John Stephenson (actor)
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John Winfield Stephenson (born – May 15, 2015) was an American actor who worked primarily in voice-over roles.


Early life

Stephenson was from
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. After serving in the
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as a gunner and radio operator during
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, Stephenson took a course in speech and drama at
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and graduated with a theater degree before moving to Hollywood.


Death

Stephenson died of
Alzheimer's disease Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease and the cause of 60–70% of cases of dementia. The most common early symptom is difficulty in remembering recent events. As the disease advances, symptoms can include problems wit ...
, aged 91 on May 15, 2015. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, their two children (a son and a daughter) and a granddaughter.


Filmography


Film

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'' – Centurion (uncredited) (1960) *'' The Man Called Flintstone'' – Vet (1966) *'' Hellfighters'' – Mr. Chapman (uncredited) (1968) *''
Charlotte's Web ''Charlotte's Web'' is a book of children's literature by American author E. B. White and illustrated by Garth Williams. It was published on October 15, 1952, by Harper & Brothers. It tells the story of a livestock pig named Wilbur and his frie ...
'' – John Arable (1973) *''
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'' – Lawyer-Second Team (1974) *''The Last of the Mohicans'' – TV Movie – Colonel Allen Munro/Delaware Chief (1975) *'' The Hobbit'' – TV Movie – Dori/Bard/Great Goblin (1977) *'' Five Weeks in a Balloon'' – TV movie (1977) *'' Yogi's First Christmas'' – TV Movie – Doggie Daddy/Mr. Dingwell (1980) *''
The Return of the King ''The Return of the King'' is the third and final volume of J. R. R. Tolkien's ''The Lord of the Rings'', following '' The Fellowship of the Ring'' and '' The Two Towers''. It was published in 1955. The story begins in the kingdom of Gondor, ...
'' – TV Movie – Gondorian Guard/Dwimmerlaik – The Witch-King of Angmar (1980) *'' No Man's Valley'' – TV Special – Herman/Protester (1981) *'' Yogi Bear's All Star Comedy Christmas Caper'' – TV Special – Doggie Daddy/Butler/Announcer (1982) *'' The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones'' – TV Movie – Mr. Slate (1987) *'' Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats'' -TV Movie – Fancy-Fancy/Officer Charlie Dibble/Waiter (1987) *'' Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose'' – TV Movie – Doggie Daddy /Pelican (1987) *'' Hanna-Barbera's 50th: A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration'' – TV Movie documentary – Mr. Slate (1989) *'' A Flintstone Family Christmas'' – TV Special – Mr. Slate (1993) *'' Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby'' – TV Movie – Mr. Slate (1993) *'' I Yabba-Dabba Do!'' – TV Movie – Mr. Slate (1993) *'' A Flintstones Christmas Carol'' – TV Movie – Mr. Slate (1994) *'' Truman'' – TV Movie – H.V. Kaltenborn (voice) (uncredited) (1995) *'' The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas'' – Showroom Announcer/Minister (voice) (2000) *'' The Flintstones: On the Rocks'' – TV Movie – Mr. Slate/Old Man (2001) *'' Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo'' – Video – The Sheriff (2010)


Television

*'' The Lone Ranger'' – episode – Dan Reid's Fight for Life – Roy Barnett (1954) *'' Treasury Men in Action'' – 5 episodes (1955) * '' The People's Choice'' (1955) 16 episodes Roger Crutcher *'' Yancy Derringer'' – episode – Three Knaves from New Haven – Arthur Travers (1958) *'' The Real McCoys'' – 3 episodes – various (1958–1963) *''
Bonanza ''Bonanza'' is an American Western television series that ran on NBC from September 12, 1959, to January 16, 1973. Lasting 14 seasons and 431 episodes, ''Bonanza'' is NBC's longest-running Western, the second-longest-running Western series on ...
'' – episode – The Sisters – John Henry (1959) *'' Shotgun Slade'' – episode – The Smell of Money – Charlie Cummings (1960) *''
The Flintstones ''The Flintstones'' is an American animated sitcom produced by Hanna-Barbera, Hanna-Barbera Productions, which takes place in a romanticized Stone Age setting and follows the titular family, the Flintstones, and their next-door neighbors, the R ...
'' – 73 episodes – Mr. Slate/Grand Poobah/Joe (1960–1966) *'' Whispering Smith'' – episode – The Idol – Eddie Royce (1961) *''
Top Cat ''Top Cat'' is an American animated sitcom produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and originally broadcast in prime time on the ABC network. It aired in a weekly evening time slot from September 27, 1961, to April 18, 1962, for a single season ...
'' – episodes – Fancy-Fancy/The Sergeant (1961–1962) *'' Jonny Quest'' – 6 episodes – Dr. Benton C. Quest/additional voices (1964–1965) *'' The Peter Potamus Show'' (14 episodes of it) & The Magilla Gorilla Show (9 episodes of it) – Segment – Breezly and Sneezly – Colonel Fusby (1964–1965) *'' Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.'' – 2 episodes – They Shall Not Pass & Sue the Pants Off 'Em – Major Stone Mr. Clark (1964–1967) *'' The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'' – episode – The Never-Never Affair – Varner (1965) *'' Hogan's Heroes'' – 8 episodes – Professor Bauer/Felix/Decker/Major Rudel/Karl/Inspector General/Major Kohler/Captain Mueller (1965-1970) *'' The Atom Ant Show'' – Segment – Atom Ant – Narrator (uncredited) (1965–1966) *'' Frankenstein Jr. and The Impossibles'' – Professor Conroy (1966) *'' The Secret Squirrel Show'' – 26 episodes – Segment – Squiddly Diddly/ Winsome Witch – Chief Winchley/additional voices (1966-1967) *'' The Abbott and Costello Cartoon Show'' – additional voices (1967) *'' Iron Horse'' – episode – Decision at Sundown – Warden (1967) *'' Birdman'' – Various (1967) *'' Samson & Goliath'' – additional voices (1967–1968) *'' Dragnet'' – Narrator (uncredited) (1967–1969) *''
Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor ''Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor'' is an American Saturday-morning animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions that ran on CBS from September 9, 1967 to January 6, 1968, airing in reruns until September 6, 1969. Despite Moby' ...
'' – Pond/Ork/Tog/additional voices (1967–1969) *''Arabian Knights'' – episode – Fariik/Bakaar (1968) *'' The Adventures of Gulliver'' – Captain Leech (1968) *''
Wacky Races ''Wacky Races'' is a media franchise containing five animated series, several video games, and a comic book, with most centered on the theme of various Hanna-Barbera cartoon characters primarily engaged in auto racing (although occasionally employ ...
'' – 17 episodes – Luke/Blubber Bear (1968–1969) *'' The Mod Squad'' – episode – The Girl in Chair Nine – Professor Aaron Tanner (1969) *'' Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!'' – Dr. Jekyll/Ghost of Mr. Hyde /Sheriff /additional voices (1969–1970) *'' Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch!'' – 16 episodes – Eustace P. Peevly/The Zoo Superintendent/Slicks the Fox/Hippy the Hippopotamus/Dr. Kneeknocker/Zeed the Zebra/additional voices (1971) *'' The Flintstone Comedy Hour'' – Noodles (1972) *'' Sealab 2020'' – Captain Mike Murphy (1972) *'' A Christmas Story'' – TV Movie (1972) *''The Thanksgiving That Almost Wasn't'' – TV movie (1972) *'' Mission: Impossible'' – episode – Underground – Director (1972) *'' Yogi's Ark Lark'' – Benny the Ball/Doggy Daddy /Hardy Har-Har (1972) *'' Wait Till Your Father Gets Home'' (1972–1973) *'' The New Scooby-Doo Movies'' – Red Baron / Mr. Hyde/additional Voices (1972-1974) *'' Jeannie'' – 16 episodes – Hadji (1973) *'' Super Friends'' (1973) *'' Yogi's Gang'' – Doggie Daddy/Hardy Har Har/Mr. Hothead/additional Voices (1973) *'' Inch High, Private Eye'' – 13 episodes – Mr. Finkerton (1973) *'' Goober and the Ghost Chasers'' – additional voices (1973) *'' Speed Buggy'' – additional voices (1973) *'' The Addams Family'' – additional voices (1973) *'' McMillan & Wife'' – episode – The Fine Art of Staying Alive – Harry (1973) *''
Butch Cassidy Robert LeRoy Parker (April 13, 1866 – November 7, 1908), better known as Butch Cassidy, was an American train robbery, train and bank robbery, bank robber and the leader of a gang of criminal outlaws known as the "Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch, ...
'' – Mr. Socrates (1973) *'' The Six Million Dollar Man'' – episode – Nuclear Alert – Two Star General (uncredited) (1974) *'' Devlin'' – additional voices (1974) *'' These Are the Days'' – additional voices (1974) *''
ABC Afterschool Special ''ABC Afterschool Special'' is an American anthology television series that aired on ABC from October 4, 1972, to January 23, 1997, usually in the late afternoon on weekdays. Most episodes were dramatically presented situations, often controve ...
s'' – episode – Cyrano – Richelieu (1974) *'' Partridge Family 2200 A.D.'' – Reuben Kinkaid (1974–1975) *'' The Streets of San Francisco'' – episode – The Programming of Charlie Blake – Leonard Paxton (1975) *'' The Mumbly Cartoon Show'' – Shnooker (1976) *''Davy Crockett on the Mississippi'' – TV Movie – Sloan/Andrew Jackson/Blacksmith (1976) *'' Clue Club'' – Sheriff Bagley (1976) *'' The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour'' – Ghost of Juan Carlos/Ghost of Milo Booth/Viking Ghost Leader/Ghost of Major Andre/Rambling Ghost / Demon Leader/Mamba Wamba/additional Voices (1976–1978) *'' A Flintstone Christmas'' – TV Special – Mr. Slate (1977) *''
Laff-A-Lympics ''Laff-A-Lympics'' is an American animated comedy television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. The series premiered as part of the Saturday-morning cartoon program block '' Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics'', which consists of 24 e ...
'' – Mildew Wolf / Doggie Daddy / Dread Baron /The Great Fondue/additional voices (1977–1979) *'' CB Bears'' – additional voices (1977) *'' Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels'' – additional voices (1977–1980) *'' Yogi's Space Race'' – Captain Snerdley/General Blowhard (1978) *''
Galaxy Goof-Ups ''Galaxy Goof-Ups'' (also known as ''Yogi's Galaxy Goofs-Ups'') is a 30-minute American Saturday-morning cartoon, animated television series, a spin-off (media), spin-off of ''Yogi's Space Race'' and the fourth incarnation of the ''The Yogi Bear S ...
'' – Captain Snerdley/General Blowhard (1978) *'' Dinky Dog'' – additional voices (1978) *'' The Flintstones: Little Big League'' – TV Movie – Mr. Slate (1978) *''The Fantastic Four'' – Doctor Doom/Professor Gregson Gilbert/Magneto/additional voices (1978) *'' Casper's First Christmas'' – Doggie Daddy/Hairy Scary (1979) *'' The Super Globetrotters'' (1979) *''Gulliver's Travels'' – TV Movie (1979) *'' Fred and Barney Meet the Thing'' – Segment – The Thing – Dr. Harkness (1979) *'' Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo'' – additional voices (1979) *'' The New Fred and Barney Show'' – Mr. Slate (1979) *'' The Flintstones Meet Rockula and Frankenstone'' – TV special – Count Rockula (1979) *'' The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show'' – additional voices (1979) *'' The Flintstone Comedy Show'' – Mr. Slate (1980) *'' The Flintstones: Fred's Final Fling'' – TV Special – Frank Frankenstone/Dinosaur/Monkey #1 (1980) *'' The Flintstones' New Neighbors'' – TV Special – Frank Frankenstone (1980) *'' The Kwicky Koala Show'' – Segment – Kwicky Koala – Wilford Wolf (1981) * Daniel Boone – TV Movie (1981) *'' The Flintstones: Jogging Fever'' – TV Special – Frank Frankenstone/Mr. Slate (1981) *'' The Flintstones: Wind-Up Wilma'' – TV Special – Frank Frankenstone (1981) *'' Space Stars'' (1981) *'' Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends'' – Colossus /Thunderbird /The Shocker / Uncle Ben Parker/Loki/Mordred/additional voices (1981–1983) *'' The Incredible Hulk'' (1982) *'' Jokebook'' (1982) * ''Laverne & Shirley with Special Guest Star the Fonz'' – additional voices (1982) *''Shirt Tales'' – additional voices (1982) *'' G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'' – mini series – Gen. Flagg /Old Man (1983) *'' The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show'' (1983) *'' The Dukes'' – additional voices (1983) *'' Mister T'' (1983) *'' The Transformers'' – Thundercracker/Windcharger/Kup/Huffer/additional voices (1984–1987) *'' G.I. Joe'' – Scientist/General Franks/MacIntosh/Mr. Queeg/additional voices (1985-1986) *'' Yogi's Treasure Hunt'' – Doggie Daddy (1985–1988) *'' The Berenstain Bears Show'' – Additional Male Voices (1985-1987) *'' The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo'' – Boris Kreepoff / Freddie Cadaver (1985) *'' The Jetsons'' – Commissioner/DWMR Officer (1985–1987) *'' G.I. Joe'' – episode – The Spy Who Rooked Me – General Hawk (1986) *'' Centurions'' – 15 episodes (1986) *'' Galaxy High School'' – Beef Bonk/Harvey Blastermeier (1986) *'' The Flintstone Kids'' – Ditto Master/Mr. Gemstone (1986–1987) *'' Bionic Six'' – Bionic-1/Jack Bennett/Klunk/additional voices (1987) *''
Fraggle Rock ''Fraggle Rock'' (also known as ''Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock'' or ''Fraggle Rock with Jim Henson's Muppets'') is a children's Musical film, musical Fantasy film, fantasy television comedy, comedy puppet television series about interconnected so ...
'' – Doc /Philo/Grunge (1987) *'' The Video Adventures of Clifford the Big Red Dog'' – additional voices (1988) *''
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'' – additional voices (1988) * ''Jem'' – Lord Trevor and creditor (Britrock) (1988) *'' X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men'' – TV Short – Professor Charles Xavier (1989) *'' TaleSpin'' (1990) *'' Wake, Rattle, and Roll'' – Segment – Fender Bender 500 – Doggie Daddy (1990) *'' Yo Yogi!'' – Doggie Daddy/Mr. Myopics (1991) *'' Darkwing Duck'' – episode – Heavy Mental – Major Synapse (1991) *'' Space Cats'' (1991) *'' What's New, Scooby-Doo?'' – episode – The Unnatural – Bob Taylor (2003) *'' Duck Dodgers'' – episode – The Green Loontern – Ganthet (2003) *'' Johnny Bravo'' – episode – Wilderness Protection Program/A Page Right Out of History – Mr. Slate (2004) *'' What's New, Scooby-Doo?'' – episode – Uncle Scooby and Antarctica – Zelig (2004)


Other works

*''The Flintstones: Wacky Inventions'' – Video short – Mr. Slate (1994) *''
Wacky Races ''Wacky Races'' is a media franchise containing five animated series, several video games, and a comic book, with most centered on the theme of various Hanna-Barbera cartoon characters primarily engaged in auto racing (although occasionally employ ...
'' – Video Game – Luke (2000) *'' Flintstones Bedrock Bowling'' – Video Game – Mr. Slate (2000) *''Space Age Gadgets'' – Video Short – Jetsons Season 1 (2004)


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