Voice of Half-Life 2's Dr. Breen Dies, Aged 79

[Dr. Crawver]

I guess it's just fortunate that it hasn't left any loose ends for the story, but that doesn't take away from the fact that it's a tragic loss to the acting community

 

[wolf thing]

R.I.P

 

[Joe Deadman]

R.I.P
I guess immortality was out of his reach.

 

[ben---neb]

A moment of silence for a worth adversary and a great man.

Well put.

 

[GideonB]

Damn. RIP Culp.
You led a good life and made one of the best villians ever made for a game come to life.

A moment of silence for a worth adversary and a great man.

Well put.

I agree as well

 

[Bob_F_It]

Breen was presumably killed in the destruction of his Citadel at the end of Half-Life 2: Episode One, but he was still a memorable villain to anyone who played the celebrated shooter.

Don't you mean Half-Life 2 vanilla?

OT, it's quite a shame to lose someone quite central to a great game's experience. Breen's voice just rings through my head so perfectly in Young's comics with him. Culp did a fantastic job in that respect.

 

[The Austin]

It really is sad to lose such a good voice actor.

"Riposarsi nella pace il mio amico."

Or something like that.

 

[Denizen]

RIP Robert Culp, City 17 would have not been the safe place we knew it without you...

 

[everfreeDragon]

I just don't know what to say, it's a sad loss indeed.

 

[SnipErlite]

NOOOO - Not Breen!


Awwww he was great.

RIP Robert Culp =(

 

[hazakura]

Poor Breen/Mr. Culp

Che la morte no sis crudel, Requescat in pace.

 

[Dogstile]

I can't wait to see this reflected on in After Curfew with Dr. Breen.

Well, guess it was his time to go. Too bad.

There is no such thing as "His time to go." This was an accident, pure and simple. Nobody HAS to die.

Looking at it from a real point of view, everybody has to die. At some point.

 

[TsunamiWombat]

I can't wait to see this reflected on in After Curfew with Dr. Breen.

Well, guess it was his time to go. Too bad.

There is no such thing as "His time to go." This was an accident, pure and simple. Nobody HAS to die.

Looking at it from a real point of view, everybody has to die. At some point.

...Or DO they?*takes off glasses*

 

[Narcogen]

Terrible news. Condolences to the friends and loved ones of a talented actor.

On a related note, this is why it's bad that Valve takes so long to make games.

 

[Dr. Paine]

Terrible news. Condolences to the friends and loved ones of a talented actor.

On a related note, this is why it's bad that Valve takes so long to make games.

Why? Breen died in Half Life 2, I never heard any rumors on bringing him back, so why's it a bad thing?

I know people can get petty when it comes to Episode 3, but leave it out of obituaries.

 

[JWAN]

I was just thinking of making a source mod from his point of view...
Can't help but feel that now it would be in a bit of bad taste.

bad taste mobile on-the-way
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2IKNPFdvII

... Relevant how?

Fidel Castro, like the voice of Breen Fell over, hit his head and died

 

[Audioave10]

R.I.P.
Just think how it would feel if Gordon Freeman had a voice actor that passed away.

 

[Vitor Goncalves]

...sigh. I liked Culp way back in the day of The Greatest American Hero. The fact that he voiced Wallace Breen was icing on his awesomecake. And how does he go out? He falls and hits his head.

Not good enough, I say. He deserved a city-destroying explosion to see him off. Sometimes reality sucks.

True, shitty way to die for a big man. RIP Culp

 

[300lb. Samoan]

He will be missed. And surely, Episode 3 will be massively delayed because of this. FFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-

 

[Bobzer77]

Well, Dr. Breen, under other circumstances I like to think we might have been able to work together in an atmosphere of mutual trust and respect. Certainly, judging from your brief tenure at City 17 while I was its Liberator, you showed every promise of becoming a valuable and productive contributor to the entertaining process. And yet... I'm not sure what spurred you to it... but there is really no place in this enterprise for a man of your awesomeness.

RIP, I regret that I will never again hear one of your amazing speeches. The gaming world can only suffer from the lack of a voice actor as great as yourself.