Joseph Howard "Skip" Hinnant (born September 12, 1940) is an American actor, singer, voice actor and comedian.

Career

Skip Hinnant's first major role was as Cathy's boyfriend, Ted, on ''

The Patty Duke Show ''The Patty Duke Show'' is an American television sitcom created by Sidney Sheldon and William Asher. The series ran on ABC from September 18, 1963, to April 27, 1966. The series was developed as a vehicle for teenage star Patty Duke, who h ...

'' from 1963 to 1965. In 1967, he played

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in the original off-Broadway cast of

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You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown,'' where his older brother,

Bill Hinnant William Hinnant (born John F. Hinnant; August 28, 1935 – February 17, 1978) was an American actor. His younger brother is actor and comedian Skip Hinnant. Biography Hinnant was born John F. Hinnant in Chincoteague Island, Virginia. He a ...

, played

Snoopy Snoopy is an anthropomorphic beagle in the comic strip ''Peanuts'' by Charles M. Schulz. He can also be found in all of the ''Peanuts'' films and television specials. Since his debut on October 4, 1950, Snoopy has become one of the most recog ...

. Hinnant is best known as a featured performer on the children's show ''

The Electric Company ''The Electric Company'' is an American educational children's television series produced by the Children's Television Workshop (CTW, now known as Sesame Workshop). It was co-created by Paul Dooley, Joan Ganz Cooney, and Lloyd Morrisett. The ...

'', which aired on the American educational television network PBS from 1971 to 1977. He was best known at that time as word decoder Fargo North, Decoder (a play on "

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") and as "The Boy" in the soap opera satire " Love of Chair." Despite generally being known for acting in more family friendly works, Hinnant also performed in adult animation, providing the voice of

Fritz the Cat ''Fritz the Cat'' is a comic strip created by Robert Crumb. Set in a "supercity" of anthropomorphic animals, it focused on Fritz, a feline con artist who frequently went on wild adventures that sometimes involved sexual escapades. Crumb began d ...

in both the 1972 animated film of the same name and its 1974 sequel, '' The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat''. In 1977, he voiced the

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in the

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made-for-television, stop-motion animated feature '' The Easter Bunny Is Comin' To Town'', and in 1980, he provided the voice for the title character Pogo Possum in the

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feature film ''I Go Pogo'' (also done in stop-motion). His most recent acting roles were an appearance in the PBS science education show ''

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'' as Flash Jordan in episode ''Measurement: How Fast? How Slow?'' on November 2, 1984 and a part in an episode of '' Kate & Allie'' as Bob Barsky's boss Brian Keyes in episode "I've Got a Secret" on February 27, 1989. Then he retired from television acting and devoted his entire career to voice-over work at beginnings of 1990s, but in 2006 he made appearances in two retrospectives of ''

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Filmography

* 1963-1965 ''

'' as Ted 6 episodes * 1966 ''

The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean ''The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean'' is a 1966 independent film about a young psychic woman whose powers are exploited by a boy band, directed by Juleen Compton. It was written by Compton and filmed in the Ozark mountains, and was the feature film ...

'' as Francis * 1971-1977 ''

'' as Jay Jay and Various characters (most notably Fargo North, Decoder) * 1972 ''

'' as Fritz the Cat (voice) * 1974 '' The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat'' as Fritz the Cat (voice) * 1977 '' The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town'' as Sunny the Easter Bunny * 1980 ''

I Go Pogo ''Pogo'' was a daily comic strip that was created by cartoonist Walt Kelly and syndicated to American newspapers from 1948 until 1975. Set in the Okefenokee Swamp in the Southeastern United States, ''Pogo'' followed the adventures of its anthro ...

'' as Pogo Possum * 1984 ''

'' as Flash Jordan 1 episode * 1986 '' My Little Pony and Friends'' as Various voices * 1988 ''

As the World Turns ''As the World Turns'' (often abbreviated as ''ATWT'') is an American television soap opera that aired on CBS for 54 years from April 2, 1956, to September 17, 2010. Irna Phillips created ''As the World Turns'' as a sister show to her other s ...

'' as Mr. Leversee 1 episode * 1989 '' Kate & Allie'' as Brian Keyes 1 episode * 1990 ''

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day ''Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day'' is a 1972 ALA Notable Children's Book written by Judith Viorst and illustrated by Ray Cruz. It has also won a George G. Stone Center Recognition of Merit, a Georgia Children's Book ...

'' as Shoe Salesman

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hinnant, Skip 1940 births 1940s births Living people Male actors from Virginia American male comedians American male voice actors American male television actors American male film actors American sketch comedians People from Chincoteague, Virginia Male actors from Los Angeles Comedians from California