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Bill Thompson is a Actor American born on 8 july 1913 at Terre Haute (USA)

Bill Thompson

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Birth name Bill Thompson
Nationality USA
Birth 8 july 1913 at Terre Haute (USA)
Death 15 july 1971 (at 58 years) at Culver City (USA)

Bill Thompson (July 8, 1913 – July 15, 1971) was an American radio actor and voice actor whose career stretched from the 1930s until his death.

Biography

Carrière radiophonique
Né de parents acteurs de vaudeville, Bill Thompson commence sa carrière dans une radio de Chicago. Il commence par apparaître dans l'émission de variété matinale de Don McNeill The Breakfast Club en 1934 ainsi que membre d'une chorale pour la série de variétés The Sinclair Weiner Minstrels vers 1937. Dans ces séries, Thompson créa un personnage doux mais aux propos incompréhensible occasionnellement nommé dans les publicités Mr. Wimple.

Thompson rencontre le succès vers 1936 lorsqu'il rejoint l'équipe de la comédie radiophonique Fibber McGee and Molly et reprend en 1941 la voix de Wimple. Dans la série Fibber McGee and Molly, Thompson s'essaye à plusieurs rôles, dont un fraudeur bruyant à la voix de W. C. Fields, d'abord nommé Widdicomb Blotto puis Horatio K. Boomer, propriétaire d'un restaurant grec. Mais ces deux rôles les plus connus sont le Old Timer (vétéran) et Wallace Wimple. Le Vétéran a été créé en 1937 et est un vieil homme bavard qui écoute et croit aux histoires et blagues de McGee's. Sa phrase la plus célèbre dans laquelle il surnomme sans raison McGee, Johnny est « C'est très bien, Johnny, mais ce n'est pas la façon dont je l'ai entendu. » (That's pretty good, Johnny, but that ain't the way I heerd it!). Cette phrase est passée dans l'argot populaire et apparaît dans les dessins animés de la Warner Bros. dont Tortoise Wins by a Hare dans lequel Bugs Bunny se déguise en un vieil homme barbu et tente de jouer des tours à Cecil Tortoise en l'aidant à battre le lièvre.

Wallace Wimple, une prolongation du rôle de Wimple dans Breakfast Club, se révèle cependant être son personnage le plus durable. Wimple est un ornithologue timide, à juste titre surnommée « Wimp » (mauviette) par McGee, qui a vécu dans la constante peur de sa "vieille et grande femme, ironiquement nommée Sweetie Face, qui a souvent été évoqué mais n'a jamais été entendu. Le terme « poule mouillée » était déjà d'un usage courant pour un personnage viril, par exemple avec le personnage de bande dessinée J. Wellington Wimpy. Le personnage, dont le bonjour était un doux « Hello, folks » est devenu très populaire. C'est ce personnage qui a inspiré le réalisateur Tex Avery pour construire un personnage d'animation canin, plus tard nommé Droopy, auquel Thompson a prêté sa voix dans la plupart de ses apparitions.

En 1942, Thompson joue également le rôle-titre, la genèse d'Adolf Hitler, dans le court métrage d'Avery nommé aux Oscars The Blitz Wolf. En 1943, Thompson interprète pour la première le personnage de Droopy dans Dumb-hounded.


Service militaire
Mais cette même année 1943, alors âgé de 20 ans, Thompson doit interrompre sa carrière pour rejoindre les forces de l'US Navy dans le conflit de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, abandonnant tous ses personnages.

En 1946, il réintègre à plein temps l'équipe de Fibber McGee et devient un chroniqueur semi-régulier dans la série radiophonique d'Edgar Bergen jouant le rôle du "Professeur" Thompson. Il reprend aussi ses activités dans le monde de l'animation.


Animation
En 1946, pour le studio d'animation de la Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, il poursuit son rôle de Droopy mais aussi sa némésis Spike le bouledogue ainsi que d'autres personnages de dessins animés (Big Heel-Watha, Cousin George,...). À la fin des années 1940, il est auditionné et sélectionné par le studio Disney pour donner sa voix à deux personnages d’Alice au pays des merveilles (1951), le Dodo et le Lapin blanc.

Le 21 février 1950, il épouse Mary McBride, fille du dessinateur Clifford McBride, créateur de Napoleon and Uncle Elby. Il continue sa carrière radiophonique jusqu'à la fin des années 1950 dont plusieurs épisodes dans CBS Radio Workshop.

Il est par la suite engagé sur d'autres personnages pour Disney, reprenant des éléments ou des variations du dialecte de Wimple/Droopy, dont Mr Mouche dans Peter Pan (1953) (reprenant un rôle dans l'adaptation radiophonique du Lux Radio Theater), le Roi Hubert dans La Belle au bois dormant (1959). Il interprète aussi le personnage du Gardien Lanature (J. Audobon Woodlore) dans plusieurs courts métrages de Donald Duck et Nicodème (Humphrey) mais aussi le Professeur Hibou dans les deux courts métrages sur la musique Melody et Les Instruments de musique. Ces rôles ont été repris dans les émissions télévisées spéciales de Disney. En 1955 dans La Belle et le Clochard il donne même sa voix à cinq personnages ayant des accents différents : le terrier écossais Jock, le Bulldog cockney, le teckel allemand Dachsie, le cuisinier italien Joe. et l'agent de police irlandais. On peut noter qu'il est le premier interprète d'Oncle Picsou dans Picsou banquier (1967).

Son dernier rôle pour l'animation est l'Oncle Waldo dans le long métrage de Disney Les Aristochats (1970).


Autres activités
En 1957, Thompson rejoint la branche locale à Los Angeles de la société Union Oil comme directeur de relations d'entreprise, faisant parfois usage de ses personnages radiophoniques. Malgré ce poste, il reste actif dans l'animation à la fois pour Disney et Hanna-Barbera.

En 1958, Thompson apparaît à la télévision comme invité dans l'émission To Tell the Truth.

Best films

Peter Pan (1953)
(Actor)
Lady and the Tramp (1955)
(Actor)
Ben and Me (1953)
(Actor)

Usually with

Walt Disney
Walt Disney
(24 films)
Clarence Nash
Clarence Nash
(14 films)
Scott Bradley
Scott Bradley
(13 films)
Tex Avery
Tex Avery
(9 films)
William Hanna
William Hanna
(4 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Bill Thompson (46 films)

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Actor

Once Upon a Halloween, 53minutes
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Animation
Themes Children's films
Actors Jeremy Irons, Susanne Blakeslee, Eartha Kitt, Pat Carroll, Corey Burton, Susan Sheridan
Roles Mr. Smee
Rating52% 2.6331452.6331452.6331452.6331452.633145
On the night before Halloween, the Evil Queen from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs plans to conquer Halloween, and asks her cauldron to show you several villains, to which one of them helps her in her plan, such as Peg Leg Pete from Mickey & Co.,Heffalumps and Woozles from Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day, Ursula from The Little Mermaid, Captain Hook from Peter Pan, Yzma from The Emperor's New Groove, Professor Ratigan from The Great Mouse Detective, Alameda Slim from Home on the Range, Scar and the Hyenas from The Lion King, Kaa and Shere Khan from The Jungle Book, and Judge Frollo from The Hunchback of Notre Dame. The cauldron also explains its origins and The Horned King, both from The Black Cauldron. At the end however, the cauldron makes the evil queen disappear, foiling her plan to take over Halloween.
The Aristocats, 1h18
Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman, Edward Hansen
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Fantasy, Adventure, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about music and musicians, Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal, Films about cats, Films about dogs, Jazz films, Musical films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Phil Harris, Eva Gabor, Scatman Crothers, Hermione Gingold, Robie Lester, Gary Dubin
Roles Uncle Waldo (voice)
Rating71% 3.553943.553943.553943.553943.55394
In Paris in 1910, mother cat Duchess and her three kittens, Marie, Berlioz, and Toulouse, live with retired opera diva Madame Adelaide Bonfamille, and her English butler, Edgar. While preparing her will with lawyer Georges Hautecourt, Madame declares her fortune to be left to her cats until their deaths, and thereafter to Edgar. Edgar hears this through a speaking tube, and plots to eliminate the cats. Therefore, he sedates the cats by sleeping pills in their food, and enters the countryside to abandon them. There, he is ambushed by two hounds, named Napoleon and Lafayette, and the cats are stranded in the countryside, while Madame Adelaide, Roquefort the mouse, and Frou-Frou the horse discover their absence. In the morning, Duchess meets an alley cat named Thomas O'Malley, who offers to guide her and the kittens to Paris. The group briefly hitchhike in a milk cart before being chased off by the driver. Later, while crossing a railroad trestle, the cats narrowly avoid an oncoming train, but Marie falls into a river and is saved by O'Malley; himself rescued by two English geese, Amelia and Abigail Gabble, who accompany the cats to Paris. Edgar returns to the country to retrieve his possessions from Napoleon and Lafayette, as the only evidence that could incriminate him.
Scrooge McDuck and Money, 16minutes
Directed by Hamilton Luske
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about birds, Mise en scène d'un canard, Children's films
Actors Bill Thompson
Roles Scrooge McDuck (voice)
Rating66% 3.3339853.3339853.3339853.3339853.333985
In this cartoon, Scrooge McDuck tries to teach his grandnephews Huey, Dewey and Louie how to save money. Though Scrooge often bemoaned the (temporary) loss of his Money Bin during his comic book adventures, this cartoon addressed the more realistic observation that keeping his wealth out of circulation is financially unsound. Scrooge explains the money inside his Money Bin is only a percentage of his fortune; Disney Comics have followed up on the idea his Money Bin simply contains specific wealth that has special nostalgic or significance to him or simply there's no available space for it in banks (in some stories, the idea of guarding all the money in banks is considered but refused because they already guard so much of Scrooge's money they can't take more).
Sleeping Beauty, 1h15
Directed by Clyde Geronimi, Wolfgang Reitherman, Les Clark, Eric Larson
Origin USA
Genres Musical theatre, Fantasy, Musical, Animation, Romance
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Monde imaginaire, Vieillesse, Films about dragons, Les fées, Witches in film, Musical films, Political films, Children's films, Films about royalty
Actors Mary Costa, Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton, Barbara Luddy, Barbara Jo Allen, Bill Shirley
Roles King Hubert (voice)
Rating71% 3.595463.595463.595463.595463.59546
After many childless years, King Stefan and Queen Leah, his lovely and beautiful wife, happily welcome the birth of their daughter, Princess Aurora. They proclaim a holiday for their subjects to pay homage to the princess and celebrate her birth. At the gathering for her christening she is betrothed to Prince Phillip, a small boy who is the only son of King Hubert, King Stefan's friend, so that their kingdoms will always be united.
How to Have an Accident at Work, 6minutes
Directed by Charles August Nichols
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about birds, Mise en scène d'un canard, Children's films
Actors Clarence Nash, Bill Thompson
Roles J.J. Fate (voice) (uncredited)
Rating66% 3.344243.344243.344243.344243.34424
J.J. Fate nous explique à nouveau pourquoi les accidents qui peuvent nous arriver ne sont pas de sa faute, mais plutôt le résultat d'un manque de précautions. Et il se sert de Donald pour illustrer ses propos...
Tot Watchers
Directed by Joseph Barbera, William Hanna
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about cats, Mise en scène d'un rongeur, Mise en scène d'une souris, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Daws Butler, Janet Waldo, Bill Thompson
Roles Policeman (voice) (uncredited)
Rating66% 3.3345253.3345253.3345253.3345253.334525
La maîtresse de maison est sortie pour quelques heures, laissant son bébé aux soins d'une adolescente qui commence immédiatement à appeler ses amis. Tom et Jerry doivent alors faire une trêve à leurs poursuites constantes pour surveiller le bébé qui s’enfuit continuellement. Lorsque le bébé s'échappe par la porte d'entrée, Tom et Jerry le poursuivent sur un chantier de construction, où ils essaient frénétiquement de le protéger des dangers.
Robin Hoodwinked
Directed by Joseph Barbera, William Hanna
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about cats, Mise en scène d'un rongeur, Mise en scène d'une souris, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Bill Thompson, Lucille Bliss
Roles Little John (voice) (uncredited)
Rating68% 3.430173.430173.430173.430173.43017
Robin des Bois est en prison et c’est Tom qui garde sa cellule. Jerry et Tuffy ont l'intention de libérer Robin.
The Story of Anyburg U.S.A., 9minutes
Directed by Clyde Geronimi
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Themes Children's films
Actors Hans Conried, Bill Thompson
Roles Defense Attorney
Rating63% 3.1813553.1813553.1813553.1813553.181355
Les habitants de la ville d'Anyburg sont excédés par le trafic automobile chaotique qu'ils doivent supporter chaque jour, c'est pourquoi la ville décide de faire un procès aux automobiles...
Timid Tabby, 6minutes
Directed by Joseph Barbera, William Hanna
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about cats, Mise en scène d'un rongeur, Mise en scène d'une souris, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Bill Thompson, William Hanna
Roles Cousin George (voice) (uncredited)
Rating74% 3.719513.719513.719513.719513.71951
Le cousin de Tom, George qui vient en visite a terriblement peur des souris. Quand Jerry le découvre il en profite, mais Tom et George se ressemblent et grâce à cela c'est à leur tour de s'amuser.
One Droopy Knight
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Bill Thompson
Roles Droopy (voice) (uncredited)
Rating66% 3.3390453.3390453.3390453.3390453.339045
Sir Droopalot et Sir Butchalot (Droopy et Butch) se disputent pour tuer un dragon qui terrorise leur royaume. Celui qui vaincra le dragon va épouser la fille du roi.
Hooked Bear, 6minutes
Directed by Jack Hannah
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Themes Films about animals, Seafaring films, Transport films, Children's films
Actors Jimmy MacDonald, Bill Thompson
Roles Ranger J. Audubon Woodlore
Rating71% 3.5723653.5723653.5723653.5723653.572365
Fishing season has begun and park ranger J. Audubon Woodlore goes out on the lake to check on the anglers. Humphrey the Bear is trying to catch some fish, but cannot seem to hold onto one once he catches it. Woodlore sees the fish disappearing before his eyes, so he decides to stock the lake some more. As he heads to the fish hatchery, he sees Humphrey with a few fishing nets and rods, and asks him what he is doing. When the bear tells him that he is going to catch some fish, Woodlore takes the rods and nets and tells him to "Go fish like a bear!" At the hatchery, Woodlore fills a tub with water and inserts some fish eggs into it. In a matter of seconds, several fishes pop up out of the water like plants out of soil. When the ranger gets to the lake to dump the fish, he finds Humphrey in there, trying to eat one of the small fishes, which is then consumed by a much larger fish. Humphrey manages to remove the small fish from the mouth of the large fish, and then uses it to lure five other large fishes that jump out of the water, but then Woodlore appears to measure the fish, while at the same time punishing Humphrey by hitting him on the head, causing him to sink into the depths of the lake. When Humphrey grabs some more fish and emerges from the lake, he discovers a fish larger than any of the others; this turns out to be a fish balloon with which a young boy is playing. Humphrey pops the balloon, and both the boy and Woodlore kick the bear in the knee. Humphrey then tries to think of another way to foil the anglers; noticing the boy from before walking along the lake with a toy boat, he removes the bottom from the boat, ties it onto his head like a hat, and then submerges himself into the lake so that the hat looks like a shark fin to the anglers, causing them to flee in terror. Humphrey then takes all of the anglers' bags of fish, but upon seeing the ranger, he loads the fish into Woodlore's helicopter, giving him more of a full load than he was expecting. He then decides to stuff himself into the plane, which proves to be too small for him and the fish, and then all of the fish in the helicopter, along with Humphrey, are deposited into the lake. Woodlore then gets a telephone call from the chief of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, who tells him to quit stocking the lake, as fishing season had ended the previous day. The ranger then takes out his scissors and cuts the rods of various anglers, and then locates Humphrey and informs him that fishing season is over. He then paints a red X over the "Fishing Season" sign and flips it over to reveal the message "Hunting Season Open." At this, Humphrey gets hunted, with shots firing at him from all directions, and running about as the cartoon closes.
In the Bag
In the Bag (1956)
, 7minutes
Directed by Jack Hannah
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Themes Films about animals, Children's films
Actors Bill Thompson, Jimmy MacDonald
Roles Ranger J. Audubon Woodlore (voice)
Rating74% 3.7245153.7245153.7245153.7245153.724515
Tourists have departed Brownstone National Park where Humphrey lives, leaving trash everywhere. The park ranger initially starts to pick it up himself, but then decides that he shouldn't have to do it because he is the boss. He then calls Humphrey and the other resident bears and asks them to "put it in the bag", while singing and dancing to a catchy song. The bears happily collect the trash, bouncing and jouncing until they discover the ranger's actual motivation. With Humphrey dropping the ranger into a garbage can, the bears angrily dump their bags of refuse on the ground. Realizing that he should at least reward the bears for their assistance, the ranger prepares some chicken cacciatore, but says that he will only give it to the bears on the condition that they clean up their sections of the park. All of the bears then move their garbage into one section, leaving Humphrey to clean it all up himself. He does this quickly by stuffing the garbage into a bag, but as he is returning to receive his dinner, the bag gets caught on the twig of a tree stump and rips apart, letting the garbage out. The ranger then gives him a new bag and Humphrey follows the garbage down the line all the way to a cliff, but falls off as the puts the last scrap in the bag. Next, he attempts to conceal the garbage under a bush, but the bush turns out to be the home of a rabbit, who disgustedly pushes it back out. Humphrey then tries to burn the garbage with a match, but is stopped by Smokey the Bear, who reminds him that "only you can prevent forest fires". Finally, Humphrey puts all of the trash into a hollow stump, which is actually a geyser named "Ol' Fateful". The ranger prepares to reward Humphrey with a dish full of cacciatore, but before Humphrey can take it, the geyser suddenly erupts, spouting the garbage everywhere, resulting in Humphrey having to start all over again at cleaning up the park.
How to Have an Accident in the Home, 8minutes
Directed by Charles August Nichols
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about birds, Mise en scène d'un canard, Children's films
Actors Clarence Nash, Bill Thompson
Roles J.J. Fate (voice) (uncredited)
Rating68% 3.432373.432373.432373.432373.43237
Par une paisible journée dans une petite ville J.J. Fate apparaît et nous explique pourquoi il ne faut pas le blâmer pour les accidents qui peuvent nous arriver. Et il se sert de Donald pour illustrer ses propos...
Lady and the Tramp, 1h15
Directed by Wilfred Jackson, Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske
Origin USA
Genres Romantic comedy, Musical, Animation, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal, Films about dogs, Musical films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Peggy Lee, Barbara Luddy, Bill Thompson, Larry Roberts, Lee Millar, Verna Felton
Roles Jock / Bull / Policeman at Zoo / Dachsie / Joe (voice)
Rating72% 3.6469153.6469153.6469153.6469153.646915
On Christmas morning, 1909, in a quaint Midwestern town, Jim Dear gives his wife Darling an American cocker spaniel puppy which she names Lady. Lady enjoys a happy life with the couple and two local neighborhood dogs, Jock, a Scottish terrier, and Trusty, a bloodhound. Meanwhile, across town, a stray mutt named Tramp lives on his own, dining on scraps from Tony's restaurant and protecting his friends from the local dogcatcher. One day, Lady is saddened after her owners begin treating her rather coldly. Jock and Trusty visit her and determine that their change in behavior is due to Darling expecting a baby. While Jock and Trusty try to explain what a baby is, Tramp interrupts the conversation and offers his own thoughts on the matter, making Jock and Trusty take an immediate dislike to the stray and order him out of the yard. As Tramp leaves, he reminds Lady that "when the baby moves in, the dog moves out.