Doc Harris (voice actor)
Doc Harris | |
|---|---|
| Born | Gilbert Arthur Auchinleck August 3, 1948 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Died | October 5, 2024 (aged 76) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Occupations | |
| Years active | 1966–2007 (radio personality) |
| Employers | |
| Notable work | Narrating the English version of Dragon Ball Z |
Gilbert Arthur Auchinleck (August 3, 1948 – October 5, 2024), better known as Doc Harris, was a Canadian voice actor and radio personality. He was known for narrating the English version of the Dragon Ball Z series.[1][2]
Early life and career
Doc Harris was born Gilbert Arthur Auchinleck on August 3, 1948, in Vancouver.[3] He started his career in 1966 as Gil Harris at CKDA and CFMS-FM Victoria.[4][5] He also worked under the name of Doc Holliday at radio stations in Sudbury, Hamilton, and Toronto. In 1973, he got a job at a Vancouver station as a disc jockey under the moniker Doc Harris. His broadcasting career in radio stations lasted for almost fifty years. His last radio hearings were in 2007.[6][7] Harris also had a successful career in voice acting. He was the narrator of more than 200 episodes of Dragon Ball Z, and he voiced characters in Captain N: The Game Master, Barbie and the Rockers: Out of This World, Camp Candy, and My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic.[8][9]
Harris died in the early hours of October 5, 2024, at Vancouver General Hospital (VGH), at the age of 76, following a minor surgery in September 2024.[1][4]
Filmography
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989–1991 | Captain N: The Game Master | Narrator | |
| 1991 | Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars! | Toad TV, Harman, Fake Pirate | |
| 1996–2003 | Dragon Ball Z | Narrator | Ocean Productions dub |
| 1999–2001 | Monster Rancher | Golem | English dub |
| 2019 | My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic | Grogar | 5 episodes[10] |
| 2019 | Ninjago | Old Guard | Episode: "The Darkness Comes"[10] |
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Bionicle: Mask of Light | Kohlii Announcer | [10] |
Video games
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounters in Space | Kirsten Lombard, John Kowen | [10] |
| 2018 | Aegis Defenders | Bart | [10] |
References
- ^ a b Boyd, Alex (October 8, 2024). "Dragon Ball Z narrator Doc Harris dies aged 76". BBC. Retrieved October 13, 2024.
- ^ Moss, Molly (October 8, 2024). "Dragon Ball Z narrator Doc Harris dies, aged 76". Radio Times. Retrieved October 13, 2024.
- ^ "Remembering the life of Gilbert Arthur 'Doc Harris' AUCHINLECK". Vancouver Sun. Mount Pleasant Universal Funeral Home. October 13, 2024. Retrieved October 13, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ a b Vlessing, Etan (October 8, 2024). "Doc Harris, Dragon Ball Z English Narrator, Dies at 76". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 13, 2024.
- ^ Yasmin, Shahana (October 9, 2024). "Doc Harris death: Legendary Dragon Ball Z narrator dies at 76". The Independent. Retrieved October 13, 2024.
- ^ Thiessen, Connie (October 5, 2024). "Veteran broadcaster Doc Harris signs off". Broadcast Dialogue. Retrieved October 13, 2024.
- ^ Mateo, Alex (October 13, 2024). "Dragon Ball Z Narrator, Voice Actor Doc Harris Dies". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 13, 2024.
- ^ Huerta, Gabriel (October 8, 2024). "Legendary English Dragon Ball Z's narrator, Doc Harris, dies at 76". Meristation. Retrieved October 13, 2024.
- ^ Pilley, Max (October 8, 2024). "Dragon Ball Z legend Doc Harris dies, aged 76". NME. Retrieved October 13, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "Doc Harris (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved October 14, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
External links
- Doc Harris at IMDb