Bob McFadden

Biography

Bob McFadden was born in East Liverpool, Ohio in 1923, and got his first break singing and doing impersonations in a weekly talent show while stationed in Puerto Rico with the Navy during World War II.

After leaving the Navy, he worked in a Pittsburgh steel mill, and got into show business as an opening act at hotels and nightclubs for the McGuire Sisters, Harry Belafonte and others.

Although McFadden was not a household name, he was still happy just to be in show business.

He met his wife in Boston in 1950, when the two were working together.

While he sang onstage, she and her twin sister performed synchronized swimming exercises in a pool below.

The McFaddens moved to Queens in the the mid-1960's and Bob became a voiceover talent in advertising and cartoons.

He made hundreds of thousands of dollars selling his voice to advertise products for Ban deodorant, Campbell's soup, Ford, Frankenberry cereal, Geritol, Mountain Dew and Pepto-Bismol.

Once he was paid $12,000 to make swishing sounds to imitate a jet airplane.

Bob McFadden's most memorable commercial was the voice of a parrot for Wisk.

He said "Ring around the collar" and "Nice shirt".

This commercial would be played over a 25 year timespan.

He also barked like a dog for Crest toothpaste.

In 1982, TV Guide called Mr.

McFadden "one of the elite of TV commercial voice-overs.

" Among his other works, he did ethnic characters for comedy albums including "The Yiddish Are Coming!".

He was a stable voice for Terrytoons and was best known as Cool McCool's "Pop the Cop" for King Features Syndicate in 1966.

He was also Milton the Monster.

Despite retiring to Delray Beach, Florida, he would perform in supper clubs imitating Jack Benny and Ed Sullivan.

He did singing impressions of Frankie Laine, Billy Eckstine and the Inkspots.

In 1959 in Cuba , McFadden was asked to perform a show in Spanish but did not know the language.

His brother-in-law wrote the show in Spainish allowing McFadden to pronounce everything phonetically.

The best part was Roy Roger's sidekick, Gabby Hayes, singing underwater in Spanish He died January 7, 2000 of ALS or Lou Gherig's Disease.

Country: United States
Gender: Male
Place of birth: East Liverpool· Ohio
Birth date: 19 January 1923
Nationality: American

Movies

Beyond the Groove
1990
A businessman is sent on a journey of musical discovery, through the U.
Thundercats - Ho! The Movie
1985
Lion-O is haunted by the recurring nightmares of Thunderians being killed on Thundera while he fled to the safety of Third Earth with Jaga and the other ThunderCats.
The Coneheads
1983
In this animated pilot based on the SNL sketch, The Coneheads come to conquer Earth but they soon find themselves becoming domesticated..
The Leprechauns' Christmas Gold
1981
An Irish sailor is stranded on an island full of Leprechauns and soon finds himself aiding them in protecting their gold from a greedy Hag..
The Berenstain Bears' Easter Surprise
1981
Pinocchio's Christmas
1980
Geppetto prepare for Christmas, Pinocchio joins a puppet show to earn money for a present.
The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town
1977
The Mailman decides to stop another deluge of letters by answering questions about the Easter Bunny: Sunny, a baby rabbit found and adopted by Kidville (a town of only kids--even a kid mailman).
The Little Drummer Boy Book II
1976
Aaron, after playing his song, helps Melchior to spread the word by ringing Simeon's silver bells.
Oscar's Birthday Present
1971
Martian Moochers
1970
Astronut was a kind, zany guy from outer space who always seemed to get into trouble.
The Proton Pulsator
1970
Astronaut is a kind, zany guy from outer space who always seems to get into trouble.
Balloon Snatcher
1969
Scientific Sideshow
1969
The Frog
1969
The Abominable Mountaineers
1968
All Teed Off
1968
Impresario helps SadCat defeat his brothers in a golf tournament..
Grand Prix Winner
1968
Impresario spurs Sad Cat on to victory against his siblings as a race-car driver..
Judo Kudos
1968
Sad Cat has a neighbor move in who thinks that he's a judo expert.
Loops and Swoops
1968
Dribble Drabble
1968
This series followed the exploits of Sad Cat, a scraggly looking cat, and his friends..
The Wacky World of Mother Goose
1967
In this animated children's film, Mother Goose and her fairytale friends must stop a group of sneaky spies.
The Fuz
1967
An inept superhero tries to stop a tiny hairball that has been scaring various New Yorkers..
Mouse Trek
1967
A cat is made General of an alien planet's army and put in charge of hunting a giant mouse..
Robin Hoodwinked
1967
A Famous Studios cartoon..
The Squaw Path
1967
About Native Americans Geronimo and Son..
The Stubborn Cowboy
1967
A young schoolboy gives his class report on a typical TV western, which is complete with an Indian attack, a crooked poker game, a barroom brawl and an obligatory romance.
Brother Bat
1967
A Famous Studios cartoon..
Clean Sweep
1967
Cousin Maggie needs to get her broom repaired, so she and Honey Halfwitch disguise themselves as humans and goes to the city.
Gems from Gemini
1966
Haunted Housecleaning
1966
A Balmy Knight
1966
Sir Blur was Famous Studios' answer to Mr.
The Defiant Giant
1966
Honey Halfwitch meets a Giant..
Scuba Duba Do
1966
The cat's been assigned by brothers Fenimore and Latimore to clean the chimney.
Crumby Mummy
1966
Fort Fangenstein
1966
Sphinx Jinx
1966
Stage Plight
1966
Va-Room Service
1966
Wilbur the Wanted is a dog falsely accused of drowning Moe Hare, the Bent-Eared Rabbit.
Weather Magic
1965
Cagey Business
1965
A "ferocious" lion gets into trouble after seeing what life's like outside the zoo..
Don't Spill the Beans
1965
A combination of the stories of "Cinderella" with "Jack and the Beanstalk," in which Sad Cat beats his two "dear, mean brothers" up the giant beanstalk.
Gadmouse the Apprentice Good Fairy
1965
The exploits of Sad Cat, a scraggly looking cat, and his friends..
Solitary Refinement
1965
Tally Hokum
1965
Hangdog and Foxie Moxie try to outdo each other..
The Third Musketeer
1965
A Leak in the Dike
1965
Jacky's Whacky World presents the story of the little Dutch boy who put his finger in the dike..
The Story of George Washington
1965
Jacky's Whacky World presents the story of George Washington, told from a young boy's perspective, complete with his own drawings and his own narration..
Dress Reversal
1965
This series followed the exploits of Sad Cat, a scraggly looking cat, and his friends..
A Pie in the Sky
1965
Spider Spiter
1965
Horning In
1965
A Noveltoon with King Artie..
Adventure by the Sea
1964
And So Tibet
1964
One in the "Modern Madcap" series..
The Gold Dust Bandit
1964
The Gold Dust Bandit: This series features a little boy who always wants to experience some kind of historical happening..
Homer on the Range
1964
A foot-stomping Western cartoon..
Laddy and His Lamp
1964
A re-telling of Aladdin, with the magic lamp and the genie featured..
Reading, Writhing, and Rithmetic
1964
Wingy the chicken is excited that it's the first day of school.
Roc-a-Bye Sinbad
1964
A Tiger's Tail
1964
About a little boy and his genie friend..
Monstrous Task
1964

TV

TigerSharks
1987
An underwater salvage team, the Tiger Sharks, is commissioned to retrieve a downed spacecraft from a nearby planet Waterro.
Silverhawks
1986
When the outer space gangster known as Mon Star escapes from the Penal Planet, the Limbo section of the galaxy is in great peril.
Thundercats
1985
The inhabitants of the planet Thundera evacuate just before it is destroyed.
Cool McCool
1966
Cool McCool, a spoof of James Bond, nabbed the bad guys in this cartoon by the creator of Batman.
Mighty Heroes
1966
When a great city is threatened by a wide assortment of supervillians, they shoot up the fireworks to summon the Mighty Heroes.
Milton the Monster
1965
Seven different cartoon stars appear in their own series of animated shorts each week.
The Astronut Show
1965
Linus! The Lion Hearted
1964
Linus the Lion is the kind-hearted King of a jungle populated by such bizarre characters as the crabby Sascha Grouse and the vivacious Dinny Kangaroo.
Luno the White Stallion
1963

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The Mummy
Bob McFadden & Dor
The Mummy
Bob McFadden & Dor

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