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Alan Young (born Angus Young; November 19, 1919 – May 19, 2016) was an English-Canadian-American actor, comedian, radio and television host, whom TV Guide called "the Charlie Chaplin of television". Young was born in North Shields, Northumberland, England, to Scottish parents. He suffered from severe asthma as a child, which kept him bedridden for long periods of time. During this time, he developed a love of radio, and began performing on local radio stations in his teens. In 1941, Young moved to the United States, where he continued his radio career. He also began appearing in television shows, and in 1950, he won an Emmy Award for Best Actor for his role in the sitcom The Alan Young Show. Young's most famous role was as Wilbur Post in the television comedy Mister Ed (1961–1966). The show was about a man who could talk to his talking horse, and it was a huge success, running for five seasons. Young's performance in the show earned him another Emmy Award nomination. After Mister Ed, Young continued to work in television and film. He also provided the voice of Scrooge McDuck for Disney from 1974 until his death in 2016. Young was a versatile actor who was equally adept at comedy and drama. He was also a talented musician, and released several albums of music. Young was married three times and had four children. He died in 2016 at the age of 96.
Alan Young
Scrooge McDuck
for Scrooge McDuck in Mickey Mouse The Movie
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Mickey Mouse The Movie is an upcoming live-action/animated hybrid musical fantasy action adventure comedy film and also film adaptation based on the titular popularity franchise Mickey Mouse with some non-canon elements including preschool interactive series Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (2006/2016), both DuckTales show versions (1987/2017), A Goofy Movie film series (1995/2000) and Saludos Amigos (1942)/The Three Caballeros (1944) also based on both universes of Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck and its plot is similar to Smurfs (2025) and The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023). A reboot movie of Mickey Mouse media. Directed by Akiva Schaffer and Jon Favreau, produced Ryan Coogler and written by Dan Gregor and Doug Mand, also the film stars Adam DeVine as titular main protagonist Mickey Mouse, Karen Fukuhara as Minnie Mouse, legendary iconic Donald Duck voice actor Tony Anselmo reprising his role as Donald Duck himself from the animated continuity, Hailee Steinfeld as Daisy Duck, Ron Funches as Goofy and Bill Farmer also reprising his role as Pluto from the animated continuity with original DuckTales (2017) cast members reprising their roles and new recasted voice casts voicing the other characters ft. Sabrina Carpenter as Tinker Bell, Joseph Gordon-Levitt reprising his role as Jiminy Cricket in Pinocchio (2022), Tom Hanks reprising his role as the legendary Walt Disney in Saving Mr. Banks (2013) and Bill Hader as Roger Rabbit co-starring in supporting roles alongside newcomers joining the ensemble cast. Produced by Walt Disney Pictures and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.
