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Alan Reed was an American screen and voice actor, best known for his performance as Fred Flintstone in the ABC animated series, The Flintstones (also starring Jean Vander Pyl and Mel Blanc), produced by Hanna-Barbera. Reed died of a heart attack in 1977, at the age of 69. He was replaced thereafter by Henry Corden.

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  • Alan Reed
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  • Alan Reed was an American screen and voice actor, best known for his performance as Fred Flintstone in the ABC animated series, The Flintstones (also starring Jean Vander Pyl and Mel Blanc), produced by Hanna-Barbera. Reed died of a heart attack in 1977, at the age of 69. He was replaced thereafter by Henry Corden.
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  • Alan Reed (August 20, 1907 – June 14, 1977) was an American actor and voice artist, best known as the original voice of Fred Flintstone on The Flintstones and various spinoff series. He also appeared in The Tarnished Angels, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Viva Zapata! (as Pancho Villa), Nob Hill and various other films, as well as a guest appearance on The Dick Van Dyke Show, and voiced Boris in Lady and the Tramp.
  • Alan Reed (born Edward Bergman; August 20, 1907 - June 14, 1977) was an American actor and voice actor who was best known as the original voice of Fred Flintstone (whom he was said to have physically resembled) on The Flintstones and various spinoff series. His Disney roles include Boris in Lady and the Tramp, a voice on the radio in Father's Day Off, the hitchhiker and narrator in Two Weeks Vacation, the narrator in Teachers are People and Mr. Hamm in Kitchen Kabaret
  • Character player Alan Reed was a strong, burly presence on film and TV but he would be better remembered in the long run for his equally strong, distinctive voice. He gave vocal life to the prehistoric cartoon character Fred Flintstone on the prime-time TV series The Flintstones (1960) in the 1960s, and it is this direct association that has kept his name alive long after his passing. Reed even thought up and introduced the Flintstonian catchphrase "Yabba dabba doo!" for his beloved animated character. After majoring in journalism at Columbia University, the New York born-and-bred actor went on to an acting career at the Provincetown Playhouse. His vocal talents were immediately discovered and he turned to radio, becoming a prime announcer for that medium. A master of over 22 foreign diale
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  • Voice actor
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  • Finnette Walker
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  • Alan Reed
  • Reed, Alan
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  • 1907-08-29(xsd:date)
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  • 1907-08-20(xsd:date)
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  • 1932(xsd:integer)
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  • 1977-06-14(xsd:date)
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  • Voice Actor
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  • 1977-06-14(xsd:date)
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  • Teddy Bergman
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  • 1977-06-14(xsd:date)
  • Los Angeles, California, United States
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  • 1937(xsd:integer)
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  • Alan Jr.
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  • Actor, voice actor
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  • 715284(xsd:integer)
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  • Male
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  • Edward Bergman
  • Herbert Theodore Bergman
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