Reggie Bannister

Reginald Horace "Reggie" Bannister[1] (born September 29, 1945) is an American musician, actor, producer, writer, and activist. He is known for his role as Reggie in the Phantasm film series.

Reggie Bannister
Bannister in 2015
Born
Reginald Horace Bannister

(1945-09-29) September 29, 1945
Long Beach, California, United States
Occupation(s)Actor, musician, screenwriter, activist, film producer, make-up artist, composer
Spouse(s)Susan McDonald née Akalski (1981-87)


Gayle Bannister (1988–97)

Gigi Fast Elk Porter
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(m. 2001)​
Websitereggiebannister.com

Biography

Bannister is known for playing the gun-toting, ex-ice cream man Reggie in the Phantasm film series. Bannister starred in the films, which were directed by Don Coscarelli, alongside A. Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury, and Angus Scrimm.[2][3]

Bannister has appeared in several films and worked with such notables as Ossie Davis, Bruce Campbell, Ella Joyce, Daniel Roebuck, Andy Griffith, Joe Estevez and Andrew Divoff, and many others. Bannister has played many roles from Reggie in the Phantasm series to Herb Tooklander in the latest Stephen King adaption of One for the Road.

Along with co-producer Tim Sullivan and writer/director Paul Ward, he has also co-produced and starred in the short sequel to Salem's Lot, entitled, One for the Road. This film stars Bannister as well as Adam Robitel as Booth and Audrey Walters as Janey Lumley.

In 2012, Bannister and his wife, Gigi, have collaborated with co-writer Shelby McIntyre and co-writer/director Vito Trabucco on the comedy horror film Bloody Bloody Bible Camp. After having worked with Sullivan on One for the Road, Bannister had even asked Sullivan to co-produce and star in the film as the main villain, Sister Mary Chopper, which Sullivan accepted.

Music career

Bannister composed the song "Have You Seen It" (used in Phantasm IV: Oblivion) and arranged "Sittin' Here at Midnight" with Bill Thornbury (used in Phantasm).

Personal life

Reggie Bannister is a United States Military Veteran who served in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Reggie states in an article "Getting back to the Vietnam thing. I was not for that war, I was against it, but there was this thing called the draft. I had friends who were going to Canada and I wasn't going to do that, I stand up to what's in front of me, and so just like anything else I just thought, 'Soldier? Really? You're gonna be a soldier? Okay, well then you're going to be the baddest-ass soldier that ever put on a uniform.' So I just took that attitude, Landon, and just went for it. I was a head radio operator for an automatic weapons specialty group." He was around .40-caliber weapons all the time, 40 and .50-caliber weapons and he's lost some of his hearing because of it. Reggie is a service connected disabled veteran because of it, on top of which he was exposed to Agent Orange." Reggie took his GI Bill from the military and he studied acting.

Bannister currently resides in Crestline, California, where he lives with his wife.

Filmography

Other work
  • POV: An Actor's Insight (2009)
  • Working with a Master: Don Coscarelli (2006)
  • Phantasmagoria (2005) Documentary on Phantasm (V)
  • Phantasmagorical Mystery Tour (2005) (V)
  • Making of 'Bubba Ho-tep' (2004)

References
  1. According to the State of California's "Birth Index, 1905–1995". Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California
  2. McIntyre, Gina (October 16, 2009). "Happy Birthday, Tall Man! 'Phantasm' Turns 30". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 10, 2013.
  3. Savlov, Marc (March 31, 2000). "Spheres of Influence". Austin Chronicle. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
  4. André Loiselle and Jeremy Maron Stages of Reality: Theatricality in Cinema, p. 105, at Google Books
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