Jeff Winkless
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Jeffrey Alan Winkless was an American film and voice actor and music composer. He was born in Springfield, Massachusetts
. Two of his younger brothers, Terence H. Winkless and Daniel Owen Winkless, worked with him on The Banana Splits Adventure Hour. He was also credited as Jeffrey Brock. He has done voice-overs for several anime titles including Doomed Megalopolis
, Space Adventure Cobra
, Vampire Hunter D
, Crying Freeman
and Lily C.A.T.
. Winkless died of a brain tumor on June 26, 2006, 24 days after his 65th birthday
. He is survived by his three brothers and his wife Rayonelle Baldwin.
Springfield, Massachusetts
Springfield is the most populous city in Western New England, and the seat of Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. Springfield sits on the eastern bank of the Connecticut River near its confluence with three rivers; the western Westfield River, the eastern Chicopee River, and the eastern...
. Two of his younger brothers, Terence H. Winkless and Daniel Owen Winkless, worked with him on The Banana Splits Adventure Hour. He was also credited as Jeffrey Brock. He has done voice-overs for several anime titles including Doomed Megalopolis
Doomed Megalopolis
is an anime rendition of the Japanese historical fantasy epic Teito Monogatari . Like it's live-action predecessor, Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis, the anime is only an adaptation of the first 1/3rd of the original novel. It was released by Toei in 1991 as a 4-part OVA...
, Space Adventure Cobra
Space Adventure Cobra
is a space-opera manga series written and illustrated by Buichi Terasawa of the Black Sheep studio. The serialized form of Cobra originally appeared the Japanese shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump during 1978–1984...
, Vampire Hunter D
Vampire Hunter D
is a series of Japanese novels written by Hideyuki Kikuchi and illustrated by Yoshitaka Amano since 1983.To date, twenty-two novels have been published in the main series, with some novels comprising as many as four volumes...
, Crying Freeman
Crying Freeman
is a manga by Kazuo Koike & Ryoichi Ikegami about an assassin who sheds tears after he kills his targets. Crying Freeman follows the title assassin, a Japanese man hypnotized and trained by the Chinese mafia to serve as its agent, and covered in a vast and complex dragon tattoo...
and Lily C.A.T.
Lily C.A.T.
Lily C.A.T. is a science fiction anime film released in 1987. Carl Macek, best known for producing and story editing Robotech, produced the English version of the film...
. Winkless died of a brain tumor on June 26, 2006, 24 days after his 65th birthday
Birthday
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. He is survived by his three brothers and his wife Rayonelle Baldwin.
Anime
- The Secret of Blue WaterNadia: The Secret of Blue Wateris a Japanese animated television series inspired by the works of Jules Verne, particularly Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and the exploits of Captain Nemo...
(original dub) - Captain Nemo - Vampire Hunter DVampire Hunter Dis a series of Japanese novels written by Hideyuki Kikuchi and illustrated by Yoshitaka Amano since 1983.To date, twenty-two novels have been published in the main series, with some novels comprising as many as four volumes...
- Count Magnus Lee - Doomed MegalopolisDoomed Megalopolisis an anime rendition of the Japanese historical fantasy epic Teito Monogatari . Like it's live-action predecessor, Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis, the anime is only an adaptation of the first 1/3rd of the original novel. It was released by Toei in 1991 as a 4-part OVA...
- Kato - The Castle of CagliostroThe Castle of Cagliostrois a 1979 Japanese animated film co-written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. It is one of the films featuring master thief Arsène Lupin III.The second animated Lupin III movie and arguably the best known, Castle of Cagliostro was written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, who also co-directed the first...
- Jodo (MGM version) - The Professional: Golgo 13Golgo 13: The ProfessionalGolgo 13: The Professional is a Japanese animated film adaptation of the Golgo 13 manga series released May 28, 1983 by Tokyo Movie Shinsha...
- Informant - Silent Mobius: The Motion Picture (original Streamline Pictures dub) - Lucifer Hawk
- Casshan: Robot HunterCasshanCasshan also known as in Japan, is an anime series created by animation studio Tatsunoko Productions in 1973, which was based on a serialization in Kodansha’s Terebi Magazine and Akita Shoten’s “Boken Oh” ....
- Android BK-01 (Black King) - 8 Man After8 Manor is a fictional manga and anime superhero created in 1963 by science fiction writer Kazumasa Hirai and manga artist Jiro Kuwata. He is considered Japan's earliest cyborg superhero, predating even Kamen Rider , and was supposedly the inspiration for RoboCop.The manga was published in Weekly...
- Tony Gleck - Gatchaman (1994) - President Beolute
- The Dirty PairDirty Pairis a series of sci-fi comedy light novels written by Haruka Takachiho and illustrated by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko that was later adapted into anime and manga versions....
's Affair on Nolandia - Chief Gooley - Crying Freeman Volume 1: Portrait of a KillerCrying Freemanis a manga by Kazuo Koike & Ryoichi Ikegami about an assassin who sheds tears after he kills his targets. Crying Freeman follows the title assassin, a Japanese man hypnotized and trained by the Chinese mafia to serve as its agent, and covered in a vast and complex dragon tattoo...
- Ko Tokugen - Neo-Tokyo - Robot 444-1
- NoozlesNoozles, also known as The Wonderous Koala Blinky, is a 26-episode anime by Nippon Animation Company that was originally released in Japan in 1984, under the title Fushigi na Koara Burinkī or Brinky and Printy. It depicts the adventures of a 12-year old girl named Sandy and her koala friends, Blinky and...
- Osgood, Spike - Little Women - Additional Voices
- Grimm's Fairy Tale ClassicsGrimm's Fairy Tale Classicsis a Japanese animated anthology series by Nippon Animation. The episodes are adaptations of a variety of folk and fairy tales, and not limited to Grimm's Fairy Tales....
- 2nd Little Pig - WowserWowser (TV series)is an anime based on the Belgian comic strip Cubitus. It consisted of 52 two-part episodes, and originally aired from April 5, 1988 to March 27, 1989.-Plot:Wowser is a big white dog who lives with his owner, the Professor...
- Man Walking on Street - Crying Freeman Volume 2: Shades of Death Part 1Crying Freemanis a manga by Kazuo Koike & Ryoichi Ikegami about an assassin who sheds tears after he kills his targets. Crying Freeman follows the title assassin, a Japanese man hypnotized and trained by the Chinese mafia to serve as its agent, and covered in a vast and complex dragon tattoo...
- Ko Tokugen - Wicked CityWicked City (film)is an animated horror neo-noir directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri, based on Hideyuki Kikuchi's novel of the same name.The story takes place towards the end of the 20th century and explores the idea that the human world secretly coexists with the demon world with a secret police force known as the Black...
- Mr. Shadow - Dirty PairDirty Pairis a series of sci-fi comedy light novels written by Haruka Takachiho and illustrated by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko that was later adapted into anime and manga versions....
: Flight 005 Conspiracy - Chief Gooley - Laputa: Castle in the SkyCastle in the SkyAll compositions by Joe Hisaishi.#"The Girl Who Fell from the Sky" – 2:27#"Morning in Slag Ravine" – 3:04#"A Fun Brawl " – 4:27#"Memories of Gondoa" – 2:46#"Discouraged Pazu" – 1:46#"Robot Soldier " – 2:34...
- Muska / Romska Palo Ul Laputa (original English dub) (as Jack Witte) - Lupin III: The Mystery of MamoMystery of MamoThe Secret of Mamo, or The Mystery of Mamo, is the most common English name for the 1978 first animated feature film based on the Lupin III character created by Monkey Punch, originally released in Japan as simply and now known there as in order to differentiate it from the four others that...
- Police commissioner / Boris - Babel IIBabel IIis a 1971 manga series by Mitsuteru Yokoyama.Yokoyama's manga has been animated three times: in 1973 as a television series, in 1992 as an original video animation series, and in 2001 as a 13 episode television series....
- Yamazaki - Crimson Wolf - Various
- Space Adventure CobraSpace Adventure Cobrais a space-opera manga series written and illustrated by Buichi Terasawa of the Black Sheep studio. The serialized form of Cobra originally appeared the Japanese shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump during 1978–1984...
- Crystal Boy - Lily C.A.T.Lily C.A.T.Lily C.A.T. is a science fiction anime film released in 1987. Carl Macek, best known for producing and story editing Robotech, produced the English version of the film...
- Various - Honeybee Hutch - Additional Voices
- Megazone 23 Part IIMegazone 23is a four-part original video animation created by AIC, written by Hiroyuki Hoshiyama, and directed by Noboru Ishiguro, Ichiro Itano, Kenichi Yatagai and Shinji Aramaki. The series was originally titled but the title was changed just before release....
- Guts (Streamline Dub) - Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro - Interpol Chairman (Streamline Dub), Jodo (Streamline Dub)
- Around the World with Willy FogAround the World with Willy FogAround the World with Willy Fog is a cartoon adaptation of Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne. The cartoon was produced by Spanish studio BRB Internacional with animation by Japanese studio Nippon Animation...
- Various - Outlaw StarOutlaw Staris a seinen manga series written and illustrated by Takehiko Itō and his affiliated Morning Star Studio. The series is a space opera/Space Western that takes place in the "Toward Stars Era" universe in which spacecraft are capable of traveling faster than the speed of light...
- Various - Jin Jin - Additional Voices
- New Gigantor - Various
- DNA Sights 999.9 - Trader Doctor
- Maple Town - Mr. Beaver
- 3x3 Eyes - Prof. Fuji (Streamline/Manga dub)
- Space Adventure Cobra: The Movie - Crystal Boy, Preacher Dakoba
- Lupin III: The Secret of Mamo - Boris, Police Chief
- The Big OThe Big Ois a Japanese animated television series created by director Kazuyoshi Katayama and designer Keiichi Sato for Sunrise Studios. The writing staff was assembled by the series' head writer, Chiaki J. Konaka....
- Additional Voices - Blue Dragon - Additional Voices
Non-anime
- Aladdin and the Adventure of All Time - Various
- The Return of DogtanianDogtanian and the Three MuskehoundsDogtanian and the Three Muskehounds is an animated cartoon adaptation of the classic Alexandre Dumas story of d'Artagnan and The Three Musketeers. Most of the characters are anthropomorphizations of dogs, hence the title of the cartoon...
- Additional Voices - IznogoudIznogoudIznogoud |French]] accent) is a French comics series featuring an eponymous character, created by the comics writer René Goscinny and comics artist Jean Tabary...
- Additional Voices - FoofurFoofurFoofur is a children's animated series made by Hanna-Barbera and Freddy Monnickendam. It aired on NBC from 1986 to 1988. The protagonist and title character was a skinny blue dog. The animated series was produced in part by William Hanna...
- Various - Lazer Tag AcademyLazer Tag AcademyLazer Tag Academy was an animated television series inspired by Worlds of Wonder's Lazer Tag that was created by Ruby-Spears Productions.-Synposis:...
- Additional Voices - Oliver Twist - Additional Voices
- Pac-ManPac-Man (TV series)Pac-Man is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera based on the video game Pac-Man by Namco, which premiered on ABC and ran from 1982 to 1983. During the first airing of the show, the large number of advertisers sponsoring it caused commercial breaks to be double their normal length...
- Various - Super Friends - Additional Voices
- Thundarr the BarbarianThundarr the BarbarianThundarr the Barbarian is a Saturday morning animated television series, created by Steve Gerber and produced by Ruby-Spears Productions. The series ran 2 seasons, 1980-1981 and 1981-1982...
- Additional Voices - Wisdom of the GnomesWisdom of the GnomesWisdom of the Gnomes is an animated series produced by Spanish company BRB Internacional about Gnomes. It was a spin-off of the series The World of David the Gnome...
- Additional Voices - Willy Fog 2 - Additional Voices
Live-action
- Hallo SpencerHallo SpencerHallo Spencer is a German children's television series, created by Winfried Debertin and produced by Norddeutscher Rundfunk from 1979 until 2001...
- Spencer (voice) - Saturday the 14th Strikes BackSaturday the 14th Strikes BackSaturday the 14th Strikes Back is a 1988 comic-horror film, directed by Howard R. Cohen and produced by Julie Corman. It is a sequel to Saturday the 14th....
- John Wilkes Booth - Corporate Affairs - Businessman
- Rage and Honor - Farmer
- Free RideFree rideFree riding is a term used in the stock-trading world to describe the practice of buying shares or other securities without actually having the capital to cover the trade...
- Waiter - Black ScorpionBlack ScorpionBlack Scorpion may refer to:*Scorpion, an animal of the order Scorpiones within the class Arachnida- Films and TV :*The Black Scorpion , a 1957 film about giant scorpions, with special effects by Willis O'Brien...
- Auctioneer - Look Who's Talking NowLook Who's Talking NowLook Who's Talking Now is the third and final installment in the film series that began with Look Who's Talking in 1989. Released in 1993, the film finds John Travolta and Kirstie Alley reprising their roles as James and Mollie Ubriacco, respectively, and introducing the newly extended family...
- Dogs, Wolves (voice) - Scene of the Crime - Len Mirkin
- ZeiramZeiramalso known as Zeram, is a 1991 Japanese live-action movie in which the bounty hunter from another planet named Iria comes to Earth to do battle with Zeiram, an immortal alien creature with a strangely shaped head which resembles a wide-brimmed hat...
- Bob, Storeowner - The NestThe Nest (1988 film)The Nest is a creature feature horror film, based on the novel by Eli Cantor , from Roger Corman's Concorde Pictures and producer Julie Corman. The tagline is "Roaches have never tasted flesh... until now." Flesh-eating roaches terrorize a peaceful island community presented as a New England...
- Church
Video games
- StonekeepStonekeepStonekeep is a 1995 computer role-playing game for DOS by Interplay Entertainment. It is a first-person dungeon adventure with pre-rendered environments and live-action cinematic sequences. Five years in production, Stonekeep was ranked #6 in Gamespot's top ten vaporware hall of shame...
- Scourge, Whispering Voice - Might and Magic: World of Xeen - Various
- Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Enhanced - Quetzelcotal
- Inherit the Earth: Quest for the OrbInherit the Earth: Quest for the OrbInherit the Earth: Quest for the Orb is a computer game, developed by The Dreamers Guild and published by Jon Van Caneghem through New World Computing....
- Additional Voices - The Space Adventure - Crystal Boy
Trivia
- Winkless is cast as the antagonist to Steve BulenSteve BulenJames Steven Bulen , better known as Steve Bulen, is an American voice actor. He has been doing voices for many animated films and television shows for Walt Disney Animation Studios and Hanna-Barbera as well several video games and anime titles such as Doomed Megalopolis, Giant Robo, Outlaw Star,...
's protagonist, in at least two strikingly similar anime; CasshanCasshanCasshan also known as in Japan, is an anime series created by animation studio Tatsunoko Productions in 1973, which was based on a serialization in Kodansha’s Terebi Magazine and Akita Shoten’s “Boken Oh” ....
and 8 Man After8 Manor is a fictional manga and anime superhero created in 1963 by science fiction writer Kazumasa Hirai and manga artist Jiro Kuwata. He is considered Japan's earliest cyborg superhero, predating even Kamen Rider , and was supposedly the inspiration for RoboCop.The manga was published in Weekly...
. - He also worked as a writer for Saban Entertainment. He has been writing episodes for several shows such as Samurai Pizza CatsSamurai Pizza CatsSamurai Pizza Cats, known as in Japan, is an anime series produced by Tatsunoko Productions and Sotsu Agency. The series was aired from February 1, 1990 to February 12, 1991, totaling up to 54 episodes...
, Grimm's Fairy Tale ClassicsGrimm's Fairy Tale Classicsis a Japanese animated anthology series by Nippon Animation. The episodes are adaptations of a variety of folk and fairy tales, and not limited to Grimm's Fairy Tales....
and The Littl' BitsThe Littl' Bitsis a Japanese anime television series with 26 episodes, produced in 1980 by Tatsunoko Productions inJapan. First shown on TV Tokyo , its Saban-produced English translation was featured on the children's television station Nick Jr...
. - He is famous for composing the background music for Lady KillerLady KillerA lady killer is a man exceptionally attractive to women. The phrase may also refer to:-Films:*The Lady Killer , a 1913 silent short*Lady Killer , a 1933 movie starring James Cagney...
, Not of this EarthNot of This Earth-Movies:*Not of This Earth , directed by Roger Corman*Not of This Earth , directed by Jim Wynorski*Not of This Earth , directed by Terence H. Winkless-Albums:...
and Corporate Affairs. - He also supplied the voice of the Happy MealHappy MealA "Happy Meal" is a meal specifically marketed at children, sold at the fast-food chain McDonald's since June 1979. A toy is typically included with the food, both of which are usually contained in a small box or paper bag with the McDonald's logo....
fries in the McDonald'sMcDonald'sMcDonald's Corporation is the world's largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants, serving around 64 million customers daily in 119 countries. Headquartered in the United States, the company began in 1940 as a barbecue restaurant operated by the eponymous Richard and Maurice McDonald; in 1948...
commercials.