Reggie Bannister

Reginald Horace "Reggie" Bannister (born September 29, 1945) is an American musician, actor, producer, writer, and activist. He is known for his role as Reggie in the Phantasm film series.

Career
Bannister is known for playing the gun-toting, ex-ice cream man Reggie in the Phantasm film series. Bannister starred in the films, which were directed by Don Coscarelli, alongside A. Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury, and Angus Scrimm.

Bannister has appeared in several films and worked with such notables as Ossie Davis, Bruce Campbell, Ella Joyce, Daniel Roebuck, Andy Griffith, Joe Estevez and Andrew Divoff, and many others. Bannister has played many roles from Reggie in the Phantasm series to Herb Tooklander in the latest Stephen King adaption of One for the Road.

Along with co-producer Tim Sullivan and writer/director Paul Ward, he has also co-produced and starred in the short sequel to Salem's Lot, entitled, One for the Road. This film stars Bannister as well as Adam Robitel as Booth and Audrey Walters as Janey Lumley.

In 2012, Bannister and his wife, Gigi, have collaborated with co-writer Shelby McIntyre and co-writer/director Vito Trabucco on the comedy horror film Bloody Bloody Bible Camp. After having worked with Sullivan on One for the Road, Bannister had even asked Sullivan to co-produce and star in the film as the main villain, Sister Mary Chopper, which Sullivan accepted.

Bannister composed the song "Have You Seen It" (used in Phantasm IV: Oblivion) and arranged "Sittin' Here at Midnight" with Bill Thornbury (used in Phantasm).

Personal life
Reggie Bannister is a United States Military Veteran who served in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Reggie states in an article "Getting back to the Vietnam thing. I was not for that war, I was against it, but there was this thing called the draft. I had friends who were going to Canada and I wasn't going to do that, I stand up to what's in front of me, and so just like anything else I just thought, 'Soldier? Really? You're gonna be a soldier? Okay, well then you're going to be the baddest-ass soldier that ever put on a uniform.' So I just took that attitude, Landon, and just went for it. I was a head radio operator for an automatic weapons specialty group." He was often around .40 and .50 caliber weapons, ultimately resulting in some hearing loss. Because of this, he is a service connected disabled veteran, on top of which he was exposed to Agent Orange. Reggie took his GI Bill from the military and used it to study acting.

Bannister currently resides in Crestline, California, where he lives with his wife.

Filmography

 * Bonejangles (2017) – Edgar Sr.
 * The Obsidian Curse (2016) – Professor Reginald M. Sydow
 * Phantasm: Ravager (2016) – Reggie
 * Bloody Bloody Bible Camp (2012) – Father Richard Cummings
 * The Ghastly Love of Johnny X (2012) – King Clayton
 * Not Another B Movie (2011) – Umpire
 * Primitive (2011) – Dr. Stein
 * One for the Road (2011) – Herb Tooklander
 * Sawblade (2010)
 * Carnies (2009) – Detective Conrad Ellison
 * Walking Distance (2009) – Webber
 * Satan Hates You (2009) (post-production) – Mickey
 * Small Town Saturday Night (2008) – Victor
 * The Quiet Ones (2008) – Mr. Martino
 * Text (2008) – Reggie
 * The Rage (2007) – Uncle Ben
 * The Final Curtain (2007) – Gus
 * Fallen Angels (2006) – Radar
 * Last Rites (2006) – Mitchell
 * The Mangler Reborn (2005) – Rick
 * Journeyman (2005) – McFearson
 * Cemetery Gates (2004) – Belmont
 * Bubba Ho-Tep (2002) – Care Home Administrator
 * Up Against Amanda (2000) – Lead Guitar Ted
 * Phantasm IV: Oblivion (1998) – Reggie
 * Wishmaster (1997) – Pharmacist
 * The Demolitionist (1995) - Warden Thomas
 * Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead (1993) – Reggie
 * That Little Monster (1994) – Twelvetrees
 * Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation (1990) – Eli
 * Survival Quest (1989) – Pilot
 * Phantasm II (1988) – Reggie
 * Phantasm (1979) – Reggie
 * Jim the World's Greatest (1976) – O.D. Silengsly
 * Kenny & Company (1976) – Donovan

Other work

 * POV: An Actor's Insight (2009)
 * Working with a Master: Don Coscarelli (2006)
 * Phantasmagoria (2005) Documentary on Phantasm (V)
 * Phantasmagorical Mystery Tour (2005) (V)
 * Making of 'Bubba Ho-tep' (2004)