Alan Young

English Actor
Alan Young was a British-born actor who is best known for playing Wilbur Post in the TV comedy 'Mister Ed' and for voicing the character of Scrooge McDuck for over 40 years in various Disney productions. He also starred in his own variety-comedy shows and appeared in several feature films throughout his prolific career.

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Alan Young (born Angus Young; November 19, 1919 – May 19, 2016) was a British-born actor, who TV Guide called “the Charlie Chaplin of television”.

Young portrayed Wilbur Post in the television comedy Mister Ed (1961-1966) and voiced Disney’s Scrooge McDuck for over 40 years, beginning in the 1974 Disneyland Records album An Adaptation of Dickens’ Christmas Carol, Performed by The Walt Disney Players. He again voiced Scrooge in the Academy Award-nominated short film Mickey’s Christmas Carol (1983) and continued in the role in various other films, television series and video games up until his death. During the 1940s and 1950s, Young starred in his own variety-comedy sketch shows The Alan Young Show on radio and television, the latter gaining him two Emmy Awards in 1951. He also appeared in a number of feature films, starting from 1946, including the 1960 film The Time Machine and from the 1980s gaining a new generation of viewers appearing in numerous Walt Disney Productions films as both an actor and voice actor.

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Alan Young was a British-born actor who TV Guide called ,the Charlie Chaplin of television,. He is best known for playing Wilbur Post in the TV comedy ‘Mister Ed’ and for voicing the character of Scrooge McDuck for over 40 years in various Disney productions.

Alan Young’s most famous television role was as Wilbur Post in the sitcom ‘Mister Ed’, which aired from 1961 to 1966.

Alan Young voiced the character of Scrooge McDuck for over 40 years, beginning in the 1974 Disneyland Records album ‘An Adaptation of Dickens’ Christmas Carol, Performed by The Walt Disney Players’ and continuing in various other Disney films, TV series, and video games.

In addition to ‘Mister Ed’, Alan Young starred in his own variety-comedy sketch shows ‘The Alan Young Show’ on radio and television during the 1940s and 1950s, for which he won two Emmy Awards in 1951. He also appeared in a number of feature films, starting from 1946, including the 1960 film ‘The Time Machine’.

Alan Young was born as Angus Young on November 19, 1919 in Westminister, England.

Alan Young passed away on May 19, 2016 at the age of 96.