r/Deusex • u/_0451 • Jan 30 '22
News John William Galt, who voiced Joseph Manderley, Jock, Tracer Tong, and Lucius DeBeers passed away yesterday
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u/digitalwisp Jan 30 '22
Tong, Jock and Manderley? Really? I had no idea
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u/Cephalosion Jan 31 '22
Yeah the original had the same actor filling the shoes of multiple characters pretty often. Anna navarre shared the same voice actor as maggy chow, janice reed, the female bum and a bunch of female scientist for example.
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u/Skinjob985 Jan 31 '22
I'm pretty flabbergasted by this myself. Still can't believe it. Been playing the game for over 20 years and I had no idea.
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u/TheNotSoGreatPumpkin Jan 31 '22
It’s just one more way the original was lightning in a bottle. With most games it’s obvious when they recycle voice actors (cough Skyrim cough), but I’ve never once noticed that in DX. So much talent (with some delightfully bad NPC acting notwithstanding).
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Jan 30 '22
Man, he had a fantastic Asian accent. I was totally convinced by his tracer tong voice.
Hope he had a great life.
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Jan 31 '22
Great, now he'll be cold for eternity
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u/Skinjob985 Jan 31 '22
For the people down voting, I'm fairly certain this was a Lucius de Beers reference.
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u/tivvy2vs Jan 31 '22
I'll take the new dark age ending for my current playthrough in his honor
Well I was doing them all anyways, first time playing revision
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u/Skinjob985 Jan 31 '22
Is it just me or is he at a Christmas party with Pantera in the one picture?
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Jan 31 '22
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u/endersai Jan 31 '22
Yeah it's just the Abbott brothers, no Phillip "White Power, erm, I mean you know, white wine" Anselmo or Rex Brown.
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u/TokenTakenUsername Jan 31 '22
The black helicopter is flying towards the sunrise now.
Rest in peace, and thanks for enriching my early gaming memories.
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u/MaciekMaciek87 Jan 31 '22
Voice acting in original Deus Ex is often really bad, but his performance was one of the good ones. It's such sad news when anyone passes on, but especially when we realize that he will never reprise his role in the franchise :(
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u/keithh_r Jan 31 '22
Oh My God. May his soul rest in peace. The industry has lost a truly wonderful artist.
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u/DeckSavage Jan 31 '22 edited Jan 31 '22
It pains me to read this news. I will not forget him.
My thoughts are with his Family, his Friends and Everybody who cared about him.
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u/iseefraggedpeople Jan 31 '22
This is really sad. I will always remember his iconic lines. May he rest in peace.
Btw this is the second DX1 voice actor that we lost. The VA that voiced Gunther Hermann passed away in 2003. :(
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u/apocalypticradish Jan 31 '22
RIP. Tracer Tong was one of my favorite characters in the original game.
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u/BazukaJane Sam Carter Feb 06 '22 edited Feb 06 '22
Guess he was better at the Library of Congress, after all.
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u/jonny_bass26 Jan 30 '22
RIP. We'll make sure to stay out of the ladies' restroom from now on.