Marty Grabstein (born November 28, 1954) is an American actor, best known for voicing

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in '' Courage the Cowardly Dog''.

Career

Grabstein's career has included work in films, television series, live sketch comedy, theater and commercials. Grabstein’s film credits include ''Bury The Evidence'' and ''Apartment #5C''. His television credits include parts on three ''

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'' series, '' Third Watch'', and '' Conviction.'' In addition to roles in several theater productions, Grabstein co-wrote and co-starred with Rick Mowat for their sketch comedy act Lab Rats, which performed to rave reviews in comedy clubs throughout New York City. For instance, as The Lab Rats they were regular performers in Joel Selmeier's ''One Minute Play Contest'' about which John Heilpern, in a review in the New York Observer, wrote "one brilliant sketch (created and performed by two lunatics, Marty Grabstein and Rick Mowat) had me on the floor with laughter. Entitled ''Long Fuse,'' it had just two lines of dialogue: "You got the dynamite?" There followed a pause, somewhat confused, for 58 seconds. A second man then answered, "No." That was it! But there were more possibilities for infectious laughter in the mad silence that followed the surprise absurdest question - "You got the dynamite?" - than reams of dialogue could have provided. We must watch out for the comedy team of Mr. Grabstein and Mr. Mowat." During the years they performed in that show they regularly arrived with new material. Grabstein is well-known for doing the voice of the titular character in the

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animated series '' Courage the Cowardly Dog''. Grabstein used a combination of paranoia and panic to make the voice of Courage authentic. In the first season of the cartoon, he actually said many spoken words as Courage. However, for the rest of the series, Grabstein did almost all of the character's dialogue by gibberish and mumbling because the show's producers felt that Courage "talked too much" and wanted the dog to be more laconic. Grabstein reprised his role as Courage for the TV special, ''

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,'' and the crossover movie, '' Straight Outta Nowhere: Scooby-Doo! Meets Courage the Cowardly Dog.''

Personal life

Marty's father, Danny was owner of the well known Grabstein's Deli in Canarsie, Brooklyn and his mother, Edna (née Bine) was a talented singer who once sang Cabaret at Don't Tell Mama's in New York City. Grabstein currently lives in New Jersey with his wife Nancy and sons Matthew and Daniel.

Filmography

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'' (TV series; 1997, 2000, 2003) - Ackerman, Bob, Shlomo Fineberg (live-action) (3 episodes) *''Bury the Evidence'' (film; 1998) - The Nervous Man (live-action) *'' Courage the Cowardly Dog'' (TV series; 1999–2002) - Courage the Dog (voice) (52 episodes) *''

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'' (TV series 2002) - Pomerantz (live-action) (1 episode) *''Dead Air'' (short; 2002) - Additional voices *''Apartment #5C'' (film; 2002) - Restaurant owner (live-action) *''Manhattan's Best Friend'' (short; 2003) - Additional voices *'' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' (TV series; 2003) - Ronny Ickles (live-action) (1 episode) *'' Third Watch'' (TV series; 2004) - Ted (live-action) (1 episode) *'' Wonder Showzen'' (TV series; 2005) - Singing Chest (live-action) (1 episode) *'' Cartoon Network Racing'' (video game; 2006) - Courage the Dog (voice) *'' Conviction'' (TV series; 2006) - Saul Mincheff (live-action) (1 episode) *''Hanging Plant'' (short; 2009) - Plant guy (live-action) *'' FusionFall'' (video game; 2009) - Courage the Dog (voice) *''Cartoon Network 20th Anniversary'' (TV movie; 2012) - Courage the Dog (voice) *''The Fog of Courage'' (CGI short; 2014) - Courage the Dog (voice) *''A Cat's Tale'' (film; 2015) - Rob (live-action) * '' Straight Outta Nowhere: Scooby-Doo! Meets Courage the Cowardly Dog'' (film; 2021) - Courage the Dog, Mr. McGill/Clown (voice)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Grabstein, Marty 1954 births Living people American male film actors American male television actors American male voice actors Male actors from New York City Place of birth missing (living people)