RIP Richard Moll, Voice of Two-Face in the DCAU

[RoyalRubble]

Richard Moll passed away at the age of 80. Probably best known for his role on Night Court, more relevant to this board is his portrayal of Harvey Dent/Two-Face on Batman: TAS starting in 1992. He returned to voice the character in later shows and also had other, minor voice roles in other DC Comics cartoons throughout his career.

 

[Antiyonder]

Well his voicing of Lewis Moxon in Batman The Brave and the Bold "Chill of the Night" might have been part of the tribute to past Batman shows. You know like Kevin Conroy voicing the Phantom Stranger and Mark Hamill as The Spectre.

 

[Frontier]

It always hits hard losing one of the most recognizable voices of your childhood, especially losing another B:TAS alumn.

I feel kind of bad for having no frame of reference for Mr. Moll's work outside Batman, but I would say his portrayal of Two-Face is up there in the echelon of some of the greatest comic book voice acting.

His portrayal of the duality of Harvey Dent and his scarred alternate persona and the tragedy and pathos inherent to it was such a character defining performance that it's the gold standard for the character. Almost every voice for Two-Face feel like they're trying to reference or evoke Moll to some extent or another.

RIP Richard Moll.

 

[Raider969]

R.I.P Richard Moll. We have lost another voice actor from Batman: The Animated Series and The New Batman Adventures.

 

[Otaku-sempai]

Rest in peace, Bull.

It always hits hard losing one of the most recognizable voices of your childhood, especially losing another B:TAS alumn.

I feel kind of bad for having no frame of reference for Mr. Moll's work outside Batman, but I would say his portrayal of Two-Face is up there in the echelon of some of the greatest comic book voice acting.

His portrayal of the duality of Harvey Dent and his scarred alternate persona and the tragedy and pathos inherent to it was such a character defining performance that it's the gold standard for the character. Almost every voice for Two-Face feel like they're trying to reference or evoke Moll to some extent or another.

RIP Richard Moll.

I'd suggest checking out some Night Court reruns.

 

[Antiyonder]

Rest in peace, Bull.


I'd suggest checking out some Night Court reruns.

Also Turboman's enemy Dementor in Jingle All the Way. I think either the program the the start or the parade before Myron (Sinbad took over).

 

[Fone Bone]

Not Bull! The Night Court revival sucks by the way. Almost everybody but Dan and Roz are dead.

 

[Rick Jones]

Bull was one of my absolute favorite TV characters as a kid. I really liked Night Court. Just a few months ago, I was pity watching the new series with someone and discussing how sad it was to know so many of my old favorites from the show were gone. Moll was such a unique presence. This huge intimidating guy that you'd think would mostly make a career playing scary heavies but outside of something like the movie House, I can only think of him as a comedic live-action character. Whenever I've seen him elsewhere, my mind just went back to the dopey giant teddy bear he played on Night Court. Bull was such a lovable character and I can't imagine anyone playing him quite like Moll did. Definitely one of those shows I remember always getting to watch with my late grandmother.

As a kid, I didn't recognize he was Two-Face but when I found out, I felt silly for not noticing. Neither Harvey Dent or Big Bad Harv were recognizable to me as Richard Moll before I knew the truth. Now, I can recognize his voice wherever I hear it but it was such a cool discovery to learn this was him. He was so darned good in the role too, outside of just having a great voice.

I never get used to this stuff. RIP and thanks for the irreplaceable memories. As far as I'm concerned, the coin will never stop flipping.

 

[Anyone00]

He was also Cabbot in the first Fallout making him the original face of the Brotherhood of Steel.

 

[RoyalRubble]

I realize Moll did more voice acting; I just focused on his big role for DC Animation since this is where I posted the topic. Meant to post something on Marvel Animation too, but couldn't quite think of how to word it, he didn't have a "main" role there, he was the second voice of Scorpion on the 90s Spider-Man cartoon (following Martin Landau).

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

Losing another one so soon is just awful. What a tremendous actor and the best Two-Face ever.

R.I.P Richard Moll.

 

[ShadowBeast]

We are losing everyone from Batman the Animated Series.

 

[Classic Speedy]

Great as Two-Face, obviously. Another role I always enjoyed him in was the gym teacher in Sidekicks:

WAKE UUUUUUUUP!!! This is gym class, sonny boy, not nap time! HOW DARE YOU FALL ASLEEP IN MY CLASS!!!

 

[hobbyfan]

He was also the Drifter in Nickelodeon's 100 Deeds For Eddie McDowd. People tend to forget that one.

 

[Fone Bone]

He was also in But I'm A Cheerleader.

 

[Mandouga]

On Mighty Max, he was Norman, the one with the sword.


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[Karkull]

 

[-batmat-]

Very sad news! I'm hoping, since he was 80 years old, that at least he passed from natural causes without pain, and lived a full and happy life.

 

[Rick Jones]

On Mighty Max, he was Norman, the one with the sword.


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I knew there was something that my mind was just not recalling at the time. I still remember where I was when I saw my very first episode, and it was a Norman focused episode. I think he was facing off with what killed his dad.

For some reason as a kid, I think I knew he voiced Norman before I even knew he voiced Harvey Dent. Maybe at the time, it was easier for me to recognize him in the role of the grizzled but friendly adventurer than the debonair young attorney who becomes a psychotic gangster.

 

[jkoolpe]

RIP Mr. Moll.

As with Kevin Conroy and pretty much any of the other characters from the Timm/Dini/Romano/and all of the others behind the glory that was DC animated universe from BTAS to JLU, it will be your voice that I will forever hear whenever I read or watch anything else with Two Face included as a villain/character.