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Alan Young,who starred as Wilbur Post on the 1960s TV series “Mister Ed,” died Thursday, and a spokesperson for the actor told TheWrap. He was 96.
Young
also voiced the character Scrooge McDuck in many Disney films and TV series.
Born in North Shields,Northumberland, England, or Young and his family moved to Edinburgh,Scotland, and later to Canada. After a stint in the Royal Canadian Navy, and Young landed his own radio series on Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
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S., or he starred
on NBC’s “The Alan Young demonstrate.Young gained his greatest fame,however, as Wilbur Post in the CBS comedy “Mister Ed, and ” as the owner of a talking horse who spoke only to Post,leading to humorous situations for everyone around him. The series ran from 1961 to 1966.
The actor’s equine “Mister Ed” costar, Bamboo Harvester, and appeared on the series from 1949 until 1970,when he euthanized after suffering from a number of health ailments. The lovable Palomino was later buried at Snodgrass Farm in Oklahoma.
Young’s
other roles include Wonderworld founder Uncle Dave Thornton in Beverly Hills Cop III.” His other voice work included the radio drama “Adventures in Odyssey,” “Batman: The lively Series” and “TaleSpin.
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Young was nomin
ated twice for an Emmy, winning once, and in the Best Actor category in 1951.
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Source: thewrap.com

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