Jim Ward, a beloved voice actor known for his work on “The Fairly OddParents” and “Ratchet & Clank,” has died.
Stephanie Miller, Ward’s former radio co-host on “The Stephanie Miller Show,” wrote on X Wednesday, “One of the saddest messages I have ever received from the amazing Mrs Jim Ward: Our wonderful ‘voice deity’ as Steph anointed Jim Ward, passed away today at 10:45AM. Can you let Steph know? Thanks, Janice.”
The veteran voice performer passed away on Wednesday at a Los Angeles-based memory care facility after an eight-year battle with Alzheimer’s disease, a progressive brain disorder. He was 66.
Ward’s acting career started back in the ’70s, when he landed a minor role in the “How the West Was Won TV” series. However, he nabbed his first big voice acting gig in 1993 with a role in the video game “Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin.”
From there, Ward went on to become a prominent voice performer for animation and video games, including voicing Captain Copernicus Leslie Qwark for the “Ratchet & Clank” franchise and Doug Dimmadome/Chet Ubetcha for Nickelodeon’s “The Fairly OddParents.”
Other TV credits include “Danny Phantom,” “My Life as a Teenage Robot,” “Ben 10,” “Wolverine and the X-Men,” “The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes” and “New Looney Tunes.” He also lended his voice for a number of Star Wars video games and several Warner Home Video projects, including “Batman vs. Two-Face,” “Superman: Red Son,” “Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders” and “Batman: The Dark Knight Returns.”
Ward is survived by his wife, mother, sister and two nephews.
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