''The Beary Family'' (also known as ''The Beary's Family Album'') is an American
animated series
An animated series is a set of animated works with a common series title, usually related to one another. These episodes should typically share the same main characters, some different secondary characters and a basic theme. Series can have eith ...
and
cartoon animal theatrical series made by
Walter Lantz Studios
Walter Lantz Productions was an American animation studio. It was in operation from 1928 to 1972 and was the principal supplier of animation for Universal Studios.
The studio was originally formed as Universal Cartoon Studios on the initiative ...
. Twenty eight shorts were made from 1962 to 1972, when the studio closed. The series was about Charlie Beary, the incompetent family man, his nagging wife Bessie, their well-meaning but half-witted teenage son Junior and their younger daughter Suzy, who later got a pet goose who never gets along with Charlie.
Voice actors
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Paul Frees
Solomon Hersh "Paul" Frees (June 22, 1920November 2, 1986) was an American actor, comedian, impressionist, and vaudevillian. He is known for his work on Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Walter Lantz, Rankin/Bass, and Walt Disney theatrical cartoons during ...
– Charlie and Junior Beary
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Grace Stafford – Bessie and Suzy Beary
* Nancy Wible – Suzy Beary ("Fowled-Up Birthday")
Filmography
* "Fowled-Up Birthday" (1962-04-09)
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* "Mother's Little Helper" (1962-06-18)
* "Charlie's Mother-In-Law" (1963-04-12)
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* "Goose in the Rough" (1963-08-02)
* "Goose is Wild" (1963-10-25)
* "Rah Rah Ruckus" (1964-06-05)
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* "Roof Top Razzle-Dazzle" (1964-10-09)
* "Guest Who?" (1965-05-01)
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* "Davey Cricket" (1965-07-17)
* "Foot Brawl" (1966-01-29)
*"Window Pains" (1967-02-25)
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*"Mouse in the House" (1967-06-19)
*"Jerky Turkey" (1968-01-29)
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*"Paste Makes Waste" (1968-07-15)
*"Bugged in a Rug" (1968-08-26)
*"Gopher Broke" (1969-02-10)
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*"Charlie's Campout" (1969-07-28)
*"Cool it Charlie" (1969-09-29)
*"Charlie in Hot Water" (1970-02-09)
*"Charlie's Golf Classic" (1970-05-11)
*"The Unhandy Man" (1970-09-14)
*"Charlie the Rain Maker" (1971-02-22)
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*"The Bungling Builder" (1971-06-28)
*"Moochin Pooch" (1971-12-13)
*"Let Charlie Do It" (1972-02-14)
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*"A Fish Story" (1972-03-27)
*"Rain, Rain, Go Away" (1972-05-29)
*"Unlucky Potluck" (1972-09-11)
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See also
* Walter Lantz
Walter Lantz (April 27, 1899 – March 22, 1994) was an American cartoonist, animator, producer and director best known for founding Walter Lantz Productions and creating Woody Woodpecker.
Biography
Early years and start in animation
Lant ...
* Walter Lantz Productions
Walter Lantz Productions was an American animation studio. It was in operation from 1928 to 1972 and was the principal supplier of animation for Universal Studios.
The studio was originally formed as Universal Cartoon Studios on the initiative o ...
* List of Walter Lantz cartoon characters
The following is a list of cartoon characters produced by Walter Lantz Productions:
:* Andy Panda (1939, anthropomorphic panda)
::* Charlie Chicken (1942, anthropomorphic chicken)
::* Milo (1945, anthropomorphic dog)
::* Miranda Panda (1949, an ...
* Woody Woodpecker
Woody Woodpecker is an animated character that appeared in theatrical short films produced by the Walter Lantz Studio and distributed by Universal Studios between 1940 and 1972.
Woody, an anthropomorphic woodpecker, was created in 1940 by ...
* Andy Panda
* Chilly Willy
Chilly Willy is a cartoon character, a diminutive penguin. He was created by director Paul Smith for the Walter Lantz studio in 1953, and developed further by Tex Avery in the two subsequent films following Smith's debut entry. The character ...
References
External links
The Beary Family profile
The Walter Lantz-o-Pedia
Walter Lantz Productions cartoons @ BCDB.com
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Animated films about bears
Animated films about families
Fictional anthropomorphic characters
Universal Pictures cartoons and characters
Walter Lantz Productions shorts
Walter Lantz Productions cartoons and characters
Film characters introduced in 1962