Addams Family and Street Fighter Star Raúl Juliá Passed Away 32 Years Ago at Just 54 🎬🕊️ Remembering a true legend 🙏 Raúl Juliá could move effortlessly between intense drama, larger-than-life comedy, and unforgettable villains. For many fans, he remains the definitive Gomez Addams, bringing enormous charm, romance, and theatrical energy to The Addams Family and Addams Family Values. His career stretched far beyond the Addams mansion. Juliá earned acclaim as Valentín Arregui in Kiss of the Spider Woman, portrayed Archbishop Óscar Romero in Romero, and played environmental activist Chico Mendes in The Burning Season. One of his final film roles became another cult favorite: General M. Bison in Street Fighter. Some of his memorable roles include • Gomez Addams — The Addams Family / Addams Family Values • General M. Bison — Street Fighter • Valentín Arregui — Kiss of the Spider Woman • Archbishop Óscar Romero — Romero • Chico Mendes — The Burning Season • Alejandro “Sandy” Stern — Presumed Innocent • Roberto Strausmann — Moon Over Parador • Carlos / Comandante Xavier Escalante — Tequila Sunrise • Dr. Victor Frankenstein — Frankenstein Unbound • Strom — The Rookie • Franco Bertollini — The Gumball Rally • Michael Reisler — Eyes of Laura Mars • Kalibanos — Tempest • Ray — One from the Heart • Detective David Suarez — Compromising Positions Juliá’s final years showed just how wide his range could be, moving from Gomez Addams’ joyful eccentricity to Chico Mendes’ real-life courage and M. Bison’s outrageous villainy. Thirty-two years after his passing at 54, Raúl Juliá remains remembered as a magnetic performer whose passion and commanding presence made every character feel larger than the screen. 🎬🕊️

We just lost a legendary animator today 😔 Some animators bring characters to life. Loyd Price helped shape entire worlds that generations grew up loving. 🕊️ Aardman animations has announced the passing of Loyd Price, a gifted animator, mentor and longtime creative force who dedicated more than 30 years to the studio. Over the decades, Price rose to become Aardman’s Head of Animation, helping guide both the performances audiences saw on screen and the generations of animators who followed him. His career stretched across some of stop-motion animation’s most beloved films, including: - Chicken Run — Supervising animator - Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit — Supervising animator - The Nightmare Before Christmas — Animator - Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave — Animator - Wallace & Gromit’s Cracking Contraptions — Co-director and writer - Shaun the Sheep Movie — Animation supervisor - A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon — Animation supervisor - The Pirates! Band of Misfits — Animation supervisor - Early Man — Animation supervisor - Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death — Animator - Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget — Animation supervisor On The Curse of the Were-Rabbit alone, Price led a team of 30 animators, helping bring Wallace, Gromit and an entire cast of characters to life frame by painstaking frame. His work as supervising animator also helped shape Chicken Run, while his career connected Aardman’s classic shorts to its modern feature-film era. Stop-motion is built one tiny movement at a time. Loyd Price spent decades making those movements feel alive, and teaching others how to do the same. The characters will keep moving. His influence will keep moving with them. Rest in paradise, Loyd Price. 🤍