Mark Dodson, whose unique voice characterizations propelled creatures in the films Star Wars: Return of the Jedi and Gremlins, has died at 64.
His daughter told TMZ that he died while in Evansville, Indiana, to attend Horror Con. He checked into a hotel and suffered a “massive heart attack” while sleeping, she said.
Dodson was the voice of Salacious Crumb, the scruffy little creature who was a cackling crony of Jabba the Hut in Star Wars: Return of the Jedi.
That memorable voice led to a gig in Gremlins, where he became the voice Mogwai, much-imitated in school yards. He worked continuously for several decades in film, video games, radio and commercials as a voice artist. .
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