Robert DeWayne Papenbrook (September 18, 1955 â€" 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 screaming natives chasing Indiana Jones in the beginning
of the film. 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 Saint Patrick's Day of 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).
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 screaming natives chasing Indiana Jones in the beginning
of the film. 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 Saint Patrick's Day of 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).
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