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Reggie Bannister

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Musician, Actor, Producer, Screenwriter, Activist - Referred to as "The Hardest Working Man in Horror," Reggie Bannister is known world wide for his starring role as the intrepid ice cream vendor-turned hero in the action-horror series, Phantasm I-IV. His career spans over 40 years in television, film and entertainment with a background that includes writing... See full bio »

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Reginald Horace Bannister
in Long Beach, California, USA
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Filmography

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2012 The Ghastly Love of Johnny X
King Clayton
 
2011 Primitive
Dr. William Stein
 
2011 Doctor Spine
Patch Castle
 
2011 Transformers Prime (TV series)
Guard
– Deus Ex Machina (2011) … Guard (voice)
 
2011 One for the Road (short)
Herb Tooklander
 
2011 Abolition
Matthew
 
2011 Bloody Bloody Bible Camp
Father Richard Cummings
 
2011 Red & Blue Marbles
Vagrant
 
2010 Carnies (video)
Detective Conrad Ellison
 
2010 Satan Hates You
Mickey
 
2010 The Quiet Ones
Mr. Martino
 
2010 Psychic Experiment
Joseph Webber
 
2010 Small Town Saturday Night
Victor
 
2010 Not Another B Movie
Umpire
 
2010 Sawblade
Malcom
 
2009 It Came from Trafalgar
Mervin Mudd
 
2008 Metal Man (video)
Dr. Blake
 
2008 Text
Reggie
 
2008 Spring Break Massacre (video)
Sheriff Jacob Yates
 
2007 Revamped (video)
Luther
 
2007 The Rage
Uncle Ben
 
2007 The Final Curtain
Gus
 
2007 Interstate
Police officer
 
2007 Sigma Die!
Chief Moorhouse
 
2007 Necronaut
Dr. Reed
 
2006 Fallen Angels
Radar
 
2006 Last Rites (video)
Mitchell
 
2006 Cemetery Gates
Belmont
 
2005 The Mangler Reborn (video)
Rick
 
2005 Journeyman
McFearson
 
2005 Song of the Dead
President of United States
 
2005 Aconite
Oliver
 
2005 Dead Things (video)
Mr. Levin (Segments "Prologue"/"The Wish")
 
2002 Bubba Ho-Tep
Rest Home Administrator
 
2000 Up Against Amanda
Lead Guitar Ted
 
1998 Phantasm IV: Oblivion
Reggie
 
1997 Wishmaster
Pharmacist (as Reggie Banister)
 
1997 Drop Off
Eric's Father
 
1995 The Demolitionist
Warden Thomas
 
1994 Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead
Reggie
 
1994 That Little Monster
Twelvetrees
 
1990 Initiation: Silent Night, Deadly Night 4 (video)
Eli
 
1988 L.A. Law (TV series)
Jury Foreman
– Romancing the Drone (1988) … Jury Foreman
 
1988 Survival Quest
Pilot
 
1988 Phantasm II
Reggie
 
1979 Phantasm
Reggie
 
1976 Kenny & Company
Mr. Donovan
 
1976 Jim, the World's Greatest
O.D. Silengsly
 
Show ShowProducer (5 titles)
2011 One for the Road (short) (producer)
 
2011 Bloody Bloody Bible Camp (producer)
 
2010 Carnies (video) (associate producer)
 
2010 The Quiet Ones (associate producer)
 
2007 Sigma Die! (associate producer)
 
Show ShowMusic Department (4 titles)
2011 One for the Road (short) (musician)
 
2011 Bloody Bloody Bible Camp (musician)
 
2008 Text (composer: additional music)
 
1976 Kenny & Company (music associate)
 
2010 Carnies (video) (assistant director)
 
2010 The Quiet Ones (assistant director)
 
2007 Sigma Die! (assistant director)
 
Show ShowComposer (2 titles)
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2010 The Quiet Ones (special effects assistant)
 
2007 The Final Curtain (special effects crew - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (1 title)
2012 The Ghastly Love of Johnny X (performer: "What's Up With Johnny?", "Here We Go!")
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
2010 Small Town Saturday Night (location manager)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2005 Phantasmagoria (video documentary) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (11 titles)
2011 Burned Guys & Dolls (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2011 Chasing Hollywood (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 FEARnet's Movies with More Brains (TV movie)
Himself
 
2008 Text: The Story in the Snow (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2007 Scare Me: Behind the Screams (documentary) (voice)
 
2006 Working with a Master: Don Coscarelli (video documentary short)
 
2005 Phandom (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 Phantasmagorical Mystery Tour (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 Phantasmagoria (video documentary)
Himself - 'Reggie' (also archive footage)
 
2004 Making of 'Bubba Ho-tep' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1992 Horror Kung-Fu Theatre (TV series)
Himself
 

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The Final Curtain -- Baxter University's theater group has a secret club that "initiates" young freshmen girls. When one initiation gets out of hand, a beautiful actress dies a tragic and horrific death. Initiation: Silent Night, Deadly Night 4 -- Clip: Face your fears Carnies -- In 1936, during The Great Depression, a traveling sideshow sets up shop to mystify yet another dustbowl town with freaks and illusions. When a sinister force begins taking the carnies' lives one-by-one, Detective Ellison is put on the case. Is it the cryptic carnival owner, Helen)? What about the strong man, Virgil? Or how about Ratty, the snake handler and his friend William, the sword swallower?
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Music CD: "Fool's Paradise" (1997), Plan10 Recordings See more »

Publicity Listings:

2 Interviews  | See more »

Official Sites:

Reggie Bannister's Pad | Reggie Bannister's Phan Page | See more »

Alternate Names:

Reggie Banister

Height:

5' 8" (1.73 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

This genre, horror...I've been fascinated with it ever since I was a little kid. And I've tried to figure it out. The people that I've known as fans are extremely bright, intelligent, creative... to call them strange, you'd have to be so locked into the "everyday mundane world" that you couldn't see outside it... See more »

Trivia:

His favorite movies are The War of the Worlds, Invasion of the Body Snatchers and Vacation. See more »

Trademark:

His ponytail See more »

Nickname:

Regman See more »

Star Sign:

Libra