Mel Winkler


Mel Winkler was an American actor. He voiced List of [Crash Bandicoot characters#Aku Aku|Aku Aku] in the Crash Bandicoot video games, from Crash Bandicoot: Warped to Crash Twinsanity.

Early life

Winkler was born in St. Louis, Missouri on October 23, 1941.

Career

Between the 1970s and 1980s, he moved to his home town St. Louis and New York City. Though Winkler mostly appeared in minor live-action roles, such as Melvin in Doc Hollywood, He also spent time on Broadway, appearing in The Great White Hope in 1968, in August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone in 1988 and in Neil Simon's Proposals from 1997 to 1998. He voiced of the guardian mask Aku Aku in the Crash Bandicoot series, Lucius Fox in The [New Batman Adventures] and Johnny Snowman in the TV series Oswald.

Death

Winkler died in his sleep in Los [Angeles, California] on June 11, 2020, at the age of 78. Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time was dedicated in his memory.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games