Leaving his Nebraska hometown in the early 1930s, he pursued artistic studies at the Otis Art Institute in California before joining the vocal quartet The Sportsmen in 1939, which later evolved into The Mellomen after his wartime service as a navigator for the U.S. Air Transport Command. His bass voice appeared on popular recordings such as Rosemary Clooney’s chart-topping “This Ole House” and Bob… Read more
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Known for Cinderella 1950 One Hundred and One Dalmatians 1961 Alice in Wonderland 1951 Pinocchio 1940 Series ★ 7.5 Birdman and the Galaxy Trio 1967
★ 7.2 Snoopy, Come Home 1972
"No Dogs Allowed" (voice) (uncredited) ★ 7.2 The Lorax 1972
Singer ★ 7 The Glenn Miller Story 1954
The Mellowmen (uncredited) ★ 7 Trick or Treat 1952
The Mellomen (voice) (uncredited) ★ 7.4 Pigs Is Pigs 1954
Singer (voice) ★ 7 It's Always Fair Weather 1955
Harry Wilson (voice) (uncredited) ★ 6.9 The Phantom Tollbooth 1970
Lethargian (voice, uncredited) ★ 6.8 The Cat in the Hat 1971
Thing 1 (voice) ★ 6.8 Horton Hears a Who! 1970
Wickersham Brother (voice) (uncredited) ★ 6.7 Paul Bunyan 1958
Paul Bunyan / Chorus (voice) (as The Mellomen) ★ 6.7 Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom 1953
The Mellomen ★ 6.6 Rooty Toot Toot 1951
Honest John the Crook / Bailiff / Bartender / Juror (voice) (uncredited) ★ 6.6 Gay Purr-ee 1962
Singing Hench Cat (uncredited) ★ 6.5 Hey There, It's Yogi Bear! 1964
Policeman (voice, uncredited) ★ 6.1 Donald and the Wheel 1961
Senior Spirit of Progress (voice) ★ 6 Springtime for Pluto 1944
Singing Caterpillar ★ 5.8 Superior Duck 1996
Narrator (voice) ★ 6.4 Daddy Long Legs 1955
Jervis Pendleton III (singing voice) (uncredited) ★ 5.8 It Happened at the World's Fair 1963
The Mellomen (uncredited) ★ 6.1 South Pacific 1958
Stewpot (Singing) (Uncredited) ★ 6.1 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum 1966
Voice (uncredited) ★ 5.9 Babes in Toyland 1961
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