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Otis Harlan was an American actor and comedian who voiced Happy, one of the Seven Dwarfs in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. He also appeared in many stage, film and vaudeville productions from 1893 to 1940.
Otis Harlan (1865-1940) was an American actor and voice artist, known for Show Boat, A Midsummer Night's Dream and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. He was the oldest voice actor in recorded history and played nervous, mild-mannered characters.
- January 1, 1
- Zanesville, Ohio, USA
- January 1, 1
- Martinsville, Indiana, USA
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Otis Harlan was an American comedian, actor, and voice actor, known for appearing in Irving Berlin's ragtime musicals. For Disney, he was the original voice of Happy in the 1937 Disney animated feature film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. He also voiced Uncle Smiley in the Donald Duck short Self Control.
Harlan was born in Zanesville, Ohio and later became the uncle of the silent film era leading man, Kenneth Harlan.
In 1893, he appeared in Victor Herbert's The Magic Knight as well many vaudeville shows by 1911 such different ragtime musicals by Irving Berlin. Some other famous roles he play were Cap'n Andy in the first, part-talkie film version of Show Boat (1929) where he was also seen as the Master of Ceremonies in the sound prologue that accompanied the film, Starveling in Max Reinhardt's 1935 film version of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Hiram Jenks in the Our Gang short Roamin' Holiday. His other film credits included Galloping Fury, The Shepherd of the Hills, Dames Ahoy!, Captain of the Guard, The King of Jazz, The Big Shot, King Kelly of the U.S.A., The Hoosier Schoolmaster, Hitch Hike Lady, and The Texans.
•With 1865 as his birth year, Harlan is the earliest born actor to have voiced a Disney character.
•Contrary to popular belief, Harlan did not voice Mr. Mole in Bambi, but story director, Perce Pearce did.
Otis Harlan was a Hollywood character actor of silents and talkies who introduced Irving Berlin's "Alexander's Ragtime Band". He was born in 1865 in Ohio, married Nellie Harvey, and died in 1940 in Indiana.
- December 29, 1865
- January 21, 1940
Otis Harlan was a popular stage actor who retired from Hollywood in 1939. He was also the voice of Happy the dwarf in the first full-length Disney animated film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, which premiered in 1937.
Dec 29, 2012 · Character Actor Otis Harlan appeared in over 130 films from the Silent through the Sound era, but he is probably best know as the voice of Happy in Walt Disney‘s 1937 animated classic, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Harlan was also the voice of Mr. Mole in Bambi!
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Mar 25, 2019 · Otis Harlan was a character actor and comedian who played Happy in the 1937 Disney animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. He had a long theatrical career and was known for his joyful and jolly personality.
