When the View-Master was the official film of Disneyland in the 1970s, an actor whose career spanned how many decades was its spokesman?
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GAF Materials Corporation GAF is a company based in Parsippany, New Jersey, that has roots dating back to the late 19th century. The GAF acronym stands for General Aniline & Film. The company has historically been primarily focused on manufacturing of roofing materials for residential and commercial applications. At one time GAF was also active in manufacturing photographic film as well as cameras and projectors (both still and motion picture), and was the manufacturer of the View-Master, the famous line of 3D transparencies, viewers and projectors. Briefly in the 1970s, it was the official film of Disneyland and at this time, actor Henry Fonda served as the company's spokesman in several television commercials including one that featured Jodie Foster in her first acting role.
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Henry Fonda Henry Jaynes Fonda (May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982) was an American film and stage actor with a career spanning five decades.
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Brian Keith Brian Keith (born Robert Alba Keith, November 14, 1921 – June 24, 1997) was an American film, television, and stage actor who in his six-decade-long career gained recognition for his work in movies such as the Disney family film "The Parent Trap" (1961), the comedy "The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming" (1966), and the adventure saga "The Wind and the Lion" (1975), in which he portrayed President Theodore Roosevelt.
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Art Gilmore Arthur Wells Gilmore, known as Art Gilmore (March 18, 1912 – September 25, 2010) was an American voice actor and announcer heard in on radio and television programs, children's records, movies, trailers, radio commercials, and documentary films. He also appeared in several television series and a few feature films.
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Scotty Mattraw Winfield Scott "Scotty" Mattraw (October 19, 1880 - November 9, 1946) was an American film and television actor. Mattraw provided the voice of Bashful in Walt Disney's "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs".
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John Bunny John Bunny (September 21, 1863 – April 26, 1915) was an American actor and was one of the first comic stars of the motion picture era. Between 1909 and his death in 1915 Bunny was one of the top stars of early silent film, as well as an early example of celebrity. At one time he was billed as "the man who makes more than the president". His face was insured for $100,000 and his unexpected death made headlines around the world. Though quickly forgotten, Bunny paved the way for future plump comedians such as Fatty Arbuckle and Jackie Gleason.
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John Pinette John Paul Pinette ( ) (March 23, 1964 – April 5, 2014) was an American actor, Broadway performer, and stand-up comedian. He toured the comedy club circuit beginning in the 1980s and appeared in cinema and on television. Besides stand-up, Pinette did impressions of The Chipmunks, Elvis Presley, Gollum from "The Lord of the Rings", Hervé Villechaize (Tattoo from "Fantasy Island"), an Ewok, actor Marlon Brando (notably Brando's role in "The Godfather)", as well as various ethnic accents. He occasionally sang, for example "Over the Rainbow" from "The Wizard of Oz", and "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" in stand-up routines.
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Skip Young (actor) Skip Young (born Ronald Plumstead, March 14, 1930 - March 17, 1993) was an American actor best known for his decade-long role as Wally Plumstead in the ABC sitcom "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet". When chosen to join Ozzie Nelson's television series, Young suggested that the last name of his character be "Plumstead".
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Christopher de Leon Christopher "Boyet" Strauss de León (born October 31, 1956) is a Filipino film actor and politician. De Leon appeared on the gag show "Going Bananas" and has appeared in over 120 films since the early 1970s.
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Jean-Claude Drouot Jean Claude Drouot (born 17 December 1938) is a Belgian actor whose career has lasted over a half-century. At the age of twenty-five, he gained widespread fame in the French-speaking world as a result of portraying the title role in the popular television adventure series, "Thierry la Fronde".
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Jack Grinnage Jack Grinnage (born January 20, 1931) is an American actor with a film and television career spanning seven decades. Born in Los Angeles, Grinnage made his first television appearances in 1954. The following year, he played as Moose – one of three teenage rebels who chase James Dean – in "Rebel Without a Cause" (1955). "Rebel Without a Cause" was his first movie where he received a screen credit.
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Hugh Lloyd Hugh Lewis Lloyd, MBE (22 April 1923 – 14 July 2008) was an English actor who made his name in television and film comedy from the 1960s to the 1980s. He was best known for appearances in "Hugh and I" and other sitcoms of the 1960s.
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Billy Barty Billy Barty (October 25, 1924 – December 23, 2000) was an American actor. In adult life, he stood three feet, nine inches (114 cm), due to cartilage–hair hypoplasia dwarfism, and because of his short stature, he was often cast in movies opposite taller performers for comic effect. He specialized in outspoken or wisecracking characters. During the 1950s, he became a television star, appearing regularly in the Spike Jones ensemble.
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Stuart Buchanan Stuart Buchanan (March 18, 1894 – February 4, 1974) was an American actor and deep-voice announcer, who was the casting director for the Walt Disney Company, best known for voicing Humbert the Huntsman in the 1937 Disney animated film "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". He also made cameo voiceover roles as a flight attendant in "Saludos Amigos" (1942) and in "Super-Speed" (1935). He also voiced Goofy in "The Mickey Mouse Theater of the Air" in 1938.
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James Stewart James Maitland "Jimmy" Stewart (May 20, 1908July 2, 1997) was an American actor and military officer who is among the most honored and popular stars in film history. A major Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player, Stewart was known for his distinctive drawl and down-to-earth persona, which helped him often portray American middle-class men struggling in crisis. Many of the films he starred in have become enduring classics.
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Ken Maynard Kenneth Olin Maynard (July 21, 1895 – March 23, 1973) was an American motion picture stuntman and actor. He appeared in more than 90 films over 20 years with his white cowboy hat, fancy shirt, and a pair of six-shooters.
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Hank Henry Hank Henry (July 9, 1906 – March 31, 1981) was an American comedian, known for his stage work on the Las Vegas Strip for decades. He was also a film and television actor. Henry got his start in burlesque and was the comic to straightman Robert Alda, Alan Alda's father.
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Basil Hoffman Basil Harry Hoffman (born January 18, 1938) is an American actor. He has had a film and TV career spanning five decades mostly in supporting roles. He has starred in films with many award-winning directors, including Alan Pakula and Robert Redford. He has also authored two books about acting, including "Acting and How to Be Good at It".
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Art Evans Arthur James "Art" Evans (born March 27, 1942) is an American actor who has made multiple film and television program appearances over the span of three decades.
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Skip Homeier George Vincent Homeier (October 5, 1930 – June 25, 2017), known professionally as Skip Homeier, was an American actor who started his career at the age of eleven and became a child star.
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Zevi Wolmark Zevi Wolmark (born August 19, 1962) is an American film and theatre actor and artist. His on-screen career was at its peak in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He is chiefly known for his appearance in the 1988 TV Series "Superboy" as well as for lending his voice to the animated TV Series C.O.P.S.
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Robert Emmett O'Connor Robert Emmett O'Connor (March 18, 1885 – September 4, 1962) was an American film actor. He appeared in 204 films between 1919 and 1950. He is probably best known as the warmhearted bootlegger Paddy Ryan in "The Public Enemy" (1931) and as Detective Sergeant Henderson pursuing the Marx Brothers in "A Night at the Opera" (1935). He also appeared as Jonesy, (the older Paramount gate guard) in Billy Wilder's 1950 film "Sunset Boulevard". He also made a cameo appearance at the very beginning and very end of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon short "Who Killed Who?" (1943).