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

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

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'', as well as Ginyu in ''

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'', and

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in the movie '' Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug''. He was also known for being the voice of Miss Etta Kette in ''

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''.

Filmography

Anime

* ''

Baki the Grappler is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Keisuke Itagaki. It was originally serialized in the ''shōnen'' manga magazine '' Weekly Shōnen Champion'' from 1991 to 1999 and collected into 42 ''tankōbon'' volumes by Akit ...

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

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* '' Blue Gender'' - Chairman Victor * '' Burst Angel'' - Chief Katsu * ''

Case Closed ''Case Closed'', also known as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' since January 1994; its chapters are collected in 10 ...

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

'' - Narrator ** ''

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

* ''

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'' - 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, manga anthology magazine ''Gangan Comics#Monthly Shōnen Gangan, Monthly Shōnen Gangan'' between July 2001 and June ...

'' - Tim Marcoh * '' The Galaxy Railways'' - Whitman (Ep. 8) * '' Lupin the 3rd'' - Various (Movies & Specials) (FUNimation dub) * '' Samurai 7'' -

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* '' Spiral: The Bonds of Reasoning'' - Raizou Shiranagatani * '' Yu Yu Hakusho'' - 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.

References

External links

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