Henry Corden

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Henry Corden
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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,[1] 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

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.[2]

Other roles

References

  1. ^ Ehrbar, Greg (July 26, 2016). "Hanna-Barbera Characters Talk 'Safety'-on Records". Cartoon Research. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
  2. ^ Lawson, Tim; Persons, Alisa (December 4, 2004). The Magic Behind the Voices: A Who's Who of Cartoon Voice Actors]. Univ. Press of Mississippi. p. 289. ISBN 978-1578066964.