Actor Tim Curry Dies at 80
Curry's death removes a distinctive voice actor whose anime role as the Cat King in The Cat Returns introduced him to a generation of Studio Ghibli fans.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
Actor Tim Curry died Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles at age 80, TMZ reported. Curry was known for roles including Dr. Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Pennywise in It. He also voiced the Cat King in the English dub of Studio Ghibli's The Cat Returns.
Tim Curry, the actor whose voice gave life to the Cat King in Studio Ghibli's The Cat Returns, died Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 80. The news came from TMZ.
Curry's career spanned stage, film, and television. He played Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the 1975 musical The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Pennywise in the It television show, and Rooster Hannigan in the 1982 film Annie. He won an Emmy for his role as Captain Hook in Peter Pan and the Pirates.
His voice work extended to animation, including Nigel Thornberry in The Wild Thornberries and Darth Sidious in Star Wars: The Clone Wars. In anime, he voiced the Cat King in the English dub of The Cat Returns.
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