Henry Corden, voice of Fred Flintstone, dead at 85

[Kadie]

Posted on Fri, May. 20, 2005


Henry Corden, voice of Fred Flintstone, dead at 85

RYAN PEARSON

Associated Press


LOS ANGELES - Henry Corden, the voice of leopard-suited caveman Fred Flintstone's "Yabba Dabba Doo!" for more than two decades, has died. He was 85.

Corden died of emphysema Thursday night at AMI Encino Hospital, his longtime agent Don Pitts said Friday. Corden's wife of nine years, Angelina, was with him at the time.

Born in Montreal, Canada, Corden moved to New York as a child and came to Hollywood in the 1940s. His first acting role was in the 1947 Boris Karloff film "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty." Known for playing villains, he found small parts in movies, including 1952's "The Black Castle" and "The Ten Commandments" in 1956.

"As Henry said, he always played the cold-blooded creeps," Pitts said.

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[DrDebug]

1. I loved Fred's voice

He is a page right out of my history.

Flintstones. Meet the Flintstones.
They’re the modern stone age family.

From the town of Bedrock,
They’re a page right out of history.

Let’s ride with the family down the street.
Through the courtesy of Fred’s two feet.

When you’re with the Flintstones
you’ll have a yabba dabba doo time.
A dabb-a-doo time.
You’ll have a gay old time.

[tk2kewl]

2. Yabba-dabba-boo-hoo

:cry:

[bunkerbuster1]

3. Wil-maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

(That's my shout-out to Henry.)

Loved that show.

[Left Is Write]

4. He was not the voice of Fred on the original series, though.

That was Alan Reed, for the duration of the original primetime Flintstones series, and for The Flintstones Comedy Hour.

Henry Corden did the voice for most of the Flintstones movies and specials in the 70s and 80s.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

8. Yep. From the article:

"He took over as the lovable loudmouth Fred Flintstone when original voice Alan Reed died in 1977. Reed had been doing Flintstone since the character debuted in 1960."

R.I.P. for Henry, by all means, but when I think "Fred Flintstone," the first mame that comes to mind is Alan Reed.



"Alan Reed as General MacGruder in the episode of "Batman" called "Penguin sets a Trend""

http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/PersonDetail/personid-5583

:toast:

[LSparkle]

5. I met Jean Vanderpyl (Wilma) once

and she looked just like her character -- red hair and all. I was working at Hanna Barbera and overheard that unmistakable voice -- it was the best experience I had in my short time there. She was thrilled to be recognized, too.

[Kadie]

6. Working at Hanna Barbera

must have been an awesome experience. Very cool.

[LSparkle]

7. Actually I was in legal, so it wasn't creative

and the place was extremely political -- not at all what I expected from the place that produced the cartoons I grew up on. (I guess I thought it was going to be akin to "The Happiest Place On Earth")!

[CanuckAmok]

9. Wow, they're all gone, now:

Henry cordon, and the original cast of Alan Reed, Jean Vander Pyl, Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet (Betty 1960-64), and Gerry Johnson (Betty 1964-66), Daws Butler (Barney 1961), Don Messick (Bam-Bam and supporting cast),