Hans Conried
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Hans Georg Conried, Jr. (April 15, 1917 – January 5, 1982) was a comic character actor and voice actor born in Baltimore, Maryland of Jewish descent.
His inimitable growl and impeccable diction were perfectly suited for portraying comic villains and other mock-sinister or cranky types.
His most important single year was 1953, in which he played major roles in three films listed below.
Conried died from cardiovascular disease at the age of 65.
Live-action work
- Journey Into Fear (1942) (as a member of Orson Welles's Mercury Theatre, though in a small role)
- Summer Stock (1950) (as the pretentious actor Harrison I. Keath)
- Mr. Jenkins in episode "Redecorating" of I Love Lucy (1952)
- Percy Livermore in episode "Lucy Hires an English Tutor" of I Love Lucy (1952)
- The Twonky (1953) (in a leading role)
- The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T (1953) (his most important leading role)
- Uncle Tonoose on The Danny Thomas Show (aka Make Room for (Grand)Daddy) (1958-1964, 1970-1971)
- Host of Fractured Flickers (1963)
- long-forgotten aviator in episodes "Wrongway Feldman" (1964) and “The Return of Wrongway Feldman” (1965) on Gilligan's Island
- Guest-starred in Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1975) in Episode "The Knightly Murders"
- Guest-starred on Alice as Randolph Briggs, who almost bought Mel's Diner and nearly decimated everything. 1977.
Voice work
- Johann Mouse, a Tom and Jerry cartoon made in 1952 and released in 1953.
- Captain Hook and Mr. George Darling in the Disney version of Peter Pan (1953)
- Snidely Whiplash in the Dudley Do-Right segment of The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show (1963)
- Uncle Waldo on Hoppity Hooper (1964)
- the Grinch on Halloween is Grinch Night (1977)
- Dr. Dred on Drak Pack (1980)
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