Rif Hutton, Actor on ‘Doogie Howser, M.D.’ and ‘JAG,’ Dies at 73
He also was a prolific voice actor, looper and ADR artist, with credits spanning ‘Shrek’ to ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.’
Rif Hutton, the veteran character actor who recurred on shows including Doogie Howser, M.D. and JAG, has died. He was 73.
Hutton died Saturday at his home in Pasadena after a 13-month battle with glioblastoma, his wife, Bridget Hoffman, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Hutton had a thriving career as a voice actor, looper and ADR artist, with work on Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) and films in the Shrek, Kung Ku Panda, How to Train Your Dragon, Rio, Ice Age, Hotel Transylvania and Angry Birds franchises.
Hutton also worked on the daytime soaps Tribes, General Hospital and The Bold and the Beautiful; on series including L.A. Law, Married … With Children, Hunter, Wings, Murphy Brown, The Larry Sanders Show, Star Trek: Generations, Babylon 5, Family Matters, Seinfeld, ER, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Cold Case and Monk; and in such films as the Richard Pryor-starring Moving (1988), L.A. Heat (1989) and The Thirteenth Floor (1999).
Survivors include his wife, Bridget Hoffman, also a voice actor (they married in 2001 and worked together often), and his son, Wolfgang.
“People knew when they hired him for a voice job that he was going to be the most prepared — he always was,” fellow voice actor Steve Apostolina wrote on Facebook. “He was also always first to show up on a gig — I had the great pleasure of beating him a few times and scooping a treasured chair, but those were few and far between.”