Alan Reed

...way with children and music enables him to find homes for even the most troubled kids. One afternoon, Mr. and Mrs. Godfrey (Alan Reed and Minna Gombell), an American couple, come to the orphanage to adopt Bobby, a boy they saw in one of...

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Alan Reed (August 20, 1907 - June 14, 1977) was an American actor and voice artist, best known as the original voice of Fred Flintstone on The Flintstones and various spin-off series. He also appeared in The Tarnished Angels, Breakfast at...

In this article: New York City, California, Fred Flintstone, Columbia University, Pancho Villa, Viva Zapata, Ida Lupino, Howard Duff, and Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics

...of fortunate enough to have been third of a lot of characters. I'm the third Fred Flinstone. You had Alan Reed doing Fred Flinstone [said in Reed's voice] and then you had Henry Corden doing it more like Jackie Gleason [said in Corden's...

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...is Baddeley-Bent with a hyphen." Hoppity lived in Foggy Bogg, Wisconsin. The first two episodes were produced in 1960, and featured Alan Reed as Fillmore. The series wasn't picked up for broadcast until September 1964, and by that time...

In this article: Hoppity Hooper, DVD, Jay Ward, Bill Scott, Civil War, Fred Flintstone, and Volume One

...a riverboat, and mixed them up with contemporary updates such as Internet chats. "He sort of developed all these con stories," says Teddy Bergman, an artistic director with the Woodshed Collective, which produced the show. "We split them...

In this article: The Confidence Man, Herman Melville, Teddy Bergman, and Hudson River

But Hume Cronyn is slyly sharp and sleazy as an unscrupulous criminal lawyer, Leon Ames is tough as a district attorney and Alan Reed plays a gum-shoe role well." Critic Stephen MacMillan Moser appreciated Lana Turner's the acting and...

In this article: The Postman Always Rings Twice, Lana Turner, John Garfield, Leon Ames, Cecil Kellaway, James M. Cain, and Hume Cronyn

...roles. As Sackett, the D.A. who's wise to Nick and Cora's plot, Leon Ames uses one of the best knowing smirks in the business. And Alan Reed, playing the heavy trying to muscle in on Nick and Cora's newfound blood money, drives one of noir's...

In this article: John Garfield, James M. Cain, Lana Turner, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Body and Soul, and Jack Nicholson

...-born American actor and voice artist best-known for taking over the role of Fred Flintstone on The Flintstones after Alan Reed died in 1977. His official debut as Fred's new voice was on the 1977 syndicated weekday series Fred...

In this article: Henry Corden, Fred Flintstone, DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, Jackie Gleason, Fred Flintstone and Friends, The Man Called Flintstone, The Ten Commandments, and The Black Castle

...to Luigi. J. Carrol Naish played Luigi on the radio and in the 1952 TV version. In 1953, Vito Scotti took over the role on TV. Alan Reed, later the voice of Fred Flintstone, played Pasquale. Q: A friend and I both have vague...

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...infuse what would otherwise be a draggy, joyless production with a strangely happy jangle of well-crafted tunes. Director Teddy Bergman and his designers give the play itself what little life it has, aided by their surroundings --...

In this article: Teddy Bergman and McCarren Park Pool