John Stephenson (1923 - 2015)
Prolific voice actor
Film Deaths[]
- The Transformers: The Movie (1986; animated) [Thundercracker/Windcharger/Huffer]: "Thundercracker" is jettisoned into space along with several other Decepticons after the Battle of Autobot City. He is discovered by Unicron (Orson Welles) and reformatted into Scourge (Stan Jones). "Windcharger" is shown to have been killed during the same battle alongside Wheeljack (Chris Latta). "Huffer" is implied to have also been killed in the same battle, as his remains were discovered in The Transformers: Dark Awakening.
TV Deaths[]
- Perry Mason: The Case of the Runaway Corpse (1957) [Ed Davenport]: Poisoned (off-screen) after Adam Williams puts poison in his food. We learn of his death when William Talman is informed.
- Jonny Quest: The Invisible Monster (1965; animated) [Dr. Isaiah Norman]: Life energy consumed by the Invisible Monster.
- The Hobbit (1977; animated) [Dori/Great Goblin/Bard]: The Great Goblin's throat is slashed by Gandalf (John Huston), his other characters survive.
- The Return of The King (1980; animated) [Witch King]: Decapitated with a sword by Eowyn (Nellie Bellflower) after being wounded by Merry (Casey Kasem) when he stabs him in the back.
- The Transformers: The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2 (1985; animated) [Alpha Trion]: Sacrifices himself by merging with the titular supercomputer. Despite his death, the character would be seen later in the series either as a hallucination or as a guide in the Autobot Matrix and Vector Sigma.
- Darkwing Duck: Heavy Metal (1991; animated) [Major Synapse]: Killed in an explosion by the Norma Ray while thinking.