Noted voice actor Tom Wyner has passed away at the age of 77. His voice was everywhere; he read and recorded 250 audio-books, as well as doing cartoon and video games voices. Perhaps best known for his Power Rangers work, he voice roles in 53 episodes of the TV show Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, in which he was credited with various voices, including Commander Crayfish, Doomstone, and the Plague Sentry. In Power Rangers Wild Force, he was Lion Tamer Org and Samurai Org. He was Farcarfish in Power Rangers Time Force. He voiced Furio in Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy and Power Rangers Lost Galaxy: Return of the Magna Defender. In Power Rangers Turbo, he was Electrovolt, Goldgoyle, and General Havoc. He also provided the voice of the Puppet Master in the English dub version of Ghost in the Shell 2.0 (1997), and 53 episodes of the Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex series as the Interior Minister, and was the voice of Rengle in 2001’s Cowboy Bebop: The Movie .

Tom Wyner was born Tom Weiner June 16, 1947 in Bexar County, Texas. He also acted under the name Abe Lasser. He died June 30, 2024 in Ashland, Oregon.

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Roles in TV and Movies

Tom Wyner’s roles are truly too numerous to list here. Suffice it to say between 1967 and 2016, he had 147 roles, mostly English versions of Japanese anime or video games. Often he was credited only as additional voices. One of his few in front of the camera roles was in the classic western The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966). He voiced 30 villains for the Power Rangers franchise.

Actor John deLancie (Q in Star Trek, and the voice of Discord in My Little Pony) pointed out at MidSouthCon a few years ago that few actors can afford to support themselves and their families just by acting. Most need an additional job, but Tom Weiner filled the gap by being a scriptwriter and producer in addition to his time behind the microphone.

Wyner’s was one of those voices that was everywhere and did everything that came his way in animation, and for us geeks, he is a part of our subcultural heritage. Rest well, Tom.

Susan Macdonald

Susan Macdonald is the author of the children’s book “R is for Renaissance Faire”, as well as 26 short stories, mostly fantasy in “Alternative Truths”, “Swords and Sorceress #30”, Swords &Sorceries Vols. 1, 2, & 5, “Cat Tails” “Under Western Stars”, and “Knee-High Drummond and the Durango Kid”. Her articles have appeared on SCIFI.radio’s web site, in The Inquisitr, and in The Millington Star. She enjoys Renaissance Faires (see book above), science fiction conventions,  Highland Games, and Native American pow-wows.