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Jan Rabson
Born(1954-06-14)June 14, 1954
East Meadow, New York, U.S.
DiedOctober 13, 2022(2022-10-13) (aged 68)
Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada
Other namesStanley Gurd, Jr.
OccupationActor
Years active1982–2022
SpouseCindy Akers

Jan Rabson (June 14, 1954 – October 13, 2022) was an American actor.

Life and career

Rabson was born in East Meadow, New York, on June 14, 1954. Jan's voice has been heard on thousands of commercials, films, TV shows, and animated films and series. For many years, Jan was a member of Johnny Carson's "Mighty Carson Art Players", performing in on-camera sketches as well as providing the voices for answering machines, cash registers and other inanimate objects for Johnny's sketches. One of his more famous roles included providing the voice for Larry Laffer in Leisure Suit Larry 6: Shape Up or Slip Out!, Leisure Suit Larry: Love for Sail!, Leisure Suit Larry's Casino, Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude, Leisure Suit Larry: Reloaded and Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Don't Dry. Most recently, Jan's voice can be heard in all of the Pixar Cars Toons shorts as well as Toy Story 3, Up, WALL-E and many more. In some of his anime dubbing and on-camera work, he used the name Stanley Gurd, Jr., and is best known for voicing Tetsuo Shima from Akira (the Streamline dub for Orion Pictures) under that name. He is also the voice of Horse from the preschool series Slim Pig.

In 1988, Rabson was the first contestant and champion on Blackout.

In 2013, he reprised his role of Tetsuo Shima for AficionadosChris' review of Akira.[1]

Personal life and death

Rabson resided in Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada and divided work between Vancouver and Los Angeles productions.[2] He died of a heart attack on October 13, 2022, at the age of 68.[3][4][5]

Partial filmography

References

  1. ^ Video on YouTube
  2. ^ "Jan Rabson," Behind the Voice Actors, www.behindthevoiceactors.com/
  3. ^ Obituary: Jan Rabson
  4. ^ Alex Mateo (October 14, 2022). "Voice Actor Jan Rabson Passes Away". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 21, 2022.
  5. ^ Andy Chalk (October 17, 2022). "Leisure Suit Larry voice actor Jan Rabson has died". PC Gamer. Retrieved October 21, 2022.
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