Earl Boen, who supplied the voice of LeChuck in The Curse of Monkey Island and appeared in dozens of different video games, tv reveals, and movies, has died.
Boen’s first videogame credit score, in keeping with his MobyGames (opens in new tab) web page, was on the 1995 journey Shannara. He adopted that up over the subsequent decade with roles in video games together with Zork: Grand Inquisitor, Return to Krondor, Star Trek: Voyager – Elite Power, Soldier of Fortune, Steel Gear Strong 2, Fallout Techniques, Icewind Dale 2, Name of Responsibility, Psychonauts, and World of Warcraft.
His best-known sport position, although, was because the villainous undead pirate captain LeChuck, which he first portrayed in The Curse of Monkey Island in 1997 (which was additionally the primary sport within the collection to have full voiceovers). His closing look within the collection was in Telltale’s Tales of Monkey Island, launched in 2009; he was requested to reprise the position in final yr’s Return to Monkey Island, however declined “as a result of he is retired and he is getting older,” Monkey Island creator Ron Gilbert instructed Journey Avid gamers (opens in new tab).
Boen additionally appeared in quite a few tv reveals and movies (opens in new tab) starting within the mid-Seventies. He by no means turned a significant star, however motion movie followers particularly will instantly acknowledge him as Dr. Silberman, the not-especially helpful psychologist from the Terminator movies. It was a small half however he nailed it: Borderline incompetent, simply unlikeable, and one way or the other capable of repeatedly fall backward into dodging bullets by means of all three movies within the authentic Terminator trilogy.
A number of years later, he portrayed a really totally different type of hapless psychologist within the slapstick comedy The Bare Gun 33 1/3: The Last Insult (opens in new tab).
A reason behind demise was not supplied, however a Selection (opens in new tab) report says Boen was recognized with stage 4 lung most cancers within the fall of 2022. He was 81 years previous.