We Remember George Coe (1929-2015)
George Coe, an original Saturday Night Live cast member and the voice of Woodhouse on Archer, has died at the age of 86.
Coe was born in Queens, New York in 1929 and began his acting career on Broadway in 1957. After earning a couple film and TV credits in the ‘60s, Coe became a member of the “Not-Ready-for-Primetime Players,” the original cast of SNL, in 1975. He was only credited for the first three episodes, but continued to make appearances on the show throughout the first season.
His numerous other TV credits include L.A. Law; Murder, She Wrote; The West Wing; The King of Queens; Wilfred; and Curb Your Enthusiasm. In addition to playing Woodhouse in the first four seasons of Archer, Coe also lent his voice to Celebrity Deathmatch, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and The Legend of Korra. He appeared in the video games The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Star Wars: The Old Republic, and Guild Wars 2.
As for film, Coe had roles in Kramer vs. Kramer, The Mighty Ducks, Funny People, and many others.
He passed away on Saturday after a long illness.
Short of getting Roiland back, which I'm sure isn't going to happen, I don't even think they could get much better than the new voices from the previous season. And the ratings for season 7 weren't much lower on average than for season 6; it was pretty much just a normal season-to-season drop that most likely would have happened regardless.
I mean, look at the actual averages:
Season 1 - 1.57 million viewers Season 2 - 1.97 million viewers Season 3 - 2.33 million viewers Season 4 - 1.52 million viewers Season 5 - 0.96 million viewers Season 6 - 0.56 million viewers Season 7 - 0.42 million viewers
Ever since season 3, it had been having steep drops even with Roiland still involved; the season 6 to 7 drop is actually the smallest-percentage drop it's had since it started dropping, and if anything it's possible that changing the voice actors actually *boosted* interest a bit and prevented it from dropping even more.