Thursday, March 26, 2020

Other AmeriToku actors who have passed on

Here is a list of actors from other American Tokusatsu (AmeriToku) who have passed on. Special thanks to Khal F.

Gardner Winston Baldwin
March 22, 1951 – September 7, 2011; 60 years old
Cause of death: heart attack
- Played Karl Ziktor and voiced Grimlord in VR Troopers.
- Voiced monster Mandible in the Masked Rider episode “Pet Nappers”.

Richard L. Rabago 
August 14, 1943 – May 18, 2012; 68 years old
Cause of death: unknown
- Played Tao Chong in VR Troopers.
- Played Master Lee in the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers episode “Plague of the Mantis”.

John Finbar Cassin (a.k.a. Barry Cassin)
November 23, 1924 – January 14, 2017; 92 years old
Cause of death: unknown - Played Cathbad in Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog.


Vivian Lee Smallwood 
June 18, 1933 – July 22, 2017; 84 years old
Cause of death: natural causes - Played Nano Williams in Big Bad BeetleBorgs and BeetleBorgs Metallix.

Peadar Lamb 
1930 – September 1, 2017; 86-87 years old
 Cause of death: unknown (died in sleep)
Played King Fin Varra in Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog.

\Verne Jay Troyer 
January 1, 1969 – April 21, 2018; 49 years old
Cause of death: suicide by alcohol
- Played Ferbus in Masked Rider.

Joseph Pilato (a.k.a. Joey Pal) 
March 16, 1949 – March 24, 2019; 70 years old
Cause of death: unknown (died in sleep)
- Voiced Vexor in Big Bad BeetleBorgs.
- Best known for his performance as Captain Rhodes in the 1985 film Day of the Dead.  

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