Robert DeWayne "Bob" 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. 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.
On March 17, 2006, Papenbrook died of chronic lung complications at the age of 50. He is survived by his wife Debbie Rothstein and son Bryce Papenbrook (both of whom are also voice actors), as well as his parents and a brother. The 2008 DVD Adventures in Voice Acting was dedicated to Papenbrook (whose appearance was filmed before his death).
Filmography
Anime roles
- The Big O - Roscoe Fitzgerald
- Brigadoon: Marin & Melan - Animal Keeper, President, Principal, Tadashi Tokita
- Cyborg 009 (2001) - Cop, Blue Beast, Dr. Eckerman, Scientist
- Daigunder - Bulion
- Digimon: Digital Monsters - Daemon (Adventure 02), Tadashi Katou (Tamers), Majiramon (Tamers), Kongoumon (Frontier), ShogunGekomon (Adventure and Adventure 02), Additional Voices
- Dinozaurs - Gigano Dragon
- Duel Masters - Prince Herbert the Ruthless, Prince Eugene the Mean
- Eureka Seven - Ken-Goh (Episode 1-28)
- Flint the Time Detective - Rocky Hammerhead, Blademan of the Cardians
- Giant Robo: The Animation (as Robert D. Papenbrook) - Juujoji the Bell of Life
- Great Teacher Onizuka (as John Smallberries) - Hiroshi Uchiyamada
- Heat Guy J - J
- Kikaider 01 - Shadow Knight
- Last Exile - David Mad-thane
- Magic Knight Rayearth - Lafarga
- Macross Plus - Raymond Marley
- Mezzo Forte (as John Smallberries) - Momokichi Momoi
- Phantom Quest Corp. - Rokkon
- Rave Master - Bis Ras
- Rurouni Kenshin - Koshijirou Kamiya, Heizo Ogawa, Hyottoko, Muraki Uramura
- Scrapped Princess - Berkens
- SentÅ YÅsei Yukikaze - Major General Linneberg
- Shinzo - Kutal/Hyper Kutal
- Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki OVA 3 - Katsuhito Masaki/Yosho, Nobuyuki Masaki
- Tenchi in Tokyo - Nobuyuki Masaki, Katsuhito Masaki, Dokuzen Tsuchida, and Jurai Priest.
- Tenchi Muyo! GXP (as John Smallberries) - NB, Katsuhito Masaki/Yosho
- Transformers: Robots in Disguise - Mega-Octane/Ruination
- Viewtiful Joe - Captain Blue
- Wolf's Rain - Retrieval Squad Commander
Live-action roles
- Big Bad Beetleborgs - Amphead, Shadowborg, Hammerhands (voices), Borgslayer (shared voice role with Dave Mallow)
- Beetleborgs Metallix - Aqualungs, Scorpix, Boron (voices)
- Dawn of the Dead - Additional Voices
- Greed: The Series - Himself
- Masked Rider - Edentada, Cyborgator, Bruticon (voices)
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers - Rito Revolto, Saliguana, Snizard (voices - all minus Rito uncredited)
- Power Rangers: Zeo - Rito Revolto, Silo (1st voice), Punch-A-Bunch, Borax the Varox (voices, all minus Rito uncredited)
- Power Rangers: Turbo - Amphibidor, Torch Tiger (voices, uncredited)
- Power Rangers: In Space - Sting King, Lunatick, Spikey (voices, uncredited)
- Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy - Radster, Deviot (voices - Radster uncredited)
- Power Rangers: Lightspeed Rescue - Fireor, Thunderclaw (voices)
- Power Rangers: Time Force - Univolt, Artillicon (voices)
- Power Rangers: Wild Force - Bell Org (voice), Mike (sporting goods store clerk; only on-screen role in Power Rangers franchise)
- VR Troopers - Spitbot, Footbot, Vanbot, Serpentoid (voices)
Movie roles
- Digimon: The Movie - Red Greymon (voice)
- The Happy Cricket (English version) - Wartlord (voice)
- Jeepers Creepers 2 - Guy in Station Wagon
- Lupin III: The Mystery of Mamo - Flinch
- Mobile Suit Gundam F91 - Cosmo Eigesse, Additional Voices (as John Smallberries)
- Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed - Black Knight Ghost (voice)
- Stranger than Fiction - Animal Attack V.O. #3 (voice)
- Tenchi Muyo in Love 2 - Haruka Naru Omoi aka Tenchi Forever: Nobuyuki Masaki, Katsuhito Masaki
- Tenchi the Movie 2: The Daughter of Darkness' - Nobuyuki Masaki, Katsuhito Masaki (voices)
- Tugger the 4x4 Jeep - BD (voice)
- The Toy Warrior - Mr. Liverstone (voice)
- Zentrix - Dr. Roark (voice)
Documentaries
- Adventures in Voice Acting - Himself
Video game roles
- .hack//Mutation - Lios
- .hack//Outbreak - Lios
- .hack//Quarantine - Lios
- Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War - Peter N. Beagle (Pops) (uncredited)
- Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana - Drei, Chief of Wind
- Atelier Iris 2: The Azoth of Destiny - Gray (uncredited)
- The Bard's Tale - Additional Voices
- Beat Down: Fists of Vengeance - Wendel (uncredited)
- The Con (as John Smallberries)
- Disgaea: Hour of Darkness - Thursday/Archangel Vulcanus/General Carte
- Dungeons & Dragons: Dragonshard
- Dynasty Warriors 4 - Zhang Fei (uncredited)
- Dynasty Warriors 4: Empires - Zhang Fei (uncredited)
- Dynasty Warriors 4: Xtreme Legends - Zhang Fei (uncredited)
- Dynasty Warriors 5 - Zhang Fei (uncredited)
- Dynasty Warriors 5: Empires - Zhang Fei (uncredited)
- Dynasty Warriors 5: Xtreme Legends - Zhang Fei (uncredited)
- EverQuest II: Desert of Flames
- EverQuest II: Kingdom of Sky
- Ghost in the Shell - Ishikawa
- Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter
- Grandia III - Additional Voices (uncredited)
- Gundam Side Story 0079: Rise From the Ashes - Additional Voices
- Kessen II - Zhang Fei (uncredited)
- Kessen III - Koroku Hachisuka (uncredited)
- Makai Kingdom: Chronicles Of The Sacred Tome - Demon Overlord Seedle (uncredited)
- Neo Contra - Guerilla Contra (uncredited)
- Radiata Stories - Parsec (uncredited)
- Resident Evil Outbreak File #2 - David King/Additional Voices (uncredited)
- Samurai Warriors - Goemon Ishikawa (uncredited)
- Samurai Warriors: Xtreme Legends - Goemon Ishikawa (uncredited)
- Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga - Varin Omega
- Shadow Hearts: Covenant - Rasputin
- SkyGunner - Hardi (uncredited)
- Star Ocean: Till the End of Time - Shelby/Woltar (uncredited)
- The Suffering: Ties That Bind - Copperfield
- Vampire Hunter D - Borgoff/Machira
- Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
- Xenosaga I - Lieutenant Commander Vanderkam (uncredited)
External links
- Bob Papenbrook at Find a Grave
- Bob Papenbrook at the Internet Movie Database
- Bob Papenbrook at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Bob Papenbrook at CrystalAcids Anime Voice Actor Database