Jerry Russell

Jerry Russell (January 5, 1936 - September 5, 2013) was an American voice actor working for FUNimation Entertainment.

He was known for voicing Aroldo Eklund in Spice and Wolf II, Froi Tiedoll in D.Gray-Man, Kogan Iwamoto in Shigurui: Death Frenzy, Lamies in Shakugan no Shana III (Final), Ohji in Casshern Sins, Papa in Initial D: First Stage, Saburota Negishi in Princess Jellyfish and Tim Marcoh in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood.

An active stage actor in the Fort Worth area theater, he was the founder of Fort Worth's Stage West theater in 1979, and was producing director for many years. He was the father of Texas state senator Wendy Davis. He died early in the morning of September 5, 2013 due to pneumonia he contracted after an emergency abdominal surgery. He was 77.

Anime

 * Crayon Shin-chan (1992-present) - Doc, Additional Voices (FUNimation Dub)
 * Case Closed (1996-present) - Detective Simpson (ep. 90), Ty Sherwood (ep. 93)
 * Initial D: First Stage (1998) - Papa (FUNimation Dub)
 * One Piece (1999-present) - Crocus (eps. 62-63), Toto, Mechao, Princess/Center Baskerville, Hocker (ep. 6) , Elder #1 (ep. 151) , Additional Voices
 * Fullmetal Alchemist (2003-2004) - Additional Voices
 * Burst Angel (2004) - Ricky Glenford, Estrada (ep. 11), Additional Voices
 * Samurai 7 (2004) - Additional Voices
 * Basilisk (2005) - Guard (ep. 23), Samurai (ep. 24) , Additional Voices
 * Black Cat (2005-2006) - Additional Voices
 * Hell Girl (2005-2006) - Security Guard (ep. 5), Fukumoto (ep. 13)
 * Mushi-Shi (2005-2006) - Villager (ep. 4), Fisherman (ep. 5) , Man (ep. 18) , Boss (ep. 23)
 * Speed Grapher (2005) - Seiji Ochai, Additional Voices
 * Trinity Blood (2005) - Demon (ep. 8), Detective (ep. 8)
 * El Cazador de la Bruja (2007) - Old Man (eps. 22-23)
 * Black Butler (2008) - Additional Voices
 * Fairy Tail (2009-present) - Lucky, Zekua Melon/Kemu Zaleon
 * Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009-2010) - Tim Marcoh
 * The Sacred Blacksmith (2009) - Narrator, Additional Voices
 * Dance in the Vampire Bund (2010) - Juneau Dermailles
 * Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt (2010) - Judge (ep. 8B)
 * Princess Jellyfish (2010) - Saburouta Negishi
 * Guilty Crown (2011-2012) - Major General Yan
 * Lupin the 3rd: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine (2012) - Dr. Fritz Kaiser (ep. 10)

Anime Films

 * One Piece: The Desert Princess & the Pirates: Adventures in Alabasta (2007) - Toto
 * Evangelion 2.22 You Can (Not) Advance (2009) - Additional Voices
 * Wolf Children (2012) - Grandpa Nirasaki

Trivia

 * Acting teacher of Barry Yandell.
 * Due to his death; his ongoing roles were recast.
 * Burl W. Proctor replaced him as Crocus in One Piece.