Lennie Weinrib was an American

United States

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 actor, voice actor

Voice acting

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 and writer

Writer

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. He is best known for playing the title role in the children's television show H.R. Pufnstuf

H.R. Pufnstuf

H.R. Pufnstuf was a children's television series produced by Sid and Marty Krofft in the United States. It was the first Krofft live-action, life-size puppet program. The seventeen episodes were originally broadcast September 6, 1969 to September 4, 1971...

, the title role in Inch High, Private Eye

Inch High, Private Eye

Inch High, Private Eye was a 1973 Saturday morning cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. The show originally ran from September 8, 1973 to August 31, 1974 on NBC Saturday morning for 13 episodes...

, the original voice of Scrappy-Doo

Scrappy-Doo

Scrappy Cornelius Doo is a fictional Great Dane puppy created by Hanna-Barbera Productions in 1979 as the nephew of Hanna-Barbera cartoon star Scooby-Doo. Scrappy has appeared in a number of the various incarnations of the Scooby-Doo cartoon series. Lennie Weinrib provided his voice for one season...

 on Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo, Hunk

Hunk

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 and Prince Lotor in Voltron

Voltron

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, and Bigmouth in The Smurfs.

He was also known as Lenny Weinrib, Leonard Weinrib, and Len Weinrib. Woody Allen

Woody Allen

Woody Allen is an American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, jazz musician, author, and playwright. Allen's films draw heavily on literature, sexuality, philosophy, psychology, Jewish identity, and the history of cinema...

's character in 1995's Mighty Aphrodite

Mighty Aphrodite

Mighty Aphrodite is a 1995 romantic comedy film written and directed by Woody Allen. The screenplay was inspired by the mythological tale of Pygmalion....

 was named "Lenny Weinrib."

Career

A native of the Bronx

The Bronx

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, Weinrib got his start in show business working with Spike Jones

Spike Jones

Mel Blanc, the voice of Bugs Bunny and other Warner Brothers cartoon characters, performed a drunken, hiccuping verse for 1942's "Clink! Clink! Another Drink"...

, then later in The Billy Barnes

Billy Barnes (composer)

Billy Barnes is a composer and lyricist from Los Angeles, California. His hit songs include " Too Long at the Fair" recorded by Barbra Streisand , and "Something Cool", recorded by jazz vocalist June Christy...

 Revue. He made guest appearances on The Dick Van Dyke Show

The Dick Van Dyke Show

The Dick Van Dyke Show is an American television sitcom that initially aired on the Columbia Broadcasting System from October 3, 1961, until June 1, 1966. The show was created by Carl Reiner and starred Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore. It was produced by Reiner with Bill Persky and Sam Denoff....

, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1959 to 1963. The series and some episode scripts were adapted from a 1951 collection of short stories of the same name, written by Max Shulman, that also inspired the 1953 film The Affairs of Dobie Gillis with Debbie...

, Burke's Law

Burke's Law

Burke's Law is a detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on CBS in the 1990s. The show starred Gene Barry as Amos Burke, millionaire captain of Los Angeles police homicide division, who was chauffeured around to solve crimes in his Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud...

 and The Munsters

The Munsters

The Munsters is a 1960s American family television sitcom depicting the home life of a family of monsters. It starred Fred Gwynne as Herman Munster and Yvonne De Carlo as his wife, Lily Munster. The series was a satire of both traditional monster movies and popular family entertainment of the era,...

.

As voice actor

Weinrib is probably best known for his voice acting work. Starting with The Jetsons

The Jetsons

The Jetsons is a animated American sitcom that was produced by Hanna-Barbera, originally airing in prime-time from 1962–1963 and again from 1985–1987...

, Weinrib provided numerous voices for such animated series as Inch High, Private Eye

Inch High, Private Eye

Inch High, Private Eye was a 1973 Saturday morning cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. The show originally ran from September 8, 1973 to August 31, 1974 on NBC Saturday morning for 13 episodes...

, The New Adventures of Batman

The New Adventures of Batman

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, Tarzan and the Super 7

Tarzan and the Super 7

Tarzan and the Super 7, was a Saturday morning cartoon series, produced by Filmation and originally airing from 1978–1980 on CBS.The show consisted of separate installments featuring seven groups of adventurers;* Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle...

, and Hong Kong Phooey

Hong Kong Phooey

Hong Kong Phooey is a 16-episode Hanna-Barbera animated series that first aired on ABC Saturday morning from to . The main character, Hong Kong Phooey, is a superhero who uses Chinese martial arts to fight crime. Hong Kong Phooey is the secret alter ego of Penrod "Penry" Pooch, a "mild-mannered"...

. He was the voice for both Roland and Ratfink in that series of cartoon shorts. He also provided the voice of Timer in the 1970s Time for Timer

Time for Timer

Time for Timer was the collective title for a short series of public service announcements broadcast on Saturday mornings on the ABC television network starting in the early 1970s. The animated spots featured Timer, a tiny cartoon character who represented the sense of "time" in the human body...

 series of educational spots shown on ABC

American Broadcasting Company

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. In Voltron: Defender of the Universe, he voiced Hunk and the villain Prince Lotor in the "Lion Voltron series" as well as Captain Newley and Cliff in the "Vehicle Voltron" series. He also voiced a secretary bird and a king lion in the animated sequence of Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Bedknobs and Broomsticks is a 1971 musical film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by Buena Vista Distribution Company which combines live action and animation and was released in North America on December 13, 1971...

. Another Disney role Weinrib voiced was an evil sorcerer

Magician (fantasy)

A magician, mage, sorcerer, sorceress, wizard, enchanter, enchantress, thaumaturge or a person known under one of many other possible terms is someone who uses or practices magic that derives from supernatural or occult sources...

 named Zorlok on a notable episode of Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears

Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears

Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears is an American animated television series that aired in the United States in the mid-1980s through the early 1990s...

.

He voiced Davey Jones' uncle Sedgwick, Shaggy's

Shaggy Rogers

Norville "Shaggy" Rogers is a fictional character from the American animated television series Scooby-Doo, about the adventures of four crime-solving teenagers and Shaggy's pet great dane, Scooby-Doo. Shaggy is a cowardly slacker more interested in eating than solving mysteries. He is the only...

 great-uncle Nathaniel, and Redbeard on The New Scooby Doo Movies and Cap'n Noah Smitty in Yogi's Ark Lark

Yogi's Ark Lark

Yogi’s Ark Lark is an animated Hanna-Barbera television movie, intended to raise ecological awareness. Broadcast in 1972, it was part of The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie and served as the pilot for Yogi's Gang.-Plot:...

. He also voiced Scrappy-Doo

Scrappy-Doo

Scrappy Cornelius Doo is a fictional Great Dane puppy created by Hanna-Barbera Productions in 1979 as the nephew of Hanna-Barbera cartoon star Scooby-Doo. Scrappy has appeared in a number of the various incarnations of the Scooby-Doo cartoon series. Lennie Weinrib provided his voice for one season...

 in the original Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo TV series before Don Messick

Don Messick

Donald Earl "Don" Messick was an American voice actor best known for his work for Hanna-Barbera. Perhaps his most well-known voice creations include Scooby-Doo, Papa Smurf, and Dr. Benton Quest....

 took over the role in future media.

Weinrib played H.R. Pufnstuf throughout the show's entire run from 1969 through 1971, and he also wrote every episode of the series. In The Krofft Supershow

The Krofft Supershow

The Krofft Supershow is a Saturday morning children's variety show, produced by Sid and Marty Krofft. It aired for two seasons from September 11, 1976 to September 2, 1978 on ABC.-Background:...

 he played the title character in Magic Mongo. He also appeared as H.R. Pufnstuf when he was a guest on The Dating Game

The Dating Game

The Dating Game is an ABC television show that first aired on December 20, 1965 and was the first of many shows created and packaged by Chuck Barris from the 1960s through the 1980s...

 in Christmas 1972 and on one episode of the TV show CHiPs

CHiPs

CHiPs is an American television drama series produced by MGM Studios that originally aired on NBC from September 15, 1977, to July 17, 1983. CHiPs followed the lives of two motorcycle police officers of the California Highway Patrol...

 in 1977. He did the voices for Moonrock and Sergeant Boulder on The Flintstone Comedy Show

The Flintstone Comedy Show (1980)

The Flintstone Comedy Show was a 90-minute Saturday morning animated series revival of The Flintstones produced by Hanna-Barbera and aired from November 22, 1980 to September 11, 1982 on NBC...

. In 1986, he was the original voice of Freddy Flintstone on The Flintstone Kids

The Flintstone Kids

The Flintstone Kids is a 30-minute animated television series spin-off of The Flintstones which followed the adventures of Fred, Barney, Wilma, and Betty as children with their pet Dino.-Premise:...

, before Scott Menville replaced him the following season. In 1991, he voiced Max the Mole on the all-star Hanna-Barbera

Hanna-Barbera

Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc. was an American animation studio that dominated North American television animation during the second half of the 20th century...

 animated series Yo Yogi!

Yo Yogi!

Yo Yogi! is an animated series first aired on NBC on Saturday mornings during the 1991-92 season. It is, to date, the last television series to feature or star Yogi Bear. It is also the last Hanna-Barbera show to premiere on NBC to this date...

.

Weinrib retired from acting in the 1990s and moved to Santiago

Santiago, Chile

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, Chile

Chile

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.

Family Guy

Family Guy

Family Guy is an American animated television series created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series centers on the Griffins, a dysfunctional family consisting of parents Peter and Lois; their children Meg, Chris, and Stewie; and their anthropomorphic pet dog Brian...

 executive producer Seth MacFarlane

Seth MacFarlane

Seth Woodbury MacFarlane is an American animator, writer, comedian, producer, actor, singer, voice actor, and director best known for creating the animated sitcoms Family Guy, American Dad! and The Cleveland Show, for which he also voices many of the shows' various characters.A native of Kent,...

, who had a reputation of parodying cartoon characters using their original voice actors on his show, had approached Weinrib with an offer to spoof his role of "Time for Timer" in the episode "Petarded

Petarded

"Petarded" is the sixth episode of Fox's fourth season of Family Guy, which originally broadcast in the United States on June 19, 2005. It was written by Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild and directed by Seth Kearsley. The episode sees Peter taking the MacArthur Fellows Program to see if he is a...

". However, Weinrib declined, stating that he failed to have a strong enough memory of Timer to reprise the role.

Weinrib's directing career consists of three feature films, all in the beach party genre

Beach Party film

Beach party movies were an American 1960s genre of feature films created by American International Pictures with their surprise 1963 hit, Beach Party, and copied by virtually every other studio...

: Beach Ball for Paramount

Paramount Pictures

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 in 1965, and Wild Wild Winter

Wild Wild Winter

Wild Wild Winter is a 1966 Universal Pictures comedy film in the beach party genre, starring Gary Clarke and Chris Noel. It is directed by standup comedian Lennie Weinrib and produced by Bart Patton and is notable for featuring Jay and the Americans and the duo of Dick and Dee Dee in their only...

 and Out of Sight

Out of Sight (1966 film)

Out of Sight is a 1966 beach party film with elements of the spy spoof. It is the third and last of a series of films geared at teenagers by director Lennie Weinrib and producer Bart Patton for Universal Pictures...

, both for Universal

Universal Pictures

-1920:* White Youth* The Flaming Disc* Am I Dreaming?* The Dragon's Net* The Adorable Savage* Putting It Over* The Line Runners-1921:* The Fire Eater* A Battle of Wits* Dream Girl* The Millionaire...

 in 1966. Weinrib alao co-wrote the popular 1963 joke book The Elephant Book.

Death

Lennie Weinrib died in a hospital near his home on June 28, 2006, after suffering a stroke

Stroke

A stroke, previously known medically as a cerebrovascular accident , is the rapidly developing loss of brain function due to disturbance in the blood supply to the brain. This can be due to ischemia caused by blockage , or a hemorrhage...

.

Personal

His elder daughter Linda Weinrib and grandchildren Lauren Bendik and Steven Bendik are voice actors.

His younger daughter Heidi Weinrib has performed as part of the ensemble cast of Rojo de Chile, a Chilean talent competition broadcast by Television Nacional de Chile.

Animation

• Buford and the Galloping Ghost
  Buford and the Galloping Ghost
  Buford and the Galloping Ghost was a 30-minute Saturday morning animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions which aired on NBC from February 3, 1979 to September 1, 1979 on NBC...
  
   - Additional Voices
• CB Bears
  CB Bears
  CB Bears was a 60-minute Saturday morning cartoon program block produced by Hanna-Barbera which aired on NBC from September 10 to December 3, 1977...
  
   - King, Rattle, Yukayuka
• Dynomutt, Dog Wonder
  Dynomutt, Dog Wonder
  Dynomutt, Dog Wonder is an American animated television series produced for Saturday mornings by Hanna-Barbera about a Batman-esque super hero, the Blue Falcon and his assistant, a bumbling yet generally effective robot dog Dynomutt, who could produce a seemingly infinite number of mechanical...
  
   - Additional Voices
• Galaxy Goof-Ups
  Galaxy Goof-Ups
  Galaxy Goof-Ups was a half-hour Saturday morning animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions which aired on NBC from September 9, 1978 to September 1, 1979...
  
   - Additional Voices
• Hong Kong Phooey
  Hong Kong Phooey
  Hong Kong Phooey is a 16-episode Hanna-Barbera animated series that first aired on ABC Saturday morning from to . The main character, Hong Kong Phooey, is a superhero who uses Chinese martial arts to fight crime. Hong Kong Phooey is the secret alter ego of Penrod "Penry" Pooch, a "mild-mannered"...
  
   - Additional Voices
• Inch High, Private Eye
  Inch High, Private Eye
  Inch High, Private Eye was a 1973 Saturday morning cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. The show originally ran from September 8, 1973 to August 31, 1974 on NBC Saturday morning for 13 episodes...
  
   - Inch High
• Jabberjaw
  Jabberjaw
  Jabberjaw is a 30-minute Saturday morning animated series created by Joe Ruby and Ken Spears and produced by Hanna-Barbera and aired from September 11, 1976 to September 3, 1978 on ABC.-Premise:...
  
   - Additional Voices
• Kissyfur
  Kissyfur
  Kissyfur is a 1980s animated children's television series which aired on NBC. It was produced by Jean Chalopin & Andy Heyward and created by Phil Mendez for DIC. The series was based on a half-hour NBC prime-time special called Kissyfur: Bear Roots and was followed by three more specials until...
  
   - Charles, Lennie
• My Little Pony and Friends - Additional Voices
• Pac-Man
  Pac-Man (TV series)
  Pac-Man is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera based on the video game Pac-Man by Namco, which premiered on ABC and ran from 1982 to 1983. During the first airing of the show, the large number of advertisers sponsoring it caused commercial breaks to be double their normal length...
  
   - Additional Voices
• Rambo and the Forces of Freedom
  Rambo and the Forces of Freedom
  Rambo: The Force of Freedom is an animated series based on the character of John Rambo, from David Morrell's book First Blood, and the subsequent films First Blood and Rambo: First Blood Part II and adapted for television by story editor/head writer Michael Chain. The cartoon ran for 65 episodes,...
  
   - Gripper
• Scooby and Scrappy-Doo - Scrappy-Doo
• Space Stars
  Space Stars
  Space Stars is a 1981 NBC Saturday morning cartoon created by Hanna-Barbera which ran from 1981-1982.-Format:Space Stars ran four cartoon segments each week: Space Ghost, The Herculoids, Teen Force, and Astro and the Space Mutts. The cartoons would occasionally cross-over into one another...
  
   - Dipper
• The Addams Family
  The Addams Family (1973 animated series)
  The Addams Family is an animated adaptation of the Charles Addams cartoons produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions in 1973.-Scooby-Doo appearance:...
  
   - Gomez Addams
• The Adventures of Don Coyote and Sancho Panda - Additional Voices
• The All-New Popeye Hour
  The All-New Popeye Hour
  The All-New Popeye Hour is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and King Features Syndicate. Starring the popular comic strip character Popeye, the series aired from 1978 to 1983 on CBS.-Production:...
  
   - Additional Voices
• The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan
  The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan
  The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan The voice of Mr...
  
   - Stanley Chan
• The Most Important Person
  The Most Important Person
  The Most Important Person was an animation/live action series of over 60 short subjects of important topics in the lives of children. Produced in 1972 by Sutherland Learning Associates, these shorts were seen as part of CBS's Captain Kangaroo program. These shorts were later syndicated to local...
  
  "- Various Voices
• The Flintstone Comedy Hour
  The Flintstone Comedy Hour
  The Flintstone Comedy Hour is a one-hour Saturday morning cartoon anthology series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. The program originally aired on CBS as an hour-long show from September 9, 1972 to September 1, 1973 on CBS...
  
   - Announcer, Moonrock
• The Flintstone Comedy Show
  The Flintstone Comedy Show (1980)
  The Flintstone Comedy Show was a 90-minute Saturday morning animated series revival of The Flintstones produced by Hanna-Barbera and aired from November 22, 1980 to September 11, 1982 on NBC...
  
   - Moonrock, Sgt. Boulder
• The Flintstone Kids
  The Flintstone Kids
  The Flintstone Kids is a 30-minute animated television series spin-off of The Flintstones which followed the adventures of Fred, Barney, Wilma, and Betty as children with their pet Dino.-Premise:...
  
   - Fred Flintstone (1986-1987), Commissioner
• The Great Grape Ape Show
  The Great Grape Ape Show
  The Great Grape Ape Show is a Saturday morning cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions that was broadcast on ABC from 1975 to 1978.-Summary:...
  
   - Additional Voices
• The Jetsons
  The Jetsons
  The Jetsons is a animated American sitcom that was produced by Hanna-Barbera, originally airing in prime-time from 1962–1963 and again from 1985–1987...
  
   - Additional Voices (1985)
• The Kwicky Koala Show
  The Kwicky Koala Show
  The Kwicky Koala Show is a Saturday morning cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera in 1981 for CBS. The TV program is notable for being among cartoon director Tex Avery's final works...
  
   - Additional Voices
• The Little Rascals
  The Little Rascals (animated TV series)
  The Little Rascals was a 1982-1984 Saturday morning cartoon series produced jointly by Hanna-Barbera Productions and King World, and broadcast on ABC...
  
   - Additional Voices
• The Mumbly Cartoon Show - Additional Voices
• The New Adventures of Batman
  The New Adventures of Batman
  The New Adventures of Batman is an animated series produced by Filmation in 1977 featuring the DC Comics superheroes Batman and Robin, and Batgirl. The current distributor is Warner Bros. Television due to parent company Warner Bros's ownership of DC Comics, which publishes the Batman titles...
  
   - Joker
  Joker (comics)
  The Joker is a fictional character, a comic book supervillain published by DC Comics. He is the archenemy of Batman, having been directly responsible for numerous tragedies in Batman's life, including the paralysis of Barbara Gordon and the death of Jason Todd, the second Robin...
  
  , Clayface
  Clayface
  Clayface is an alias used by several DC Comics fictional characters, most of them possessing claylike bodies and shape-shifting abilities. All of them have been enemies of Batman.-Publication history:...
  
  , Mr. Freeze
  Mr. Freeze
  Mr. Freeze, real name Dr. Victor Fries , is a DC Comics supervillain, an enemy of Batman. Created by Bob Kane, he first appeared in Batman #121 ....
  
  , Chameleon, Moonman, Professor Bubbles, Sweet Tooth, Zarbor
• The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show - Additional Voices
• The New Scooby-Doo Movies
  The New Scooby-Doo Movies
  The New Scooby-Doo Movies is the second incarnation of the Hanna-Barbera Saturday morning cartoon Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!. It premiered on September 9, 1972 and ran for two seasons on CBS as the only hour-long Scooby-Doo series...
  
   - Additional Voices
• The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show
  The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show
  The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show is a 30-minute Saturday morning animated series spin-off of The Flintstones produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, which ran for 16 half-hour episodes from September 11, 1971, to September 2, 1972, and four 8-minute episodes from September 9, 1972, to September 1,...
  
   - Bronto, Moonrock
• The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show
  The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show
  The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show is an animated television series produced by Ruby-Spears Productions from 1979 to 1981; it was shown right after Super Friends on the ABC Network. It featured various adventures of the DC Comics superhero Plastic Man...
  
   - Additional Voices
• The Scooby-Doo Show - Additional Voices
• The Scooby & Scrappy-Doo/Puppy Hour
  The Scooby & Scrappy-Doo/Puppy Hour
  The Scooby & Scrappy-Doo/Puppy Hour was a 60-minute package show, a Hanna-Barbera/Ruby-Spears co-production in 1982 for ABC Saturday mornings...
  
   - Additional Voices
• The Smurfs
  The Smurfs
  The Smurfs is a comic and television franchise centred on a group of small blue fictional creatures called Smurfs, created and first introduced as a series of comic strips by the Belgian cartoonist Peyo on October 23, 1958...
  
  -Bigmouth
• The Super Globetrotters
  The Super Globetrotters
  The Super Globetrotters is an American Saturday morning cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for NBC. It premiered on September 22, 1979 and ran for 13 episodes.It was a spin-off series from Hanna-Barbera's Harlem Globetrotters....
  
   - Additional Voices
• The Tom and Jerry Show - Additional Voices
• These Are the Days - Additional Voices
• Uncle Croc's Block
  Uncle Croc's Block
  Uncle Croc's Block was a short-lived, hour-long live-action/animated series on ABC, produced by Filmation Associates.-History:A spoof of kid shows, Charles Nelson Reilly played the titular Uncle Croc, who hated his job as the show's host. Also featured were Alfie Wise as his sidekick Mr...
  
   - Billy the Kit, Captain Eddie Cattenbakker, Captain Kitt, Jasper Catdaver, Kitty Wizard, Sir Walter Cat ("Fraidy Cat" segments)
• Voltron
  Voltron
  Voltron is the titular super robot of an anime series that features a team of young pilots, known as the Voltron Force. The team’s individual vehicles join together to form the giant super robot, with which they defend the galaxy from evil...
  
   - Hunk Garrett, Prince Lotor (Lion Force series); Cliff, Captain Newley (Vehicle Force series)
• Wait Till Your Father Gets Home
  Wait Till Your Father Gets Home
  Wait Till Your Father Gets Home was an animated sitcom produced by Hanna-Barbera that aired in first-run syndication in the United States from 1972 to 1974...
  
   - Chet Boyle
• Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch
  Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch
  Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch is a 30-minute cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera which aired for one season on NBC from September 7, 1974 to August 30, 1975...
  
   - Hi-Riser
• Yo Yogi!
  Yo Yogi!
  Yo Yogi! is an animated series first aired on NBC on Saturday mornings during the 1991-92 season. It is, to date, the last television series to feature or star Yogi Bear. It is also the last Hanna-Barbera show to premiere on NBC to this date...
  
   - Max the Mole
• Yogi's Gang
  Yogi's Gang
  Yogi's Gang is a 30-minute animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera which aired 16 half-hour episodes on ABC from , to . The show began as Yogi's Ark Lark, a special TV movie on The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie in 1972...
  
   - Smokestack Smog
• Yogi's Space Race
  Yogi's Space Race
  Yogi's Space Race was a 90-minute Saturday morning cartoon program block produced by Hanna-Barbera from September 9 to December 2, 1978 for NBC. The show also appeared on BBC in the United Kingdom...
  
   - Additional Voices
• Yogi's Treasure Hunt
  Yogi's Treasure Hunt
  Yogi's Treasure Hunt is a segment that kicked-off in 1985 as the first of the programming block, The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera. It also ran as a regular series in syndication from 1985 to 1988.-Plot:...
  
   - Additional Voices

Live-Action Roles

• H.R. Pufnstuf
  H.R. Pufnstuf
  H.R. Pufnstuf was a children's television series produced by Sid and Marty Krofft in the United States. It was the first Krofft live-action, life-size puppet program. The seventeen episodes were originally broadcast September 6, 1969 to September 4, 1971...
  
   - Voices of H.R. Pufnstuf, Bela Lugosi
  Béla Lugosi
  Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó , commonly known as Bela Lugosi, was a Hungarian actor of stage and screen. He was best known for having played Count Dracula in the Broadway play and subsequent film version, as well as having starred in several of Ed Wood's low budget films in the last years of his...
  
   Tree, Dr. Blinky's Talking Book, Orson Vulture, Polka Dotted Horse, Stupid Bat, Pop Lolly, West Wind
• Lidsville
  Lidsville
  Lidsville was Sid and Marty Krofft's third television show following H.R. Pufnstuf and The Bugaloos . As did its predecessors, the series combined two types of characters: conventional actors in makeup filmed alongside performers in full mascot costumes, whose voices were dubbed in post-production...
  
   - Voices of Admiral Scuttlebutt, Bela the Vampire's Cowl, Big Chief Sitting Duck, Boris the Executioner's Hood, Hiram the Farmer's Hat, Hoo Doo's Parrot, Raunchy Rabbit, Jack of Clubs
• The Krofft Supershow
  The Krofft Supershow
  The Krofft Supershow is a Saturday morning children's variety show, produced by Sid and Marty Krofft. It aired for two seasons from September 11, 1976 to September 2, 1978 on ABC.-Background:...
  
   - Magic Mongo
• The Krofft Superstar Hour
  The Krofft Superstar Hour
  The Krofft Superstar Hour is a Saturday morning children's variety show, produced by Sid and Marty Krofft. After eight episodes, the show was renamed The Bay City Rollers Show. It aired for one season from September 9, 1978 to November 28, 1979 on NBC.-Background:The show is essentially a...
  
   - Voices of H.R. Pufnstuf, Orson Vulture, Stupid Bat
• The Skatebirds
  The Skatebirds
  The Skatebirds was a 60-minute show on CBS Saturday mornings from 1977-78, produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. The show featured four short segments hosted by live-action wraparounds featuring "The Skatebirds", three large birds played by actors in costumes.The Skatebirds, so-called because they...
  
   - Voice of Knock-Knock the Woodpecker ("Skatebirds" segment)

Film Roles

• Bedknobs and Broomsticks
  Bedknobs and Broomsticks
  Bedknobs and Broomsticks is a 1971 musical film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by Buena Vista Distribution Company which combines live action and animation and was released in North America on December 13, 1971...
  
   - King Lion, Secretary Bird
• It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
  It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
  It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World is a 1963 American comedy film produced and directed by Stanley Kramer about the madcap pursuit of $350,000 in stolen cash by a diverse and colorful group of strangers...
  
   - Police Radio Voices
• Rikki-Tikki-Tavi - Darzee the Tailorbird
• Yogi's Ark Lark
  Yogi's Ark Lark
  Yogi’s Ark Lark is an animated Hanna-Barbera television movie, intended to raise ecological awareness. Broadcast in 1972, it was part of The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie and served as the pilot for Yogi's Gang.-Plot:...
  
   - Cap'n Noah Smitty

Commercial Roles

• McDonald's
  McDonald's
  McDonald's Corporation is the world's largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants, serving around 64 million customers daily in 119 countries. Headquartered in the United States, the company began in 1940 as a barbecue restaurant operated by the eponymous Richard and Maurice McDonald; in 1948...
  
   McDonaldland
  McDonaldland
  McDonaldland was a fantasy world used in the marketing for McDonald's restaurants. It was based on the "total concept and feel" of Sid and Marty Krofft's H.R. Pufnstuf television program. McDonaldland was inhabited by Ronald McDonald and other characters...
  
   Commercials - Captain Crook (voice)
• Time for Timer
  Time for Timer
  Time for Timer was the collective title for a short series of public service announcements broadcast on Saturday mornings on the ABC television network starting in the early 1970s. The animated spots featured Timer, a tiny cartoon character who represented the sense of "time" in the human body...
  
   - Timer

External links

• LA Times obituary