Career
He is often referred to as "The Hardest Working Manitoba in Horror". Bannister is known for playing the shotgun-toting, ex-ice cream man Reggie, from writer/director Don Coscarelli"s Phantasm series in which he starred alongside A. Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury, and Angus Scrimm. Bannister has appeared in dozens of 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 great roles from Reggie in the Phantasm series to Herb Tooklander in the latest Stephen King adaption of One for the Road.
Also having great experience working with Sullivan on One for the Road, he had even asked Sullivan to co-produce and star in the film as the main villain, Sister Mary Chopper, which he accepted. 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. Music career He composed the song "Have You Seen lieutenant" (used in Phantasm IV: Oblivion co-produced and recorded by Doug Agee at Alpha Sound Services, Geneva Illinois) and arranged "Sittin" Here at Midnight" with Bill Thornbury (used in Phantasm).
Personal life.