Tony Pope, R.I.P.

Voice artist Tony Pope died yesterday due to complications during leg surgery. Tony, who was born in 1947, was one of the many students of the late Daws Butler to go on to a successful career doing animation voices and voiceovers. His cartoon career included The Transformers, Zorro, Spider-Man, Tale Spin, S.W.A.T. Kats and The Adventures of Teddi Ruxpin, to name just a few of many, and he did several voices (including Goofy) in the movie, Who Framed Roger Rabbit? Most of his work was narration gigs, radio commercials, announcing and especially looping, meaning that he was brought in to add voices and redub other actors in live-action movies.

You heard him many, many times and it's sad that you won't be hearing new work from him. The voiceover community is in mourning tonight.