Richard "Dick" Gautier passes away
Saturday, January 14th, 2017 4:33PM CST
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Dick quietly passed away tonight
To many of us, Dick Gautier was the voice of Rodimus Prime/Hot Rod from the G1 cartoon as well as Apeface, Firebolt, and the Quintesson scientist from "The Killing Jar".
Some of you may even remember Mr Gautier as "Hymie", the KAOS built robot that eventually changed sides and became a part of CONTROL alongside Maxwell Smart and Agent 99 in Get Smart.
He had an extensive acting career both in front of the camera and behind the microphone and camera.
The staff of Seibertron.com pass on our condolences to Mr Gautiers wife and family.
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As Hot Rod, yeah, but maybe they wanted Rodimus Prime to have a more grown up and matured feel to him.o.supreme wrote:It's also odd to think they chose an older actor, to represent a much younger character in Transformers.
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Hey! HEY! HEY! Watch it, Know-It-All.Sabrblade wrote:Rodimus is all wrinkles in the face.
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o.supreme wrote:this is indeed sad news, but I was unaware of his age. Even when seeing him on the interview for the "Matrix" box set S!F put out in 2009 would have put him at 76-77, he certainly did not look his age at the time. It's also odd to think they chose an older actor, to represent a much younger character in Transformers. But I guess that's one of the wonderful things about animation. He will be missed definitely.
I know this is a big bump, but I have the matrix dvd box set, and on the special features, it doesn't feature the interviews with the voice actors, even though it has all 16 discs.
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It's on Disc 11. It's a roundtable discussion with eight G1 voice actors titled "The Headmasters: Voicing the Robots in Disguise".PopCultureGeek2063 wrote:o.supreme wrote:this is indeed sad news, but I was unaware of his age. Even when seeing him on the interview for the "Matrix" box set S!F put out in 2009 would have put him at 76-77, he certainly did not look his age at the time. It's also odd to think they chose an older actor, to represent a much younger character in Transformers. But I guess that's one of the wonderful things about animation. He will be missed definitely.
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