Jim French

Jim French was born in 1928 in Pasadena, California, USA. At the age of eight he knew he wanted to be a radio announcer. During WWII, Jim got a job as an announcer on a radio station called KPAS. He entered the Army a few years later and, after being sent to Japan with other troops, was assigned to an Armed Forces Radio Service where he started writing weekly radio shows. In 1948, he returned to Seattle where he wrote more radio dramas, including the famous "Harry Nile" series and "The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes". Having written and performed over 500 radio shows, Jim's unique, booming voice caught the attention of Valve, a video game developer. Gamers can hear his voice in Valve's Half-Life 2 (2004), in which he voiced Father Grigori and in Left 4 Dead (2008), also by Valve, in which he voiced Bill. More recently, Jim also voiced the Elder Titan in Valve's Dota 2 (2013). Sadly, he passed away at the age of 89.