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Alan Young (born November 19, 1919) is an Emmy Award-winning prolific character actor, best known for his television role opposite a talking horse, Mister Ed and as the voice of Scrooge McDuck. Olga San Juan (born March 16, 1927) is a Brooklyn-born dancer and Comedian of Puerto Rican extraction who was active in films primarily in the Events 1095 - The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common North Shields (or locally just Shields) is a town on the north bank of the River Tyne, in the metropolitan borough of North Tyneside, in North England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Events 1095 - The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common A character actor is an Actor who predominantly plays a particular type of role rather than leading ones Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Mister Ed is an American television Situation comedy that first aired in syndication on January 5, 1961 to July 2, Scrooge McDuck or Uncle Scrooge is a fictional
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Radio
He grew to love radio when bed-bound as a child because of severe asthma and became a radio broadcaster on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. In 1944, he made the leap to American radio with The Alan Young Show, NBC's summer replacement for Eddie Cantor. The Alan Young Show was a radio and television series presented in diverse formats over a nine-year period and starring Canadian - English actor Alan The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Eddie Cantor ( January 31, 1892 - October 10, 1964) was an American Comedian, Singer, Actor, Following a move to ABC two years later, he returned to NBC. The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network.
Television
His television version of The Alan Young Show began in 1950. After the show's cancellation, Young appeared in supporting parts in films such as The Time Machine. The Time Machine (AKA HG Wells' The Time Machine) is a 1960 Science fiction film based on British Science Fiction writer His most popular venture, however, was Mister Ed, a CBS television show which ran from 1961 to 1966. Mister Ed is an American television Situation comedy that first aired in syndication on January 5, 1961 to July 2, CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. He played the owner of a talking horse which would talk to no one but him.
Animation
In later life he founded a broadcast division for the Christian Science church and did animation voices. Christian Science is believed by its supporters to be a system of spiritually scientific truths which are summed up in the two commandments having one God one Mind one Life Truth He was the voice of Scrooge McDuck for many Disney films and on the popular cartoon series DuckTales from 1987 to 1990. Scrooge McDuck or Uncle Scrooge is a fictional DuckTales is an American Animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. In Mickey's Christmas Carol, he portrays the character's miserly namesake. Mickey's Christmas Carol is a twenty-four minute animated Short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and originally released in the Ebenezer Scrooge is the Main character in Charles Dickens ' 1843 Novel, A Christmas Carol. He also provided the voice of Jack Allen on the Focus on the Family radio drama, Adventures in Odyssey and voiced Hiram Flaversham in Disney's The Great Mouse Detective. Jack Allen is a major character in the Christian -themed Radio drama / comedy Adventures in Odyssey, voiced by Alan Young Adventures in Odyssey, also known as AIO or simply Odyssey, is an Evangelical Christian -themed Radio The Great Mouse Detective was a 1986 Animated feature produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation, and originally released to Movie theaters His other cartoon voice appearances include Camp Lazlo, Megas XLR, Static Shock, House of Mouse, The Ren & Stimpy Show, Duckman, Batman: The Animated Series, TaleSpin, The Smurfs, The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries and Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends. Camp Lazlo is an award-winning American Animated television series created by Joe Murray, produced by Cartoon Network Studios. Megas XLR (short for e' X' tra L arge R obot is an American Anime-influenced Animated television series that aired on Static Shock is an American animated television series produced by Warner Bros Disney's House of Mouse is an American Animated Television series, produced by Walt Disney Television, that originally aired from The Ren and Stimpy Show is an American / Canadian animated television series created by Canadian Animator John Duckman is an animated sitcom created by Everett Peck and developed by Peck Jeff Reno and Ron Osborn based on characters created by Peck in his Dark Batman The Animated Series (often shortened Batman TAS or BTAS) is an American, two time Emmy Award winning TaleSpin is a half-hour American animated television series that first aired in 1990 as part of The Disney Afternoon, with characters The Smurfs is a American Cartoon series that aired on NBC from 1981 to 1989 The All-New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show (also known as simply The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show) is the sixth incarnation of the long-running Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends is an animated series produced by Marvel Productions Ltd
His television guest appearances include The Love Boat, Murder, She Wrote, St. Elsewhere, Coach, Party of Five, The Wayans Bros., Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, USA High, Hang Time, ER and Maybe It's Me. The Love Boat (simply Love Boat in its final season is an American Television series set on a Cruise ship, which Murder She Wrote is a television mystery series starring Angela Lansbury as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher. St Elsewhere is a US Drama series that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982 to May 25, 1988. Coach is an American television Sitcom that aired for nine seasons on ABC from 1989 to 1997 Party of Five is an American Drama Television series that aired on FOX for six seasons from September 12 1994 The Wayans Bros is a Situation comedy that aired from 1995 to 1999 on The WB. Sabrina the Teenage Witch was an American sitcom based on the Archie comic book series of the same name. USA High is an American teen sitcom which ran from August 1997 to June 1999 and ended after 95 episodes Hang Time is an American teen Sitcom that aired from 1995 - 2000. ER is an Emmy Award -winning American Medical drama series created by Novelist Michael Crichton and airing on Maybe It's Me is Treble Charger 's third Album, released in July 29 of 1997
In 1993, Young recreated his role as Filby for the mini-sequel to George Pal's classic The Time Machine reuniting him with Rod Taylor, who played George, the Time Traveller. Rodney Sturt Taylor (born January 11, 1930) is an Australian -born Film and Television Actor. It was called Time Machine: The Journey Back directed by Clyde Lucas.
In 1997, he did the voice of Haggis McMutton in the PC game Curse of Monkey Island. Haggis McMutton is a fictional character in the Monkey Island video game series, appearing in the third installment Curse of Monkey Island. The Curse of Monkey Island is an Adventure game developed and published by LucasArts, and the third game in the Monkey Island series
In 2000, he read H. G. Wells's The Time Machine for 7th Voyage Productions, Inc. Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 &ndash 13 August 1946 He was an outspoken socialist and a pacifist, his later works becoming increasingly political In 2002, he had a cameo as the flower store worker in Simon Wells' remake of The Time Machine
Currently, Alan Young voices the character of Jack Allen on the Focus on the Family audio series Adventures in Odyssey. Simon Wells (born 1961) is the great grandson of HG Wells. He is best known for directing The Time Machine ( 2002 Remake) The Time Machine is a 2002 Science fiction film adapted from the 1895 novel of the same name by H
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External links
- Alan Young at the Internet Movie Database
- Alan Young official site
- Alan Young interview on "The Joe Cook Program" July 2006
- Alan Young's American Archive of American Television Interview
- Alan Young reads HG Wells The Time Machine
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