Reggie Bannister, ‘Phantasm’ Horror Franchise Star, Dies At 80

Reggie Bannister arms himself successful a segment from the movie 'Phantasm III: Lord Of The Dead', 1994. (Photo by Starway International Inc/Getty Images)

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Reggie Bannister, who played Reggie successful the deed Phantasm horror movie series, has died.

Bannister’s wife, Gigi, told TMZ that the character died peacefully astatine their location successful the San Bernardino County mountains early Sunday. He was 80.

Gigi Bannister told TMZ that the character was suffering from Lewy assemblage dementia and Parkinson’s disease. She besides noted for TMZ that he was exposed to Agent Orange while serving successful the subject during the Vietnam War.

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The actor’s character, Reggie, gained fame passim filmmaker Don Coscarelli’s Phantasm movies arsenic he battled the evil Tall Man (Angus Scrimm).

Bannister appeared arsenic Reggie successful Phantasm (1979), Phantasm II (1988), Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead (1994), Phantasm: Oblivion (1998) and Phantasm: Raveger (2016). At the opening of the movie series, Reggie, an crystal pick man, joins 13-year-old Mike Pearson (A. Michael Baldwin) and his older brother, Jody (Bill Thornbury) successful their quest to destruct the murderous Tall Man, who is mortician.

Reggie Bannister’s wife, Gigi Bannister, worked connected constitution and typical effects for the 4th and 5th Phantasm films.

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Reggie Bannister Appeared In More Than 50 Films

Born Reginald Horace Bannister connected Sept. 29, 1945, successful Long Beach, Calif., Bannister made his movie debut successful the 1975 play Jim, the World’s Greatest, written and directed by Don Coscarelli and Craig Mitchell.

The film, which starred Gregory Harrison, marked Coscarelli, Bannister and Angus Scrimm’s first big-screen collaboration earlier they went to make the first section successful the Phantasm scary movie bid 4 years later.