R.I.P. Alan Young

[MikaelaMuppet]

http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/alan-young-dead-dies-mister-ed-1201779957/

 

[Colbynfriends]

Awe man. I kind of saw this posted earlier on facebook and I was like "what no way."
Didn't know he was also the voice of Mr. Ed. I've known him as Scrooge McDuck.
Very sad. Condolences.

 

[MikaelaMuppet]

Awe man. I kind of saw this posted earlier on facebook and I was like "what no way."
Didn't know he was also the voice of Mr. Ed. I've known him as Scrooge McDuck.
Very sad. Condolences.

I agree.

I also liked him as Scrooge McDuck as well.

 

[D'Snowth]

Awe man. I kind of saw this posted earlier on facebook and I was like "what no way."
Didn't know he was also the voice of Mr. Ed. I've known him as Scrooge McDuck.
Very sad. Condolences.

He wasn't the voice of Mr. Ed, he played Wilbur, who owned Mr. Ed.

 

[mr3urious]

I'm very glad he was able to reprise his role as Scrooge in DuckTales Remastered and the new Mickey Mouse cartoons while he still could. And that he was able to live to 96.

 

[Colbynfriends]

Ah, that's why I didn't know him as Mr. Ed. Because he wasn't. :S oops. Thanks for the correction.

 

[D'Snowth]

Tidbit trivia: Alan Young was from Scotland (Alan Young wasn't his birth name), and even though he was able to do a convincing American accent, when voicing Uncle Scrooge, he was using his natural Scotish accent.

 

[Pig'sSaysAdios]

Hmm, I guess I never really thought about him still being alive.

 

[snichols1973]

Alan Young also voiced Haggis McHaggis from the Ren and Stimpy Show:

 

[fuzzygobo]

He was also the voice of 7-Zark-7 on the Americanized "Battle of the Planets". Originally a Japanese anime series from 1972 (one of the first), they toned the violence waaaaaaaaayyyyyyyy down, made it kid-friendly, and in the wake of Star Wars, created an R2-D2 knockoff, and Alan got the gig.

Come on, 96 is nothing to sneeze at.