''Luno the White Stallion'' was a
Terrytoons
Terrytoons was an American animation studio in New Rochelle, New York, that produced animated cartoons for theatrical release from 1929 to 1973 (and briefly returned between 1987 and 1996 for television in name only). Terrytoons was founded by P ...
television series that aired in the mid-1960s. It centered on a little boy named Tim who had a toy horse
Pegasus
Pegasus ( grc-gre, Πήγασος, Pḗgasos; la, Pegasus, Pegasos) is one of the best known creatures in Greek mythology. He is a winged divine stallion usually depicted as pure white in color. He was sired by Poseidon, in his role as hor ...
of marble white named Luno who would come alive and whisk him off on adventures in far off lands when Tim said the words, "Oh winged horse of marble white, take me on a magic flight". The series was produced by William Weiss, and directed by
Connie Rasinski
J. Conrad "Connie" Rasinski (January 28, 1907 in Torrington, Connecticut – October 13, 1965 in Larchmont, New York) was an animation director who did the 1952 animated short "Hansel and Gretel" among others. Rasinski's "House of Hashimoto" was ...
and Arthur Bartsch.
Cast
Luno the White Stallion -
Bob McFadden
Robert McFadden (January 19, 1923 – January 7, 2000) was an American singer, impressionist, and voice-over actor perhaps best known for his many contributions to animated cartoons.
His most popular television cartoon characters included Mil ...
Tim -
Norma MacMillan
Norma MacMillan (September 15, 1921 – March 16, 2001) was a Canadian actress, best known for voicing numerous characters in animation and claymation, including Casper the Friendly Ghost on '' The New Casper Cartoon Show'', Gumby on '' The ...
and
Dayton Allen
Dayton Allen (born Dayton Allen Bolke; September 24, 1919 – November 11, 2004) was an American comedian and voice actor. He was one of the "men in the street" on ''The Steve Allen Show''. His catchphrase was "Why not, Bubbe?" (pronounced "whooo ...
Episodes
* The Missing Genie (1963)
* Trouble in Baghdad (1963)
* King Rounder (1963)
* Jungle Jack (1963)
* Melvin the Magnificent (1963)
* Mixed Up Matador (1963)
* The Flying Chariot (1963)
* The Poor Pirate (1963)
* The Prehysteric Inventor (1963)
* The Square Planet (1963)
* Who's Dragon (1963)
* Island of the Giants (1963)
* Roc-a-Bye Sinbad (1964)
* The Gold Dust Bandit (1964)
* Adventure by the Sea (1964)
* King Neptune's Castle (1965)
*
The Astronut Show
''The Astronut Show'' is an animated TV series, produced by the Terrytoons animation studio. It first aired on August 23, 1965. Each episode included an episode of ''Astronut'', ''Hashimoto-san'', and ''Luno The White Stallion''.
Astronut first ...
(1965)
References
External links
The Big Cartoon Databaseat
Don Markstein's Toonopedia
Don Markstein's Toonopedia (subtitled A Vast Repository of Toonological Knowledge) is an online encyclopedia of print cartoons, comic strips and animation, initiated February 13, 2001. Donald D. Markstein, the sole writer and editor of Toonopedi ...
Archivedfrom the original on November 16, 2015.
1960s American animated television series
1963 American television series debuts
1965 American television series endings
American children's animated adventure television series
Animated television series about children
Animated television series about horses
Television series by CBS Studios
Television series by Terrytoons
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