Ray Bumatai
{{short description|American actor}}
{{infobox person
|birth_name = Raimund Bumatai
|birth_date = {{birth date|1952|12|20}}
|birth_place = Offenbach am Main, West Germany
|death_date = {{death date and age|2005|10|6|1952|12|20}}
|children = 1
|spouse = {{marriage|Karen Brilliande|1993}}
|relatives = {{unbulleted list|Andy Bumatai (brother)}}
|death_place = Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
|occupation = {{hlist|Actor|musician|singer|recording artist}}
|years_active = 1986–2005
}}
Raimund Bumatai (December 20, 1952 – October 6, 2005){{cite web |title=News |date= October 7, 2005 |url=http://archives.starbulletin.com/2005/10/07/news/story03.html |website=StarBulletin.com |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160309180552/http://archives.starbulletin.com/2005/10/07/news/story03.html |access-date=14 July 2021|archive-date= 2016-03-09 }} was an American actor, musician, singer and recording artist, who worked in comedy and live entertainment in Waikiki and in live-action production and animation in Hollywood.
Early life
Bumatai was born on December 20, 1952. He was the older brother of stand-up comedian Andy Bumatai.
Career
He had been active in motion pictures and television since the late 1980s. A supporting actor in many television series filmed in Hawaii, Bumatai often played a local character. In Sherwood Hu's Hawaiian Ghost thriller Lani Loa (1998) he played the character Hawaiian Kenny. Among his more recent work, Bumatai read the part of Tito Makani Jr. on Klasky Csupo's Rocket Power animated series.
Personal life
Death
Bumatai died in Honolulu on October 6, 2005, at the age of 52, after having been treated for brain cancer at various times during the last years of his life. His last role was the voice of Little Jim in the Scooby-Doo film Aloha, Scooby-Doo!.
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 1991
| Goodbye Paradise | Eddie | |
| 1994
| Tis the Season | Kimo | |
| 1995
| King | |
| 1998
| Hawaiian Kenny | |
| 2001
| Ho'olawe: Give and Take | Cliff Ahia | |
| 2005
| Pele O Ka Foodmart | Lieutenant | |
| 2005
| Little Jim (voice) | |
| 2006
| Sunday Wind | Keoni | Short film |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
!Title !Role !Notes |
|---|
| 1995
| Detective Kepui | Episode: "Unhappily Ever After" |
| 1998
| Car Jacker | Episode: "How Sammo Got His Groove Back" |
| 1999–2004
| Tito Makani, Various (voice) | 59 episodes |
| 2000
| Geogi (voice) | Episode: "Song for Eliza" |
| 2002
| Rocket Power: Race Across New Zealand | Tito Makani (voice) | Television movie |
| 2004
| Hawaii | Kimo | Episodes: "Cops n' Robbers" and "Out of Time" |
=Video games=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
!Title !Role !Notes |
|---|
| 2002
| Tito Makani (voice) |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0120286|name=Ray Bumatai}}
- [http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2005/Oct/07/ln/FP510070354.html Obituary in The Honolulu Advertiser]
- [http://starbulletin.com/2005/10/07/news/story03.html Obituary in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin]
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Category:Male actors from Hesse
Category:American male television actors
Category:American male film actors
Category:American male voice actors
Category:Male actors from Hawaii
Category:Deaths from brain cancer in the United States
Category:20th-century American male actors
Category:21st-century American male actors