Ray Bumatai
Born
Raimund Bumatai

(1952-12-20)December 20, 1952
DiedOctober 6, 2005(2005-10-06) (aged 52)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • musician
  • singer
  • recording artist
Years active1986–2005
Spouse
Karen Brilliande
(m. 1993)
Children1
Relatives

Raimund Bumatai (December 20, 1952 – October 6, 2005)[1] 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.[1] He was the older brother of stand-up comedian Andy Bumatai.[1]

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

Bumatai and his wife Karen "Bree" Bumatai, were married in 1993.[1] Together they have a daughter, Cecilly Ann.[1]

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.[1] His last role was the voice of Little Jim in the Scooby-Doo film Aloha, Scooby-Doo!.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1991 Goodbye Paradise Eddie
1994 Tis the Season Kimo
1995 Under the Hula Moon King
1998 Lani Loa – The Passage Hawaiian Kenny
2001 Ho'olawe: Give and Take Cliff Ahia
2005 Pele O Ka Foodmart Lieutenant
2005 Aloha, Scooby-Doo! Little Jim (voice)
2006 Sunday Wind Keoni Short film
Released posthumously

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1995 One West Waikiki Detective Kepui Episode: "Unhappily Ever After"
1998 Martial Law Car Jacker Episode: "How Sammo Got His Groove Back"
1999–2004 Rocket Power Tito Makani, Various (voice) 59 episodes
2000 The Wild Thornberrys Geogi (voice) Episode: "Song for Eliza"
Credited as Ray H. Bumatai
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

Year Title Role Notes
2002 Rocket Power: Beach Bandits Tito Makani (voice) Credited as Ray H. Bumatai[2]


References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "News". StarBulletin.com. October 7, 2005. Archived from the original on 2016-03-09. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  2. "Ray Bumatai (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 14 July 2021. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
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