Animation and Video Video games Misplaced 3 Voice Actors This Week

It’s been a busy week, and a tragic one, as online game and animation followers realized of the deaths of three well-known voice actors throughout the 2 mediums.

First was Jeff Garcia, a comic who handed on Wednesday, December 10, at age 50. Garcia was greatest identified for taking part in Sheen in Jimmy Neutron and Planet Sheen. After having a stroke and being hospitalized for pneumonia in November, he was hospitalized once more earlier this week earlier than being taken off life assist.

Garcia reprised his voice performing roles as Pip in Barnyard and Rinaldo in Completely satisfied Toes for his or her respective online game tie-ins and Sheen in varied Jimmy Neutron and Nickelodeon video games, along with his remaining voice position being Nicktoons & the Cube of Future from this previous September.

That very same day, Jim Ward handed at age 66 after an eight-year battle with Alzheimer’s. Ward performed Captain Qwark all through Insomniac Video games’ Ratchet & Clank franchise, together with Ben 10’s Diamondhead and Doug Dimmadome on Pretty OddParents. In 2021, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Aside turned his remaining voice performing position and noticed him play each Qwark and his alt-universe variant, Captain Quantum.

And on Friday, we realized 63-year-old voice actor Julie Mayfield died on November 20. For anime followers, Mayfield’s greatest remembered because the voice of Dr. Kureha and Boa Marigold for Funimation’s One Piece dub, and she or he had additionally finished voice work for Black Butler (Queen Victoria) and Fruits Basket (Kyoko and Ritsu’s mom).

All three voice actors have been individually eulogized by household, colleagues, and followers in latest days. Garcia’s son Joseph remembered his father’s expertise as “one in every of a sort. […] He has made such an impression on individuals’s lives internationally, whether or not you grew up watching Jimmy Neutron, or shared amusing with him at one in every of his reveals. He was a hero, [and] I idolized him. He could also be gone, however he’ll NEVER be forgotten.”

“Nearly anybody who knew Julie referred to her as a vibrant mild. Her snort was huge and infectious, her expertise monumental, and she or he was at all times a pleasure to work with,” wrote Mayfield’s expertise agent, Mary Collins. “She was at all times a workforce participant—enjoyable, beneficiant, and endlessly artistic. She meant a lot to us, and I’ll endlessly be grateful that she selected us to be her brokers, colleagues, and longtime pals. Julie, thanks for the sunshine, the laughter, and the years. We’ll miss you dearly.” The company additionally revealed a memorial service for Mayfield shall be held someday in 2026.

“[Jim Ward’s] contribution to the Ratchet & Clank franchise is immeasurable,” mentioned Insomniac Games. “As Qwark, he’s a legend within the eyes of Insomniacs and our gamers, and a expertise rightfully acknowledged throughout a number of industries. From our galaxy to the cosmos and past…we’ll miss you, Captain. Thanks for the Qwarktastic reminiscences.”

In a second assertion, Brian Allegier, a longtime artistic director at Insomniac and for the Ratchet franchise particularly, lauded Ward for his “low-key, however mild presence. Jim was was an unbelievable performer who gave 115% each session. He was a pleasure to work with, and I’m deeply saddened by his passing. However I’m additionally profoundly grateful for the enjoyment he dropped at Insomniacs and to the thousands and thousands of followers who love Captain Qwark. His expertise, value, and humor will at all times stick with me.”

Phrases from Brian Allgeier, the Artistic Director on the Ratchet & Clank Future collection. pic.twitter.com/xRl5Beh59a

— Insomniac Video games (@insomniacgames) December 11, 2025

io9 extends its sympathies and ideas to Ward, Mayfield, and Garcia’s family members.

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