Ray Bumatai

• Birth Name — Raimund Bumatai • Born — 20 December 1952 • Birthplace — Offenbach am Main, West Germany • Died — 6 October 2005 • Children — 1 • Relatives — * Andy Bumatai (brother) • Place of death — Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. • Occupation — * Actor • musician • singer • recording artist • Years Active — 1986–2005

Bumatai was born on December 20, 1952. He was the older brother of stand-up comedian Andy 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. In Sherwood 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. on Klasky Csupo's Rocket Power animated series.

Bumatai and his wife Karen "Bree" Bumatai, were married in 1993. Together they have a daughter, Cecilly Ann.

Bumatai died in Honolulu on October 6, 2005, at the age of 52, after having been treated for brain cancer at various times during the last years of his life. His last role was the voice of Little Jim in the Scooby-Doo film Aloha, Scooby-Doo!.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1995 — One West Waikiki — Detective Kepui — Episode: "Unhappily Ever After" • 1998 — Martial Law — Car Jacker — Episode: "How Sammo Got His Groove Back" • 1999–2004 — Rocket Power — Tito Makani, Various (voice) — 59 episodes • 2000 — The Wild Thornberrys — Geogi (voice) — Episode: "Song for Eliza" Credited as Ray H. Bumatai • 2002 — Rocket Power: Race Across New Zealand — Tito Makani (voice) — Television movie • 2004 — Hawaii — Kimo — Episodes: "Cops n' Robbers" and "Out of Time"

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2002 — Rocket Power: Beach Bandits — Tito Makani (voice) — Credited as Ray H. Bumatai