Christopher Evan Welch, The Original Voice Actor for "Miles 'Tails' Prower" Dies - Polidicks

[quote=Variety] Christopher Evan Welch, who appeared onstage in numerous plays, in films including Steven Spielberg’s “War of the Worlds” and “Lincoln,” Paul Thomas Anderson’s “The Master” and Woody Allen’s “Vicky Cristina Barcelona,” as well as on television, died early Monday at a Los Angeles hospital, his agency Paradigm confirmed. He is believed to have been 48. The actor had been in L.A. shooting a role in the upcoming HBO series “Silicon Valley.” Welch made his Broadway debut in 1997 in the play “London Assurance.” He played the Reverend Samuel Parris in the 2002 revival of Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible” on the Rialto and had a role in “Festen” in 2006. He also had numerous off-Broadway credits. In 2010 he was a series regular on AMC’s cerebral spy drama “Rubicon” as Grant Test. His first TV credit came in 1993 for voice work on “Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog” as Miles “Tails” Prower. He went on to guest on series including “The Sopranos,” “The Practice,” “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” “Law & Order: SVU” and “The Good Wife.”[/quote] [img]http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b196/Starmenclock/Tails_zps0d9b5e6b.jpg[/img] [url="http://variety.com/2013/film/news/christopher-evan-welch-actor-on-stage-and-screen-and-tv-dies-in-l-a-1200911109/"]Source[/url]. It is a shame that we lost another original voice of an iconic character, especially since it was so close in timing to the death of Luigi's original VA. [b]UPDATE[/b]: [quote=SegaBits] a friend of the family replied to my inquiry stating “I believe this is a miscredit”, and I was directed to his agents who could potentially give me a solid answer. At the moment, it looks like Christopher Evan Welch did not voice Tails. I have reached out to Christopher Evan Welch’s talent agency Paradigm in New York and the credit of Tails attributed to Christopher Evan Welch is “not accurate”. Thank you to Courtney of Paradigm for her help. This means that the voice actor for Tails, Christopher Welch, is a different person entirely and may still be out there.[/quote] [url=http://segabits.com/blog/2013/12/05/op-ed-was-christopher-evan-welch-the-same-christopher-welch-that-voiced-tails/]Second Source[/url]. Looks like they are two different people.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFf0XDCgHQ8[/media] :(

I had a few episodes of the show on tape and that was all I ever saw of it, but I watched that shit over and over as a child. RIP

Man, it's a sad day for 90s video game-to- tv show sidekicks. Luigi from the Mario Super show also died, at age 74 [url]http://www.news10.net/entertainment/article/264684/37/Luigi-actor-Danny-Wells-dead-at-72[/url]

[thumb]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uJdbnnildLw/TGMzMTkKpQI/AAAAAAAABnA/Ex_X73eA5r0/s1600/NewFtLongChiliCheeseConey_201005.jpg[/thumb] Extra cheesy. Just the way he liked it.

How many more actors are gonna fucking die this year?

[QUOTE=Hatley;43064975]How many more actors are gonna fucking die this year?[/QUOTE] now that you've said it all of them

[video=youtube;VTHsOSGJHN0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTHsOSGJHN0[/video]

[QUOTE=SexualShark;43065179][video=youtube;VTHsOSGJHN0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_Uo0VJihCU[/video][/QUOTE] tails wasn't even in sonic 1 god you don't know anything you stupid stupidperson

[QUOTE=HyperTails;43065190]tails wasn't even in sonic 1 god you don't know anything you stupid stupidperson[/QUOTE] who cares.

You are now aware your favorite character's voice actor will die in your lifetime.

[QUOTE=Rex McCoolguy;43065673]You are now aware your favorite character's voice actor will die in your lifetime.[/QUOTE] not if I die first!

[QUOTE=Rex McCoolguy;43065673]You are now aware your favorite character's voice actor will die in your lifetime.[/QUOTE] B-But what about Gordon?! :suicide:

Someone's eating all the second banana characters. Speaking of which there was a Donkey Kong cartoon wasn't there? [sp]There was[/sp][sp]THECRYSTALCOCONUT[/SP] Seriously though RIP

[QUOTE=Rex McCoolguy;43065673]You are now aware your favorite character's voice actor will die in your lifetime.[/QUOTE] If either Charlie Adler, Jim Cummings, or Billy West kicks the bucket... I don't want to think about it.

[QUOTE=HyperTails;43065190]tails wasn't even in sonic 1 god you don't know anything you stupid stupidperson[/QUOTE] sonic 1's game over was the same as sonic 2's :eng101:

[QUOTE=Rex McCoolguy;43065673]You are now aware your favorite character's voice actor will die in your lifetime.[/QUOTE] That reminds me, Charles Martinet is almost 60 years old now [IMG]http://fi.somethingawful.com/images/smilies/frown.gif[/IMG]

[QUOTE=FunnyStarRunner;43067406]If either Charlie Adler, Jim Cummings, or Billy West kicks the bucket... I don't want to think about it.[/QUOTE] When Frank Welker dies Hollywood will lose about 90% of all its voice actor output.

[QUOTE=Rex McCoolguy;43065673]You are now aware your favorite character's voice actor will die in your lifetime.[/QUOTE] Oh my god, Kevin Conroy, Mark Hamill! Noooo!

[QUOTE=Rex McCoolguy;43065673]You are now aware your favorite character's voice actor will die in your lifetime.[/QUOTE] When we have children, they will never hear Morgan Freemans voice. Friendly reminder.

First Paul Walker, now Tails... [I]everyone fast is dying![/I] [QUOTE=Rex McCoolguy;43065673]You are now aware your favorite character's voice actor will die in your lifetime.[/QUOTE] [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mako_Iwamatsu]He already has.[/url] [QUOTE=Doritos-pope;43067609]When we have children, they will never hear Morgan Freemans voice. Friendly reminder.[/QUOTE] Morgan Freeman is god, he will never die! ...please? On a related note, has Morgan Freeman ever been angry? The worst mood I've seen him have is 'serious'. I mean, there's a few times he's been fake-angry to be funny (you know, like "Fuck you, hahaha"), but I've never seen him actually make an angry face.

[QUOTE=Last or First;43067788] Morgan Freeman is god, he will never die! ...please?[/QUOTE] I actually had a little theory. You see, when Roger ebert lost his voice he contacted a company named CereProc. They produced [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNXOVpN8Wgg"]a lifelike TTS voice using old clips of his voice[/URL]. That was 2 years ago, imagine what they could do now that they've even done an [URL="http://www.cereproc.com/files/bho_ad.wav"]Obama voice[/URL] So, let's get our petition letters at the ready. Morgan freeman TTS, here we come.

When Nolan North dies the games industry will die with him

RIP now he will never do a dub of Tails Gets Trolled

[QUOTE=Rex McCoolguy;43065673]You are now aware your favorite character's voice actor will die in your lifetime.[/QUOTE] Robert Culp already did :(

[QUOTE=SexualShark;43065179][video=youtube;VTHsOSGJHN0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTHsOSGJHN0[/video][/QUOTE] More like this: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4x2NbK8IOpQ[/media]

[QUOTE=Fangz;43072401]More like this: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4x2NbK8IOpQ[/media][/QUOTE] Oh shit I never realised that the main riff from this is actually the Sonic 1 title screen music

ITT: people trying to replicate the "drowned" thread

Well it looks like he didn't [url=http://segabits.com/blog/2013/12/05/op-ed-was-christopher-evan-welch-the-same-christopher-welch-that-voiced-tails/]voice tails now[/url]. Apparently Christopher Evan Welch and Christopher Welch are two different people.