Chuck McCann Biography (1934-)

Born September 2, 1934, in Brooklyn, New York, NY; father, a bandleader and singer. Addresses: Contact: Artists Group, 10100 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 2490, Los Angeles, CA 90067.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor, puppeteer, editor, director, producer
Birth Details: September 2, 1934; New York, New York, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Television Appearances
Series
Rootie Kazootie, NBC, 1950-1952 and ABC, 1952-1954
The Gumby Show, NBC, 1957, syndicated, 1966
Let's Have Fun!, beginning in 1959
The Chuck McCann Show, c. 1960
Laurel and Hardy and Chuck, c. 1960
Turn-On, ABC, 1969
Happy Days, CBS, 1970
Barney, Far Out Space Nuts, CBS, 1975-1976
Van Dyke and Company, NBC, 1976
Bert Stockwood, All That Glitters, syndicated, 1977
Harold Zimmerman, A New Kind of Family, ABC, 1979
Host and performer, LBS Children's Theater, c. 1983-1984
Kris Kringle, Santa Barbara, NBC, 1987-1988
Wally Walters, On the Air, ABC, 1992
Appeared in The Steve Allen Show, CBS, NBC, ABC, and syndicated. Also appeared in Chuck McCann's Fun Stuff, Chuck McCann's Laurel andHardy Show, The Great Bombo's Magic Cartoon Circus Lunchtime Show, The Puppet Hotel!, and Uncle Paul's Lunchtime.
Animated Series
Voices of Hurricane Harry, Jack-in-the-Box, Madcap, Number One, Owl, andRattler, Cool McCool, NBC, 1966-1969
Voice of Billy Joe, The New Shmoo, NBC, 1979
Voice characterizations, Scooby and Scrappy-Doo, ABC, beginning in1979
Voice of Billy Joe, Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo, NBC, 1979-1980
Voice of mummy man, The Drak Pack, CBS, 1980-1981
Voices of Blinky and Pinky, Pac-Man, ABC, 1982-1984 also part of The Pac-Man/Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show, ABC, 1982-1983
Voices of E7 Wendell A. Mitzger and Leatherneck, G.I. Joe: A Great American Hero, syndicated, 1985 and 1990-1992
Voices of Duckworth, Burger Beagle, and Bouncer Beagle, DuckTales,ABC and syndicated, 1987-1992
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, ABC, beginning in 1988
Baron Von Clawdeitz, Ring Raiders, syndicated, 1989
Voices of Dumptruck, Gibbler, a pilot, and others, "Tale Spin," DisneyAfternoon, syndicated, 1990-1994
Voice characterizations, The Toxic Crusaders, syndicated, 1991
Voice characterizations, Where's Waldo (also known as Where's Wally and Where's Wally?), CBS, 1991
Voices of Benjamin J. Grimm/The Thing, The Fantastic Four (also known as The Marvel Action Hour: The Fantastic Four), syndicated, beginning in 1994
Voice of Blizzard, Iron Man (animated; also known as The MarvelAction Hour: Iron Man), syndicated, beginning in 1994
Voice of the Amoeba Boys and others, The Powerpuff Girls (also known as PPG and Youlide-Chui nu), The Cartoon Network, 1998-
Also appeared in The Jetsons, ABC, CBS, NBC, and syndicated.
Miniseries
Head of the Center for Disease Control, Invasion (also known as Robin Cook's Invasion), NBC, 1997
Movies
Coach, The Girl Most Likely to ... , ABC, 1973
Roger White, Columbo: Double Exposure, NBC, 1973
Buddy Marino, A Cry for Help (also known as End of the Line), ABC, 1975
Man with a hangover, How to Break Up a Happy Divorce, NBC, 1976
Jim Cutler, Sex and the Married Woman, NBC, 1977
Farmer Frank, If Things Were Different, CBS, 1980
W. C. Fields, Mae West, ABC, 1982
Detective Ryan, Carpool, CBS, 1983
Voices of Duckworth, Burger Beagle, and Bouncer Beagle, DuckTales: Treasure of the Golden Suns (animated), 1987
Voices of Duckworth, Burger Beagle, and Bouncer Beagle, Super DuckTales (animated), 1989
Track manager, Come Die with Me: A Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer Mystery, CBS, 1994
Specials
Clownaround, CBS, 1972
Make `Em Laugh, CBS, 1979
Charles Bragg: One of a Kind (documentary), PBS, 1986
Santa Claus, A Very Retail Christmas, NBC, 1990
Sheriff Mooney, Mathnet: Despair in Monterey Bay, PBS, 1992
Rudy Coby: Ridiculously Dangerous, Fox, 1996
Himself, NYTV: By the People Who Make It (documentary), PBS, 1998
Animated Specials
Voices of Pinky and Officer O'Pac, Christmas Comes to Pacland, ABC, 1984
Voice of Duckworth, A DuckTales Valentine, NBC, 1990
Voice of Santa Claus, P. J.'s Unfunnybunny Christmas, ABC, 1993
Episodic
"Younger Brother's Younger Brother," Bonanza, NBC, 1972
Hal Miller, "Let's Get Away from It Almost," The Bob Newhart Show,CBS, 1973
(As Charles McCann) Lloyd Tatum, "Eighteen Hours of Fear," Kojak,CBS, 1974
Tinker Jones, "The Voice of Tinker Jones," Little House on the Prairie, NBC, 1974
"Seven-Eleven," Police Woman, NBC, 1974
Larry Horvath, "Silence," Starsky and Hutch, ABC, 1976
Kenny Bell, "Requiem for a Funny Box," The Rockford Files, NBC, 1977
Wally Stone, "Murder on Stage 17," Starsky and Hutch, ABC, 1977
Pearly, Semi-Tough, ABC, 1980
Beerbelly, "A Tiny Romance," One Day at a Time, CBS, 1981
Gillis, "Fast Money," ChiPs, NBC, 1981
Captain Bellybuster, "Captain Bellybuster and the Speed Factory" (also known as "The Speed Factory"), The Greatest American Hero, ABC, 1982
Oliver Hardy, "Here's Another Fine Mess," Matt Houston, ABC, 1983
Royal Rhino, "Rhino of the Year/One Last Time/For Love or Money," TheLove Boat, ABC, 1983
"Putting on the Dog/Going to the Dogs/Women's Best Friend/Whose Dog Is ItAnyway?" The Love Boat, ABC, 1983
Mr. Stovall, "Sweet Dreams," St. Elsewhere, NBC, 1984

Adam Booth, "Final Vows," Matt Houston, ABC, 1985
Bombo the clown, "Circus Knights," Knight Rider, NBC, 1985
Spiffy Remo/Mr. Personalities, "The Impressionist," Tales from the Darkside, syndicated, 1985
Stan, "Arnold Saves the Squirrel," Diff'rent Strokes, NBC, 1985
Santa Claus, "It's a Wonderful Christmas," The Facts of Life, NBC,1987
Contestant hopeful, "And the Survey Says ... ," 227, NBC, 1988
Richard Mitchell, "Down Came the Rain and Washed the Spider Out: Part 2,"Knots Landing, CBS, 1989
Richard Mitchell, "Up the Spout Again," Knots Landing, CBS, 1989
Red, "Dr. Weston and Mr. Hyde," Empty Nest, NBC, 1992
Coach Biederbeck, "Charley's Millions," Empty Nest, NBC, 1994
Uncle Ted, "I Never Promised You Charoses, Martin," Dream On, HBO,1994
Captain Jack Brim, "The King Is Back," Sliders, Fox, 1995
"A Kiss Is Just a Kiss," Kirk, The WB, 1995
Chuck, "Red Cadillac," Land's End, syndicated, 1996
Repairman, "Jenny's Non-Dream," Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, ABC, 1997
Mets catcher, "The Second Mrs Buchman," Mad about You (also knownas Loved by You), NBC, 1998
Appeared in episodes of other series, including Cagney & Lacey, CBS; and The Garry Moore Show, CBS. Puppeteer in episodes of Today (also known as The Today Show), NBC; and America after Dark.
Episodic; Animated Series
Voices of Boogie and Deputy Blubber, The C.B. Bears, NBC, c. 1977
Voices of Artemus and mutants, "Trial by Terror," Thundarr the Barbarian, ABC, 1980
The Get-Along Gang, CBS, 1984
The New Jetsons, syndicated, 1985
Pound Puppies, ABC, 1986
Fantastic Max, 1988
Voices of child mouse, the Red Badger of Courage, and Sugar Ray Lizard, "The SS Drainpipe," Chip `N' Dale Rescue Rangers, The Disney Channel, 1990
Voices of mouse slave and Sugar Ray Lizard, "Mind Your Cheese and Q's," Chip `N' Dale Rescue Rangers, The Disney Channel, 1990
Tom & Jerry Kids Show, Fox, 1990
Voice of Eggbert, "Critical Condition," Animaniacs (also known asSteven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs), Fox, 1993
The voice of Filth number two, "The Tick vs. Filth," The Tick, Fox, 1994
The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat, CBS, 1995
Voices of Benjamin J. Grimm/The Thing, "Fantastic Fortitude," The Incredible Hulk, UPN, 1996
"Pig Amok," Duckman, USA Network, 1996
Appeared as Tadpole, "Just a Tad Smarter," Gummi Bears, NBC. Alsoappeared in episodes of the animated series Dennis the Menace, syndicated; and Droopy Master Detective, Fox.
Pilots
Arnold's Closet Review, NBC, 1971
Television Work
Editor; Animated Miniseries
This Is America, Charlie Brown, CBS, 1988
Editor; Specials
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus, ABC, 1974
Happily Ever After, PBS, 1985
Two Daddies?, PBS, 1989
Editor; Animated Specials
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, CBS, 1973
There's No Time for Love, Charlie Brown, 1973
Here Comes Garfield, CBS, 1982
(Supervising) Garfield on the Town, CBS, 1983
What Have We Learned, Charlie Brown?, 1983
The Romance of Betty Boop, CBS, 1985
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, CBS, 1985
Happy New Year, Charlie Brown!, CBS, 1986
Cathy, CBS, 1987
Cathy's Last Resort, CBS, 1988
It's the Girl in the Red Truck, Charlie Brown (also known as The Girl in the Red Truck), CBS, 1988
The Mayflower Voyagers, 1988
Snoopy the Musical, CBS, 1988
Cathy's Valentine, CBS, 1989
Why, Charlie Brown, Why?, CBS, 1990
Snoopy's Reunion, CBS, 1991
It's Christmas Time Again, Charlie Brown, CBS, 1992
You're in the Super Bowl, Charlie Brown!, NBC, 1992
Frosty Returns, CBS, 1995
Film Appearances
Spiros Antonapoulos, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, Warner Bros./Seven Arts, 1968
Projectionist and Captain Flash, The Projectionist, Maron, 1971
Sam, Jennifer on My Mind, United Artists, 1971
Voice of Uncle Oley, Hansu Kurushitan Anderusan no sekai (animated; also known as The World of Hans Christian Andersen), United Artists,1971
Abortionist's assistant, Play It As It Lays, Universal, 1972
Loostgarten, Herbie Rides Again, Buena Vista, 1974
Chuck, Survival, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1976
Studio gate guard, Silent Movie, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1976
Linda Lovelace for President (also known as Hot Neon), Capitol, 1976
Theatre manager, Foul Play, Paramount, 1978
Wallace, They Went That-a-Way & That-a-Way, International Picture Show Company, 1978
Brooks, C.H.O.M.P.S., Orion, 1979
The turtle, Lunch Wagon (also known as Come `n' Get It andLunch Wagon Girls), Media Home Entertainment, 1980
Enrico Kodac, The Comeback Trail, Dynamite, 1982
Harold Dorfman, The Rosebud Beach Hotel (also known as Big Lobby and The No-Tell Hotel), Almi, 1984
Doctor Mole, Hamburger ... The Motion Picture (also known as Hamburger U.), FM Home Video, 1986
Sam Flood, Thrashin', Fries Entertainment, 1986
Voice characterization, G.I. Joe: The Movie (animated), 1987
Ben Majors, Cameron's Closet, Imagine Entertainment, 1989
Lowell Westbrook, That's Adequate, Vidmark Entertainment, 1989
Abe, Guns, Columbia/TriStar, 1990
Voice of Duckworth, DuckTales: The Movie--Treasure of the Lost Lamp (animated), 1990
Bartender, Ladybugs, Paramount, 1992
Pudge Herman, Storyville, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1992
Villager, Robin Hood: Men in Tights (also known as Sacre Robindes bois), Columbia/TriStar, 1993
Innkeeper, Dracula: Dead and Loving It, Columbia, 1995
Film Work
Editor; Animated Short Films
The Pink Blueprint, United Artists, 1966
Smile Pretty, Say Pink, United Artists, 1966
Editor; Animated Films
(As Charles McCann) A Boy Named Charlie Brown (also known as ABoy Called Charlie Brown), National General, 1969
Snoopy, Come Home, National General, 1972
Race for You Life, Charlie Brown, Paramount, 1977
Director and Producer
Hansu Kurushitan Anderusan no sekai (animated; also known as The World of Hans Christian Andersen), United Artists, 1971
Also produced the short film The Joint.
Stage Appearances
Appeared as Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth Night, Pasadena Playhouse, Pasadena, CA; also performed comedy at various venues in the United States.
RECORDINGS
Videos
Ralph Warner, Likely Stories, Volume 3, 1983
Event demonstrator, Playmate Playoffs, Playboy, 1986
Amusement Park Attractions
Voice of Dreamfinder, Journey into Imagination, EPCOT Center, FL,1982
Appeared as the Imagemaker in the EPCOT attraction "World of Imagination."
WRITINGS
Teleplays
Series
Far Out Space Nuts, CBS, 1975
Specials
The Donny and Marie Osmond Show, ABC, 1975
Screenplays
(With Harry Hurwitz) The Projectionist, Maron, 1971

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