Michael Lee Reynolds (November 21, 1929 - July 2, 2022) was a retired American voice actor and writer.
Career[]
Reynolds was a voice actor in cartoon and anime movies since the 1970s, and was also a screen actor in movies. Prior to his professional voice acting career, he had done voice work on various Radio dramas as a child, and was a merchant seaman for several years after graduating High school.
He provided his voice in the Power Rangers franchise until 2002. Two of his best-known roles are the voice of General Ivar in VR Troopers and Captain Mutiny in Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy. Reynolds has also made a couple of appearances on Larry David's show Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Reynolds retired in 2004, with his last dubbing appearance being in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, though occasionally appears at the odd convention (one of which where he cited his reason for retiring "As a famous comic book character once said I'm going too old for this kind of shit"). He also made a short return in Anime Midstream's dub of Raijin-Oh in 2009.
Reynolds passed away on July 2, 2022 at the age of 92.
Filmography[]
Live-Action Dubbing[]
Miniseries[]
- A Child Called Jesus (1987) - Alexandrian Merchant (ep. 1), Caravan Member 1 (ep. 2), Wedding Guest 4 (ep. 2)
Puppet Shows[]
- The Hallo Spencer Show (1979-2001) - Grumpowski (Saban Dub)
Films[]
- Cyber Ninja (1988) - Bishop Raimei
- Sinbad of the Seven Seas (1989) - Additional Voices
- La Femme Nikita (1990) - Agency Superior
- The Polar Bear King (1991) - Merchant A
Animation Dubbing[]
Animated Series[]
- Little Miss (1983) - Mr. Tickle, Mr. Happy, Mr. Topsy-Turvy, Mr. Lazy, Mr. Impossible
- Ferdy the Ant (1984-1985) - Buller (Intersound Dub)
- The Wisdom of the Gnomes (1987-1988) - Romanoff (ep. 10), Olaf (ep. 22), Freddie (ep. 25)
- The Return of Dogtanian (1989) - Captain Widimer
- Journey to the Heart of the World (1993) - Fortier
- Walter Melon (1997-1998) - Additional Voices
Animated Films[]
- The Smurfs & the Magic Flute (1976) - Matthew McCreep
- The Little Train (1980) - Punchinello, Wolf, Lion
- The Treasure Planet (1982) - Billy Bones
- The Complete Adventures of Dogtanian (1985) - Widimer
- Peter No-Tail in America (1985) - Old Bearcat (US Dub)
- Captain of the Forest (1988) - Captain Schnauzer
Anime Dubbing[]
Anime[]
- Honeybee Hutch (1970-1971) - Additional Voices
- Lupin the 3rd Part 2 (1977-1980) - Don Kecchi (ep. 63), Gebobi (ep. 64)
- Future Boy Conan (1978) - Dyce
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1980) - Dr. Hellman, Drunkard (ep. 49), Additional Voices
- Don Quixote in the Tales of La Mancha (1980) - King Poormouth I
- Dogtanian & the Three Muskehounds (1981-1982) - Captain Widimer
- Dr. Slump (1981-1986) - Principal
- Macron I (1981) - Captain Blade
- The Magical World of Gigi (1982-1983) - Rancher (ep. 1), Policeman (ep. 3), Postal Worker (ep. 41), General (ep. 42)
- Around the World with Willy Fog (1983) - Panda Captain (ep. 14)
- Fist of the North Star (1984-1987) - Lynn's Captor (ep. 3), Gojiba (eps. 26-29)
- Button Nose (1985-1986) - King Crumpet
- Captain Harlock & The Queen of a Thousand Years (1985) - Alexander Kamarov
- Robotech: The Macross Saga (1985) - Dolza, Senator Russo (eps. 1-2), Zentraedi C (ep. 2)
- Robotech: The New Generation (1985) - Commander (ep. 61), Mac (ep. 63), Snake Eyes (ep. 66), Lord of the Mist (ep. 73), Chief (ep. 74), Jesse's Partner (ep. 78)
- Dragon Ball (1986-1989) - Bear Thief (ep. 3) (Harmony Gold Dub)
- Fairy Tale Favorites (1986) - Magic Mirror, Dwarf (ep. 3), King (ep. 5), Mermaid King (ep. 6)
- Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics (1987-1989) - The King (ep. 6), The Huntsman (ep. 8), The Wolf (ep. 14), Beelzebub (ep. 16), The King (ep. 18), Goblin Bandit #4 (ep. 24), The Landlord (ep. 25), The King (ep. 29), Thief (ep. 31), Fisherman 2 (ep. 36), Soldier 3 (ep. 36), The Wolf (ep. 38), Councilor (ep. 39)
- Tales of Little Women (1987) - James Laurence, Mayor Jessop (eps. 2-3)
- Zillion (1987) - Big Scout (ep. 2), Minister (ep. 5)
- Raijin-Oh (1991-1992) - General Takeda
- Teknoman (1992-1993) - General Xerxes Galt
- Saint Tail (1995-1996) - Mayor, Butler (ep. 2)
- Street Fighter II V (1995) - Interpol Chief (Animaze Dub)
- Rurouni Kenshin (1996-1998) - Kashiwazaki Nenji, Horita Masamutsu, Inn Worker (ep. 28) (Sony Dub)
- Takuma Hashizume (eps. 15-16) (Media Blasters Dub)
- Cowboy Bebop (1998-1999) - Van #2
- Outlaw Star (1998) - Old Outlaw (ep. 16)
- The Big O (1999-2003) - Sven Marisky (ep. 3)
- Digimon: Digital Monsters (1999-2000) - Gennai
- Carried by the Wind: Tsukikage Ran (2000) - Kikuhimeya Housemaster (ep. 7)
- Digimon 02 (2000-2001) - Gennai (eps. 39, 50)
- Mon Colle Knights (2000) - Centaur King (ep. 14)
- Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2000) - Rail Spike
- Cyborg 009 (2001-2002) - Dr. Kozumi, Poseidon
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002-2003) - Kunihiko Nibu (ep. 4), Ministry Official (eps. 24-25)
- Wolf's Rain (2003) - Lord Orkham
OVAs & Specials[]
- Little Women (1980) - Mr. Lawrence
- Run for Life (1981) - Chief Prosecutor, Additional Voices
- A Christmas Adventure (1984) - Santa Claus
- Gigi & the Fountain of Youth (1985) - Chief Namba Pamba
- Megazone 23 - Part I (1985) - Coco (Streamline Dub)
- The Story of Fifteen Boys (1987) - Walston
- Crying Freeman (1988-1994) - Brainwasher (ep. 1), Jigon (ep. 3), Master Naitai (ep. 4) (Streamline Dub)
- Mr. Happy (1989-1990) - Aisuke Shino
- Doomed Megalopolis (1991) - Yasumasa Hirai (Streamline Dub)
- Bastard!! (1992) - King of Ministoria
- Dragon Slayer (1992) - Rias
- Casshan: Robot Hunter (1993) - Balashin
- 8 Man After (1993) - Chief Tanaka
- Casshan: Robot Hunter (1993) - Balashin, Slave Blonde (ep. 1)
- Gatchaman (1994-1995) - Braddock (Harmony Gold Dub)
- Armitage III (1995) - Larry Randolph (eps. 3-4)
- Bio Hunter (1995) - Bokudo
Anime Films[]
- Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato (1978) - Captain Abraham Avatar
- Lupin the 3rd: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979) - Groundskeeper, German Councilman (Streamline Dub)
- Call of the Wild: Howl, Buck (1981) - John Thornton
- Frankenstein (1981) - Grandfather Frankenstein
- The Sea Prince & the Fire Child (1981) - Aristurtle
- Undersea Encounter (1981) - Captain Nemo
- Aladdin & the Wonderful Lamp (1982) - Genie of the Ring (MGM Dub)
- Attack of the Super Monsters (1983) - Emperor Tyrannos, Ashtoreth, Eddie, Michael, President
- Barefoot Gen (1983) - Fish Pond Man, Air Raid Warden, Enola Gay Crew 1
- Golgo 13: The Professional (1983) - Lt. Bob Bragan
- Lensman (1984) - Admiral Haines (Harmony Gold Dub)
- Gary Kinnison (Streamline Dub)
- Lensman: Power of The Lens (1984) - Admiral Haines
- The Brave Frog (1985) - Constable Prawn, Snake, Chiles, Great Monster, Royal Guard Mantis
- The Brave Frog's Greatest Adventure (1985) - Constable Prawn, Bruto the Great, Crab Victim
- Time Patrol (1985) - Tibetan Master
- Castle in the Sky (1986) - General Shogun Muoro (Magnum Dub)
- Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies (1986) - King Gurumes (Harmony Gold Dub)
- Robotech: The Movie (1986) - Captain in Andrews' Forces, Government Official
- Robotech II: The Sentinels (1987) - Harry Penn
- Twilight of the Cockroaches (1987) - Grandfather, Talking Feces
- Wicked City (1987) - Giuseppi Mayart (Streamline Dub)
- Akira (1988) - Nezu (Animaze Dub)
- Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) - Hometown Adult 1, Ket's Grandmother (Streamline Dub)
- Great Conquest: The Romance of Three Kingdoms (1992) - Dong Zhuo
- Prince of Light (1993) - Dasharatha, Malyavan
- Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie (1994) - Minister Sellers, Fight Security Guard 1, Moll Man
- Ghost in the Shell (1995) - Minister
- Armitage III: Poly-Matrix (1996) - Larry Randolph
- DNA Sights 999.9 (1998) - Professor Shimaoka
- Digimon: The Movie (2000) - Gennai
- Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001) - Colonel
- Appleseed (2004) - Elder (Animaze Dub)
Video Game Dubbing[]
- Brave Fencer Musashi (1998) - Mayor Govern
Voice Direction[]
- The Brave Frog
- The Brave Frog's Greatest Adventure
- Captain Harlock & The Queen of a Thousand Years
- The Little Train
- Maple Town
- Robotech
Writer[]
- The Brave Frog's Greatest Adventure
- Button Nose
- Captain Harlock & The Queen of a Thousand Years
- Digimon: Digital Monsters (eps. 5, 11, 20)
- Dragon Warrior
- Hello Kitty's Paradise
- Honeybee Hutch
- Jin Jin & the Panda Patrol
- The Littl' Bits
- The Little Train
- Macron I
- Maple Town
- Ox Tales
- Peter Pan: The Animated Series
- Pinocchio: The Series
- Samurai Pizza Cats
- Tales of Little Women
- Three Little Ghosts: Afraid of the Dark
Trivia[]
- Was a saloon piano player for the past 50 years.
External Links[]
- Mike Reynolds at the Internet Movie Database
- Mike Reynolds at the Anime News Network's encyclopedia