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Jim Ward in The 36th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2009)

Biography

Jim Ward

Overview

  • Born
    May 19, 1959 · San Francisco, California, USA
  • Died
    December 10, 2025 · Los Angeles, California, USA (complications from Alzheimer's disease)
  • Birth name
    James Kevin Ward
  • Height
    5′ 9″ (1.75 m)

Biography

  • James Kevin Ward was an American actor from New York who is known for voicing Captain Qwark from Ratchet & Clank, Chet Ubetcha from The Fairly OddParents, the River Spirit from Spirited Away, Abe Lincoln from Hard Drinkin' Lincoln and Krackus from My Life as a Teenage Robot. He also acted in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man.
    - IMDb mini biography by: Christian Frates

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      Janice Ryan(June 27, 2009 - December 10, 2025) (his death)
      Janean (divorced)

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  • Voice of Captain Qwark.

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  • Former co-host of The Stephanie Miller Show, a nationally-syndicated liberal radio talk show which features a number of his impersonations of political figures and other celebrities and news makers.
  • In 2021, he retired from both acting and voice acting altogether due to complications of Alzheimer's disease and COVID-19.

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