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Ian Abercrombie dies at 77 03 Feb, 2012 / 6 comments

The Official Star Wars Blog reports that veteran English actor Ian Abercrombie, who voiced Chancellor Palpatine in the Star Wars: Clone Wars TV series (as well as LucasArts-published games adapted from it) passed away on January 26th. He was 77.


The blog post includes remembrances from some of the crew of The Clone Wars.


A peek at his filmography on IMDB reveals that you hardly have be a Clone Wars viewer to have enjoyed this man's work. Among a multitude of other roles, he played Mister Pitt, Elaine's needy millionaire boss on several episodes of Seinfeld, John Hammond's butler in The Lost World: Jurassic Park, and the bearded wise man who sent Bruce Campbell to fetch the necronomicon in Army of Darkness (along with the poorly heeded instructions to speak three magic words).

Source: The Official Star Wars Blog

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    Shmargin on 04 Feb, 2012, 01:32…
    Oh, I thought this was about the clothing guy.

    Army of Darkness DOES kick ass though.
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    daltysmilth on 04 Feb, 2012, 01:26…
    He was also Bill McNeal's "butler" in an episode of NewsRadio. He was truly a great actor, and he added class and dignity to every role he played.

    Looking forward, I wonder who they'll get to replace him in the Clone Wars? Nick Jameson? Sam Witwer? Or maybe even Ian McDiarmid himself? Or perhaps they'll look for an unknown. I happen to do very good Palpatine, Sidious, and the Emperor voices.
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    Call me Squinky on 03 Feb, 2012, 14:09…
    OMG he was the dude in Army of Darkness? I liked that movie! Sorry to hear he's passed away.
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    Laserschwert on 03 Feb, 2012, 12:14…
    Let's hope heaven has socks which aren't too tight...
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    Ceres on 03 Feb, 2012, 01:26…
    Klaatu barada nikto in peace.
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    clone2727 on 03 Feb, 2012, 00:28…
    Elaine will finally get Mr. Pitt's inheritance at least.

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