Iconic Dragon Ball Z Narrator Has Passed Away

Veteran voice actor Doc Harris (birth name: Gilbert Auchinleck) passed away at Vancouver General Hospital on October 5, 2024 after having gone through a supposedly minor surgery last September.

He was 76 years old.

Fans have noted that his passing came a day before the release of the Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO video game.

DBZ narrator Doc Harris who famously coined "find out on the next episode of Dragon Ball Z" has passed away at the age of 76 🕊🕯

Harris was the original voice for the DBZ English dub and did over 220 episodes.

his passing comes a day before the release of sparking zero1 🐉🕯🕊 pic.twitter.com/WXBQGw30an

— pics that go hard (@hardestrappics) October 7, 2024

Harris was the narrator of the English dub of Dragon Ball Z anime under Ocean Productions, a Canadian media production company that was the first to dub the Dragon Ball anime.

Harris has been the Ocean dub narrator from 1996 to 2003 for 223 episodes and 3 Dragon Ball movies.

In the Funimation dub, that role has been taken up by Kyle Hebert, the voice actor for adult Gohan.

Born Gilbert Auchinleck in 1948, Harris has had many monikers in his long-spanning carrier, mostly being involved in radio broadcasting in Canadian radio stations since 1966 and making his first on-air debut in Toronto’s CFTR in 1971 as “Doc Holiday”.

While in broadcast, Harris has been lending his voice in the world of anime, from “Dragon Ball Z” to “My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic”, as well as numerous roles in video games such as a Robot in “Hulk”.

Source: Broadcasting Dialogue

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