Hans Conried

Born:

April 15th, 1917
Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Died:

January 5th, 1982
Burbank, California, United States

Productions:

Peter Pan as Captain Hook/George Darling
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T as Dr. Terwilliker
Can-Can as Boris Adzinidzinadze
Sleeping Beauty as Lord Duke
Kismet as Wazir
Horton Hears a Who! as Narrator/Horton/Dr. H. Hoovey
The Phantom Tollbooth as King Azaz/The Mathemagician
70, Girls, 70 as Harry Hardwick (original Broadway cast)
Irene as Madame Lucy
Halloween is Grinch Night as Narrator/The Grinch
The Hobbit as Thorin Oakenshield

Recordings:

Peter Pan (film soundtrack)
Can-Can (original cast recording)
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T (film soundtrack)
70, Girls, 70 (original cast recording)
The Hobbit (film soundtrack)

Vocal Type:

Baritone

Hans Conried was an American actor.

Biography[]

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Conried studied acting at Columbia University and became a classical stage actor as well as performing Shakespeare on radio, where he became well regarded for his diversity and range of characters. He also gained a regular role as a psychiatrist on The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show . In 1953, Conried would make his greatest mark as the voice and model of both Captain Hook and Mr. Darling in Disney's Peter Pan, as well as making his stage debut in the musical Can-Can and portrayed Dr. Terwilliker on The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T. Although he was replaced by Taylor Holmes for the voice role of King Stefan in Sleeping Beauty, Conried remained a live action model performance for Stefan and the uncredited voice for Lord Duke (the Royal Herald), though it is highly unknown to this day who voiced him, as a result of Conried’s replacement by Holmes for the role of Stefan.

Nevertheless, Conried worked in live action films, specials and shows, but was also known for his character roles and various animated characters, such as appearing in three Dr. Seuss specials and for creating the character of Snidely Whiplash in the Dudley Do-Right series.

Conried passed away in 1982.

Singing[]

Conried performed a number of his songs in the course of his career, frequently comic character pieces. In 1953, he sang his first number on stage and screen with respectively with Can-Can (originating the role of Boris) and Peter Pan. In the same year, he also sang as the title character in The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.

Conried continued to sing during his voiceover roles in productions such as Horton and Dr. Hoovey in Horton Hears a Who! and The Phantom Tollbooth, in which he played the brothers King Azaz and The Mathemagician. He also continued to play stage roles, originating the role of Harry in 70, Girls, 70 and Madame Lucy in Irene.