Tony Jay
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Tony Jay (1933-1933-2006) was an English-American actor, voice artist, and singer. He was renowned for his voice work in radio, animation, film, and video games.
Jay was best known for his distinctive baritone voice, which often resulted in him being cast in villainous roles.
Shere Khan in Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996–2001), Megabyte in ReBoot (1994–2001), and Elder God (plus other roles) in the Legacy of Kain series of video games, as well as the character of Nigel St John (1993–1995).
He has appeared on television shows including The Golden Girls in 1987, Twin Peaks in 1990–91, and Night Court in 1991.
However, Professor Werner of Twins (1988), the father figure/mentor to Arnold Schwarzenegger's protagonist Julius Benedict, was his most prominent onscreen role.
Early life
Jay was born in London. He attended Pinner County Grammar School and completed his National Service with the Royal Air Force in 1953. "I was always an actor at school," he said later, but he wanted the financial stability of a real estate business rather than an actor. After being aware of the possibility of being in South Africa for his line of work, Jay moved to South Africa in about 1966. In 1973, he returned to England after which he moved to the United States in 1986.
Personal life
In 1974, Jay started a friendship with Marta MacGeraghty. They had a boy who was born in 1989. They did not marry before 2004, but they remained together until Jay's death in 2006.
Career
Jay performed occasionally in amateur productions while building his real estate company in England.
Jay found himself playing in radio dramas like the detective series Sounds of Darkness, where he played a savvy yet blind FBI agent (1967–1972). He wanted to start acting professionally as a result of his experience.
On the first commercial radio station in South Africa, Jay acted, wrote, and directed radio plays (1950–85). He was especially well-known for the animated film Taxi! (1969–1972,1975–1978), in which he not only portrayed New York cabby Red Kowalski but also co-wrote several scripts with Joe Stewardson. Lux Radio Theatre, Playhouse 90, and the Tuesday Theatre were among the other shows in which he appeared. The first six months of episodes for The Avengers were written, performed, and directed by Jay. The series, which was based on Seasons 4–6 of the 1960s British television series of the same name, was broadcast on Springbok from 6 December 1971 to 28 December 1973. Jay created a narrator who embued with humour and skepticism to bridge the gap between the British television series's aesthetic orientation and the radio's sound-only view.
Jay's voice led him to work with Gunston Cigarettes, Barclays Bank, and Bols Brandy.
After Jay's return to the United Kingdom in 1973, he worked in a variety of television shows. He portrayed Tsar Alexander III of Russia in the BBC series Fall of Eagles (1974), during which he met Patrick Stewart, who played Vladimir Lenin. In single episodes of popular television shows such as The Merchants (1981) and the comedy Whoops Apocalypse (1982), Jay appeared as the merchant in Shakespeare's Timon of Athens (1981) for BBC Shakespeare.
He appeared in Woody Allen's Love and Death (1975), which was shot in Hungary and France during this period. George Lucas spoke with Jay about his character Obi-Wan Kenobi in a planned film with the working title Galactic Warfare. Despite Jay's commitment to the role, Lucas chose Alec Guinness instead.
On stage, he appeared in plays such as Anton Chekhov's The Three Sisters (1976) and Terence Rattigan's The Deep Blue Sea (1981). More important parts will be followed by an appearance in Great Expectations (1984) at the Old Vic and as Shylock in The Merchant of Venice.
In the 8+12-hour production of Nicholas Nickleby's The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1986) at Stratford-upon-Avon, Jay was cast as Vincent Crummles.
Nicholas Nickleby began as a British tour guide, beginning in Los Angeles in June 1986 and moving to Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., and New York City. "I told friends I'd be staying if I had the opportunity" before leaving England, he said in a 1986 The New York Times interview.
The New York Times described Jay's appearance as "brilliantly played" during its run from August to October 1986 at the Broadhurst Theatre on Broadway. He was nominated for the Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play in 1987 by the Drama Desk Award.
An agent who arranged for him to return from England to the United States for an audition caught Jay's acting. Jay was cast in Circus, a failed pilot program. On set, Jay met make-up artist Kathy Rogers, who would be his second wife. He immigrated to the United States, where he became a resident.
In addition,, Jay appeared in television series including Night Court (1991), The Golden Girls (1988), and Eerie, Indiana (1991). Paracelsus on the 1987 CBS TV series adaptation of Beauty and the Beast; Minister Campio on Star Trek: The Next Generation (1992); and Lex Luthor's nefarious aide-de-camp Nigel St. John in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993–95).
In Disney's 1991 hit animated film version of Beauty and the Beast, Jay's voice-over included Monsieur D'Arque, the amoral asylum superintendent. He appeared on ReBoot, a computer animated television program from 1994 to 2001. According to one source, Jay was chosen over Patrick Stewart, Derek Jacobi, and Ian McKellen for the voice of the main antagonist Judge Claude Frollo in Disney's 1996 animated film version of Beauty and the Beast, directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise. Fantasmic! Jay Retasmic! Jay appeared on television series From 1995 to 1996 as Lord Dregg, the alien warlord and the villain during the first two seasons of the original 1989 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated television film series.
He is also well-known among fans of the Legacy of Kain's 1996–2003 video game series Legacy of Kain for his role as the original Mortanius and Elder God, as well as several other minor characters.
In various animated films, Jay took over Shere Khan's voice, which actor George Sanders had created for the 1967 Disney animated film The Jungle Book. Jay Shere Khan was a voice in 11 episodes from 1990 to 1991 for Disney's animated television series TaleSpin, The Jungle Book: Rhythm and Groove, and House of Mouse (2001-2002). In the 2003 film The Jungle Book 2 is Khan's last film appearance as Khan. In the Miss Spider film, his last role was to voice Spiderus.
Jay was devoted to classic Broadway and performed many recordings and performances of old-time Broadway songs, as well as in spoken-word form. In 2005, a CD of these readings, as well as his website, were released; a version that appeared on Broadway was called Poets on Broadway. On it, Jay recalls lyrics written by Nol Coward, Ira Gershwin, and Oscar Hammerstein, as well as synthesized music that he created.