Jim Ward, an American voice actor often called the voice of Captain Qwark within the Ratchet & Clank sequence and dozens of different contributions, has handed away on the age of 66.
Political commentator Stephanie Miller, shared the information on social media yesterday. “One of many saddest messages I’ve ever obtained from the superb Mrs. Jim Ward: Our great ‘voice deity’ as Steph anointed Jim Ward, handed away in the present day at 10:45AM,” reads the put up. Ward served as co-host of Miller’s morning radio present for a few years.
TMZ confirmed the information, including that Ward’s passing was because of problems from superior Alzheimer’s. The outlet was instructed he was being handled in Los Angeles at Silverado Beverly Place Reminiscence Care on the time of his passing.
Within the online game house, the voice actor was finest identified for his work with Insomniac Video games on the Ratchet & Clank sequence, primarily as Captain Qwark, whereas offering voices for different characters every now and then. Throughout his prolific time within the trade his voice appeared in a big number of initiatives—together with Steel Gear Rising: Revengeance, The Elder Scrolls On-line, Hearthstone, Destroy All People!, Fallout 4, and plenty of extra.
Outdoors of video games, Ward did voice work on Wolverine and the X-Males for 20 episodes, embodying Professor Charles Xavier and different characters. Most notable was his work as a number of characters of The Pretty OddParents, together with Doug Dimmadome. Based on his IMDb web page, he labored on 95 episodes of the TV present.
Chatting with TMZ, Arlene Thornton, who was Ward’s agent for the reason that early Eighties, stated that “his capacity to improvise on the spot in addition to his dead-on impressions have been past spectacular. He was a one-man comedy present each time he got here to the workplace to do his auditions.”
Over at LinkedIn, voice-over director and recording engineer Juan Carlos Bagnell wrote about Ward’s passing with fondness, recalling working with him a number of instances through the years whereas sharing photos of him.
“I used to be so unhappy to listen to this morning that actor Jim Ward handed away on the age of 66,” Bagnell stated. “I might had the pleasure of recording him on a number of initiatives. Working with him, these periods have been a few of the highlights of my profession. A sort, considerate, and hilarious one that turned out superb performances each time he stepped as much as the microphone.”
