RIP Jim Ward

 

'Fairly OddParents' Star Jim Ward Dead at 66 

TMZ

December 11, 2025

 

Jim Ward -- the beloved actor who lent his voice to many popular cartoon characters and video games -- has died, TMZ has confirmed.

Jim's wife, Janice, tells TMZ ... Jim passed away Wednesday at 10:45 AM due to complications from advanced Alzheimer's.

We're told he was being treated in Los Angeles at Silverado Beverly Place Memory Care at the time of his passing.

Fans will remember Jim for voicing characters like Doug Dimmadome and Chet Ubetcha on "The Fairly OddParents."

This came after he debuted in the video game scene in 1993, being featured in "Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin."

Other video game credits include ... "Resident Evil 4," "Metal Gear Rising Revengeance," "Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic," and "Call of Duty," among others.

Before 2021, he was the voice of Captain Qwark from the video game series "Ratchet & Clank." His last video game credit is "Quake Champions," which was released in 2022.

His agent since the early 1980s, Arlene Thornton, tells TMZ ... "His ability to improvise on the spot as well as his dead-on impressions were beyond impressive. He was a one man comedy show every time he came to the office to do his auditions."

Jim was 66.

RIP

WARD, Jim (James Kevin Ward)

Born: 5/19/1959, New York City, New York, U.S.A.

Died: 12/10/2025, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

 

Jim Ward’s westerns – actor, voice actor:

How the West Was Won (TV) – 1976 (mountain man)

Wild, Wild West: The Steel Assassin – 1999 [English voice of Artemus Gordon]

Home on the Range – 2004 [English additional voices]

Fallout: New Vegas – 2010 [English voice of  Dr. Klein - Old World Blues DLC, Prototype Auto-

    Doc - Old World Blues DLC, Sink Central Intelligence Unit - Old World Blues DLC

Highclimber – 2011 (Patty)

Red Dead Redemption II – 2018 [English voice of The Local Pedestrian Population]