User blog:ARTaylor/RIP Rene Auberjonois

Actor Rene Auberjonois has passed away following a battle with metastatic lung cancer. He was seventy-nine years old. He is survived by his wife of fifty-six years Judith, their children Remy and Tessa, and several grandchildren.

Auberjonois started his career in theater, even landing a role on Broadway. His first major film role came when he was cast as Father Mulcahy on the film MASH, which led to one of the most prolific television shows of all time. He later played a gangster in the film Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach. He later made a short but memorable appearance on Batman Forever as Dr. Burton, who was patterned after original Batman film director Tim Burton.

In 1991 he was cast as the traitorous Colonel West in the film Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. This eventually led to him getting a staring role as Constable Odo on the series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He would appear alongside Michael Dorn's Worf as a main character and would have a romance with Majel Barrett-Roddenberry's Lwaxana Troi. The character has been a beloved figure in the franchise and is commonly ranked among the best main characters. He also directed several episodes of the show. Outside of Trek, he also had a staring role on Boston Legal as lawyer Paul Lewiston.

He has also had a significant voice acting career. He played Spider-Man on a 1972 radio-style record show that featured full sound effects, soundtrack, and a story involving Vulture, Lizard, Green Goblin, Kingpin, Aunt May, and Doctor Strange. His first major voice role was as sadistic Chef Louis on Walt Disney Animation Studios's The Little Mermaid. He also appeared in several Scooby-Doo shows, Batman: The Animated Series, Justice League, Family Guy, and Young Justice. Marvel fans would recognize him as the voice of Ebony Maw on Avengers Assemble.