Mark Dodson, ‘Star Wars’ Salacious Crumb and ‘Gremlins’ Mogwai Voice, Dies at 64

Mark Dodson, who voiced several of the Mogwai in “Gremlins” and Salacious Crumb in “Return of the Jedi,” has died from a heart attack. He was 64.

Dodson’s death was shared with TMZ by his daughter Ciara, who told the outlet he suffered a massive heart attack in his hotel room in Evansville, Indiana. Dodson was in town to attend HorrorCon.

Dodson got his start as a voice actor in 1983 when he joined the cast of Star Wars film “Return of the Jedi” as the voice of Jabba the Hutt’s court jester, Salacious Crumb. He took on the role of voicing the Mogwais in “Gremlins” the following year.