Veteran radio broadcaster and voice actor Jock Blaney handed away final month on the age of 76.
Nintendo followers will possible know him finest as the unique voice of Star Fox 64 antagonist Wolf O’Donnell, and he additionally portrayed Fox’s ally Invoice Gray and Granga, the mech pilot who it’s possible you’ll bear in mind as the sport’s first boss.
As famous on Reddit by ArmoredSarge through a March article on Wyoming station K2 Radio’s web site, Blaney died on nineteenth March 2026. An obituary states that he handed away “peacefully in his house in Las Vegas, Nevada.”
The K2 tribute highlights {that a} voice-over clinic with Looney Tunes legend Mel Blanc helped steer his method to voice work. Along with his award-winning work on radio and in his wider profession, Blaney’s résumé featured quite a few online game credit, together with No One Lives Eternally, Aliens vs. Predator, and F.E.A.R. plus the Professor Layton and Forza sequence.
In later Star Fox video games, different voice actors portrayed the characters he originated in English (though Blaney did reprise the roles of Wolf and Invoice within the yet-to-be-released fan sport Star Fox Occasion Horizon), however his strains and supply stay iconic for a lot of followers — us included — who first heard them on N64 again in 1997, and once more within the 2011 3DS model.
And with Star Fox within the headlines due to Mario Film appearances and new sport rumours, these characters have been on our minds in latest weeks.
Everybody right here at Nintendo Life sends their condolences and finest needs to Jock’s household and pals.
