Jack Banning (August 21, 1931 - July 10, 2005) was an American television, film, and theater actor best known for playing Professor Phenomenus in Power Rangers: In Space, Power Rangers Funniest Moments and Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy. He was born Jacob Becker in Brooklyn, New York. Banning landed a role in a Broadway play as a young man, but, after marrying and having three children, his acting career was put on hold until his late 50s, when he returned to acting.