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R.I.P. David Graham, longtime voice actor from ''Thunderbirds'', ''Supercar'', ''Doctor Who'' and more
The voice behind "Thunderbirds", "Fireball XL5", and "Peppa Pig" will be dearly missed. He was 99 years old.
David Graham has passed away.
His acting career spanned over seventy years and his work has impacted many childhoods. His first voice acting work was on the British children's television series Four Feather Falls in 1963. From there he performed voice work in Supercar and Stingray. He notably played Mat Matic and Lieutenant Ninety in Fireball XL5. Alongside fellow voice actor Peter Hawkins, Graham co-originated the voice of the Daleks on the original Doctor Who series. One of his most iconic performances was providing the voice for Big Brother in the Apple Mac: 1984 short.
One of his favorite cartoon franchises to work with was Thunderbirds. He voiced four of the main characters: Gordon Tracy, Brains, Aloysius Parker, and Kyrano. He appeared in the original series and spinoff movies, and he even returned for the reboot Thunderbirds are Go where he reprised his role as Parker and also voiced Braman and Vic. He retired from the Thunderbirds series in 2021.
Most recently, Graham's voice acting career took him to one of the most popular children's television shows of all time: Peppa Pig. He played Grandpa Pig.
The news of Graham's death was broken by the X account for Thunderbirds creator Gerry Anderson, which read: "We’re incredibly sad to confirm the passing of the legendary David Graham. The voice Parker, Gordon Tracy, Brains and so many more. David was always a wonderful friend to us here at Anderson Entertainment. We will miss you dearly, David. Our thoughts are with David’s friends and family."
The voice actor was 99 years old.
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Thunderbirds is the best, but I love the theme to Supercar!
Great voice work by the whole cast in the shows, which added a lot.
One of my favorite lines: "Yes, Milady."
I really didn't care much for the reboot showing a much more futuristic version of the Tracy family and Thunderbird machines. I always wondered how Brains was able to design the Thunderbird machines and the launch and storage facilities and where Jeff Tracy was able to get all the money to build everything. You would think that he was at the least a multi-millionaire - for those times (the times being 1966) at least.
Anyways, 99 years old, God Bless him.
Yes, God bless David Graham.🙏
