Hans Georg Conried Jr. (April , â€" January , ) was an American
actor, comedian and voice actor. Conried is known for providing the
voices of Walt Disney's George Darling and Captain Hook in Peter Pan
(), Snidely Whiplash in Jay Ward's Dudley Do-Right cartoons, Professor
Waldo P. Wigglesworth in Ward's Hoppity Hooper cartoons, and Professor
Kropotkin on the radio and film versions of My Friend Irma. He also
appeared as Uncle Tonoose on Danny Thomas' sitcom Make Room for Daddy,
and in multiple roles on I Love Lucy.Conried was born on April , in
Baltimore, Maryland to parents Edith Beryl (née Gildersleeve) and
Hans Georg Conried Sr. His Connecticut-born mother was a descendant of
Pilgrims, and his father was a Jewish immigrant from Vienna, Austria.
He was raised in Baltimore and in New York City.He studied acting at
Columbia University and went on to play major classical roles onstage.
Conried worked in radio before turning to movies in . During World War
II, he enlisted in the United States Army in September .Conried
trained at Fort Knox as a tank crewman until the army decided he was
too tall. He became a heavy mortar crewman then was sent to the
Philippines as an engineer laborer until fellow actor Jack Kruschen
obtained his release for service with the Armed Forces Radio Network.
actor, comedian and voice actor. Conried is known for providing the
voices of Walt Disney's George Darling and Captain Hook in Peter Pan
(), Snidely Whiplash in Jay Ward's Dudley Do-Right cartoons, Professor
Waldo P. Wigglesworth in Ward's Hoppity Hooper cartoons, and Professor
Kropotkin on the radio and film versions of My Friend Irma. He also
appeared as Uncle Tonoose on Danny Thomas' sitcom Make Room for Daddy,
and in multiple roles on I Love Lucy.Conried was born on April , in
Baltimore, Maryland to parents Edith Beryl (née Gildersleeve) and
Hans Georg Conried Sr. His Connecticut-born mother was a descendant of
Pilgrims, and his father was a Jewish immigrant from Vienna, Austria.
He was raised in Baltimore and in New York City.He studied acting at
Columbia University and went on to play major classical roles onstage.
Conried worked in radio before turning to movies in . During World War
II, he enlisted in the United States Army in September .Conried
trained at Fort Knox as a tank crewman until the army decided he was
too tall. He became a heavy mortar crewman then was sent to the
Philippines as an engineer laborer until fellow actor Jack Kruschen
obtained his release for service with the Armed Forces Radio Network.
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