Alan Reed

Alan Reed
Reed in 1961.
Years active at Hanna-Barbera	1960-1977
Characters played	Fred Flintstone Dum Dum Coach MadDog

Alan Reed was an American voice actor. He worked for the Hanna-Barbera animation production company where he was best known for originating the voice of Fred Flintstone.

Reed suffered from a heart attack and died on June 14, 1977 at the age of 69. Fred's later roles after Reed's death were done by his successor, Henry Corden.

Roles

20th century

• The Flintstones (1960-1966)
  • Fred Flintstone
• The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series (1962-1963)
  • Dum Dum
• The Jetsons
  • Fred Flintstone ("Elroy's Mob", 1963)
• Jonny Quest (1964-1965)
• The Man Called Flintstone (1966)
  • Fred Flintstone
• Where's Huddles? (1970)
  • Coach MadDog
• The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show (1971-1972)
  • Fred Flintstone
• The Flintstone Comedy Hour (1972-1974)
  • Fred Flintstone
• Laff-a-Lympics
  • Fred Flintstone ("The Swiss Alps and Tokyo, Japan," 1977)
• Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels (1977)
• Energy: A National Issue (1977)
  • Fred Flintstone

Behind the scenes

• In the film Better Off Dead, as Lane finds a parcel for a DIY space shuttle and reads the front page of a newspaper about a suicidal New Yorker, dialogue of The Flintstones episode "Little Bamm-Bamm" plays in the background, specifically when Fred says goodnight to Barney and Betty, leaving them to wish on a shooting star.