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TaleSpin
''TaleSpin'' is an American animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. It first aired in 1990 as a preview-run on The Disney Channel before beginning its main run in syndication later that year as part of the programming block The Disney Afternoon. It features anthropomorphized versions of characters adapted from Disney's 1967 animated feature '' The Jungle Book'', which was theatrically re-released in the summer before this show premiered in the fall, notably Baloo the Bear, Louie the orangutan, and Shere Khan the tiger, along with new characters created for the show. The name of the show is a play on " tailspin", the rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral, and on the fact that ''tale'' is another word for "story". The show is one of nine ''Disney Afternoon'' shows to use established Disney characters as the main characters, with the other eight being '' Darkwing Duck'', ''DuckTales'', '' Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers'', ''Goof Troop'', ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sally Struthers
Sally Anne Struthers (born July 28, 1947) is an American actress and activist. She played Gloria Stivic, the daughter of Archie Bunker, Archie and Edith Bunker in ''All in the Family'', for which she won two Emmy Awards, and Babette on ''Gilmore Girls''. She was also the voice of Charlene Sinclair on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC sitcom ''Dinosaurs (TV series), Dinosaurs'', Pebbles Flintstone on ''The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show'', and Rebecca Cunningham on the Disney animated series ''TaleSpin''. Early life Sally Anne Struthers was born on July 28, 1947, in Portland, Oregon, the second of two daughters born to Margaret Caroline (née Jernes) and Robert Alden Struthers, a surgeon. She has an older sister, Sue. Her maternal grandparents were Norwegian immigrants. Her father abandoned the family when Struthers was approximately nine years old, after which she was raised by her single mother in the Concordia, Portland, Oregon, Concordia neighborhood of northeast Portland, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Gilbert
Ed Gilbert (born Edmund Francis Giesbert, June 29, 1931 – May 8, 1999) was an American actor, with extensive credits in both live-action roles and voice work in animation, although he was better known for the latter. He is also credited, under his birth name, with research in entomology and the discovery of new beetle species. He was known for voicing Baloo in '' TaleSpin''. Early life and education Gilbert was born in Chicago to Edmund Wilhelm Giesbert (1893-1971) and Frances Amelia Proudfoot (1895-1986). Gilbert graduated from the University of Chicago and fought in the Korean War. Career During the 1960s, Gilbert appeared on television series such as '' The Gallant Men'', '' Combat!'', '' The Rogues'', and '' Mannix''. In 1966, he guest starred as Robert Cramer on four episodes of '' Ben Casey''. He is known for his role as Fenton Hardy on the 1970s television series '' The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries''. Gilbert provided the voices of Superion, Thrust and Blitzwing in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Jay
Tony Jay (2 February 1933 – 13 August 2006) was a British actor. A former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, he was known for his voice work in radio, animation, film, and video games. Jay was particularly noted for his distinctive raspy baritone voice, which often led to him being cast in villainous or authoritative roles. His voice acting roles included Claude Frollo in Disney's '' The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' (1996), Megabyte in '' ReBoot'' (1994–2001), Shere Khan in '' The Jungle Book 2'' (replacing George Sanders, who played the character in the original film), the TV series '' TaleSpin'', and the Elder God (plus various other roles) in the '' Legacy of Kain'' series of video games. Jay also made many distinguished on-screen appearances, including the role of Nigel St John on '' Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman'' (1993–1995). He further made guest appearances on programs including ''The Golden Girls'' in 1987, ''Twin Peaks'' in 1990 to 1991, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Cummings
James Jonah Cummings (born November 3, 1952) is an American voice actor. Beginning his career in the 1980s, he has appeared in over 400 titles. Cummings has frequently worked with the Walt Disney Company and Warner Bros., serving as the official voice of Winnie the Pooh since 1988, Tigger since 1989, the Tasmanian Devil since 1991, and Pete since 1992. Other notable roles include Fat Cat and Monterey Jack on '' Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers'' (1989–1990), the title character on '' Darkwing Duck'' (1991–1992), Dr. Julian Robotnik on ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' (1993–1994), Kaa on '' Jungle Cubs'' (1996–1998) and '' The Jungle Book 2'' (2003), Cat on '' CatDog'' (1998–2005), and Ray in '' The Princess and the Frog'' (2009). Early life James Jonah Cummings was born in Youngstown, Ohio on November 3, 1952, Cummings attended Immaculate Conception and St. Columba grade schools as well as Ursuline High School and graduated from there in 1970. Upon his graduation from hig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Fraley
Pat Fraley is an American voice actor and voice-over teacher, known as the voice of Krang, Casey Jones, Baxter Stockman and numerous other characters in the 1987 ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' animated television series and voiced Falcon in the 2003 '' Stuart Little'' animated television series. Fraley is also a member of Voice and Speech Trainers of America. Career His first role was in 1979, in Hanna-Barbera's '' Scooby Goes Hollywood'' where he supplied additional voices. In 1985, he voiced Ace on '' G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'' and Hillbilly Jim on '' Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling''. He played Slick the Turtle on ABC's '' The Littles''. He later did the voices of Coach Frogface and Sludge on '' Galaxy High School''. In the 1980s and 1990s he appeared in guest roles on animated series such as '' Denver, the Last Dinosaur'', '' Garfield and Friends'', '' The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat'', '' Little Clowns of Happytown'', '' The New Yogi Bear Show'', '' Filma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Paulsen
Robert Frederick Paulsen III (born March 11, 1956) is an American voice actor and voice director, known for his roles in numerous animated television series and films. He received a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program and three Annie Awards for his role as both Yakko, Wakko, and Dot, Yakko and Pinky in the ''Animaniacs'' franchise. His other voice roles include: Hadji in ''The New Adventures of Jonny Quest'' (1986–1987) and ''The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest'' (1996–1997); Raphael (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Raphael in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series), ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' (1987–1996); P.J. Pete in ''Goof Troop'' (1992), ''A Goofy Movie'' (1995), and ''An Extremely Goofy Movie'' (2000); List of Disney's Cinderella characters#Jaq and Gus, Jaq in ''Cinderella II: Dreams Come True'' (2002) and ''Cinderella III: A Twist in Time'' (2007); and Goofy Gophers, Mac in ''The Looney Tunes Show'' (2011–2013) and ''Looney T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jymn Magon
Jymn Magon (; born December 7, 1949) is an American television and film writer. He was born in Detroit, Michigan. He spent 17 years at Walt Disney Studios, first producing children's records, then later moving to Disney Television Animation. He created, story edited, and wrote on such shows as '' Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears'', ''DuckTales'', '' Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers'', ''TaleSpin'', '' Darkwing Duck'', ''Goof Troop'', '' Quack Pack'' and ''The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh''. In 1993 he began a freelance career, writing and story editing for numerous studios. His TV and film projects include '' A Goofy Movie'', ''Make Way for Noddy'', '' Casper: A Spirited Beginning'', '' Casper Meets Wendy'', ''Archie's Weird Mysteries'' and '' All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series''. He also writes for ads, stage, books, and comics. He also wrote three of the episodes for '' Sitting Ducks'': "Feather Island/King of the Bongos", "Holding Pen 13/Daredevill Ducks" and "Iced Duc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Zaslove
Mark Zaslove (born June 7, 1959) is an American television and film writer, director and producer and novelist, in live-action and animation. He has won two Emmy Awards and the Humanitas Prize. He has created a wide range of content from the children's show "The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" to his action thriller novel “Death and Taxes.” Early life and education Zaslove is the son of the late animator Alan Zaslove. Born in Los Angeles, California, he was the third-youngest member of the Magic Castle in 1976-77, as part of Dick and Diana Zimmerman's Junior Magicians Group. He attended U.C. Berkeley to study astrophysics but left the program after two years, staying in the Bay Area for two more years while writing his first (unpublished) novel, “Travail.” Career Returning to Santa Monica in 1981, Zaslove worked as a trainer at a fitness center while trying his hand at short fiction and screenplays. He joined LFP, Inc. in 1983, writing short fiction, and became Senior ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Jungle Book (1967 Film)
''The Jungle Book'' is a 1967 American animated Musical film, musical adventure film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, Walt Disney Productions and released by Buena Vista Distribution. Based very loosely on the "Mowgli" stories from Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book, 1894 book of the same name, it is the final animated feature film to be produced by Walt Disney, who died during its production. It was directed by Wolfgang Reitherman and written by Larry Clemmons, Ralph Wright, Ken Anderson (animator), Ken Anderson, and Vance Gerry. Featuring the voices of Phil Harris, Sebastian Cabot (actor), Sebastian Cabot, Louis Prima, George Sanders, and Sterling Holloway, the film's plot follows Mowgli, a feral child raised in the Indian jungle by wolves, as his friends, Bagheera the panther and Baloo the bear, try to convince him to leave the jungle before the ruthless tiger Shere Khan arrives. The early versions of both the screenplay and the soundtrack followed Kipling's work mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorenzo Music
Gerald David "Lorenzo" Music (May 2, 1937 – August 4, 2001) was an American actor, composer, musician, performer, writer and producer. Music began his career in the 1960s with his wife, Henrietta, forming the comedy duo Gerald and His Hen. He then became a writer and a regular performer on the controversial CBS variety show ''The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour''. In the 1970s, Music co-created the sitcom '' The Bob Newhart Show'' with David Davis and composed its theme music with his wife. He also wrote episodes for ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' and '' Rhoda'', and got a major voiceover role for playing the unseen, but often heard, Carlton the Doorman in ''Rhoda''. Music gained fame in the 1980s for voicing Jim Davis' comic strip character Garfield in twelve animated specials, and later an animated series, video games, and commercials. His distinctive drawling voice of Garfield was later emulated by other actors following his death in 2001. Early life and career Gerald Davi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Adler
Charles Michael Adler (born October 2, 1956) is an American voice actor and voice director. He is known for his roles as Buster Bunny on ''Tiny Toon Adventures'', the Bigheads on ''Rocko's Modern Life'', Ickis on ''Aaahh!!! Real Monsters'', Doctor Doom, Wrecker, Sabertooth and others in ''The Super Hero Squad Show'', MODOK in various Marvel media, Cobra Commander in '' GI Joe: Resolute'' and '' Renegades'', Starscream in the ''Transformers'' film series, Mr. Whiskers of Disney's '' Brandy & Mr. Whiskers'', the titular characters of Cartoon Network's '' Cow and Chicken'' along with its main antagonist, The Red Guy, Professor Monkey-for-a-Head in ''Earthworm Jim'', I.R. Baboon in '' I Am Weasel'', T-Bone in '' SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron'' and Tex Hex in ''Bravestarr''. Early life In the mid-1960s, Adler's family moved to Nanuet, New York and later to Massachusetts. He was given the nickname "Beanie" due to always wearing a Beanie cap. His sister Cheryl Adler is a psychoth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janna Michaels
Janna Michaels (born 1983) is an American former child actress. She is best known for voicing Molly Cunningham on Disney's ''TaleSpin''. Michaels was a regular on the short-lived television series, '' What a Dummy''. She later had a recurring role on '' Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman'' and played a young Kes in the '' Star Trek: Voyager'' episode " Before and After". She also had roles in the family comedy films '' Little Giants'' (playing the child version of Susanna Thompson's character) and '' Bushwhacked''. She then appeared as Sally Burrows in the 1996 TV movie '' If These Walls Could Talk''. Michaels was nominated for two Young Artist Award The Young Artist Award (originally known as the Youth in Film Award) is an accolade presented by the Young Artist Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1978 to honor excellence of youth performers, and to provide scholarships for young ...s, one for ''What a Dummy'' and another for ''TaleSpin''. Michaels left acting behind fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
