Mark Dodson, a veteran Hollywood voice actor identified for his contributions to the “Star Wars” and “Gremlins” films, has died. He was 64.
Dodson’s expertise company, Stellar Appearances, confirmed the performer’s loss of life Sunday on social media. He reportedly suffered a coronary heart assault in his sleep whereas he was in Evansville, Ind., the place he was scheduled to seem this weekend at Evansville Horror Con.
“Mark really cherished his followers and loved assembly them at conventions all over the world,” learn a press release on the Stellar Appearances Fb web page.
“Mark leaves behind an exquisite household, shut mates, and adoring followers all over the world. The household asks for privateness throughout this tough time.”
Throughout a profession that spanned greater than 4 a long time, Dodson lent his vocal abilities to radio stations, commercials, movies, TV reveals and video video games. He was most well-known for voicing creatures, together with the cackling Salacious Crumb from “Return of the Jedi,” in addition to the musical, cuddly mogwai and malevolent, reptilian title monsters in “Gremlins” and “Gremlins 2.”
Dodson returned briefly to the “Star Wars” universe in 2015 to make a vocal cameo as a scavenger on the Niima Outpost on the desert planet Jakku in “The Power Awakens.”
He made his mark on Hollywood by “including his distinctive voice and sound to every character and script he touched,” his expertise company stated.
Dodson’s movie and TV credit additionally embrace the 1985 horror flick “Day of the Useless,” the Historical past Channel treasure-hunting collection “Legend of the Superstition Mountains” and the Nineties Disney cartoon “Darkwing Duck.” In line with IMDb, his remaining tasks had been the 2023 online game “Ghostrunner II” and the upcoming online game “Phantasmat: Insidious Goals.”
