‘Gremlins’ and ‘Star Wars’ Actor Mark Dodson Dead at 64

Mark Dodson, the actor who gave voice to among the little creatures in “Gremlins,” has died … TMZ has realized.

The voice actor additionally dropped at life characters for “Star Wars: Return of the Jedi,” “Day of the Dead” and numerous video video games — and nonetheless made appearances at fan conferences. In reality, Mark’s daughter tells TMZ he died whereas in Evansville, Indiana, to attend Horror Con.

She says Mark had flown to Indiana for the occasion, and checked into his resort … and that is the place he suffered a “large coronary heart assault” whereas sleeping.

Dodson’s first huge break in Hollywood got here in 1983 — he was the voice of Salacious Crumb, the little creature with the high-pitched voice that was all the time seated dangerously near Jabba the Hut in ‘Return of the Jedi.’

And, because it turned out, ‘Star Wars’ opened the door for one more iconic function the subsequent yr.

In “Gremlins,” Mark was the voice of Mogwai … and, inadvertently, had youngsters in every single place — who noticed the film in 1984 — imitating his voice.

Mark labored constantly for a number of a long time in movie, video video games, radio and commercials. As his rep tells us, Mark added “his distinctive voice and sound to every character and script he touched.”

His daughter, Ciara, says Mark “by no means ceased making me proud” and his legacy will stay on via his grandchildren and her.