COVID19: 'Star Wars' actor Andrew Jack passes away

Aside from acting in 'The Last Jedi' and the 'Force Awakens', he was working as an acting coach on the new Batman

An actor and dialect coach who appeared in Star Wars and worked with A-list celebrities has died after contracting Covid-19, according to his agent reported the BBC.

Andrew Jack, 76, died in a Surrey hospital on Tuesday.

Agent Jill McCullough said she had been inundated with tributes to one of the acting world's 'brightest and clearest voices'. She further added that Jack was unable to see his wife in his final days because she was quarantined in Australia.

His acting credits included The Last Jedi and the Force Awakens.

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His Star Wars co-star Greg Grunberg also said that he was 'devastated' to learn of Jack's death, describing him as a 'wonderful, talented, beloved gentleman'.

"He is one of the kindest people I've ever worked with," Grunberg said.

His agent also added that Jack lived on a houseboat on the River Thames and had been 'full of life'. "He was funny, charming and a joy to be around," she added.

It was after that, that she revealed how "He was still working full-pelt and also coaching on the new Batman."

According to McCullough, Jack had been unable to see his wife and fellow dialect coach Gabrielle Rogers. "He was madly in love with her. But she was stuck in quarantine in Australia, having just flown in from New Zealand last week," she concluded.

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