Henry Corden (born Henry Cohen; January 6, 1920 â€" May 19, 2005) was
a Canadian-born American actor, voice actor and singer, best known for
taking over the role of Fred Flintstone after Alan Reed's death in
1977. His official debut as Fred's new voice was in the 1965
Hanna-Barbera record, Saving Mr. Flintstone, although he had
previously provided the singing voice for Reed in the 1966 theatrical
film The Man Called Flintstone and the Hanna-Barbera specials Alice in
Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This?
(1966) and Energy: A National Issue (1977). He took over the role as
Fred Flintstone full time starting with the syndicated weekday series
Fred Flintstone and Friends for which he provided voice-overs on brief
bumper clips shown in-between segments.Corden was born in Montreal 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.He appeared on the stage in Los Angeles and
Hollywood, including a 1947 production of The Message. His film career
included The System (1952), where he played a near-sighted gangster
named Specs. Corden thought it would be the first time in 25 films 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.Corden's obituary in the Tampa Bay
Times noted, "With his deep voice, jet-black hair and ethnic looks,
Corden was frequently tapped to play heavies in films and on
television." He can be seen in such live-action films as The Secret
Life of Walter Mitty, The Black Castle, Abbott and Costello in the
Foreign Legion and The Ten Commandments. He also appeared in dozens of
TV shows, including Hogan's Heroes (in five episodes), Dragnet, Perry
Mason, Peter Gunn, McHale's Navy (in five episodes), Gunsmoke, The
Mary Tyler Moore Show and was a regular on The Jerry Lewis Show.
Corden also played landlord Henry Babbitt on The Monkees and Mr.
Haskell, the owner of an ice cream parlor, in an episode of The Brady
Bunch.
a Canadian-born American actor, voice actor and singer, best known for
taking over the role of Fred Flintstone after Alan Reed's death in
1977. His official debut as Fred's new voice was in the 1965
Hanna-Barbera record, Saving Mr. Flintstone, although he had
previously provided the singing voice for Reed in the 1966 theatrical
film The Man Called Flintstone and the Hanna-Barbera specials Alice in
Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This?
(1966) and Energy: A National Issue (1977). He took over the role as
Fred Flintstone full time starting with the syndicated weekday series
Fred Flintstone and Friends for which he provided voice-overs on brief
bumper clips shown in-between segments.Corden was born in Montreal 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.He appeared on the stage in Los Angeles and
Hollywood, including a 1947 production of The Message. His film career
included The System (1952), where he played a near-sighted gangster
named Specs. Corden thought it would be the first time in 25 films 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.Corden's obituary in the Tampa Bay
Times noted, "With his deep voice, jet-black hair and ethnic looks,
Corden was frequently tapped to play heavies in films and on
television." He can be seen in such live-action films as The Secret
Life of Walter Mitty, The Black Castle, Abbott and Costello in the
Foreign Legion and The Ten Commandments. He also appeared in dozens of
TV shows, including Hogan's Heroes (in five episodes), Dragnet, Perry
Mason, Peter Gunn, McHale's Navy (in five episodes), Gunsmoke, The
Mary Tyler Moore Show and was a regular on The Jerry Lewis Show.
Corden also played landlord Henry Babbitt on The Monkees and Mr.
Haskell, the owner of an ice cream parlor, in an episode of The Brady
Bunch.
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