Brice Weeks Armstrong Jr (January 3, 1936 – January 10, 2020) was an American voice actor and announcer who primarily worked on the properties of

Funimation Crunchyroll, LLC, previously known as Funimation from 1994 to 2022, is an American entertainment company owned by Japanese conglomerate Sony as a joint venture between Sony Pictures and Sony Music Entertainment Japan's Aniplex that specializ ...

. He was best known as the original narrator of ''

Dragon Ball Z ''Dragon Ball Z'' is a Japanese anime television series produced by Toei Animation. Part of the ''Dragon Ball'' media franchise, it is the sequel to the 1986 '' Dragon Ball'' anime series and adapts the latter 325 chapters of the original ...

.'' He was also known for being the voice of Miss Etta Kette in ''

Barney & Friends ''Barney & Friends'' is an American children's television series targeted at young children aged 2–7, created by Sheryl Leach. The series premiered on PBS on April 6, 1992. The series features the title character Barney, a purple anthropomo ...

''.

Filmography

Anime

* ''

Baki the Grappler Baki ( ar, باقي) may refer to: Places * Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan ( az, Bakı) * Baki District of the Awdal region in Somalia * Baki town, Somaliland * Baki, Afghanistan * Baki, Sukoharjo, a subdistrict in Sukoharjo Regency, Jawa Ten ...

'' - Igari Kanji * '' Basilisk: The Kōga Ninja Scrolls'' -

Tokugawa Ieyasu was the founder and first ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan, which ruled Japan from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He was one of the three "Great Unifiers" of Japan, along with his former lord Oda Nobunaga and fel ...

* ''

Blue Gender ''Blue Gender'' is a Japanese anime television series created by Ryōsuke Takahashi, the creator of ''Armored Trooper Votoms'' and ''Gasaraki'', broadcast in Japan from 1999 to 2000 and spanning 26 episodes. ''Blue Gender'' was animated by t ...

'' - Chairman Victor * ''

Burst Angel Burst may refer to: * Burst mode (disambiguation), a mode of operation where events occur in rapid succession ** Burst transmission, a term in telecommunications ** Burst switching, a feature of some packet-switched networks **Bursting, a signaling ...

'' - Chief Katsu * ''

Case Closed ''Case Closed'', also known as , is a Japanese detective manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's ''shōnen'' manga magazine '' Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' since January 1994, with its c ...

'' - Einstein Achurbee, Gregor, Nick Weldon, Robert Gilmore, Shane O’Connor, Theodore Kinsella, others * '' Dragon Ball'' - Narrator ** ''

'' - Ginyu (Remastered) ** '' Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug'' - Slug * ''

Fruits Basket , sometimes abbreviated , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Natsuki Takaya. It was serialized in the semi-monthly Japanese manga magazine , published by Hakusensha, from 1998 to 2006. The series' title comes from ...

'' - Tohru's Grandfather * ''

Fullmetal Alchemist is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa. It was serialized in Square Enix's ''shōnen'' manga anthology magazine ''Monthly Shōnen Gangan'' between July 2001 and June 2010; the publisher later collected the ...

'' - Tim Marcoh * ''

The Galaxy Railways is a Japanese anime television series produced by Leiji Matsumoto, creator of ''Galaxy Express 999'', and is about flying trains set in the far reaches of outer space. It began airing on October 4, 2003. Funimation has licensed the anime for ...

'' - Whitman (Ep. 8) * '' Lupin the 3rd'' - Various (Movies & Specials) (FUNimation dub) * ''

Samurai 7 ''Samurai 7'' (stylized as ''SAMURAI 7'') is a 2004 anime television series produced by Gonzo and based on the 1954 Akira Kurosawa film ''Seven Samurai''. The seven samurai have the same names and similar characteristics to their counterparts ...

'' -

Masamune , was a medieval Japanese blacksmith widely acclaimed as Japan's greatest swordsmith. He created swords and daggers, known in Japanese as '' tachi'' and '' tantō'', in the ''Sōshū'' school. However, many of his forged ''tachi'' were made in ...

* '' Spiral: The Bonds of Reasoning'' - Raizou Shiranagatani * ''

Yu Yu Hakusho is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshihiro Togashi. The series tells the story of Yusuke Urameshi, a teenage delinquent who is struck and killed by a car while attempting to save a child's life. After a number of ...

'' - Mr. Takanaka, Master Mitamura, Topaz/Kougyoku, Kuroda

Video games

*'' Half-Life: Decay'' (2001) - Richard Keller, HECU Soldiers *'' BloodRayne 2'' (2004) - Kagan Elite

Orders

* ''

'' - Miss Etta Kette ** ''It's Time for Counting!'' - Beauregard

Death

Brice Armstrong died on January 10, 2020, a week after his 84th birthday. He was survived by 6 children and 9 grandchildren.https://people.com/tv/dragon-ball-z-narrator-brice-armstrong-dies/

References

External links

* * 1936 births 2020 deaths American male voice actors Place of death missing Male actors from Dallas {{US-voice-actor-1930s-stub