Glenn Shadix

William Glenn Shadix (April 15, 1952 – September 7, 2010) was an American actor known for his role as Otho in Tim Burton's horror comedy film Beetlejuice and as the voice of the Mayor of Halloween Town in The Nightmare Before Christmas. 2Early life Shadix was born in Bessemer, Alabama. He added the surname "Scott" when his mother, Annie Ruth (Livingston), remarried a few years after his birth. He attended Birmingham-Southern College for two years, studying with absurdist playwright-director Arnold Powell. 2Career He lived in New York City prior to moving to Hollywood in the late 1970s. He got his breakthrough film role in Beetlejuice as interior decorator Otho, while appearing in the The Groundlings comedy troupe and performing in the stage play "Doctor Faustus Lights the Lights," portraying Gertrude Stein. Beetlejuice filmmaker Tim Burton went on to cast Shadix in 1993's The Nightmare Before Christmas, and the 2001 remake of Planet of the Apes. Throughout the 1990s he had small roles on iconic television shows, including Cheers, Roseanne, and Seinfeld. In 1995, Shadix was cast as Ray Cathode in the Space Mountain queue advertisements when the ride was sponsored by FedEx. In 2005, Shadix was cast as the voices of The Brain and Monsieur Mallah in season five of the Teen Titans animated serie