No Way, Jose

Miguel Jose Ferrer, best remembered as the man who designed RoboCop, but wasn’t smart enough to not cross Ronny Cox, has died of throat cancer at the age of 61. The son of Jose Ferrer and Rosemary Clooney, cousin of George Clooney and brother-in-law of Debbie Boone, Ferrer’s first major role was as a deck officer of the USS Excelsior, sabotaged by Montgomery Scott in its pursuit of the stolen Enterprise in Star Trek III. He took over the DeepStar Six when it was attacked by a sea monster in 1989, the summer of the sea monster movies, and tried to sell Gordon Shumway in the TV movie Project: ALF. He played abrasive forensics expert Albert Rosenfeld in Twin Peaks, was the head of the Office of the Criminal Examiner in Crossing Jordan and until his death, was assistant director on NCIS: Los Angeles. Ironically, the cigarettes that led to his cancer also contributed to his gruff voice, which kept him in high demand as a voiceover specialist, especially with superheros, as he voiced Sinestro, Aquaman, J'onn J'onzz, the Martian Manhunter, thought he also found himself on screen rubbing elbows with the Justice League of America as The Weather Wizard, the Bionic Woman, and Iron Man as Vice President Rodriguez.