News: Jim Ward, voice actor for Granin, has died

[Dirty Duck]

Jim Ward, the voice of Ratchet & Clank's Captain Qwark, has died aged 66.

The news was revealed by his former co-host at The Stephanie Miller Show, who wrote on X/Twitter: "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."

Ward co-hosted the show with Miller for 13 years until his departure in 2017. In 2021, it was revealed he had contracted a "severe case" of COVID-19 after being hospitalized for a mild cognitive memory issue, which "completely paralyzed" him for four months. He later developed Alzheimer's disease. It's for this reason that Ward did not feature in Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart.

https://www.ign.com/articles/jim-ward-th...ed-aged-66

He also voiced Doktor in Revengeance, which I wasn't aware of. His performance as Granin was very memorable and did a lot for the character. He did a lot in his career that brought a lot of joy to many of us I'm sure, sad to hear he had such a struggle at the end of his life. RIP.

[NateDog]

Voiced Captain Quark in Ratchet And Clank too. Those PS2 titles were so good and his performance and character was a big part of the great humour of the series' early games. RIP.

[st3ve]

Damn. RIP

[Departed]

He was the original voice of my favorite boss in all of Resident Evil, Jack Krauser. Voiced him in RE4, Darkside Chronicles and Mercenaries. He also has a really memorable scene in Killer7 as Fukushima before getting blown away. It was always insane to me that Doktor, Granin and Krauser were all voiced by the same guy. It's incredibly sad to hear about his illnesses, especially at such a still relatively young age.

RIP to a legend.