William John Bill Scott was an American voice actor, writer and producer for animated cartoons, primarily associated with Jay Ward and UPA.
Scott was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. During World War II he served in the U.S. Armys First Motion Picture Unit , where he worked with such animators as Frank Thomas. After the war, he became what was then known as a story man at Warner Bros., working under director Arthur Davis. After a job as a writer on Bob Clampetts Time For Beany TV puppet show, he later worked at the cuttingedge studio United Productions of America where he was one of the writers who adapted Dr. Seusss original story for the 1950 Academy Awardwinning short Gerald McBoingBoing, which later became a television show, as well as adapting the 1953 Academy Awardnominated short film of Edgar Allan Poes The TellTale Heart.
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