Henry Corden

Henry Corden
Born	Henry Cohen January 6, 1920 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died	May 19, 2005 Sherman Oaks, California, U.S
Years active at Hanna-Barbera	1960-1997
Characters played	Fred Flintstone Paw Rugg Bez Doctor Bigot Bump Truck Driver Knight Sheriff Muletrain Pettigrew

Henry Corden (born Henry Cohen; January 6, 1920 – May 19, 2005) was a Canadian-born American voice actor. For Hanna-Barbera, he was best known as the voice of Fred Flintstone, after Alan Reed had passed away on June 14, 1977. Before taking on the role, Corden had previously provided the singing voice for Reed on the theatrical film The Man Called Flintstone in 1966, and the special Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid like You Doing in a Place like This?. After his official debut as Fred's new voice in the 1965 record Saving Mr. Flintstone, Corden took over the role full time starting with the series Fred Flintstone and Friends.

Corden died of emphysema on May 19, 2005, at the age of 85.

Roles

20th century

• The Flintstones
• The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show (1965-1967)
  • Paw Rugg
• Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid like You Doing in a Place like This? (1966)
  • Fred Flintstone
• The Man Called Flintstone (1966)
  • Fred Flintstone
• Fantastic Four
• The Banana Splits Adventure Hour (1968-1970)
  • Bez
• The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972-1973)
• Yogi's Ark Lark (1972)
  • Paw Rugg
  • Truck Driver
• Yogi's Gang (1973)
  • Paw Rugg
  • Doctor Bigot ("Dr. Bigot," 1973)
  • Chief Shorty ("The Gossipy Witch," 1973)
• The Tom & Jerry Show (1975)
  • Captain Weirdbeard ("No Way, Stowaways", 1975)
• Dynomutt, Dog Wonder (1976-1977)
• Skatebirds (1977)
• Fred Flinstone and Friends (1977-1978)
• Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels (1977-1980)
• Laff-a-Lympics (1977-1978)
  • Fred Flintstone ("India and Israel," 1977)
  • Fred Flintstone ("North Pole and Tahiti," 1977)
  • Fred Flintstone ("Quebec and Baghdad," 1977)
  • Fred Flintstone ("French Riviera and New Zealand," 1978)
• CB Bears (1977)
  • Bump
• A Flintstone Christmas (1977)
  • Fred Flintstone
• The Flintstones: Little Big League (1978)
  • Fred Flintstone
• Hanna-Barbera's All-Star Comedy Ice Revue (1978)
  • Fred Flintstone
• Fred and Barney Meet the Thing (1979)
  • Fred Flintstone
• The New Fred and Barney Show (1979)
  • Fred Flintstone
• The Buford Files (1979)
  • Sheriff Muletrain Pettigrew
• Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo (1979-1980)
  • Fred Flintstone
• The Flintstones: Fred's Final Fling (1980)
  • Fred Flintstone
• The Flintstone Comedy Show (1980-1982)
  • Fred Flintstone
• The Flintstones: Jogging Fever (1981)
  • Fred Flintstone
• The Flintstones: Wind-Up Wilma (1981)
  • Fred Flintstone
• Yogi Bear's All-Star Comedy Christmas Caper (1982)
  • Fred Flintstone
  • Security Guard 1
  • Policeman 1
• The Jetsons (1985)
  • Police officer ("S.M.A.S.H.," 1985)
  • Mr. Slick ("S.M.A.S.H.," 1985)
• The Flintstone Kids (1986-1988)
  • Ed Flintstone
  • Edna Flintstone
• The Flintstones' 25th Anniversary Celebration (1986)
  • Fred Flintstone
• The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones (1987)
  • Fred Flintstone
  • Knight
• Hanna-Barbera's 50th: A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration (1989)
  • Fred Flintstone

Behind the scenes

• In The Simpsons episode "Sideshow Bob Roberts," when Sideshow Bob is elected the new mayor, he uses his power to send Bart to kindergarten, where he guesses correctly the shape of a triangle and is rewarded with first choice of a toy to play with, which is a talking Flintstones phone. Out of all the characters, he presses Fred's button, which says, "Yabba-dabba-do! I like talking to you!" Fred is voiced by Henry Corden.
• Before Reed's death, Corden acted as his replacement for when Fred Flintstone had to sing because Reed could not sing in pitch.