Actor George S. Irving, who won a Tony Award starring with Debbie Reynolds in the musical Irene and appeared in the original Broadway production of Oklahoma, died Monday at age 94.
He died in New York, said actor-director David Staller, Irving's friend.
Irving had several television and film credits, including appearances on All in the Family, Car 54 Where Are You?, Ryan's Hope and The Patty Duke Show. As a voice actor, he narrated the cartoon Underdog and played the Heat Miser in the animated The Year Without a Santa Claus.
He was also a regular in New York theater....
He died in New York, said actor-director David Staller, Irving's friend.
Irving had several television and film credits, including appearances on All in the Family, Car 54 Where Are You?, Ryan's Hope and The Patty Duke Show. As a voice actor, he narrated the cartoon Underdog and played the Heat Miser in the animated The Year Without a Santa Claus.
He was also a regular in New York theater....
- 12/28/2016
- by the Associated Press
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
W. Watts “Buck” Biggers—co-creator of Underdog, Tennessee Tuxedo, Klondike Kat, the Go Go Gophers, and other classic cartoons—has died at the age of 85. Biggers, a former advertising executive, launched his Total TeleVision production company in 1960, with the express purpose of creating animated TV series that could be used to promote General Mills cereals. The most enduring of these was Underdog, the superhero spoof voiced by Wally Cox, about a humble Shoeshine Boy who could transform into a rhyming canine caped crusader. General Mills dropped its sponsorship in 1969, after which Biggers shut down Total TeleVision and ...
- 2/15/2013
- avclub.com
Actor Allen Swift, who voiced classic cartoon characters Might Mouse, Dinky Duck and Howdy Doody, has died at the age of 87.
Swift died on 18 April at his Manhattan home. His cause of death had not been disclosed as WENN went to press.
Swift landed his big break in 1954 when he filled in for Howdy Doody star Bob Smith, after the former host suffered a heart attack.
The role kickstarted his Hollywood career, and helped Swift win over 30,000 television and radio commercials, including promos for Jell-o, the Eveready battery, a toilet plunger for Drano, Vita’s Beloved Herring Maven, Hostess Ho Hos and Sanka decaffeinated coffee.
He also played animated characters Simon Bar Sinister and Riff Raff on TV cartoon Underdog, and most of the characters on the Tom and Jerry cartoons made from 1960 to 1962.
He appeared in several Off Broadway productions and in the Broadway plays including How to Make a Man, The Student Gypsy and My Old Friends.
Swift is survived by his wife, Lenore Loveman, a son, two daughters and five grandchildren.
Swift died on 18 April at his Manhattan home. His cause of death had not been disclosed as WENN went to press.
Swift landed his big break in 1954 when he filled in for Howdy Doody star Bob Smith, after the former host suffered a heart attack.
The role kickstarted his Hollywood career, and helped Swift win over 30,000 television and radio commercials, including promos for Jell-o, the Eveready battery, a toilet plunger for Drano, Vita’s Beloved Herring Maven, Hostess Ho Hos and Sanka decaffeinated coffee.
He also played animated characters Simon Bar Sinister and Riff Raff on TV cartoon Underdog, and most of the characters on the Tom and Jerry cartoons made from 1960 to 1962.
He appeared in several Off Broadway productions and in the Broadway plays including How to Make a Man, The Student Gypsy and My Old Friends.
Swift is survived by his wife, Lenore Loveman, a son, two daughters and five grandchildren.
- 4/28/2010
- WENN
Ira Stadlen was better known as voice actor Allen Swift. He provided the voice of the villainous Simon Bar-Sinister on the Underdog cartoon series from 1964. He was also many of the voices in the 1967 Rankin Bass feature Mad Monster Party? including Dracula, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, the Invisible Man, Felix Flankin, and Yetch.
Stadlen was born in New York City on January 16, 1924. He began supplying most of the voices for the supporting characters in NBC’s The Howdy Doody Show in 1952, and took over the voice of the lead puppet himself when Buffalo Bob Smith suffered a heart attack in 1954. He hosted cartoons as Captain Allen on The Popeye Show for station Wpix in New York in the late 1950s. He voiced the lead roles in the Gaston and Clint Clobber cartoons, and worked on the Tom and Jerry cartoons in the early 1960s. He was the voice of such cartoon characters as Odie Colognie,...
Stadlen was born in New York City on January 16, 1924. He began supplying most of the voices for the supporting characters in NBC’s The Howdy Doody Show in 1952, and took over the voice of the lead puppet himself when Buffalo Bob Smith suffered a heart attack in 1954. He hosted cartoons as Captain Allen on The Popeye Show for station Wpix in New York in the late 1950s. He voiced the lead roles in the Gaston and Clint Clobber cartoons, and worked on the Tom and Jerry cartoons in the early 1960s. He was the voice of such cartoon characters as Odie Colognie,...
- 4/27/2010
- by Jesse
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
Have no fear, the voice of Underdog is here. My Name Is Earl star Jason Lee is lending his voice for the title character of Underdog, Spyglass Entertainment and Walt Disney Pictures' live-action adaptation of the classic 1960s cartoon. Underdog followed the adventures of a humble dog named Shoeshine Boy who became the superheroic Underdog, who spoke in rhyme. In the movie, he is adopted by a 12-year-old boy and uses his superpower to protect his love, Polly Purebred, and the citizens of Capitol City from the evil Simon Barsinister. Peter Dinklage has been cast as Barsinister.
- 4/26/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Peter Dinklage is the first to come aboard Underdog, Walt Disney Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment's live-action big-screen adaptation of the classic 1960s cartoon, and will play the villainous Simon Bar Sinister. Underdog followed the adventures of a humble dog named Shoeshine Boy who became the superheroic Underdog who spoke in rhymes. Simon Bar Sinister was one of the show's recurring villains and, unbeknown to the tykes watching the show, his last name slyly translated to "Evil Bastard."...
- 3/31/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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