David Warner (July 29th, 1941–July 24th, 2022) was an English actor best known for playing villainous roles. He voiced Rob in season 4 of The Amazing World of Gumball, from "The Nemesis" to "The Disaster."[1] He died on July 24th, 2022 at the age of 80.
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- David is also the voice of Nergal from another Cartoon Network show, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Dr. Vic Frankenstein from Toonsylvania, and Mr. Narrator in various Winnie the Pooh media.
- David also portrayed Ed Dillinger and Sark from 1982 Disney film, Tron; John Talbot from 1989 sci-fi film, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Spicer Lovejoy from 1997 epic romance film, Titanic, and Admiral Boom from the 2018 Disney film, Mary Poppins Returns.
- He, Kerry Shale, Brian Blessed, Sir Derek Jacobi, Togo Igawa, and Naoko Mori have all starred in at least one episode of the BBC sci-fi drama series Doctor Who.
- He was the third voice actor to pass away voicing a character on the show, unless one counts dub voice actors. The first is Shane Rimmer and the second is Gillian Hanna.