Voice actor James Carter Cathcart, well-known for his work on “Pokémon,” is lifeless … TMZ has discovered.

James died Tuesday after a years-long battle with throat most cancers … in keeping with a member of the family. We’re informed he died in hospice care in Forest Hills, New York.

On “Pokémon,” James introduced a number of characters to life together with his voice … Professor Oak, Meowth, Gary Oak and James from Group Rocket.

He was additionally identified amongst “Sonic” followers, voicing Vector the Crocodile in “Sonic X” and the “Shadow the Hedgehog” online game.

James was identified with throat most cancers again in 2023 — he did not reply properly to preliminary remedies and he wanted extra aggressive chemotherapy … and he retired from voice performing after ending his work on the English dub of “Pokémon: Final Journeys.”

Fellow voice actor Erica Schroeder is remembering James as “one of the vital joyful, exuberant, kind-hearted and gifted souls … one in every of a sort, a mild, stunning, playful genius … grasp of the pen, piano and microphone.”

James was 71.