A prolific voice actor behind Pokémon‘s Professor Oak and many other classic animated characters has passed away. James Carter Cathcart, who was best known for his voice acting work in animation and video games, died of throat cancer at 71, Variety reports.
The actor, who was frequently credited as “Jimmy Zoppi” and “Carter Cathcart” throughout his career, played a variety of Pokémon‘s most memorable supporting characters. Alongside Professor Oak, Cathcart voiced his grandson Gary Oak and Team Rocket’s Meowth and James across over 700 episodes of the animated series and 15 movies. That includes Pokémon: The First Movie, Cathcart’s first feature
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