Jim Ward, veteran voice actor known for 'Fairly OddParents' and video game roles, dies at 66

Jim Ward, a prolific dependable histrion whose enactment spans Nickelodeon shows “Fairly OddParents,” “Danny Phantom” and video games including “Ratchet & Clank,” has died. He was 66.

Ward died Wednesday, his erstwhile vigor co-host commentator Stephanie Miller announced. “Our Good friend, Jim Ward passed distant yesterday,” she tweeted Thursday. “We’re going to walk the greeting remembering his brilliance.”

She archetypal broke the quality Wednesday, informing her followers connected X (formerly Twitter) of “one of saddest messages I person ever received from the astonishing Mrs. Jim Ward.” The dependable histrion co-hosted and often appeared arsenic a impermanent connected Miller’s eponymous syndicated speech vigor programme from 2004 to 2021.

Ward’s wife, Janice Ward, confirmed to TMZ that helium died due to the fact that of complications from precocious Alzheimer’s illness and was receiving attraction successful Los Angeles earlier his death.

Though Ward often imitated nationalist figures connected Miller’s show, helium is champion known for voicing a wide assortment of characters, including existent property tycoon Doug Dimmadome (the famed proprietor of the Dimmsdale Dimmadome) and dogged quality anchor Chet Ubetcha connected “The Fairly OddParents.” He besides voiced assorted roles successful bid “My Life arsenic a Teenage Robot,” “Danny Phantom,” “Ben 10,” “The Replacements” and dozens of different animated shows. In 2009, helium earned a Daytime Emmy for his show successful the revival of “Biker Mice From Mars.”

Butch Hartman, the creator and animator for “Fairly OddParents” and “Danny Phantom,” mourned his longtime collaborator connected societal media. “To accidental the dependable implicit satellite has mislaid a elephantine is an understatement,” Hartman said connected Instagram, hours aft Ward’s death.

“Rest successful peace, beloved person and convey you for blessing america with your unthinkable endowment and charm,” Hartman added. “Love you, brother.”

In the realm of video games, Ward’s dependable acting credits were plentiful and ranged from the escapade classical “Escape From Monkey Island” successful 2000 to the anti-Nazi shooter “Wolfenstein” successful 2009 to the western-themed “Red Dead Redemption II” successful 2018. Most notably, Ward voiced camera-ready abstraction leader Captain Qwark successful Insomniac Games’ “Ratchet & Clank” franchise, from the archetypal game’s merchandise successful 2002 to its re-release successful 2016, and the sequels and assorted shorts successful between.

Ward’s video crippled dependable credits besides see the inaugural “Call of Duty,” “Resident Evil 4,” “Final Fantasy XIII,” “BioShock 2,” “Fallout: New Vegas” and galore gaming tie-ins for TV and movie projects.