Walker Boone

Walker Boone (born Theodore "Ted" Nicoloff; May 4, 1944 – January 29, 2021) was a Canadian actor. He was best known as the voice of the Nintendo character Mario in the DIC-produced animated series The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World.

Boone was born on May 4, 1944, as Theodore Nicoloff in Toronto, Ontario. He attended the McGill University Faculty of Law before changing to a teaching career in Ontario and London. He briefly attended the Osgoode Hall Law School. In the 1980s, he left teaching to be an actor.

He owned a farm. In addition, he also had a partner, Vicki, one grandchild, and two children, Larissa and Jason Nicoloff, the latter of whom played for the Ted Reeve Hockey Association. Boone had attempted to convince the Association to change its rules stating players, when traveling to an out-of-town tournament or series, must stay with billets, not their parents, but was unsuccessful.

Boone died on January 29, 2021, at the age of 76, but his death was not announced until August 11 that year.