comedian, and guitarist who, after high school, appeared in nightclubs, hotels, and films, and on television. He made many records, including his own ...

Voice of: the titular character in Hong Kong Phooey, Scat Cat in The Aristocats, and Jazz in The Transformers. Died from lung cancer on November 22, 1986 at the age of 76.

29. Marilyn Schreffler

Actress | Fatal Attraction

Marilyn Schreffler was born on June 14, 1945 in Wichita, Kansas, USA. She was an actress, known for Fatal Attraction (1987), The Golden Child (1986) and Jaws: The Revenge (1987). She died on January 7, 1988 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.

Voice of: Brenda Chance in Captain Caveman & The Teen Angels and Winnie Werewolf in Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School which was released nine months after her passing. Died from liver cancer on January 7, 1988 at the age of 42.

30. Daws Butler

Actor | Hey There, It's Yogi Bear

Daws Butler spent the greater part of his career as one of the premier voice-over actors in Hollywood- providing the voices for such well- known characters as Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Quick-Draw McGraw, Snagglepuss, Jinks the cat, Dixie the mouse, Augie Doggie, Peter Potamus, Wally Gator, ...

Voice of: Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Quick Draw McGraw, Snagglepuss, Elroy Jetson, Wally Gator, and the Southern accented wolf in the Droopy cartoons. Died of a heart attack on May 18, 1988 at the age of 71.

31. Judith Barsi

Actress | The Land Before Time

The only child of Jozsef Barsi and Maria Benko, Judith Eva Barsi beat 10,000-to-1 odds when she was discovered at a San Fernando Valley skating rink at age 5 1/2 in 1983 and mistaken for a three-year-old. Her first commercial was for Donald Duck Orange Juice and she went on to appear in anywhere ...

Voice of: Ducky in The Land Before Time and Anne-Marie in All Dogs Go to Heaven. Shot by her father on July 25, 1988 at the age of 10.

32. George O'Hanlon

Actor | Rocky

George O'Hanlon was born on November 23, 1912 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Rocky (1976), So You Want a Television Set (1953) and So Your Wife Wants to Work (1956). He was married to Nancy Owens, Martha Stewart and Inez Yvonne Witt. He died on ...

Voice of: George Jetson in The Jetsons. Died from a stroke on February 11, 1989 at the age of 76 after previously suffering a stroke several years before his death which led to him being blind and suffering from limited mobility. He had died during the production of Jetsons: The Movie and had not finished recording his dialogue for the film which meant that his remaining lines had to be finished by Jeff Bergman.

33. Mel Blanc

Actor | Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Mel Blanc, known as "The Man of Thousand Voices" is regarded as the most prolific actor to ever work in Hollywood with over a thousand screen credits. He developed and performed nearly 400 distinct character voices with precision and a uniquely expressive vocal range. The legendary specialist from ...

Voice of: Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Sylvester, Tweety, Yosemite Sam, Woody Woodpecker in his first three cartoons, Barney Rubble and Dino in The Flintstones, and Mr. Spacely in The Jetsons. Died from heart disease and emphysema on July 10, 1989 at the age of 81 as a result from smoking. He had died during the production of Jetsons: The Movie and had not finished recording his dialogue for the film which meant that his remaining lines had to be finished by Jeff Bergman.

34. Johnny Haymer

Actor | ...And Justice for All

Johnny Haymer was born on January 19, 1920 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for And Justice for All (1979), Annie Hall (1977) and The Transformers (1984). He was married to Helen Sylivia Graff. He died on November 18, 1989 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Voice of: Swindle, Vortex, Highbrow, and Caliburst in The Transformers. Died from cancer on November 18, 1989 at the age of 69.

35. David Rappaport

Actor | Time Bandits

British actor David Rappaport earned more roles and respect than most guys his size (or any size for that matter) who attempted a professional acting career. Born with the genetic condition dwarfism (he was 3' 11"), he was often typecast in bizarre, sometimes silly and demeaning roles; but, like ...

Voice of: MAL from Captain Planet. Committed suicide by shooting himself with a gun on May 2, 1990 at the age of 38 after struggling with depression.

36. Lisa Michelson

Actress | Majo no takkyûbin

Lisa Michelson was born on March 31, 1958 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Kiki's Delivery Service (1989), My Neighbor Totoro (1988) and Little Shop (1991). She was married to Gregory Snegoff. She died on September 14, 1991 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Voice of: Satsuki Kusakabe in the Streamline Pictures dub of My Neighbor Totoro and Kiki in the Streamline dub of Kiki's Delivery Service. Killed in a car accident on September 14, 1991 at the age of 33.

37. Pat Buttram

Actor | Robin Hood

The son of a circuit-riding Methodist preacher in rural Alabama, Pat Buttram became one of America's best-known comic entertainers. He left Alabama a month before his 18th birthday to attend the 1933 Chicago World's Fair. An announcer from radio station WLS was on hand to interview members of the ...

Voice of: Napoleon in The Aristocats, the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood, Luke in The Rescuers, and Chief in The Fox and the Hound. Died of kidney failure on January 8, 1994 at the age of 78.

38. Hal Smith

Actor | The Great Race

Hal Smith was born on August 24, 1916 in Petoskey, Michigan, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Great Race (1965), The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977) and The Andy Griffith Show (1960). He was married to Vivian M. Angstadt. He died on January 28, 1994 in Woodland Hills, Los ...

Voice of: Owl in Winnie the Pooh, Gyro Gearloose and Flintheart Glomgold in DuckTales, Goofy in Mickey's Christmas Carol, Philippe in Beauty and the Beast, and Yappee in Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey. Died of a heart attack on January 28, 1994 at the age of 77.

39. Christopher Collins

Actor | The Transformers: The Movie

Christopher Collins was born on August 30, 1949 in Orange, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for The Transformers: The Movie (1986), The Transformers (1984) and Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992). He was married to Judith Ryan. He died on June 12, 1994 in Ventura, California, USA.

Voice of: Starscream in The Transformers and Cobra Commander in G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero. Died from a cerebral hemorrhage on June 12, 1994 at the age of 44.

40. Linda Gary

Actress | He-Man and the Masters of the Universe

Linda Gary was an American voice actress from Los Angeles, California. She was in the prime of her career in the 1980s. She voiced four major female characters in "He-Man and the Masters of the Universe" (1983-1985): the benevolent Sorceress of Castle Grayskull, the heroic Teela (the Captain of the...

Voice of: Aunt May in Spider Man and Teela and Evil-Lyn in He-Man. Died from brain cancer on October 5, 1995 at the age of 50.

41. Dana Hill

Actress | National Lampoon's European Vacation

Dana Hill was born Dana Lynne Goetz on May 6, 1964, in a suburb of Los Angeles, to parents Sandy Hill and Ted Goetz, a commercial director. Despite diabetes ending a promising future in athletics when she was just ten years old, Dana gamely threw herself into acting when still in her early teen ...

Voice of: Max Goof in Goof Troop, Jerry Mouse in Tom and Jerry: The Movie, and Charles Duckman in Duckman. Died from a stroke on July 15, 1996 at the age of 32 after slipping into a diabetic coma.

42. Ernie Anderson

Actor | Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater

Ernie Anderson was born Ernest Earle Anderson on November 12, 1923 in Lynn, Massachusetts. He began working in radio at Burlington, Vermont's WSKI-AM in 1946. He met Tim Conway at WHK-AM in Cleveland and began writing with him. They were hired by Cleveland's WJW-TV in 1961 where they created "...

Voice of: The narrator in The Powerpuff Girls shorts in the What a Cartoon! Show and the announcer of America's Funniest Home Videos. Died from lung cancer on February 6, 1997 at the age of 73.

43. Robert Ridgely

Actor | Boogie Nights

Superbly talented vocal artist and character actor supreme Robert Ridgely was born on December 24, 1931 under the name of Robert Ritterbush in New Jersey. Ridgely started out as a cabaret entertainer. In the late 1950s, he recorded 45 RPM singles for Decca Records under the name of Bob Ritterbush ...

Voice of: The titular character in Thundarr the Barbarian and Commander Chief in Dexter's Laboratory. Died from cancer on February 8, 1997 at the age of 65.

44. David Doyle

Actor | Capricorn One

David Fitzgerald Doyle was born in Lincoln, Nebraska December 1, 1929. He was the son of Mary Ruth Fitzgerald and Lewis Raymond (Lum) Doyle, a prominent Lincoln attorney. His maternal grandfather was John Fitzgerald, a prominent banker and railroad builder in Nebraska. His paternal grandfather was ...

Voice of: Grandpa Lou Pickles in Rugrats. Died of a heart attack on February 26, 1997 at the age of 67 which led to his role being recast with Joe Alaskey.

45. Don Messick

Actor | The Last Unicorn

Don Messick is a legendary voice actor who spent his entire adult-hood in entertainment. He started out wanting to be a ventriloquist. Thankfully for cartoon lovers that career didn't pan out. How do you think his potential career would've stacked up against Edgar Bergen and later, Paul Winchell? ...

Voice of: Boo-Boo Bear and Ranger Smith in Yogi Bear, Bamm-Bamm Rubble in The Flintstones, Astro Jetson in The Jetsons, and the titular character in Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!. Died from a stroke on October 24, 1997 at the age of 71 after previously suffering a stroke a year before his death which led to his retirement from voice acting.

46. Phil Hartman

Actor | NewsRadio

Phil Hartman was born Philip Edward Hartmann on September 24, 1948, in Brantford, Ontario, Canada. His surname was originally "Hartmann", but he later dropped the second "n". He was one of eight children of Doris Marguerite (Wardell) and Rupert Loebig Hartmann, a salesman. He was of German, Irish, ...

Voice of: Troy McClure and Lionel Hutz in the Simpsons. Killed by his wife Brynn Omdahl on May 28, 1998 at the age of 49 which led to his characters being retired from the show.

47. Stan Jones

Actor | The Transformers: The Movie

Stan Jones was born on October 23, 1926 in Canada. He was an actor, known for The Transformers: The Movie (1986), Little Shop of Horrors (1986) and The Transformers (1984). He died on December 30, 1998 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Voice of: Riff-Raff in Heathcliff and the Catillac Cats and Scourge, Lord Zarak and Weirdwolf in The Transformers. Died from cancer on December 30, 1998 at the age of 72.

48. Ed Gilbert

Actor | The Transformers: The Movie

Ed Gilbert was born on June 29, 1931 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for The Transformers: The Movie (1986), Tom and Jerry: The Movie (1992) and The Transformers (1984). He died on May 8, 1999 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Voice of: Baloo in TaleSpin and Blitzwing in The Transformers. Died from lung cancer on May 8, 1999 at the age of 67.

49. Paddi Edwards

Actress | Hercules

Paddi Edwards was born on March 8, 1931 in Bristol, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Hercules (1997), The Little Mermaid (1989) and Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982). She died on October 18, 1999 in Encino, California, USA.

Voice of: Flotsam and Jetsam in The Little Mermaid and Atropos in Hercules. Died of respiratory failure on October 18, 1999 at the age of 67.

50. Mary Kay Bergman

Actress | South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

Mary Kay Bergman did not have a face known to many - her voice was recognized more than anything else in the world. Although she was a big voiceover star in the 1990s, her true claim to fame was Trey Parker and Matt Stone's critically acclaimed adult animated television series, South Park (1997), ...

Voice of: Wendy Testaburger, Sheila Broflovski, Shelly Marsh, and various female characters in South Park, Daphne Blake in Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island, Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost, and Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders, Timmy Turner in The Fairly OddParents Oh Yeah! Cartoons shorts, Mitzy in The Secret Files of the Spy Dogs, and Jay Jay the Jet Plane. Committed suicide by shooting herself with a shotgun on November 11, 1999 at the age of 38 after suffering from bipolar disorder and generalized anxiety disorder which led to her South Park characters being recast.

51. Jim Varney

Actor | Ernest Goes to Camp

James Albert Varney, Jr. was born in Lexington, Kentucky, to Nancy Louise (Howard) and James Albert Varney, Sr. He became interested in theater as a teenager, winning state titles in drama competitions while a student at Lafayette High School in Lexington, Kentucky. At age 15 he played Ebeneezer ...

Voice of: Slinky Dog in Toy Story 1 and 2 and Cookie in Atlantis: The Lost Empire. Died from lung cancer on February 10, 2000 at the age of 50 as a result from smoking.

52. Lorenzo Music

Writer | Rhoda

Lorenzo Music was born on May 2, 1937 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Rhoda (1974), Carlton Your Doorman (1980) and Garfield in Paradise (1986). He was married to Henrietta Music. He died on August 4, 2001 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Voice of: Garfield in Garfield and Friends, Tummi Gummi in Adventures of the Gummi Bears, and Peter Venkman in The Real Ghostbusters. Died from complications related to lung and bone cancer on August 4, 2001 at the age of 64.

53. Steve Brodie

Actor | Sonikku adobenchâ

Steve Brodie was born on April 17, 1948 in Clark Air Base, Phillipines. He was an actor, known for Sonic Adventure (1998), Harry and the Hendersons (1987) and Evil Dead: Hail to the King (2000). He died on August 10, 2001 in San Diego County, California, USA.

Voice of: E-102 Gamma in Sonic Adventure. Died from cancer on August 10, 2001 at the age of 53.

54. Ron Taylor

Actor | Trading Places

Ron Taylor was born on October 16, 1952 in Galveston, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Trading Places (1983), Matlock (1986) and Twin Peaks (1990). He was married to Deborah Sharpe-Taylor. He died on January 16, 2002 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Voice of: "Bleeding Gums" Murphy in The Simpsons. Died of a heart attack on January 16, 2002 at the age of 49.

55. Roy Conrad

Actor | Casino

Roy Conrad was born on November 11, 1940. He was an actor, known for Casino (1995), Village of the Damned (1995) and Patch Adams (1998). He was married to Lorraine Lambert. He died on January 19, 2002 in Roseville, California, USA.

Voice of: Ben from the LucasArts computer game Full Throttle. Died of lung cancer on January 19, 2002 at the age of 61.

56. Lionel Wilson

Actor | Courage the Cowardly Dog

Lionel Wilson was born on March 22, 1924 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Courage the Cowardly Dog (1999), Cartoon Cartoon Fridays (2000) and Tree Spree (1961). He died on April 30, 2003 in New York City, New York, USA.

Voice of: The titular character and various characters in Tom Terrific, Sidney the Elephant, Cuckoo Man and Rope Man in The Mighty Heroes, and Eustace Bagge in Courage the Cowardly Dog from 1999 to 2001. Died of pneumonia on April 30, 2003 at the age of 79. Wilson had retired from voice acting two years prior to his death due to illness and his role as Eustace was passed on to Arthur Anderson.

57. Harry Goz

Actor | Marathon Man

Harry Goz was born on February 16, 1932 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for Marathon Man (1976), Sealab 2021 (2000) and Mommie Dearest (1981). He was married to Margaret Avsharian. He died on September 6, 2003 in Manhasset, Long Island, New York, USA.

Voice of: Captain Hazel 'Hank' Murphy in Sealab 2021 Died from multiple myeloma on September 6, 2003 at the age of 71 which lead to his character being written out of the show.

58. Jaclyn Linetsky

Actress | Evolution Worlds

Jaclyn Linetsky was born on January 8, 1986 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. She was an actress, known for Evolution Worlds (2002), What's with Andy? (2001) and Caillou (1997). She died on September 8, 2003 in Montréal, Québec, Canada.

Voice of: Caillou from 2000 to 2003. Killed in a car accident on September 8, 2003 at the age of 17.

59. Tony Pope

Actor | Akira

Tony Pope was born on March 22, 1947 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Akira (1988), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) and Dawn of the Dead (2004). He was married to Patricia Lentz. He died on February 11, 2004 in Burbank, California, USA.

Voice of: Goofy in Who Framed Roger Rabbit and in Sport Goofy in Soccermania, Junior in the two George and Junior cartoons in the What a Cartoon! Show, Conroy Bumpus and various characters in Sam & Max Hit the Road, and Furby. Died from complications of leg surgery on February 11, 2004 at the age of 56.

60. Deem Bristow

Actor | Sonikku adobenchâ 2

Deem Reginald Bristow was an American actor known for providing the English voice of Dr. Eggman from 1999 to 2004. He voiced Dr. Eggman in Sonic Adventure, Sonic Adventure 2, Sonic Heroes and Sonic Advance 3. He passed away due to a heart attack in January 2005. He passed away the same year as ...

Voice of: Dr. Eggman in Sonic Adventure, Sonic Adventure 2, and Sonic Heroes. Died of a heart attack on January 15, 2005 at the age of 57.

61. John Vernon

Actor | National Lampoon's Animal House

John Vernon was a prolific stage-trained Canadian character player who made a career out of convincingly playing crafty villains, morally-bankrupt officials and heartless authority figures in American films and television since the 1960s. Vernon was directed by some stellar filmmakers, including ...

Voice of: Rupert Thorne in Batman: The Animated Series, Iron Man in The Marvel Super Heroes, and Dean Toadblatt in The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy. Died from complications following heart surgery on February 1, 2005 at the age of 72.

62. Long John Baldry

Actor | Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog

Born in Doveshire, England, in 1941, Long John Baldry (calledl "Long John" because he was 6'7") was a pioneer in the British blues-rock scene in the 1960s. He started out as a folk singer, often touring Europe with American folkie Jack Elliott (aka Ramblin' Jack Elliott). He switched to the blues, ...

Voice of: Dr. Robotnik in Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog. Died of a severe chest infection on July 21, 2005 at the age of 64.

63. Brock Peters

Actor | Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

Born of African and West Indian ancestry on July 2, 1927 in New York City, Brock Peters set his sights on a show business career early on, at age ten. A product of NYC's famed Music and Arts High School, Peters initially fielded more odd jobs than acting jobs as he worked his way up from Harlem ...

Voice of: Dark Kat in SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron. Died from complications from pancreatic cancer on August 23, 2005 at the age of 78.

64. Hamilton Camp

Actor | Almost Heroes

Hamilton Camp was born Robin S. Camp and later performed under that name and as Bob Camp when he played in a folk duo with Bob Gibson. Their influential album, "Gibson and Camp at the Gate of Horn", was recorded in Chicago in 1961. When they broke up, Camp continued to work as a solo act. He ...

Voice of: Gizmoduck in DuckTales. Died of a heart attack on October 2, 2005 at the age of 70.

65. Ray Bumatai

Actor | Rocket Power

Ray Bumatai was the older brother of comedian Andy Bumatai and was a comedian, actor, and recording artist. Ray made appearances on a number of mainland television shows that were produced in Hawaii, including Magnum, P.I. (1980), Jake and the Fatman (1987), and Hawaii (2004). He also did voice ...

Voice of: Tito Makani in Rocket Power. Died from brain cancer on October 6, 2005 at the age of 52.

66. William Hootkins

Actor | Star Wars

William Michael Hootkins was born on July 5, 1948, in Dallas, Texas. He moved to London, England in the early '70s and lived there up until 2002. Hootkins was an actor at Theatre Intime while attending Princeton University where he learned how to speak fluent Mandarin Chinese. He also trained as an...

Voice of: Dingodile in Crash Bandicoot: Warped. Died from pancreatic cancer on October 23, 2005 at the age of 57.

67. Bob Papenbrook

Actor | Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed

Robert DeWayne Papenbrook was an American voice actor from California who was known for voicing the Black Knight Ghost from Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, Zhang Fei from Dynasty Warriors and Rito Revolto from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. He had a son named Bryce, also a voice actor. He passed ...

Voice of: Rito Revolto in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. Died of chronic lung problems on March 17, 2006 at the age of 50.

68. Jeff Winkless

Actor | Look Who's Talking Now

Jeff Winkless was born on June 2, 1941 in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Look Who's Talking Now (1993), Castle in the Sky (1986) and Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979). He died on June 26, 2006 in Evanston, Illinois, USA.

Voice of: Captain Nemo in Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water. Died of a brain tumor on June 26, 2006 at the age of 65.

69. Mako

Actor | Conan the Barbarian

Born in Japan, Makoto Iwamatsu was living there with his grandparents while his parents studied art in the United States, when Japan and the U.S. went to war in 1941. His parents remained in the U.S., working for the Office of War Information, and, at the cessation of the conflict, were granted U.S...

Voice of: Aku in Samurai Jack and Iroh in Avatar: The Last Airbender. Died from esophageal cancer on July 21, 2006 at the age of 72 which led to his two roles being recast with Greg Baldwin.

70. Tony Jay

Actor | The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Tony Jay was a British actor and narrator. He is known for his deep and distinctive British voice. He was well-known for voicing Claude Frollo from The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Megabyte from ReBoot, Monsieur D'Arque from Beauty and the Beast, Shere Khan from The Jungle Book 2, Magneto in X-Men ...

Voice of: Frollo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Shere Khan in TaleSpin and in The Jungle Book 2, and Megabyte in Reboot. Died from complications following endoscopic surgery on August 13, 2006 at the age of 73.

71. Greg Burson

Actor | Jurassic Park

Greg Burson was an American voice actor who is known for voicing Mr. DNA from Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park and for being one of Mel Blanc and Daws Butler's successors for many characters such as Bugs Bunny, Yogi Bear, Foghorn Leghorn and Pepe Le Pew. He also voiced in Samurai Jack and Boss ...

Voice of: Bugs Bunny and various Looney Tunes characters following Mel Blanc's death, Yogi Bear and other Hanna-Barbera characters following Daws Butler's death, and Mr. DNA in Jurassic Park. Died from complications due to diabetes and arteriosclerosis on July 22, 2008 at the age of 59 after struggling with alcoholism and his arrest four years prior which ended his career.

72. Don LaFontaine

Actor | In a World...

Don LaFontaine was born on August 26, 1940 in Duluth, Minnesota, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for In a World... (2013), The Hitter (1978) and Free Radio (2007). He was married to Joan Studva and Nita Whitaker. He died on September 1, 2008 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Voice of: Narrator of various television advertisements, network promotions, and video game trailers. Died from complications from a pneumothorax on September 1, 2008 at the age of 68.

73. Madeleine Blaustein

Actress | Gekijôban Poketto Monsutâ: Myûtsû no Gyakushû

Madeleine Blaustein was born on October 9, 1960 in Queens, New York, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back (1998), Pokémon (1997) and Pokémon 3 the Movie: Spell of the Unown (2000). She died on December 11, 2008 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA.

Voice of: Meowth in the 4Kids dub of the Pokemon anime. Died from an untreated stomach virus on December 11, 2008 at the age of 48.

74. Dom DeLuise

Actor | The Cannonball Run

As might be said for the late and great comedians Harvey Korman and Madeline Kahn, it seems that Mel Brooks was the only director on the planet who knew how to best utilize this funnyman's talents on film. Brooks once remarked that, whenever he cast Dom in one of his films he'd add an extra two ...

Voice of: Jeremy in The Secret of NIMH, Tiger in An American Tale, Fagin in Oliver & Company, and Itchy in All Dogs Go to Heaven. Died of kidney failure on May 4, 2009 at the age of 75.

75. Wayne Allwine

Actor | Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Wayne Allwine was an American voice actor, sound editor and artist who was well-known for voicing Walt Disney's mascot Mickey Mouse from 1977 until his death from diabetes complications in 2009. He was succeeded by Bret Iwan. He was married to Minnie Mouse voice actress Russi Taylor and had four ...

Voice of: Mickey Mouse from 1977 to 2009. Died of hypertensive crisis caused by complications from acute diabetes on May 18, 2009 at the age of 62.

76. Brittany Murphy

Actress | Clueless

Brittany Murphy was born Brittany Anne Bertolotti on November 10, 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia, to Sharon Kathleen Murphy and Angelo Joseph Bertolotti. Her father's ancestry is Italian, and her mother is of Irish and Slovak descent. Her father moved the family back to Edison, New Jersey as a native New...

Voice of: Luanne Platter in King of the Hill and Gloria in Happy Feet. Died of pneumonia, anemia, and multiple drug intoxication on December 20, 2009 at the age of 32.

77. Glenn Shadix

Actor | Beetlejuice

William G. Scott was born in 1952 in Bessemer, Alabama. He attended Birmingham-Southern College for two years. He lived in New York City prior to moving to Hollywood in the late 1970s.

Changing his name to Glenn Shadix, he made his film debut in the poorly received The Postman Always Rings Twice (...

Voice of: The Mayor in The Nightmare Before Christmas and the Brain and Monsieur Mallah in Teen Titans. Died from a blunt trauma after a fall on September 7, 2010 at the age of 58.

78. Ian Abercrombie

Actor | Army of Darkness

Ian Abercrombie began his theatrical career as a lad during the Blitz in World War II. After his footwork years during which he earned Bronze, Silver and Gold medals in dance for the stage, he performed in London, Holland, Ireland, and Scotland. He made his American stage debut in 1955 in a ...

Voice of: Darth Sidious in Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Died from kidney failure on January 26, 2012 at the age of 77 which to his role being recast.

79. David Anthony Pizzuto

Location_management | Bad Boys II

An actor since the age of 7 as well as a musician, singer, songwriter, David Anthony Pizzuto was also a location scout/photographer, location manager, producer, writer, and, in addition to being a divemaster and deep breath hold diver, was also a retired therapist. When asked by a reporter why he ...

Voice of: Nitros Oxide in Crash Team Racing. Died following a brief illness on February 10, 2012 at the age of 60.

80. Michael Clarke Duncan

Actor | The Green Mile

Michael Clarke Duncan was born on December 10, 1957 in Chicago, Illinois. Raised on Chicago's South Side by his single mother, Jean, a house cleaner, Duncan grew up resisting drugs and alcohol, instead concentrating on school. He wanted to play football in high school, but his mother wouldn't let ...

Voice of: Benjamin King in Saints Row, Tug in Brother Bear, and Commander Vachir in Kung Fu Panda. Died of a heart attack on September 3, 2012 at the age of 54.

81. Marcia Wallace

Actress | The Simpsons

Born on November 1, 1942, the eldest of three born to an Iowa general storeowner, Marcia Wallace endured a troubled childhood (alcoholism, physical abuse). Performing in high school plays as a teenager, she studied at Parsons College in Fairfield, Iowa, where she majored in English and theatre.

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Voice of: Edna Krabappel in The Simpsons. Died from complications of a combination of breast cancer, pneumonia, and sepsis on October 25, 2013 at the age of 70.

82. James Avery

Actor | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Although known as the uncle/patriarch and judge "Philip Banks" on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990), James Avery was a classically trained actor and scholar. A native of Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA, he joined the US Navy after graduating high school and served in Vietnam from 1968 to 1969. Upon...

Voice of: The Shredder in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and War Machine in Iron Man. Died following complications from open heart surgery on December 31, 2013 at the age of 68.

83. Robin Williams

Actor | Mrs. Doubtfire

Robin McLaurin Williams was born on Saturday, July 21st, 1951, in Chicago, Illinois, a great-great-grandson of Mississippi Governor and Senator, Anselm J. McLaurin. His mother, Laurie McLaurin (née Janin), was a former model from Mississippi, and his father, Robert Fitzgerald Williams, was a Ford ...

Voice of: The Genie in Aladdin, Batty Coda in FernGully: The Last Rainforest, Fender in Robots, and Ramón, Cletus, and Lovelace in Happy Feet. Committed suicide by hanging himself on August 11, 2014 at the age of 63.

84. Elizabeth Peña

Actress | Rush Hour

As she inherited her love for the arts by her father, well-known playwright, actor, director and novelist Mario Peña, it is not hard to understand that actress Elizabeth Pena already had designs to become an actress by the time she was eight years old.

Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey on September 23, ...

Voice of: Mirage in The Incredibles and Paran Dul in Justice League. Died from cirrhosis of the liver on October 14, 2014 at the age of 55 as a result from alcoholism.

85. Christine Cavanaugh

Actress | Dexter's Laboratory

Christine Cavanaugh (birth name: Christine Josephine Sandberg) was an American actress from Layton, Utah. She emerged as a prolific voice actress in the 1990s, voicing roles in many films and television series. She chose to retire from acting in 2001, at the age of 38. Her most famous voice roles ...

Voice of: Chuckie Finster in Rugrats, Dexter in Dexter's Laboratory, Gosalyn Mallard in Darkwing Duck, and Oblina in Aaahh!!! Real Monsters. Died from undisclosed causes on December 22, 2014 at the age of 51 after retiring from voice acting in 2001 to spend time with her family.

86. Joe Alaskey

Actor | Looney Tunes: Back in Action

Joe Alaskey, among the most talented voice actors in the business, impeccably recreated many of the original characters which the late cartoon pioneer Mel Blanc invented. A natural mimic and gifted actor, his amazing "ear" for voices enabled him to imitate almost anything, including some of the ...

Voice of: Grandpa Lou Pickles following David Doyle's death, Tweety and Sylvester in The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries, and Daffy Duck and Marvin the Martian in Duck Dodgers. Died from cancer on February 3, 2016 at the age of 63.

87. Anton Yelchin

Actor | Star Trek

Anton Yelchin was an American actor, known for playing Bobby in Hearts in Atlantis (2001), Chekov in the Star Trek (2009) reboot, Charlie Brewster in the Fright Night (2011) remake, and Jacob in Like Crazy (2011).

He was born in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Russia, USSR, to a Jewish family. His ...

Voice of: Clumsy Smurf in the live-action Smurfs film and its sequel and Jim Lake Jr. in Trollhunters. Died of accidental blunt traumatic asphyxia on June 19, 2016 at the age of 27.

88. C. Martin Croker

Actor | Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters

Clay Martin Croker was the son of Marion Winchell Croker (1924-2004) and Ouida Thelma Martin (1925-2017). He showed talent for drawing at a very early age; no blank piece of paper stayed that way long. His first love was of dinosaurs, then Godzilla, Gamera, Ultraman and eventually comic book ...

Voice of: Zorak and Moltar in Space Ghost Coast to Coast and Dr. Weird in Aqua Teen Hunger Force. Died from complications of sepsis on September 17, 2016 at the age of 54.

89. David Ogden Stiers

Actor | M*A*S*H

David Ogden Stiers was born in Peoria, Illinois, to Margaret Elizabeth (Ogden) and Kenneth Truman Stiers. He moved with his family to Eugene, Oregon, where he graduated from North Eugene High School in 1960. At the age of twenty, he was offered $200 to join the company of the Santa Clara ...

Voice of: Cogsworth in Beauty and the Beast, Governor Ratcliffe and Wiggins in Pocahontas, and Dr. Jumba Jookiba in Lilo & Stitch. Died from complications related to bladder cancer on March 3, 2018 at the age of 75.

90. Russi Taylor

Actress | DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp

Russi Taylor was an American voice actress from Cambridge, Massachusetts. She was the official voice of Minnie Mouse from 1986 until her death from colon cancer in 2019. She also voiced a lot of minor characters from The Simpsons including Martin Prince, Sherri and Terri. Grey DeLisle-Griffin ...

Voice of: Minnie Mouse from 1986 to 2019 and Martin Prince, Sherri and Terri, and Uter in The Simpsons. Died from colon cancer on July 26, 2019 at the age of 75 which led to all of her roles being recast.

91. Norm Spencer

Actor | X-Men

Norm Spencer was born on February 23, 1958 in Canada. He was an actor, known for X-Men: The Animated Series (1992), Bait (2000) and X-Men vs. Street Fighter (1996). He died on August 31, 2020 in Canada.

Voice of: Cyclops in X-Men and the Marvel vs. Capcom video games. Died on August 31, 2020 at the age of 62.

92. Kirby Morrow

Actor | Inuyasha

Kirby Morrow trained in theatre at Mount Royal University in Calgary, Alberta. Throughout his career, he also trained in Vancouver, Paris, Dublin, Toronto and Los Angeles. Reaching a successful stature in both on camera and animation voice-overs, he was a highly sought-after guest at animation, ...

Voice of: Miroku from InuYasha and Teru Mikami from Death Note. Died on November 18, 2020 at the age of 47.

93. Philece Sampler

Actress | The Legend of Korra

Philece Sampler was born on July 16, 1953 in San Angelo, Texas, USA. She was an actress, known for The Legend of Korra (2012), Digimon Adventure tri. Part 1: Reunion (2015) and Digimon Adventure tri. Part 2: Determination (2016). She was married to Larry Dean and Brad Blaisdell. She died on July 1,...

Voice of: Mimi Tachikawa in Digimon: Digital Monsters and Taokaka in BlazBlue. Died of a heart attack on July 1, 2021 at the age of 67.

94. Stephen Critchlow

Flushed Away

Stephen Critchlow was born on November 22, 1966 in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Flushed Away (2006), The Infinite Worlds of H.G. Wells (2001) and Hattie (2011). He was married to Caroline. He died on September 19, 2021 in England, UK.

Voice of: Bana in Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and Count Edmont de Fortemps in Final Fantasy XIV. Died from cancer on September 19, 2021 at the age of 54.

95. Chris Ayres

Actor | Doragon Bôru Zetto Fukkatsu no 'Efu'

Christopher Owen Ayres was an American actor, director and scriptwriter who is known for his work in English-dubbed anime and video games by Funimation. He voiced Frieza in Dragon Ball Z Kai, Prince Soma from Black Butler, Kei Kurono from Gantz and Mayor Corset in Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt...

Voice of: Frieza in Dragon Ball Z Kai. Died of complications from pulmonary disease on October 18, 2021 at the age of 56.

96. Will Ryan

Actor | The Land Before Time

Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, Will Ryan began a career in music. He later became 'Willio' of the comedic singing group Willio & Phillio. The duo relocated to California where they got the opportunity to write and record wacky songs for Disneyland Records. Mr. Ryan also began providing voices for...

Voice of: Willie the Giant in Mickey's Christmas Carol, House of Mouse, and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Petrie in The Land Before Time. Died from cancer on November 19, 2021 at the age of 72.

97. Gilbert Gottfried

Actor | Aladdin

At the tender age of 15, Gilbert Gottfried began doing stand-up at open mike nights in New York City and, after a few short years, became known around town as "the comedian's comedian". After spending several years mastering the art of stand-up comedy, producers of the legendary NBC late-night ...

Voice of: Iago the Parrot from Aladdin, Berkeley Beetle from Thumbelina, Mister Mxyzptlk from Superman: The Animated Series, the Aflac duck from Aflac commercials, and Dr. Bender from The Fairly OddParents. Died from recurrent ventricular tachycardia, complicated by type II myotonic dystrophy on April 12, 2022 at the age of 67.

98. Billy Kametz

Actor | Shin seiki Evangelion Gekijô-ban: Air/Magokoro wo, kimi ni

Billy Kametz was a Los Angeles-based actor originally from Hershey, PA. He came out to California to play Aladdin in the Aladdin Musical Spectacular in Disney's California Adventure for the final year of the show's 13-year run. Thereafter he was fortunate to lend his voice to cartoons, anime, video...

Voice of: Josuke Higashikata in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable, Naofumi Iwatani in The Rising of the Shield Hero, and Takuto Maruki in Persona 5 Royal. Died from colon cancer on June 9, 2022 at the age of 35.

99. Kevin Conroy

Actor | Batman: The Killing Joke

Kevin Conroy was born on November 30, 1955 in Westbury, New York. At age 17, Kevin earned a full scholarship to attend Juilliard's drama division, where he studied under actor John Houseman. In 1978, after graduating from Juilliard, he toured with "The Acting Company", Houseman's acting group, and ...

Voice of: Batman in Batman: The Animated Series. Died from colorectal cancer on November 10, 2022 at the age of 66.

100. Brendan O'Brien

Actor | Crash Bandicoot

Brendan O'Brien was born in Hollywood, California, as the son of actors Edmond O'Brien and Olga San Juan. He first got his start as an actor with a supporting role in the TV movie Honor Thy Father (1973), then followed it up with subsequent appearances in films like 3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega ...

Voice of: Crash Bandicoot, N. Brio, Pinstripe Potoroo, N. Gin, and Tiny Tiger in the Crash Bandicoot franchise. Died on March 23, 2023 at the age of 60.