Mel Winkler, a character actor known for his voiceover work and appearances in such films asDevil in a Blue Dress,Doc HollywoodandCoach Carter, died Thursday.
He was 78. Winkler died peacefully in his sleep of unknown causes at his home in Hollywood, his family announced. Winkler voiced the levitating guardian mask Aku Aku inCrash Bandicootvideo games, Wayne Enterprises businessman Lucius Fox on The WB'sThe New Batman Adventuresand Snow Cone Shop owner Johnny Snowman on Nickelodeon'sOswald.
On Broadway, he appeared inThe Great White Hopein 1968, in August Wilson'sJoe Turner's Come and Gonein 1988 and in Neil Simon'sProposalsin 1997-98.
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