Henry Corden

Henry Corden was a Canadianborn American actor and voice artist best known for taking over the role of Fred Flintstone after Alan Reed died in 1977. His official debut as Freds new voice was on the 1977 syndicated weekday series Fred Flintstone and Friends for which he provided voiceovers on brief bumper clips shown inbetween segments, although he had previously provided the singing voice for Reed in both the 1966 theatrical film, The Man Called Flintstone and the 1966 HannaBarbera special The New Alice in Wonderland .

Corden was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada as Henry Cohen to Max and Emma Cohen. His father was a meat curer who had been born in Romania his mother was originally from Russia. The family moved to the Bronx, New York when Corden was a child and he arrived in Hollywood in the 1940s. A story in the Los Angeles Times dated January 8, 1963 stated he had been in the entertainment business foryears , though the 1940 U.S Census lists him without an occupation. He appeared on the stage in Los Angeles and Hollywood, including a 1947 production of The Message. His film career included The System , where he played a nearsighted gangster named Specs. Corden thought it would be the first time infilms he could wear his glasses and see while he was acting, but the lenses gave off too much reflection and he had to substitute them for plain glass after one day of shooting.

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