RIP Jan Rabson

 

Voice Actor Jan Rabson Passes Away

Rabson voiced Tetsuo in original Akira dub

 

Anime News Network

By Alex Mateo

10/14/2022

Voice actor Bob Bergen revealed on Facebook on Friday that voice actor Jan Rabson (Tetsuo in original Wally Burr Recording/Streamline dub of Akira) has passed away.

Rabson was born on June 14, 1954 in East Meadow, New York. He was a member of Johnny Carson's "Mighty Carson Art Players," where he performed and voiced characters in sketches.

In addition to Tetsuo in Akira, Rabson also had roles in the Mobile Suit Gundam - The Movie Trilogy, Royal Space Force - The Wings of Honnêamise, Gatchaman (G-Force), Ponyo, Black Magic M-66, and Street Fighter II V anime. He has also played characters in cartoons and animated movies such as Toy Story, A Bug's Life, Monsters Inc.,, and Cars.

RABSON, Jan

Born: 6/14/1954, East Meadow, Long Island, New York, U.S.A.

Died: 10/14/2022, U.S.A.

 

Jan Rabson’s westerns – voice actor:

Freddy Pharkas, Frontier Pharmacist – 1994 [English voice of San Andreas, Wheaton Hall, Jim

     Laffer]

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron – 2002 [various voices]