Research Guru / Moderator
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Sep 9, 2006, 3:56 PM
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Live-action actors who debuted in cartoons
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That's a long name for a thread, but at least it's self-explanatory!
Here are a few whom I can think of off the top of my head:
Julie Andrews
Ms. Andrews was only 16 or 17 when she provided the singing voice of Princess Zeila in the 1952 English-language dub of the 1948 Disneyesque feature La Rosa di Bagdad. The English version was known as The Rose of Baghdad or The Singing Princess. Her live-action screen debut was in "High Tor," a 1956 episode of the TV show Ford Star Jubilee; her first live-action movie was the great The Sound of Music (1964).
Mel Brooks
His screen debut was as the voice of the Old Man from Russia in The Critic (Pintoff-Crossbow Productions, 1963). This animated short won an Oscar and, to my knowledge, has never been released on video. His first live-action roles came as the (uncredited) voice of a singer in the "Springtime for Hitler" number in 1968's The Producers; in the 1970 TV production Annie, the Women in the Life of a Man; and as Tikon in a movie he directed, The Twelve Chairs (1970).
Jim Backus
After a long career in radio, Backus made his film debut in the 1948 Looney Tune A-Lad-In His Lamp. He was the voice of the always-busy genie who was being continually summoned by Bugs. Jim wasn't given credit in the cartoon, but the voice is unmistakably his. His live-action debut came the following year as Howard Pritchard in the movie comedy One Last Fling.
Jonathan Winters
Although he had hosted his own TV show from 1956 to 1957, his big-screen debut was as the voice of Sir Quigley Broken Bottom, a talking pig, in Alakazam the Great (the English-language dub of the 1960 Toei animated feature Saiyu-ki). His first live-action movie appearance was as Lennie Pike in the 1963 ensemble comedy It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.
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Directing Animator / Contributor
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Sep 9, 2006, 5:46 PM
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Phil Hartman was a voice over actor in several cartoons (Henry Mitchell and Mr. Wilson in the syndicated US "Dennis the Menace" cartoon series in 1985) before his "Saturday Night Live" stint that made him familiar to many.
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Sep 9, 2006, 6:38 PM
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Nathan Lane started getting all sorts of work right after provding the voice of Timon in The Lion King (c. 1994).
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Directing Animator
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Sep 9, 2006, 11:37 PM
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Mel Brooks has come full-circle in his career, in that he has recently provided the voice of an itinerant sheep in the UK-produced , CGI animated childrens' television show, Jakers: The Adventures of Piggly Wiggly.
In the 1970's, Brooks' distinctive voice could be heard in animated vignettes produced for the CTW show, The Electric Company. Other celebrity voices heard in that program included Joan Rivers and Gene Wilder, as the respective narrator and title character, in the animated serial, The Adventures of Letterman.
Live action regulars on The Electric Company included Morgan Freeman, Bill Cosby and Rita Moreno (who won an Oscar in 1961 for her portrayal as Anita in West Side Story)
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Directing Animator
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Sep 9, 2006, 11:47 PM
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I believe that Hans Conried had gotten his start in cartoons by providing the voice of Wally Walrus in a number of Woody Woodpecker and Andy Panda shorts during the late 1940's.
He also provided the voices of Mr. Darling and Captain Hook in Disney's Peter Pan (1953)
He was the narrator in the Oscar-winning MGM Tom and Jerry short, Johann Mouse (1953)
He voiced various characters in many episodes of "Fractured Fairy Tales" on The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle.
He played the infamous Professor Terwilliger in the live-action Dr. Seuss film, The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T (1953)
He played the Dwarf, Thorin, in the Rankin-Bass animated television feature, The Hobbit (1979?)
He also provided the voice of the Grinch in a television sequel-of-sorts to "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (I forget the title, but the story takes place around Halloween).
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Research Guru / Moderator
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Sep 10, 2006, 12:07 AM
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Actually, Conreid's first film credit was as Ramy in the live-action Dramatic School (1938).
Dudley Moore's first screen credit, however, was in a cartoon!
Although he had an uncredited role as the piano accompanist in The Third Alibi (1961), his name first showed up in The Ever-Changing Motor Car (TV Cartoons, 1962). This short was produced for the Ford Company. Dudley was joined by fellow vocal talents Peter Cook and Jonathan Miller, who were also members of the famed Beyond the Fringe troupe. Many filmographies incorrectly claim that Dudley's film debut was in another cartoon, The Hat (Storyboard Films, 1963). His first credited live-action role was in the 1964 TV series Beyond the Fringe; his first credited live-action appearance on film was as John Finsbury in the Victorian comedy The Wrong Box (1966).
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Sep 16, 2006, 1:47 PM
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René Auberjonois, best known (to me at least) as Odo on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, was in no end of cartoons in the 70s and 80s. His earliest credit on IMDB is additional voices in The Jetsons, although I have a feeling he wasn't actually in it until later on.
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Research Guru / Moderator
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Jun 2, 2009, 2:00 AM
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Dan Aykroyd (b. 1952) had his screen debut voicing Goodly, Rotten and Maple in the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation animated special The Gift of Winter (1974)... that was a year before SNL first aired!
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Directing Animator / Contributor
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Jun 2, 2009, 4:37 PM
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Mark Hamill played the voice of Corey Anders in Hanna-Barbera's "Jeannie" series around 1973.
Hamill starred in the ABC sitcom "The Texas Wheelers" around 1974 or so.
Of course, he then played Luke Skywalker in "Star Wars" (Episode IV "A New Hope").
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"Don't chew gum on camera. Don't whistle. You may kiss Bob Barker but please don't kill him." -announcer Johnny Olson briefing the audience of potential contestants for "The Price is Right"
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Directing Animator / Contributor
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Jun 2, 2009, 4:46 PM
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Cree Summer played the voice of Penny on "Inspector Gadget" before she appeared in a regular role in the sitcom "A Diff'rent World".
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"Don't chew gum on camera. Don't whistle. You may kiss Bob Barker but please don't kill him." -announcer Johnny Olson briefing the audience of potential contestants for "The Price is Right"
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Research Guru / Moderator
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Oct 26, 2011, 2:01 PM
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Lisa Bonet (Denise Huxtable on The Cosby Show and A Different World) made her screen debut in the Oscar-nominated 1983 cartoon short Sound Of Sunshine - Sound Of Rain, voicing the Sister.
She was credited under her birth name, Lisa Boney.
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Oct 26, 2011, 7:01 PM
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Mark Hamill played the voice of Corey Anders in Hanna-Barbera's "Jeannie" series around 1973.
Hamill starred in the ABC sitcom "The Texas Wheelers" around 1974 or so.
He also appeared on "Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law" as Pete Hamilton in two episodes back in 1972/1973.
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Supervising Animator
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Nov 4, 2011, 3:34 PM
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Didn't Ruth Buzzi of "Laugh-In" Fame do voice-over before "Laugh-In"?
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Nov 4, 2011, 4:26 PM
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Yes, by golly! She voiced Granny Goodwitch in three 1964-65 episodes of Linus! the Lion Hearted.
Ms. Buzzi -- that's her real name, BTW -- has done a lot of voice work since. She was nominated for a Daytime Emmy in 1985 in the Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming category for her work on The Berenstain Bears (she played Mama).
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Nov 12, 2011, 7:34 PM
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Pamela Anderson was in a special for "The Flintstones". She was teenage Pebbles, of course.
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Research Guru / Moderator
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Nov 12, 2011, 8:52 PM
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Yes, there was a Pamela Anderson voicing Pebbles in that special, but she's apparently a different Pamela Anderson!
The Pammy we all know and lust after was all of 11 years old when the Flintstones special came out. She has done voice work in cartoons, however, most notably in the short-lived Stripperella.
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