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Bob Papenbrook
Actor

Bob Papenbrook

18 Sep 1955Born
17 Mar 2006Died
50Age at death
23Credits

Biography

Robert DeWayne Papenbrook (September 18, 1955 – March 17, 2006) was an American voice actor.

Fellow voice actors often nicknamed him "Pappy". He was very well known in the worlds of anime and video game voice-overs for his voice acting of "gruff" characters. However, he was especially well known in his various live action voice-overs which, most notably, included the Power Rangers franchise. He was discovered by filmmakers Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, which got him his very first voice acting role in the hit film Raiders of the Lost Ark as the voices of all the Hovito natives who pursue Indiana Jones in the beginning of the film.

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His best-known roles included the voices of Rito Revolto in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and Power Rangers Zeo, Shadowborg in Big Bad Beetleborgs, Scorpix in Beetleborgs Metallix and Deviot in Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy.

Aside from acting, he also taught kickboxing and other martial arts. He and his wife Debbie Rothstein married in 1978 and had a son, Bryce Papenbrook, who is also a voice actor.

On March 17, 2006, Papenbrook died of chronic lung problems at the age of 50. The 2008 DVD Adventures in Voice Acting was dedicated to him (whose appearance was filmed before his death).

Source: Article "Bob Papenbrook" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known for

Filmography

  1. 2006Stranger Than FictionFilm: Animal Footage Voice Over (voice)
  2. 2005The Toy WarriorFilm: Mr. Liverstone (voice)
  3. 2005Tugger: The Jeep® 4x4 Who Wanted to FlyFilm: BD (voice)
  4. 2004Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters UnleashedFilm: Black Knight (voice)
  5. 2003Cold CaseSeries: Wade Ribble (1 episode)
  6. 2003Jeepers Creepers 2Film: Man in Station Wagon
  7. 2002Birds of PreySeries: Misha Petrov (1 episode)
  8. 2002She SpiesSeries: Eli (1 episode)
  9. 2002ZentrixSeries: Dr. Roark (voice) (26 episodes)
  10. 2000Boston PublicSeries: Jonathan White (1 episode)
  11. 2000Digimon: The MovieFilm: Red Greymon (voice)
  12. 2000Strong MedicineSeries: Walt (1 episode)
  13. 2000The Invisible ManSeries: Mishka (1 episode)
  14. 1999Wild Arms: Twilight VenomSeries (1 episode)
  15. 1999ProvidenceSeries: George (1 episode)
  16. 1997BeetleBorgs: Curse of the Shadow BorgFilm: Shadow Borg (voice)
  17. 1996Big Bad BeetleBorgsSeries: Amphead (voice), Shadow Borg (voice), Hammerhands (voice), Scorpix (voice), Aqualungs (voice), Borgslayer (voice) (1 episode)
  18. 1996Power Rangers Zeo: Zeo QuestFilm: Rito Revolto (voice)
  19. 1996Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Ninja QuestFilm: Rito Revolto (voice)
  20. 1995JAGSeries: Russian Judge #1 (1 episode)
  21. 1995Masked RiderSeries: Edentada (voice) (1 episode)
  22. 1994ERSeries: Policeman (1 episode)
  23. 1993Power RangersSeries: Rito Revolto (voice), Artillicon (voice), Deviot (voice), Thunderclaw (voice), Univolt (voice), Amphibitor (voice) (uncredited) (93 episodes)

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