Mike Reynolds (November 21, 1929 – July 2, 2022) was an American voice actor and writer.

Career

Reynolds had been a voice actor in

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and

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movies since 1973 until 2004, and had also been a screen actor in movies. His most distinctive acting characteristic was his gruff, gravely voice. He used his voice in the ''

Power Rangers ''Power Rangers'' is an American media franchise created by Haim Saban, Shuki Levy and Shotaro Ishinomori built around a live-action superhero television series, based on the Japanese tokusatsu franchise ''Super Sentai''. It is currently ow ...

'' franchise until 2002. Two of his best-known roles are the voice of General Ivar in '' VR Troopers'', Captain Mutiny in '' Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy'', and Gennai from the American English dub of '' Digimon Adventure''. Reynolds also made an appearance on

Larry David Lawrence Gene David (born July 2, 1947) is an American comedian, writer, actor, and television producer. He is known for his dry wit, portrayals of awkward social situations, and brutally honest takes on everyday life. He has received two Prim ...

's show ''

Curb Your Enthusiasm ''Curb Your Enthusiasm'', also known colloquially simply as ''Curb'', is an American television comedy of manners created by Larry David that premiered on HBO with an hour-long special in October 17, 1999, followed by 12 seasons broadcast from Oc ...

''.

Death

Reynolds died on July 2, 2022. He was cremated and his ashes were spread at sea.

Dubbing roles

Anime dubbing

* '' 8 Man After'' - Chief Tanaka * ''

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'' - The North Wind * '' Akira'' - Mr. Nezu (Animaze dub) * '' Aladdin and the Magic Lamp'' - The Genie of the Ring (Sync, Ltd. dub version) * '' Appleseed'' - Elder * '' Arc the Lad'' - Bibiga * '' Armitage III'' - Lt. Larry Randolph * '' Around the World with Willy Fog'' - Additional Voices * '' Attack of the Super Monsters'' - Emperor Tyrannus, Styracosaurus * '' Barefoot Gen'' - Various (Streamline dub) * '' Bastard!!'' - Various * ''

The Big O is a Japanese mecha-anime television series created by designer Keiichi Sato and director Kazuyoshi Katayama for Sunrise. The writing staff was assembled by the series' head writer, Chiaki J. Konaka, who is known for his work on '' Se ...

'' - Sven Marisky * '' Biohunter'' - Bokudoh * '' Button Nose'' - King Krumpet * '' Call of the Wild: Howl Buck'' - John Thornton * '' Carried by the Wind: Tsukikage Ran'' - Kikuhimeya Housemaster * '' Casshan: Robot Hunter'' - Various * '' The Castle of Cagliostro'' - Groundskeeper, German Councilmember (Streamline version) * ''

Cowboy Bebop is a 1998 Japanese neo-noir space Western anime television series that aired on TV Tokyo and Wowow from 1998 to 1999. It was created and animated by Sunrise (company), Sunrise, led by a production team of director Shinichirō Watanabe, ...

'' - Van * '' Cowboy Bebop: The Movie'' - Colonel * '' Crimson Wolf'' - Yen Pao Lin * '' Crying Freeman'' - Brainwasher, Jigon, Master Naitai (Streamline dub) * '' Cyborg 009 The Cyborg Soldier'' - Dr. Kozumi, Poseidon * ''

Demetan Croaker, The Boy Frog , also known as ''Demetan the Frog'' and ''The Brave Frog'', is a 39-episode anime series by Tatsunoko Production that first aired in 1973. Overview The story is about Demetan (Jonathan in the English version), a poor young frog living in Rainb ...

'' - Various * '' Digimon Adventure/

Digimon Adventure 02 , originally released as ''Digimon: Digital Monsters Season 2'' in English-speaking territories, is a Japanese anime television series produced by Toei Animation. It is the sequel to ''Digimon Adventure (1999 TV series), Digimon Adventure'', ...

'' - Old Gennai * '' Digimon: The Movie'' - Gennai * '' DNA Sights 999.9'' - Professor Shimaoka * ''

Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds ''Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds'' is a children's animated television series that adapts the classic 1844 Alexandre Dumas story of d'Artagnan and ''The Three Musketeers'', produced by Spanish studio BRB Internacional with animation by Ja ...

'' - Widimer * '' Doomed Megalopolis'' - Yamumasa Hirai * ''

Dragon Ball is a Japanese media franchise created by Akira Toriyama in 1984. The Dragon Ball (manga), initial manga, written and illustrated by Toriyama, was Serial (literature), serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from 1984 to 1995, with the 519 indi ...

'' - King Gurumes (Harmony Gold dub) * ''Dragon Slayer'' - Rias * '' El Hazard: The Wanderers'' - Village Chief * ''

Fist of the North Star is a Japanese manga series written by Buronson and illustrated by Tetsuo Hara. It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' for 245 issues published from 1983 to 1988 and initially collected in 27 volumes ...

'' - Gojiba, Lynn's Captor * ''

Gatchaman is a Japanese animated media franchise about a five-member superhero ninja team created by Tatsuo Yoshida and produced by Tatsunoko Productions. The original anime series, which debuted in 1972, was eponymously entitled ''Kagaku Ninja-tai Gat ...

'' - Braddock * ''

Ghost in the Shell ''Ghost in the Shell'' is a Japanese cyberpunk media franchise based on the manga series of the same name written and illustrated by Masamune Shirow. The manga, first serialized between 1989 and 1991, is set in mid-21st century Japan and tel ...

'' - Minister (as Hank Smith) * '' Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex'' - Chief Nibu, Justice Minister * '' Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig'' - Commissioner-General * '' Golgo 13: The Professional'' - Lt. Bob Bragan * '' Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics'' - Various characters * '' Hello Carbot'' - Storm * '' Honeybee Hutch'' - Additional Voices * ''

Kiki's Delivery Service is a 1989 Japanese Anime, animated fantasy film written, produced, and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, based on Eiko Kadono's 1985 novel ''Kiki's Delivery Service (novel), Kiki's Delivery Service''. Animated by Studio Ghibli, the film stars Minami ...

'' - Hometown Adult 1, Ket's Grandmother (Streamline dub) * '' Kyofu Densetsu: Kaiki! Furankenshutain'' - Grandfather * '' Laputa: Castle in the Sky'' - General (original English dub) (as Mark Richards) * '' Lensman'' - Gary Kinnison * '' Lensman: Secret of the Lens'' - Admiral Haynes (Harmony Gold dub), Ken (Streamline dub) * '' Lily C.A.T.'' - Captain Mike Hamilton * '' Mars Daybreak'' - Various * '' Maple Town'' - Various * '' Mirage of Blaze'' - Various * '' Mon Colle Knights'' - Centaur King * '' Noozles'' - Additional Voices * '' Ninja Robots'' - Grathan Gryn * ''

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'' - Old Man * '' The Professional'' - Lt. Bob Bragan * '' Raijin-Oh'' - Secretary of Defense * ''

Robotech ''Robotech'' is an American-Japanese science fiction Media franchise, franchise that began with an 85-episode anime television series produced by Harmony Gold USA in association with Tatsunoko Production; it was first released in the United St ...

'' - Dolza, Senator Russo * '' Robotech: The Untold Story'' - Various * ''

Rurouni Kenshin is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nobuhiro Watsuki. The story begins in 1878, the 11th year of the Meiji era in Japan, and follows a former assassin of the Bakumatsu, known as Hitokiri Battosai. After his work against ...

'' - Takuma Hashizume * '' Saint Tail'' - Butler, Mayor * '' Samurai X'' - Okina * '' The Sea Prince and the Fire Child'' - Aristurtle * '' The Story of Fifteen Boys'' - Walston * '' Street Fighter II V'' - Interpol Chief * '' Street Fighter II: The Movie'' - Minister Sellers * '' Tales of Little Women'' - James Lawrence * '' Tekkaman Blade'' - Galt * '' The Return of Dogtanian'' - Widimer * '' Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' - Railspike * '' Wicked City'' - Giuseppe Maiyart * '' Wild Arms: Twilight Venom'' - Babo * ''

Wolf's Rain ''Wolf's Rain'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese anime television series created by writer Keiko Nobumoto and produced by Bones. It was directed by Tensai Okamura and featured character designs by Toshihiro Kawamoto with a soundtrack ...

'' - Lord Orkham * ''

Wowser "Wowser" is an Australian and New Zealand term that refers to someone who seeks to deprive others of allegedly immoral and sinful behaviour, such as drinking, smoking and gambling. Critics of wowsers typically describe them as prudish and self-ri ...

'' - Additional Voices * ''

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'' - Big Scout, Minister

Filmography

Animation

* '' Creepy Crawlers'' - Additional Voices * ''

Journey to the Heart of the World ''Journey to the Heart of the World'' () is an animated series that ran from September 6, 1993 to 1994. It was based on the Franco-Belgian comic strip '' Corentin''. Ownership of the series passed to Disney in 2001 when Disney acquired Fox Kids ...

'' - Professor Fortier * ''The Little Train'' - Il Trenino Del Pianeta Favola (Harmony Gold English dub) - The Big Bad Wolf * '' The Treasure Planet'' - Billy Bones * '' The Smurfs and the Magic Flute'' - Matthew McCreep * '' Peter-No-Tail in Americat'' - Old Bearcat * '' Walter Melon'' - Various * '' The Wisdom of The Gnomes'' - Additional Voices * ''Captain Of The Forest (Az erdő kapitánya)'' - Captain Schnauzer

Live-action voice-over

* ''

Power Rangers Wild Force ''Power Rangers Wild Force'' is a television series and the tenth season of Power Rangers. It is also the anniversary season of the ''Power Rangers'' franchise, based on the 25th Super Sentai series ''Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger'', which itself ...

'' - Ship Org * ''

Power Rangers Time Force ''Power Rangers Time Force'' is a television series and the ninth season of the ''Power Rangers'' franchise, based on the 24th Super Sentai series ''Mirai Sentai Timeranger'', running for 40 half-hour episodes from February to November 2001. I ...

'' - Mr. Mechanau (mutant form) * '' Power Rangers Lost Galaxy'' - Captain Mutiny * '' Power Rangers in Space'' - Destructipede (uncredited) * '' Big Bad Beetleborgs'' - Terror Bear * '' VR Troopers'' - General Ivar * ''

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers ''Mighty Power Rangers'' (''MMPR'') is an American superhero television series that premiered on August 28, 1993, on the Fox Kids programming block. It is the first entry of the ''Power Rangers'' franchise, and became a 1990s popular culture, ...

'' - Pineoctopus, Spit Flower, Key Keeper, Scatterbrain, Mondo the Magician, Lanterra (uncredited) * ''

Cinema Paradiso ''Cinema Paradiso'' (, , ) is a 1988 Coming-of-age film, coming-of-age comedy-drama film written and directed by Giuseppe Tornatore. Set in a small Sicilian town, the film centres on the friendship between a young boy and an aging projectionist ...

'' - Alfredo * '' Masked Rider'' - Masked Rider Warrior Commander, Masked Rider Strongman

Video games

*'' Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Enhanced'' (1992) Alien Reptile, Ies Bredell *'' Star Trek: Judgment Rites'' (1993) Ies Bredell

Television

* ''

The A-Team ''The A-Team'' is an American Action television, action television series that ran on NBC from January 23, 1983, to March 8, 1987, about a fictional team of former United States Army Special Forces who work as mercenaries while on the run from ...

'' - Don Sharp (Episode: The Road to Hope) * ''

'' - Waiter (Episode: The Thong) * ''

The Twilight Zone ''The Twilight Zone'' is an American media franchise based on the anthology series, anthology television series created by Rod Serling in which characters find themselves dealing with often disturbing or unusual events, an experience described ...

'' - Driver (Episode: Paladin of the Lost Hour)

Film

*'' Harry in Your Pocket'' (1973) Man in Train Station *'' Stacy's Knights'' (1983) Shecky Poole *'' Young Lady Chatterley II'' (1985) Howard Beechum III *''Bad Guys'' (1986) Repo Man *'' Off the Mark'' (1987) Doctor *''

Night Life Nightlife is a collective term for entertainment that is available and generally more popular from the late evening into the early hours of the morning. It includes pubs, Bar (establishment), bars, nightclubs, party, parties, live music, conc ...

'' (1989) Policeman #5 *''Tornado Run'' (1995) Norman Borden *'' Who's the Caboose?'' (1997) Susan's Landlord

Staff work

Writer

* ''

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ''Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'' is a picaresque novel by American author Mark Twain that was first published in the United Kingdom in December 1884 and in the United States in February 1885. Commonly named among the Great American Novels, th ...

'' * ''

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'' (also simply known as ''Tom Sawyer'') is a novel by Mark Twain published on June 9, 1876, about a boy, Tom Sawyer, growing up along the Mississippi River. It is set in the 1830s-1840s in the town of St. Petersbu ...

'' * '' Bob in a Bottle'' * ''

Bleach Bleach is the generic name for any chemical product that is used industrially or domestically to remove color from (i.e. to whiten) fabric or fiber (in a process called bleaching) or to disinfect after cleaning. It often refers specifically t ...

'' * '' Bumpety Boo'' * '' Codename: Robotech'' * '' Creepy Crawlers'' * '' Destiny of The Shrine Maidens'' * '' Digimon Adventure'' * '' Gad Guard'' * '' Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics'' * ''

Hallo Spencer ''Hallo Spencer'' is a German children's television series, created by Winfried Debertin and produced by Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) from 1979 until 2001. In these 22 years, 275 episodes were filmed, including a number of 'specials' featuring th ...

'' * '' Heat Guy J'' * '' Jin Jin and the Panda Patrol'' * ''

Jungle de Ikou! is a Japanese OVA series written by Yōsuke Kuroda and directed by Yuji Moriyama in 1997. It has been licensed in the U.S. by Media Blasters and was released on VHS in 1999, on DVD in 2001, and on Blu-ray in 2020. It was also added on Tubi ...

'' * ''

Jungle Tales ''Jungle Tales'' (later called ''Jann of the Jungle'') is an American comic book title published by Atlas Comics (1950s), Atlas Comics, the 1950s predecessor to Marvel Comics. It was an anthology title of stories set in an African jungle. Public ...

'' * '' The Littl' Bits'' * '' Little Train (Also acts)'' * '' Magic Knight Rayearth'' * '' Maple Town'' * ''

Maya the Bee Maya the Bee () is the main character in ''The Adventures of Maya the Bee'', a German book written by Waldemar Bonsels and published in 1912. The book has been published in many other languages and adapted into different media. The first Ameri ...

'' * '' Mirage of Blaze'' * '' Ninja Robots'' * '' Noozles'' * ''

Ox Tales ''Ox Tales'', also known as is an anime television series produced by Telecable Benelux B.V. and animated by Telescreen Japan. It was a co-production between Japan and the Netherlands based on the comic strip '' Boes'' created by Wil Raymakers ...

'' * '' Planetes'' * '' Tales of Little Women'' (also acts) * '' The Return of Dogtanian'' * ''

'' * '' Saban's Adventures of the Little Mermaid'' * '' Saban's Adventures of Peter Pan'' * '' Saban's Adventures of Pinocchio'' * ''

Samurai Pizza Cats ''Samurai Pizza Cats'' is an animated television show produced by Saban Entertainment. It is an adaptation of the anime series ''Kyatto Ninden Teyandee'' (''Cat Ninja Legend Teyandee''), produced by Tatsunoko Production and Sotsu Agency, w ...

'' * ''

Sandokan Sandokan is a fictional late 19th-century pirate created by Italian people, Italian author Emilio Salgari. His adventures first appeared in publication in 1883. Sandokan is the hero of 11 adventure novels. Within the series, Sandokan is known ...

'' * '' Steel inferno'' * ''

Stellvia , also known as ''Stellvia of the Universe'', is an anime series set in space. As a prelude to the series, the Earth of year 2167 AD is shown to be devastated by a powerful electromagnetic shockwave. This is caused by a nearby star, Hydr ...

'' * '' Tenko and the Guardians of the Magic'' * '' The Wisdom of The Gnomes'' * ''

Miscellaneous crew

* '' Codename: Robotech'' - Dialogue Director * ''

'' - Dialogue Director * ''

Space Pirate Captain Harlock , also titled Captain Harlock, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Leiji Matsumoto. It was serialized in Akita Shoten's ''Play Comic'' from January 1977 to June 1979, with the chapters collected into five volumes. The ser ...

'' - Reversioning & Dialogue * '' White Fang'' - ADR Loop Group

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Reynolds, Mike 1929 births 2022 deaths Place of birth missing American male television actors American male voice actors American television writers American male television writers American voice directors