| Henry Corden | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 6, 1920 Montreal, Quebec Canada |
| Died | May 19, 2005 (aged 85) Los Angeles, California United States |
Henry Corden (January 6, 1920 – May 19, 2005) was an American actor and voice artist best-known for taking over the role of Fred Flintstone on The Flintstones after Alan Reed died in 1977. Events 1066 - Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. 1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Events 1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships 110 men and Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 1066 - Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. 1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Events 1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships 110 men and Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Voice acting is the art of providing voices for animated characters (including those in feature films television series animated shorts and Video games) and Frederick J "Fred" Flintstone is a Fictional character who originated in the animated Sitcom The Flintstones on The Flintstones is an animated American television sitcom that ran from 1960 to 1966 on ABC. Alan Reed ( August 20, 1907 – June 14, 1977) was an American actor and Voice artist, best known as the original voice Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays His official debut as Fred's new voice was on the 1977 syndicated weekday series Fred Flintstone and Friends for which he provided voice-overs on brief bumper clips shown in-between segments. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Fred Flintstone and Friends was a 30-minute weekday animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions which aired in syndication beginning (He also provided the singing voice for Reed in the 1966 theatrical film, The Man Called Flintstone). Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. The Man Called Flintstone is an American animated musical Film produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and released in
Career
Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Corden moved to New York as a child and arrived in Hollywood in the 1940s. Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949 Events and trends The 1940s was a period between the radical 1930s and the conservative 1950s which also leads the period to be
Corden gave his voice to a number of other Hanna-Barbera productions, including The Jetsons, Josie and the Pussycats, The Atom Ant Show, The New Tom & Jerry Show and Jonny Quest. The Jetsons is a prime-time animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. Josie and the Pussycats was an American Animated television series produced for Saturday morning television by Hanna-Barbera Productions Atom Ant is a Cartoon Ant and Superhero, created by Hanna-Barbera in 1965 Tom and Jerry is a series of theatrical Short subjects (cartoons created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Jonny Quest (often referred to as The Adventures of Jonny Quest) is a Science fiction / Adventure animated television series Corden also gave voice to the wizard Gemini and Ookla the Mokk in Ruby-Spears Productions' Thundarr the Barbarian as well as the Gorilla General Urko in DePatie-Freleng Enterprises' Return to the Planet of the Apes. Ruby-Spears Productions (also known as Ruby-Spears Enterprises) is a Burbank, California -based Entertainment Production company that Thundarr the Barbarian was a Saturday morning Animated television series, created by Joe Ruby and produced by Ruby-Spears Productions DePatie-Freleng Enterprises (DFE was a Hollywood-based American animated production company active from 1963 to 1981 Return to the Planet of the Apes is a short-lived animated series by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises in association with 20th Century Fox Television
With his deep voice, jet-black hair and ethnic looks, Corden was frequently tapped to play heavies in films and on television. He can be seen in such live-action films as The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, The Black Castle and The Ten Commandments. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1939 is a short story by James Thurber. The Black Castle is a Mystery film, released by Universal Pictures in 1952. The Ten Commandments is a 1956 motion picture that Dramatized the Biblical story of Moses, an adopted Egyptian He also appeared in dozens of TV shows, including Dragnet, Perry Mason, Hogan's Heroes, and Gunsmoke. Dragnet, aka LA Dragnet (new title in USA is a long-running radio and television Police procedural drama about the cases of a dedicated Perry Mason is an Emmy -winning American TV series that ran from 1957 to 1966. Hogan's Heroes is a American Television Situation comedy that ran for 168 episodes from September 17, 1965, to July 4 Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston Corden also played landlord Henry Babbitt on The Monkees. For the group's self-titled album see The Monkees (album. For the TV series see The Monkees (TV series.
Corden had one enduring role for which he was never credited. He was called upon to impersonate Jackie Gleason for the "television edit" of Smokey and the Bandit[1] The repeated broadcasts of this version, the liberal use of the nonsense phrase "scum bum" to replace profanity, and the fact that it obviously was not Gleason speaking have given the performance a sort of cult status. Smokey and the Bandit is a 1977 movie starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, Pat McCormick A cult following is a group of fans devoted to a specific area of Pop culture.
Death
Corden died of emphysema at age 85 at AMI Encino Hospital in Los Angeles, California. Emphysema is a chronic obstructive Pulmonary disease ( COPD) formerly termed a chronic obstructive Lung disease (COLD Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Corden's wife of nine years, Angelina, was with him at the time. Besides his wife, Corden is survived by two children, three stepchildren, two grandchildren, and three step-grandchildren.
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