Arnold Stang

Arnold Stang

Born: September 28, 1918
Died: December 20, 2009
in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Arnold Stang (September 28, 1918 – December 20, 2009) was an American comic actor who played a small and bespectacled, yet brash and knowing big-city type.

Movies for Arnold Stang...

Title: The Broad Side
Released: March 5, 2001
Type: TV
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Title: Courage the Cowardly Dog
Released: November 12, 1999
Type: TV
The bizarre misadventures of a cowardly dog named Courage and his elderly owners in a farmhouse in Nowhere, Kansas.
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Title: Mr. Men and Little Miss
Released: September 5, 1995
Type: TV
Mr Men and Little Miss aired in both the United Kingdom and the United States. In the United Kingdom, the program was fully animated, and the characters were voiced by British voice actors Geoffrey Palmer, Gordon Peters, and Jill Shilling. The show was narrated by Geoffrey Palmer. In the United States, the voices were dubbed into North American English by Canadian voice actors and the program had live-action segments between animated segments.
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Title: The Pink Panther
Released: September 12, 1993
Type: TV
The Pink Panther is a 1993 animated television series, featuring the titular Pink Panther in various shorts intermixed with adventures of the Inspector, Ant and Aardvark, and numerous other characters from the original 1960s and 1970s cartoons. The panther is now voiced in every segment he appears in, now with a funky American accent rather than his original sophisticated English voice from two early cartoons to appeal to younger audiences.
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Dennis the Menace
Title: Dennis the Menace
Character: Photographer
Released: June 24, 1993
Type: Movie
Mr. Wilson's ever-present annoyance comes in the form of one mischievous kid named Dennis. But he'll need Dennis's tricks to uncover a collection of gold coins that go missing when a shady drifter named Switchblade Sam comes to town.
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Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Title: Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Character: actor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: October 28, 1991
Type: Movie
This documentary, hosted by actor Burgess Meredith, explores the life and career of movie director Otto Preminger, whose body of work includes such memorable films as Anatomy of a Murder, Exodus, Laura, Forever Amber, Advise and Consent, In Harm's Way, The Moon Is Blue, The Man with the Golden Arm, and many other movies made from the '30s through the '70s. Interviews with actors Frank Sinatra, Vincent Price, James Stewart, Michael Caine, and others who worked with the flamboyant and sometimes control-obsessed director add information and insight to the story.
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Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
Title: Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1991
Type: Movie
A star-studded documentary and tribute to the classic comedy, It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World.
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Title: Fender Bender 500
Character: Top Cat (voice)
Released: September 17, 1990
Type: TV
A revival of Wacky Races in the 1990s, in which the racers drove monster trucks made for racing. Using Hanna-Barbera's character library, each vehicle had a different theme, specific to its drivers.
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Title: Wake, Rattle, and Roll
Released: September 17, 1990
Type: TV
Wake, Rattle, and Roll is a live-action/animated television show produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and Four Point Entertainment that premiered in the fall of 1990. The show's title was inspired by the song "Shake, Rattle and Roll". After its single season on the air in syndication, Wake, Rattle, and Roll moved exclusively to The Disney Channel under the title Jump, Rattle, and Roll. It has also been screened on Network Ten in Australia while the animated segments were broadcast on ITV in the UK as part of the short running Saturday morning children's programme TV Mayhem.
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Ghost Dad
Title: Ghost Dad
Character: Mr. Cohen
Released: June 29, 1990
Type: Movie
Elliot Hopper, a widower with three children, is working on a business deal to get his family out of financial straits when he is suddenly killed in a taxi accident. With the aid of a paranormal researcher, Elliott attempts to complete the deal from the beyond, ensuring his family will be taken care of.
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Norman's Corner
Title: Norman's Corner
Character: Harv
Released: November 12, 1988
Type: Movie
A day in the life of a neurotic newsstand owner.
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Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats
Title: Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats
Character: Top Cat (voice)
Released: March 20, 1988
Type: Movie
Beverly hills dowager leaves everything to Benny the Ball because her only rightful heir, her niece Amy, is missing. But that's only if Benny stays alive for 48 hours. If not, evil butler Snerdly and his mad Russian Wolfhound are next in line - and he's quick to pull every trick in the book to do poor Benny in and the troop sets off to rescue Benny and find the lost heir Amy.
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Lyle, Lyle Crocodile: The Musical - The House on East 88th Street
Title: Lyle, Lyle Crocodile: The Musical - The House on East 88th Street
Character: Bird (voice)
Released: November 18, 1987
Type: Movie
The Primm family moves into an old brownstone house on East 88th Street, where they find a crocodile named Lyle in their bathtub.
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Title: Yogi's Treasure Hunt
Character: Top Cat (voice)
Released: September 2, 1985
Type: TV
Yogi's Treasure Hunt is a cartoon series first aired in 1985 as part of the weekend/weekday morning programming block, The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera. It is the fourth incarnation of Hanna-Barbera's Yogi Bear.
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Title: Tales from the Darkside
Released: September 30, 1984
Type: TV
Tales from the Darkside is an anthology horror TV series created by George A. Romero, each episode was an individual short story that ended with a plot twist. The series' episodes spanned the genres of horror, science fiction, and fantasy, and some episodes featured elements of black comedy or more lighthearted themes.
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Title: The Cosby Show
Released: September 20, 1984
Type: TV
The Cosby Show is an American television situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, which aired for eight seasons on NBC from September 20, 1984 until April 30, 1992. The show focuses on the Huxtable family, an upper middle-class African-American family living in Brooklyn, New York.
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Title: Reading Rainbow
Character: Himself - Narrator (voice)
Released: June 6, 1983
Type: TV
Journey to exciting places and build a lasting connection with your favorite books. Each episode centers on a theme from a book, or other children's literature, which is explored through a number of segments or stories.
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Wrong Way Kid
Title: Wrong Way Kid
Character: (voice)
Released: March 16, 1983
Type: Movie
Chris is an insecure boy who, after an encounter with a 203-year-old bookworm, begins developing his self-confidence; he does things the wrong way: derrierewards, frontwards, upside down, inside out, etc.
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No Man's Valley
Title: No Man's Valley
Character: Fred Firmwing (voice)
Released: November 23, 1981
Type: Movie
Elliot, a rare California condor, must find a hideaway for endangered animals before man drives them over the brink into extinction.
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The Fourth King
Title: The Fourth King
Character: The turtle (voice)
Released: December 23, 1977
Type: Movie
The animals decide they must send a representative after the three wise men begin following the star of Bethlehem. Uno, the Lion, arrogantly decides he should be the one to go, and that he does not need any help. Feathers, who brought Jesus's birth to the attention of the animals, insists on traveling with him, and soon he is followed by a beaver, a rabbit, and a turtle.
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Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure
Title: Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure
Character: Queasy (voice)
Released: April 1, 1977
Type: Movie
Raggedy Ann and Andy leave their playroom to rescue Babette, a beautiful French doll kidnapped by a pirate.
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Title: Misterjaw
Character: Catfish (voice)
Released: September 18, 1976
Type: TV
Misterjaw was a blue-colored great white shark who liked to leap out of the water and shout "Gotcha!" at unsuspecting folks who would run off in terror. He spoke with a German accent and was known to mispronounce words.
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Title: Chico and the Man
Character: Gus-delivery man
Released: September 13, 1974
Type: TV
Chico and the Man is an American sitcom which ran on NBC for four seasons, from September 13, 1974, to July 21, 1978. It stars Jack Albertson as Ed Brown, the cantankerous owner of a run down garage in an East Los Angeles barrio, and Freddie Prinze as Chico Rodriguez, an upbeat, optimistic Chicano young man who comes in looking for a job. It was the first U.S. television series set in a Mexican-American neighborhood.
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The Mini-Munsters
Title: The Mini-Munsters
Released: October 27, 1973
Type: Movie
Animated telefilm based on characters from The Munsters. Originally aired as part of the ABC Saturday Superstar Movie series.
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Marco Polo Junior Versus the Red Dragon
Title: Marco Polo Junior Versus the Red Dragon
Character: The Delicate Dinosaur (voice)
Released: November 30, 1972
Type: Movie
Marco Polo Junior Versus the Red Dragon was Australia's first animated feature film,[2] released in 1972 and directed by Eric Porter. The two sequence directors were Porter's animation director Cam Ford (who had previously worked on the Beatles' Yellow Submarine) and Peter Gardiner.
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Title: Emergency!
Character: Dick (uncredited)
Released: January 22, 1972
Type: TV
The crew of Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 51, particularly the paramedic team, and Rampart Hospital respond to emergencies in their operating area.
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Title: Emergency!
Released: January 22, 1972
Type: TV
The crew of Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 51, particularly the paramedic team, and Rampart Hospital respond to emergencies in their operating area.
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Hercules in New York
Title: Hercules in New York
Character: Pretzie
Released: February 23, 1970
Type: Movie
Hercules is sent from Mount Olympus to modern-day Manhattan, where he takes up professional wrestling before getting mixed up with a gang of mobsters.
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Hello Down There
Title: Hello Down There
Character: Jonah
Released: January 1, 1969
Type: Movie
Given the chance to live in a simulated underwater home for a month, a scientist convinces his family to take advantage of the offer. Once the family agrees to move in, underwater mayhem occurs!
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Skidoo
Title: Skidoo
Character: Harry
Released: December 19, 1968
Type: Movie
Ex-gangster Tony Banks is called out of retirement by mob kingpin God to carry out a hit on fellow mobster "Blue Chips" Packard. When Banks demurs, God kidnaps his daughter Darlene on his luxury yacht.
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Second Fiddle to a Steel Guitar
Title: Second Fiddle to a Steel Guitar
Character: Jubal A. Bristol
Released: December 29, 1966
Type: Movie
In this musical gem, big-hearted Jubal Bristol (Arnold Stang) takes it upon himself to mount a country and western benefit concert after the opera company that his wife (Pamela Hayes) booked suddenly backs out. Along with country icons Minnie Pearl, Dottie West, Connie Smith and Faron Young, the film features great tunes such as "Born to Lose," "Abilene" and "Young Love." Huntz Hall and Leo Gorcey (of Bowery Boys fame) portray stagehands.
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Title: Batman
Character: Gun Shop Owner (uncredited)
Released: January 12, 1966
Type: TV
Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually crime fighting duo Batman and Robin. A secret Batpole in the Wayne mansion leads to the Batcave, where Police Commissioner Gordon often calls with the latest emergency threatening Gotham City. Racing to the scene of the crime in the Batmobile, Batman and Robin must (with the help of their trusty Bat-utility-belt) thwart the efforts of a variety of master criminals, including The Riddler, The Joker, Catwoman, and The Penguin.
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Pinocchio in Outer Space
Title: Pinocchio in Outer Space
Character: Nurtle the Turtle (voice)
Released: December 22, 1965
Type: Movie
Pinocchio tries to save the Earth from Astro the Space Whale
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It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Title: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Character: Ray
Released: November 7, 1963
Type: Movie
A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California. What follows is the madcap adventures of those strangers as each attempts to claim the prize for himself.
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Slippery Slippers
Title: Slippery Slippers
Character: Prince Charming (voice)
Released: September 7, 1962
Type: Movie
Loopy helps Prince Charming find his beloved Cinderella.
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The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
Title: The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
Character: Rumpelstiltskin
Released: August 7, 1962
Type: Movie
The Grimm brothers Wilhelm and Jacob, known for their literary works in the nineteenth century, have their lives dramatized. Wilhelm fights to write something entertaining amongst the sea of dry, non-fiction books they write and he sets about collecting oral-tradition fairy tales to put into print. Their life story is countered with reenactments of three of their stories including "The Dancing Princess," "The Cobbler and the Elves" and "The Singing Bone."
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Title: The Mike Douglas Show
Character: Self
Released: December 11, 1961
Type: TV
The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much of its first two years on the air. It then went into syndication in 1963 and remained on television until 1982. It was distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations in Cleveland and Philadelphia.
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Kooky Loopy
Title: Kooky Loopy
Character: Wolf (voice)
Released: November 16, 1961
Type: Movie
Loopy meets The Big Bad Wolf of the Little Red Riding Hood story and wants him to be a good wolf.
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Title: Top Cat
Character: Top Cat (voice)
Released: September 27, 1961
Type: TV
Top Cat is a Hanna-Barbera prime time animated television series which ran from November 26, 1961 to April 18, 1962 for a run of 30 episodes on the ABC network. Reruns are played on Cartoon Network's classic animation network Boomerang.
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Dondi
Title: Dondi
Character: Peewee
Released: March 26, 1961
Type: Movie
World War II GIs adopt an Italian war orphan.
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Title: Bonanza
Character: Jake 'the Weasel'
Released: September 12, 1959
Type: TV
The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.
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From Mad to Worse
Title: From Mad to Worse
Character: Herman
Released: August 16, 1957
Type: Movie
The mice are having a great time playing on a train in a department store's toy department until night watchman Katnip comes along.
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Cat In The Act
Title: Cat In The Act
Character: Herman
Released: February 22, 1957
Type: Movie
Unaware that Katnip is the night watchman, Herman takes his three nephews to Paramount Pictures Studios on a sightseeing trip. They sneak in and find fake alligators and a fake King Kong, but a real live Katnip. Herman promises to make Katnip a movie star if he will let them go.
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Title: The Steve Allen Show
Character: Self - rehearsing for 'Jack and the Beanstalk'
Released: June 24, 1956
Type: TV
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The Man with the Golden Arm
Title: The Man with the Golden Arm
Character: Sparrow
Released: December 26, 1955
Type: Movie
A junkie must face his true self to kick his drug addiction.
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Mousieur Herman
Title: Mousieur Herman
Character: Herman
Released: November 25, 1955
Type: Movie
Herman and Katnip in an art school.
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Title: Hollywood Preview
Character: Self
Released: September 14, 1955
Type: TV
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A Bicep Built for Two
Title: A Bicep Built for Two
Character: Herman
Released: April 7, 1955
Type: Movie
From Press Kit: Katnip's serenading of a girl cat is interrupted by a tough cat that runs him off and takes over.The love-lorn Katnip is determined to best the muscle-bound cat and enlists the aid of Herman. Herman, with bad-intentions, puts Katnip through a muscle-building course which consists of weight-lifting, bar-chinning and equipment rigged with high explosives.
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Title: December Bride
Character: Marvin
Released: October 4, 1954
Type: TV
December Bride is an American sitcom that aired on the CBS television network from 1954 to 1959, adapted from the original CBS radio network series that aired from June 1952 through September 1953.
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Title: December Bride
Released: October 4, 1954
Type: TV
December Bride is an American sitcom that aired on the CBS television network from 1954 to 1959, adapted from the original CBS radio network series that aired from June 1952 through September 1953.
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Title: Doc Corkle
Character: Winfield Dill
Released: October 5, 1952
Type: TV
Doc Corkle is an American Television sitcom that was broadcast on NBC on Sunday nights for three weeks from October 5 to October 19, 1952. The show's sponsor, Reynolds Metals, was so disappointed with the program that it was canceled and replaced by Mr. Peepers.
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Title: The Name's the Same
Released: December 5, 1951
Type: TV
The Name's the Same is an American game show that was produced by Goodson-Todman for the ABC television network from December 5, 1951 to August 31, 1954, followed by a run from October 25, 1954 to October 7, 1955. It was alternately sponsored by Swanson and Johnson Wax for the majority of its run. It was also sponsored by the Bendix home appliance division of Avco early in its run, and Clorets and Chicken of the Sea tuna midway through its run. The show's final sponsor, Ralston Purina, also sponsored Ethel and Albert, the program that replaced The Name's the Same on the ABC schedule.
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Two Gals and a Guy
Title: Two Gals and a Guy
Character: Bernard
Released: July 1, 1951
Type: Movie
A singing couple gets their own television show, and the strains of putting on a TV show every week starts to jeopardize their relationship.
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Land of Lost Watches
Title: Land of Lost Watches
Character: Turtle
Released: May 4, 1951
Type: Movie
Little Billy and Isabel catch Red Lantern, the Magic Fish. He takes them to the Land Of The Lost to meet King Find All, Rosita Wristwatch, and Wally Pocketwatch.
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The Voice of the Turkey
Title: The Voice of the Turkey
Released: October 13, 1950
Type: Movie
A Paramount Noveltoon (production number P10-1) that has a farmer fattening up a turkey for Thanksgiving dinner, but when he starts to sharpen his axe, the turkey gets wise and manages to escape with the aid of a ghostly disguise.
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Title: The Colgate Comedy Hour
Character: Self
Released: September 10, 1950
Type: TV
The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC network from 1950 to 1955. The show starred many notable comedians and entertainers of the era, including Eddie Cantor, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Fred Allen, Donald O'Connor, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, Bob Hope, Jimmy Durante, Ray Bolger, Gordon MacRae, Ben Blue, Robert Paige, Tony Curtis, Burt Lancaster, Broadway dancer Wayne Lamb and Spike Jones and His City Slickers.
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Title: The Bob Hope Show
Character: Self
Released: April 9, 1950
Type: TV
The Bob Hope Show hosted by Bob Hope, debuted on April 9, 1950. During the 1952-1953 season, NBC rotated with other variety shows in a Sunday night block known as "The Colgate Comedy Hour" (Sept. 1950 to Dec. 1955). Also known as, "The Chevy Show with Bob Hope." When the first special debuted in October of 1950 it was the most expensive television program made up to that point - costing an astronomical $1,500 a minute to produce. Bob Hope had his own television show and radio show at the same time. For the next three seasons, The Bob Hope Show was broadcast once a month on Tuesday nights, giving Milton Berle a week off. Bob ended his radio show in April, 1956. Bob Hope also had another show by a similar name, "The Bob Hope Show (All Star Revue)". In addition, he performed in "Specials" for many years. It is the longest running variety program in television's history with a record of 45 years of televised entertainment.
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Quack-a Doodle-Doo
Title: Quack-a Doodle-Doo
Character: Katie Bunny The Sailor
Released: March 3, 1950
Type: Movie
His Mama is the only one who love Baby Huey, an overgrown clumsy ugly duckling. The other Mamas and their broods shun him like the plague and make his little life miserable. But when a ferocious fox attacks the barnyard, Huey comes to the rescue of one and all. Huey is a hero basking in his new-found popularity.
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Title: What's My Line?
Character: Self - Mystery Guest
Released: February 2, 1950
Type: TV
Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions.
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Title: The Ed Sullivan Show
Character: Self - Comedian
Released: June 20, 1948
Type: TV
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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Title: Texaco Star Theater
Released: June 8, 1948
Type: TV
Texaco Star Theater is an American comedy-variety show, broadcast on radio from 1938 to 1949 and telecast from 1948 to 1956. It was one of the first successful examples of American television broadcasting, remembered as the show that gave Milton Berle the nickname "Mr. Television". The classic 1940–44 version of the program, hosted by radio's Fred Allen, was followed by a radio series on ABC in the spring of 1948. When Texaco first took it to television on NBC on June 8, 1948, the show had a huge cultural impact.
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So This Is New York
Title: So This Is New York
Character: Western Union Clerk
Released: June 1, 1948
Type: Movie
A small town man inherits a significant fortune and takes his family to New York City whereupon they are continually shocked at the alien culture of the Big Apple.
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Naughty But Mice
Title: Naughty But Mice
Character: Herman (voice)
Released: October 9, 1947
Type: Movie
Herman, the city-slicker mouse (looking like a cross between James Cagney and Lee Tracy) visits his barn-mice cousins in the country.
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Cheese Burglar
Title: Cheese Burglar
Character: Herman (voice)
Released: February 21, 1946
Type: Movie
While cats and dogs are natural enemies, such is not the case in the house where Herman the mouse lives. They are very good friends indeed, are work together to make Herman's life a hard life. Herman tries to break up their friendship, and divert their attention from guarding the cheese in the refrigerator, and almost succeeds but they make up in time to prevent Herman getting the cheese. They give chase and Herman takes refuge in a jug of wine.
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Beau Ties
Title: Beau Ties
Character: Fatso
Released: April 19, 1945
Type: Movie
Lulu is angry when she sees her boyfriend Fatso out with another girl. To make it up to Lulu, Fatso promises to marry Lulu when they grow up. However, while carving a love message into a tall tree, Fatso falls out of it and onto a small sapling. He passes out, and dreams of a hellish married life with Lulu, her dog, and their large family of Lulu look-alike daughters.
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Let's Go Steady
Title: Let's Go Steady
Character: Chet Carson
Released: January 4, 1945
Type: Movie
After learning they were duped by a con artist, two songwriters join forces with other swindled colleagues and use creative methods to promote their music.
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Moving Aweigh
Title: Moving Aweigh
Character: Shorty (voice) (uncredited)
Released: September 21, 1944
Type: Movie
Popeye and Shorty help Olive move. Unfortunately, they start by running into a police car, and keep running afoul of the officer.
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The Marry-Go-Round
Title: The Marry-Go-Round
Character: Shorty (voice)
Released: December 31, 1943
Type: Movie
Popeye wants to propose to Olive, but can't work up the nerve. His fellow sailor, Shorty, helps him.
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Seven Days' Leave
Title: Seven Days' Leave
Character: Bitsy Slater
Released: November 13, 1942
Type: Movie
Soldier Johnny Grey is engaged to marry singer Mapy Cortes, but his plans go awry when he learns that he is the heir to $100,000 from his great-grandfather -- a bequest that comes with a catch: before claiming the money, Johnny must marry a descendant of his great-grandfather's Civil War enemy, General Havelock-Allen. Not wanting to disrupt his planned marriage to Mapy, Johnny must figure out how to concoct a temporary marriage-of-convenience with the descendant -- who turns out to be the beautiful Terry Havelock-Allen.
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My Sister Eileen
Title: My Sister Eileen
Character: Jimmy (uncredited)
Released: September 24, 1942
Type: Movie
Sisters Ruth and Eileen Sherwood move from Ohio to New York in the hopes of building their careers. Ruth wants to get a job as a writer, while Eileen hopes to succeed on the stage. The two end up living in a dismal basement apartment in Greenwich Village, where a parade of odd characters are constantly breezing in and out. The women also meet up with magazine editor Bob Baker, who takes a personal interest in helping both with their career plans.