Ed Gilbert

Ed Gilbert Biography

Ed Gilbert (born Edmund Frank Giesbert on June 29, 1931 – May 8, 1999) was an American actor, with extensive credits in both live action roles and voice work in animation, although he was better known for the latter. He is also credited, under his birth name, with research in entomology and the discovery of new beetle species.

Career

During the 1960s, Gilbert appeared on TV series such as The Gallant Men, Combat!, The Rogues and Mannix. In 1966, he guest starred as Robert Cramer on four episodes of Ben Casey. He is well known as Fenton Hardy on 1970s television's The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries.

He provided the voices of Thrust and Blitzwing in the 1984-86 seasons of The Transformers, Gus, Kissyfur's father in Kissyfur, Thirty-Thirty, Sandstorm & Shaman in BraveStarr, Baloo in the Disney animated series TaleSpin, General Hawk in G.I. Joe, Puggsy & Daddy Starling in Tom and Jerry: The Movie, Mr. Smee in Peter Pan and the Pirates, Phasir in the Aladdin television show, the Mandarin in the first season of Iron Man: The Animated Series and Dormammu in Spider-Man: The Animated Series. He also voiced Tigger on some albums and read-along cassettes in the early 1990s.

Entomology

Gilbert, under his birth name, also pursued the study of Coleoptera and described a number of beetle species and genera, such as Linsleychroma, including Linsleychroma monnei.

Death

He died on May 8, 1999 of lung cancer. His interment was at Eternal Valley Memorial Park and Mortuary in Newhall, California.

Selected filmography

Title	Year	Role
Yogi the Easter Bear	1994	Grand Grizzly Guard Dog
SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron	1993	Mayor Manx (Episode: Enter The Madkat)
Tom and Jerry: The Movie	1992	Pugsy and Daddy Starling
TaleSpin	1990-1991	Baloo
Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island	1998	Mr. Beeman
The Rescuers Down Under	1990	Francois
The Little Mermaid	1989	Additional Voices
Asterix and the Big Fight	1989	Bossa Nova/Additional Voices (American dub)
Scooby-Doo! and the Reluctant Werewolf	1988	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
G.I. Joe: The Movie	1987	General Hawk
The Transformers: The Movie	1986	Blitzwing
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero	1985-1986	General Hawk
The Transformers	1984-1987	Blitzwing, Thrust, Superion

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