William John Scott (August 2, 1920 â€" November 29, 1985) was an
American voice actor, writer and producer for animated cartoons,
primarily associated with Jay Ward and UPA, as well as one of the
founding members of ASIFA-Hollywood. He is probably best known as the
voice of Bullwinkle J. Moose.Scott was born in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania on August 2, 1920. The family later moved to Trenton, New
Jersey, and in 1936 to Denver, Colorado. Scott graduated from the
University of Denver with a degree in English.During World War II he
served in the U.S. Army's First Motion Picture Unit (reporting to Lt.
Ronald Reagan), 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 Clampett's "Time For Beany" TV puppet show, he later
worked at United Productions of America where he was one of the
writers who adapted Dr. Seuss's original story for the 1950 Academy
Award-winning short Gerald McBoing-Boing, which later became a
television show, as well as adapting the 1953 Academy Award-nominated
short film of Edgar Allan Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart.
American voice actor, writer and producer for animated cartoons,
primarily associated with Jay Ward and UPA, as well as one of the
founding members of ASIFA-Hollywood. He is probably best known as the
voice of Bullwinkle J. Moose.Scott was born in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania on August 2, 1920. The family later moved to Trenton, New
Jersey, and in 1936 to Denver, Colorado. Scott graduated from the
University of Denver with a degree in English.During World War II he
served in the U.S. Army's First Motion Picture Unit (reporting to Lt.
Ronald Reagan), 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 Clampett's "Time For Beany" TV puppet show, he later
worked at United Productions of America where he was one of the
writers who adapted Dr. Seuss's original story for the 1950 Academy
Award-winning short Gerald McBoing-Boing, which later became a
television show, as well as adapting the 1953 Academy Award-nominated
short film of Edgar Allan Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart.
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