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Vic George The ND Guy
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posted 05-21-2016 02:11 AM
Alan Young, the voice of Farmer and Miner Smurf, died today.
Alan Young, Wilbur on ‘Mister Ed,’ dead at 96
Alan Young, who played the hapless yet protective owner of a talking horse on the popular television comedy “Mister Ed,” has died at age 96, according to officials at the Motion Picture & Television Home in Woodland Hills, CA.
He died Thursday of natural causes with his children at his side, the organization said.
Young also was a well-received voice actor, with appearances as Scrooge McDuck in many Disney productions and as Farmer Smurf and other characters in the 1980s-era cartoon.
Young appeared on several shows before being cast as Wilbur Post on “Mister Ed,” which became one of the most popular shows of the early 1960s. One of his previous shows, “The Alan Young Show,” won a prime-time Emmy.
According to a 1990 story in the Los Angeles Times, famed comedian George Burns financed “Mister Ed” and told his co-owner they should cast Young because “he looks like the kind of guy a horse would talk to.”
Young told the newspaper that Wilbur Post was bumbling while Mister Ed was wily.
“I think it’s the same chemistry that made Laurel and Hardy, and Jackie Gleason and Art Carney,” he said. “It’s the one guy making a fool of the other guy.”
The show, which ran weekly from 1961 until 1966, featured a horse who talked (with help from a never-seen human voice actor) but Mister Ed spoke only to his owner, much to Wilbur Post’s frustration.
Young had 101 acting credits, according to the Internet Movie Database, including the 1960 science fiction film “The Time Machine.” He made many guest appearances on television after taking a long break after the end of “Mister Ed.”
Young was born in England in 1919 as Angus Young and grew up in Scotland and Canada. He began his entertainment career on the radio at age 13. He had his own show when he was 17.
He was married three times – to Mary Anne Grimes, Virginia McCurdy and Mary Chipman – and had four children.
Link to article at CNN
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VIC GEORGE -- Westfield, MA, USA
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Redneck Smurfette
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posted 05-21-2016 04:44 AM
That's horrible, he was such a great actor... I don't even know what to say.... ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
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Vic George The ND Guy
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posted 05-21-2016 06:01 AM
His last known work was reprising the voice of Scrooge McDuck for the DuckTales Remastered video game.
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VIC GEORGE -- Westfield, MA, USA
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Squeaky Smurf
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posted 05-21-2016 12:46 PM
He was also Wilbur, the owner of Mr. Ed the talking horse in the 60s TV show.
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Smurfy1For2
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posted 05-22-2016 04:07 AM
Very sad!! But he lived a long time though!! But Farmer Smurf will be missed!!
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Century Smurf
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posted 05-22-2016 12:24 PM
I always liked Mister Ed. Alan Young also made an appearance on The Andy Griffith Show and worked on the story adaptation for the 1983 classic, Mickey's Christmas Carol. Perhaps we will see him in Heaven.
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Squeaky Smurf
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posted 05-23-2016 06:49 PM
Smurfingly nice to see you back here, Smurfy! ![[Happy Smurf]](graemlins/Happy_Smurf.gif)
No doubt Mr.Young will always be remembered.
I've just found this: by coincidence, he was also the narrator and main protagonist in Hanna-Barbera's 1978 version of Anna Sewell's classic, Black Beauty.
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Squeaky Smurf
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posted 05-24-2016 08:18 PM
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posted 05-25-2016 06:17 AM
That's a really good drawing Squeaky, however, it made it even sadder.
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Century Smurf
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posted 05-25-2016 09:29 AM
He died at 96, so he had a long life.
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posted 05-25-2016 10:16 AM
Hopefully we'll see him in Heaven
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