Was a principal of long standing among the comedian jack bennys radio retinue, parlaying his popularity into his own radio series, in which his wife, alice. Behind the scenes on the jungle book voice cast recording duration. The animation in this film is excellent, and the songs and performances are even better. Ten years later, the child has grown into mowgli voice of bruce reitherman. The standout song goes to harris, a rhythmic bare necessities extolling the value of a simple. He was a famous singer and band director before he got into voice overs for disney in his later years. Voice actor who went from being on the jack benny program on the radio to portraying baloo in disneys the jungle book and thomas omalley in the aristocats. Hes one of the people im going looking for in the afterlife. Leave a comment below v and remember to hit that like and subscribe button. The voice actors cast and characters for walt disneys the jungle book 1967. Actorsactresses who voiced in a disney animated film imdb. The jungle book is a 1967 american animated musical comedy film produced by walt disney productions. Wonga phillip phil harris was an american comedian, jazz musician, singer, actor, and voice actor.
Phil harris baloo, sebastian cabot bagheera, louis prima king louie, george sanders shere khan, sterling holloway kaa, j. Take a visual walk through his career and see 4 images of the characters hes voiced and listen to 3 clips that showcase his performances. When the jungle book was nearly complete, disney appointed ken anderson to develop preliminary work on the aristocats, making it the last film project to be approved by disney personally before his death in december 1966. He resigned as president in 1970 when other members didn. The aristocats was released on december 24, 1970 to.
Phil harris is my favorite old time radio and disney voice. Harris worked as a voice actor for animated films, providing the voice of baloo the bear in the jungle book 1967, thomas omalley in the aristocats 1970, and little john in robin hood 1973. In 1989, he reprised his role as baloo for the cartoon series talespin, but after a few recording sessions he was replaced by ed gilbert. Characters and voice actors the jungle book 1967 youtube. Such a great voice actor little john baloo and o mally are great characters. As a voice actor, he played baloo in the jungle book, thomas omalley in the aristocats, and little john in robin hood. Phil harris and bruce reitherman in the jungle book 1967. Who was the voice of baloo in the original movie the. Phil harris was bornon june 24, 1904 in linton, in.
Jungle book baloo is a sleepy brown bear who plays a part in salvaging mowgli from shere khans clutches and educating him on the law of the jungle. Phil harris look for the bare nesccities louis prima i wanna be like you. His baloo was my favorite from the 1967 jungle book. Wonga philip harris june 24, 1904 august 11, 1995 was an american comedian, actor, singer, and jazz musician. Actorsthe jungle book baloo the bearfan the parody. It is famously known for being the last film that walt disney himself ever got to work on. Bill murray will voice the lovable bear baloo in disneys live actionanimated hybrid the jungle book, the walt disney studios announced friday evening. Harris was disneys goto voice actor for several years. Voice actors of this disney film included phil harris as. Phil harris actor the jungle book a bandleader of the 1940s and a radio, film, and tv actor who always seemed to imply allegiance to the former confederate states of america.
He is also the son of animator wolfgang reitherman and the younger brother of robert and richard reitherman. Though successful as an orchestra leader, harris is remembered today for his recordings as a vocalist, his voice work in animation probably most famous later in his career for his roles as bears, one being baloo in disneys the jungle book, and as little john. In 1933, he made a short film for rko called so this is harris. He would later go on to voice thomas omalley the alley cat, and little john from disneys robin hood. Phil harris voiced baloo, a sloth bear who leads a carefree life and believes in letting the good things in life come by themselves. Shere khan elephant soldier singing voice uncredited. The real phil harris the voice of baloo and other characters. Description provided by wikipedia under creative commons attribution ccbysa 4. Phil harris is a voice actor known for voicing baloo, thomas omalley, and little john. Entertainment quiz the jungle book characters by voice actors random entertainment or book quiz can you name the the jungle book characters by the voice actor. Mowgli bruce reitherman 1955 bagheera sebastian cabot19181977. This is the list of voice actors for disneys jungle book. He provided the voices for baloo in the jungle book, thomas omalley in the aristocats, and little john in robin hood. The jungle book characters by voice actors quiz by mrvinyl.
Download or listen to sound clips of lines and sound fx sampled from the movie the jungle book. The jungle book 1967 voice actors and characters youtube. Wonga philip harris was an american comedian, actor, singer, and jazz musician. The jungle book 1967 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors. All three definitely share more than a few of harris.
Pat omalley colonel hathi, bruce reitherman mowgli buy bluray on amazon. Jan 25, 20 phil harris is my favorite old time radio and disney voice actor ever. Phil harris the jungle book, inheritance pdf paolini book 4, phil harris, actor. Baloo comparison of the voice actors who have been the voice of baloo with sound clips and images. Baloo is in fine form here as he instructs moglai in the ways of the. Harris got his start with disney in the jungle book as the lazy and loveable baloo, along with being the original singer behind the films iconic song, the bare necessities. He was originally cast to voice orville in the rescuers however it went to.
Images of the baloo voice actors from the jungle book franchise. As a voice actor, he played baloo in the jungle book 1967, thomas. Compacttoc8 a charles adler buster bunny and roderick rat on tiny toon adventures. Photos of the the jungle book 1967 movie voice actors. When gregory peck was the president of the academy of motion picture arts and sciences, he tried his hardest to get a fulllength animated feature film most notably the the jungle book 1967 not only nominated for the academy award for best picture, but also to actually win the award.
The list of works are merely a summation as many voice actors work for many different projects that would be too numerous to list. Harris greatest success and his most enduring legacy came from his work as a voice actor. Main trio mowgli is the protagonist of the jungle book and its sequel. Wonga phillip phil harris june 24, 1904 august 11, 1995 was an american singer, songwriter, jazz musician, actor, and comedian. Bill murray to voice lovable bear baloo in disneys the.
Bruce reitherman is a former child actor, who provided the voices of mowgli in the jungle book and christopher robin in winnie the pooh and the honey tree. A bandleader of the s and a radio, film, and tv actor who always seemed to. The talented phil harris provided the voices of baloo the jungle book little john robin. The voice cast for walt disney pictures the jungle book the original 1967 version. As a voice actor, he played baloo in the jungle book 1967, thomas omalley in the aristocats 1970, and little john in robin hood 1973. The jungle book 2 will work in all regions regions a,b,c other than that product was shipt and decent amount time no scratches or anything wrong with dvds. For characters of the 2016 live action adaptation see here.
In certain adaptations, he is a laidback sloth bear who lives by the bare necessities philosophy and. The jungle book is a great classic animation movie. It may not have followed rudyard kiplings book exactlyin fact, walt disney preferred that scriptwriters not read the book but the jungle book was a toetapping box office success. The jungle book 2016 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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