Rick May
Rick May (September 21, 1940 – April 13, 2020) was an American voice actor and theatrical performer, director, and teacher from Seattle, Washington. May provided the voice for Peppy in Star Fox 64 and Soldier in Team Fortress 2, among other video games.
Career
May was raised in Seattle and Canada. He served in the U.S. military and was stationed in Japan, where he coordinated USO shows in Tokyo. May returned to the Seattle area to serve as the director of the Renton Civic Theatre and Civic Light Opera in Renton, Washington.[1] In one production of the Cotton Patch Gospel in Renton, May played all 21 roles with a variety of voices.[2] He retired from the Renton Civic Theatre in 2001 to begin his own theater company in Kirkland, Washington, and become a full-time actor.[3][4]
He began voice acting in video games in the late 1990s, including roles as Peppy Star Fox 64', the narrator and Genghis Khan in Age of Empires II, and Soldier in Team Fortress 2.[5]
Roles
May performed in numerous roles throughout his theatrical career, including:[1][5]
Julius Caesar
Benjamin Franklin
Tevye
Willy Loman
Alfred P. Doolittle
Genghis Khan
Captain Hook
Scrooge
Theodore Roosevelt
Inspector Lestrade (The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes)
His voice-overs include:[5]
Soldier - Team Fortress 2
Peppy - Star Fox 64
Andross - Star Fox 64
Genghis Khan - Age of Empires II
Death
May suffered a stroke in February 2020 and was moved to a nursing home for rehabilitation. He died on April 13, 2020, from COVID-19 at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle
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