Ken Sansom ( born Ken Sansom ; 1927, Salt Lake City - 2012, Holladay) is an American film, television and voice actor. Most famous for voicing Rabbit in the Disney series "Winnie the Pooh" from 1988 to 2010.
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| Birth name | Frank Kenneth Sansom Frank Kenneth Sansom |
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| Profession | actor radio host |
| Career | 1970—2010 |
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Biography
Frank Kenneth Sansom was born April 2, 1927 in the city of Salt Lake City ( Utah , USA ). In 1944 he graduated from Vostochnaya high school, after which the 17-year-old youth was immediately drafted into the army and served in the Navy . After the end of World War II, Sansom entered the University of Utah , but did not graduate, since he transferred to Brigham Young University . He graduated from the university with a bachelor's degree in radio broadcasting in 1949. During the Korean War (1950-1953), Sansom again served in the Navy, but since he was a member of the United Service Organization , he was actually organizing leisure activities for American soldiers in Korea.
In 1957, Sansom moved to Los Angeles and began conducting his own entertaining radio show Sansom and Then Some [2] . In 1970, the 43-year-old Sansom first tried himself as a voice actor - his first work was the cartoon , where he voiced a cat. From the same year, Sansom began to appear regularly in television series and television films, and in 1973, viewers first saw the actor “live” on a wide screen - in the film “Long Farewell” . From 1988 to 2010, Sense was the official voice of the animated Rabbit in the Disney series "Winnie the Pooh", in 2003-2007 he also voiced this character in four computer games. Sansom received this baton from actor (1890-1978), who was the voice of the Rabbit from 1966 to 1977. Sansom worked as a voice actor until he was 83 years old.
Ken Sansom was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints .
In 1961, Sansom married a woman named Carla. The couple lived together 51 years until the death of the actor. Three children were born in the marriage: Mattias, Melanie and Melissa.
Ken Sansom died on October 8, 2012 in the city of (Utah) from a stroke [3] . At that time, the actor had three children, nine grandchildren and granddaughters, and sixteen great-grandchildren and great-granddaughters.
Selected Filmography
Widescreen
- In addition to scoring
- 1973 - The Long Goodbye - the guard in the colony
- 1973 - The Sting - Western Union employee
- 1974 - Herbie Riding Again - lawyer
- 1974 - Airport 1975 / Airport 1975 - Gary
- 1975 - Funny Lady / Frederick Martin (Daddy)
Television
- In addition to scoring
- 1970—1971 - / Mayberry RFD - Clarence Ferguson (in 3 episodes)
- 1971 - The Brady Bunch Family - Stan Jacobsen (in 1 episode)
- 1971 - / Room 222 - Fred Beamen (in 1 episode)
- 1971 - / Julia - travel agent (in 1 episode)
- 1971 - The Odd Couple - Mr. Twitchell (1 episode)
- 1972 - All in the Family / All in the Family - IRS Agent (in 1 episode)
- 1973 - Colombo / Columbo - Paul (in 1 episode)
- 1973 - - clerk
- 1975 - / Cannon - clerk (in 1 episode)
- 1975 - / Harry O - Mr. Hodges (in 1 episode)
- 1975 - Special Forces / SWAT - seller (in 2 episodes)
- 1975 - / Maude - TV Interviewer (in 1 episode)
- 1976 - Griffin and Phoenix - Dr. Harding
- 1976 - Charlie's Angels - clerk (1 episode)
- 1976 - Days of Our Lives - Frederick Powell (1 episode)
- 1977 - The Amazing Howard Hughes - hospital administrator
- 1977 - / Welcome Back, Kotter - the future father (in 1 episode)
- 1977 - Baretta / Baretta - Myers (in 1 episode)
- 1978 - Chico and the Man - Dr. Wilson (in 1 episode)
- 1979, 1981 - Lou Grant / Lou Grant - different roles (in 2 episodes)
- 1980 - The White Shadow - Mr. Hyde (in 1 episode)
- 1980 - Eight Is Enough / Eight Is Enough - Byron (in 1 episode)
- 1981 - The Waltons / The Waltons - Dr. Cole (in 1 episode)
- 1981 - - clerk (in 1 episode)
- 1981 - / Quincy, ME - Davidson (in 1 episode)
- 1983 - Spouses Hart / Hart to Hart - Jack Burke (in 1 episode)
- 1983 - / Automan - Minister (in 1 episode)
- 1984, 1987 - / Newhart - meeting participant / guest (in 2 episodes)
- 1985 - Quiet Pier / Knots Landing - John Davis (in 1 episode)
- 1985 - Remington Steele / Remington Steele - Rogers (in 1 episode)
- 1985-1986 - She wrote the murder / Murder, She Wrote - Burt / man (in 3 episodes)
- 1987 - to Heaven - Perkins (in 1 episode)
Scoring
- Widescreen, television, video and computer games
- 1970 - / Shinbone Alley - Rosie's Cat
- 1979 - / Nutcracker Fantasy - Hoffmeister / Wise Poet (in English adaptation)
- 1979 - Ban / Banjo the Woodpile Cat - minor characters
- 1983-1984 - The / The Littles - Dr. Hunter / Peterson (in 21 episodes)
- 1984 - The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries - Codfinger (1 episode)
- 1984-1985 - The Transformers - The Dog / Dr. Paul Gates (in 29 episodes)
- 1985 - The / The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians - minor characters (in 1 episode)
- 1985 - - minor characters (in 1 episode)
- 1985 - Star Patrol: The Legend of Orin / Starchaser: The Legend of Orin - Magreb
- 1986-1987 - / Alvin and the Chipmunks - minor characters (in 16 episodes)
- 1988-1991 - The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh - The Rabbit (48 episodes)
- 1990 - Miracles in Bends / TaleSpin - Ralph Trogmorton (in 1 episode)
- 1991 - Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too - Rabbit
- 1997 - The Great Journey of the Pooh: Finding Christopher Robin / Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin - Rabbit
- 1998 - A / A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving - Rabbit
- 1999 - A / A Valentine for You - Rabbit
- 1999 - Winnie the Pooh: Time to Make Gifts / Seasons of Giving - Rabbit
- 2000 - The Tigger Movie Adventure - Rabbit
- 2001 - The Book of Pooh: Stories from the Heart - Rabbit
- 2001-2002 - The Book of Pooh - The Rabbit (in 19 episodes)
- 2002 - A / A Very Merry Pooh Year - Rabbit
- 2003 - Big film about Piglet / Piglet's Big Movie - Rabbit
- 2003 - - Rabbit
- 2004 - Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Baby Ru / Springtime with Roo - Rabbit
- 2005 - - Rabbit
- 2005 - Winnie and the Elephant Top / Pooh's Heffalump Movie - Rabbit
- 2005 - Winnie the Pooh and the Elephant Top: Halloween / Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie - Rabbit
- 2005 - Kingdom Hearts II - Rabbit (in English adaptation)
- 2007 - Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix + - Rabbit (in English adaptation)
- 2007 - Super / Super Sleuth Christmas Movie - Rabbit
- 2007-2009 - / My Friends Tigger & Pooh - Rabbit (in 28 episodes)
- 2009 - My Friends Tigger & Winnie: The Magic Forest Musical / Tigger & Pooh and a Musical Too - Rabbit
- 2010 - Super / Super Duper Super Sleuths - Rabbit
Notes
- ↑ Utah actor Ken Sansom, voice of 'Pooh's' Rabbit, dies at 85 - The Salt Lake Tribune .
- ↑ Famous Mormons. Actors, Producers, Directors and other Entertainers on the famousmormons.net website Archived from the original on April 30, 2008
- ↑ Ken Sansom on behindthevoiceactors.com