- Ray Bumatai
infobox actor
birthname=Raimund Bumatai
birthdate=birth date|1952|12|20
birthplace=city-state|Offenbach am Main|Germany
deathdate=death date and age|2005|10|6|1952|12|20
deathplace=city-state|Honolulu|Hawaii
occupation=Film ,television ,voice actor Ray Bumatai, byname of Raimund Bumatai (
December 20 ,1952 –October 6 ,2005 ) was an Americanmusician ,singer , recording artist, andactor who worked incomedy and live entertainment inWaikiki and in live-action production and animation inHollywood .Bumatai was born in
Offenbach am Main, Germany , the older brother of stand-up comedianAndy Bumatai . He had been active in motion pictures and television since the late 1980s. A supporting actor in many television series filmed in Hawaii, Bumatai often played a local character. InSherwood Hu 's Hawaiian Ghost thriller "Lani Loa " (1998) he played the character Hawaiian Kenny. Among his more recent work, Bumatai read the part of Tito Makani Jr. onKlasky Csupo 's "Rocket Power " cartoon series.Bumatai died at
Honolulu in 2005, after having been treated forbrain cancer at various times during the last years of his life. In addition to his wife, Karen "Bree" Bumatai (formerly Karen Brilliande) Ray Bumatai is survived by his daughter Cecilly Ann Bumatai (from another marriage), parents Elsie and Bobby, and siblings Andy, Ramona, Ben, Gabe and Heidi.External links
*imdb name|id=0120286|name=Ray Bumatai
*amg name|2:127746
* [http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2005/Oct/07/ln/FP510070354.html Obituary in The Honolulu Advertiser]
* [http://starbulletin.com/2005/10/07/news/story03.html Obituary in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin]
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