Bob 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. 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.
Dynasty Warriors players will recognize him as the original voice actor of
Zhang Fei. 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.
