Ed Gilbert

For other uses, see Edward Gilbert (disambiguation).

Ed Gilbert
Born	Edmund Francis Giesbert June 29, 1931 (1931-06-29) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died	May 8, 1999 (1999-05-09) (aged 67) Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Cause of death	Lung cancer
Occupation(s)	Actor, voice actor, entomologist
Years active	1963–1999

Ed Gilbert (born Edmund Francis 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 television 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 the 1970s television series The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries.

He provided the voices of Superion (replacing Frank Welker), Thrust and Blitzwing in the 1984-86 seasons of The Transformers, Kissyfur's father Gus in Kissyfur, Thirty-Thirty, Sandstorm, Shaman and other voices in BraveStarr, Baloo in the Disney animated series TaleSpin, General Hawk in G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, Puggsy and Daddy Starling in Tom and Jerry: The Movie, Mr. Smee in Peter Pan and the Pirates, Phasir in the Aladdin television series, 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, He voiced minor characters in Batman: The Animated Series; Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero and The New Batman Adventures.

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	Notes
Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island	1998	Mr. Beeman	Voice role
Yogi the Easter Bear	1994	Grand Grizzly Guard Dog	Voice role
The Pagemaster		George Merry
SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron	1993-1994	Katscracth Gang Member, Enforcer Sargent, Enforcer Commando, Tiger Conklin
Batman The Animated Series	1993	Jack Haly
Tom and Jerry: The Movie	1992	Pugsy and Daddy Starling
TaleSpin	1990–1991	Baloo
The Rescuers Down Under	1990	Francois
The Little Mermaid	1989	Additional Voices
Asterix and the Big Fight	1989	Bossa Nova/Fishstix (American dub)
Scooby-Doo! and the Reluctant Werewolf	1988	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
G.I. Joe: The Movie	1987	General Hawk
Kissyfur	1986	Gus
The Transformers: The Movie	1986	Blitzwing
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero	1985–1986	General Hawk
The Transformers	1984–1987	Blitzwing, Thrust, Superion

External links

• SoCalSpinner.com - Ed Gilbert Tribute Page
• Ed Gilbert at IMDb