Posted on 05/20/2016 4:48:28 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Actor-comedian Alan Young, who played the amiable straight man to a talking horse in the 1960s sitcom “Mister Ed,” has died, a spokeswoman for the Motion Picture and Television Home said Friday. He was 96.
The English-born, Canadian-educated Young died Thursday, according to Jaime Larkin, spokeswoman for the retirement community where Young had lived for four years. His children were with him when he died peacefully of natural causes, she said.
Young was already a well-known radio and TV comedian, having starred in his own Emmy-winning variety show, when “Mister Ed” was being readied at comedian George Burns’ production company. Burns is said to have told his staff: “Get Alan Young. He looks like the kind of guy a horse would talk to.” …
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I would have no beef with that.
He had a radio show in the 40s. I think Jim Bacchus aka Mr. Magoo & Thurston Howell played his father-in-law. He was also on Jimmy Durante’s radio show.
Time Machine - one of my favorite Sci-Fi movies...
RIP. Sad to hear.
I remember watching it on Nick at Nite as well. RIP.
He was great in The Time Machine with multiple parts! Rest in Peace after a long and interesting life.
The old timers here would have yelled “Bandwidth!”
Well, I tried.
But you do need a big screen to see that.
But you do need a big screen to see that.
I'm fine with it because I have a great connection and up to date processing power. It just sent me back to '98 for a moment to when most FReepers were on dialup and would yell bloody murder if anyone locked up their link with a major graphic.
It was a good memory.
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