Richard Zobel

Richard Zobel was an American actor, singer, musician, animator, writer, and producer. Born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, he moved to New York City to build an acting career. On stage he appeared Off-Broadway in The Taming of the Shrew and All's Well That Ends Well for the New York Shakespeare Festival, staged in Central Park in 1978, and in The Country Girl in 1984. In 1980 he played the attorney Aaron Levinsky in Nuts on its first Broadway run. He was a founding company member of the Lexington Conservatory Theatre, performed in Ubu Rex and Grinder's Stand, and worked with the company for two decades. His film work included Walker (1987), for which he acted, sang, and was vocal arranger. He made guest appearances in more than a dozen television series, among them ER, The X-Files, Hill Street Blues, China Beach, and Star Trek: Voyager, from 1984 to 1999. In 2000 he co-founded Rubber Chicken Cards. He died in 2005.