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Ken Sansom is a Actor American born on 2 april 1927 at Salt Lake City (USA)

Ken Sansom

Ken Sansom
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Birth name Frank Kenneth Sansom
Nationality USA
Birth 2 april 1927 at Salt Lake City (USA)
Death 8 october 2012 (at 85 years) at Holladay (USA)

Frank Kenneth "Ken" Sansom (April 2, 1927 – October 8, 2012) was an American actor and voice actor. Among his best known roles, Sansom voiced Rabbit in animated television series, television specials, and films for Disney's Winnie the Pooh from 1988 to 2010.

Biography

Early life
Sansom was born on April 2, 1927, in Salt Lake City, Utah. He enlisted in the United States Navy soon after graduating from East High School in Salt Lake City in 1944.

Sansom enrolled at the University of Utah following World War II, but did not complete his studies at that university. He transferred to Brigham Young University, where he received a bachelor's degree in radio broadcasting in 1949.

He was recalled by the U.S. Navy for service during the Korean War. He served as a member of the United Service Organizations, providing entertainment to American troops while in Korea.


Career
Sanson started his career with a radio show in Los Angeles called Sansom and Then Some. He began acting in the early 1970s. His first role was in an episode of Mayberry R.F.D., a continuation of the The Andy Griffith Show. He was best known for his role as Rabbit in the television series The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. He also voiced Stan, the Woozle in the series. He also voiced Rabbit in a number of TV specials and movies of Winnie the Pooh, taking over for original Rabbit voice Junius Matthews after his death in 1978.

In an interview with ABC 4, when asked about voicing Rabbit in the upcoming Winnie the Pooh film, he stated, "I'm not sure." Tom Kenny voiced Rabbit in the movie, although Sansom claimed he was still under contract. Ken was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.


Death
Sansom died on October, 8, 2012 due to complications of a stroke at the age of 85. He had been residing in Sandy, Utah.

Best films

Piglet's Big Movie (2003)
(Actor)
Pooh's Heffalump Movie (2005)
(Actor)
The Tigger Movie (2000)
(Actor)

Usually with

Jim Cummings
Jim Cummings
(17 films)
Peter Cullen
Peter Cullen
(17 films)
John Fiedler
John Fiedler
(15 films)
A.A. Milne
A.A. Milne
(10 films)
Kath Soucie
Kath Soucie
(10 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Ken Sansom (32 films)

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Tigger & Pooh and a Musical Too, 58minutes
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Themes Films about animals, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Jim Cummings, Chloë Grace Moretz, Dee Bradley Baker, Peter Cullen, Ken Sansom, Kath Soucie
Roles Rabbit (voice)
Rating57% 2.883782.883782.883782.883782.88378
In a plot similar to Singin' in the Rain, Rabbit is named the first mayor of the Hundred Acre Wood for his great effort on planning their best friends picnic. Unfortunately, when Darby says that a mayor is in charge of everything, this goes to his head and he makes up a lot of rules, like "No Bouncing", "No Honey" and everything is by a schedule. By and by everyone gets annoyed by the new rules and finally when everyone (especially Tigger) can't follow the rules Rabbit and Beaver, who becomes the vice-mayor, decide to divide the wood so that Rabbit can be mayor on one side, and Tigger can be mayor on the other and they have Beaver draw a white line through the Hundred Acre Wood. The problem is that the White Line separates the people on each side from their friends. Everyone, except Darby and Buster, is to stay on their side which results to problems and chaos. Tigger and Pooh can no longer sleuth, Roo and Lumpy can't visit each other, Tigger and Rabbit no longer be friends, and goods, supplies and materials can't be traded (which means no thistles for Eeyore and no cookies made by Kanga). Rabbit sees the sadness and decides to cheer everyone up by having a picnic on his side and Tigger does the same. But the picnics are no fun due to everyone being separated until Darby hatches a plan to reunite the Hundred Acre Wood and have the white line removed and have everything go back to normal, and it worked.
My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Super Sleuth Christmas Movie
Genres Animation
Themes Films about animals, Christmas films, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Chloë Grace Moretz, Dee Bradley Baker, Jim Cummings, Peter Cullen, Kimberlea Berg, Ken Sansom
Roles Rabbit (voice)
Rating53% 2.6735952.6735952.6735952.6735952.673595
It's almost Christmas Eve, and Darby, Buster, Pooh, Tigger and their friends from the Hundred Acre Wood are waiting that night. Everyone goes to Pooh's house to celebrate. While Roo and Lumpy went outside to play, everyone discusses their wishes. Eeyore's wish is to fly. Roo and Lumpy found a red sack and a reindeer named Holly stuck in a thicket patch. After calling the Super Sleuths they help Holly out and took her to Rabbit's House where everybody else is waiting. They learn that she is one of Santa's reindeers who is searching for Santa's magical sack after it fell off of Santa's sleigh during a practice run. It turns out that the sack that Roo and Lumpy found is what Holly was looking for. The only problem is she doesn't know how to get home which means that there won't be any Christmas. Everybody except Kanga set off to the North Pole. After coming across two paths they begin to wonder which way to go. Darby suggests to follow the North Star. Roo, Lumpy, and Holly get separated from the others and fall down a pit. After many failed attempts to get out, the others arrive using Tigger as a rope to get them out. Tigger uses his mask to get Lumpy out, but it falls down to the pit, but they were able to get Lumpy out. Forcing to leave Tigger's mask behind, they discovered the North Star is blocked by cloud. Everybody except Darby, Buster, and Holly felt like giving up and wanting to go home. She fails to convince them to not give up and decides to go on her own. The others, having changed their minds, quickly follow her. They discover some giant snowmen which come to life when walking through them. Piglet was scared at first, but Holly says there's going to take them to Santa. After the snowmen sing and dance around them, the way to the North Pole was there. They manage to giving Santa his magical sack back before he can cancel Christmas. They then decide to help Santa deliver presents, in which Eeyore and Holly are hitched up at the front of the sleigh (there was nothing holding the reindeer to the sleigh, but it seems they were held by magic). Tigger is still sad about the loss of his mask, but Santa cheers him up by giving him a new mask. They begin traveling across the world, throwing presents down the chimneys and tumbling under the trees (Eeyore's wish to fly had come true). Santa takes them back to the Hundred Acre Wood and returns to the North Pole. The gang celebrate Christmas in Pooh's house where Kanga was waiting for them.
Pooh's Heffalump Movie, 1h6
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal, Mise en scène d'un éléphant, Mise en scène d'un lapin ou d'un lièvre, Mise en scène d'un ours, Musical films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Jim Cummings, John Fiedler, Kath Soucie, Ken Sansom, Peter Cullen, Brenda Blethyn
Roles Rabbit (voice)
Rating64% 3.2091453.2091453.2091453.2091453.209145
Winnie the Pooh and his friends hear a strange noise and find a set of large, circular footprints in the Hundred Acre Wood. During the night, Tigger's house is damaged by what appears to be an earthquake. The friends believe that there is a heffalump in the woods. Rabbit organizes an expedition to go try to catch it. Roo wants to comes long, but the others tell him he is too young and small to go. Despite this, Roo slips out on his own in search of the heffalump. He finds one; a playful young creature named Heffridge Trumpler Brompet Heffalump IV - "Lumpy" for short. Roo is afraid of his captive at first, but the two quickly become friends and play.
Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie, 1h5
Directed by Elliot M. Bour
Genres Animation
Themes Films about animals, Mise en scène d'un lapin ou d'un lièvre, Mise en scène d'un ours, Musical films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors David Ogden Stiers, Jimmy Bennett, Peter Cullen, Jim Cummings, John Fiedler, Ken Sansom
Roles Rabbit (voice)
Rating66% 3.302113.302113.302113.302113.30211
It is Lumpy's first Halloween with Winnie the Pooh, Roo, and their friends in the Hundred Acre Wood. The group discusses their plans for Halloween and for their first night of trick-or-treating. Tigger, alarmed by a mysterious figure he spotted earlier in the woods, warns his friends about the dreaded Gobloon, a monster that comes out every Halloween to catch residents of the Hundred Acre Wood and turn them into Jack-o'-lanterns. But Tigger tells them that if the Gobloon is captured first, it will grant its captors one wish. After Pooh eats all of Rabbit's trick-or-treat candy, Roo and Lumpy set out to capture the Gobloon to wish for more candy.
Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo, 1h3
Directed by Elliot M. Bour
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Christmas films, Time travel films, Mise en scène d'un lapin ou d'un lièvre, Mise en scène d'un ours, Ghost films, Musical films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Jim Cummings, John Fiedler, Peter Cullen, Kath Soucie, Jimmy Bennett, David Ogden Stiers
Roles Rabbit (voice)
Rating65% 3.2533.2533.2533.2533.253
It is an adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol. An overexcited Roo, along with Pooh, Piglet, Tigger and Eeyore, pay Rabbit a fine visit to celebrate Easter. But instead of finding an Easter party, they find a Spring-Cleaning Day celebration led by Rabbit who makes up the holiday to replace Easter. While Rabbit tends his garden by doing things his way, the gang cleans up his house, and Pooh sneezes and trashes the house. Then Roo finds all their Easter eggs and decorations stored away in Rabbit's closet, and throws a surprise Easter party for Rabbit. Unfortunately, he is enraged at them for not doing his "Spring Cleaning Day", and not doing exactly what Rabbit repeatingly told them to do, and literally throws them out of his house for disobeying him. Then the gang began to have a feeling that Rabbit does not want to celebrate Easter at all, which makes Roo very sad that Rabbit is really unhappy, and Tigger wants Roo to have a happy Easter. So Tigger tries to talk to Rabbit while Roo and the others try to make an Easter celebration of their own in their hopes of cheering up Rabbit.
Piglet's Big Movie, 1h15
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal, Films about pigs, Mise en scène d'un lapin ou d'un lièvre, Mise en scène d'un ours, Musical films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors John Fiedler, Jim Cummings, Ken Sansom, Peter Cullen, Kath Soucie, Andre Stojka
Roles Rabbit (voice)
Rating61% 3.060553.060553.060553.060553.06055
Eeyore, Rabbit, Tigger, and Pooh are working on a plan to get honey from a beehive. Piglet wants to help, but his friends tell him he is too small. When the plan goes awry, Piglet saves the day by trapping the bees in a decoy hive. But no one notices what Piglet had done. Feeling ignored and unappreciated, Piglet sadly wanders away.
Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year, 1h5
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Themes Films about animals, Christmas films, Mise en scène d'un ours, Musical films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Nouvel an
Actors Jim Cummings, John Fiedler, Ken Sansom, Kath Soucie, Peter Cullen, Michael Gough
Roles Rabbit (voice)
Rating66% 3.3048153.3048153.3048153.3048153.304815
Winnie et ses amis fêtent Noël et la nouvelle année. Mais Coco Lapin ne veut plus organiser la fête qui était prévu parce que ces camarades sont vraiment insupportables ! Ils décident alors tous de prendre des bonnes résolutions et de faire attention à leurs manies... mais du coup, l'atmosphère n'est plus la même dans la forêt des rêves bleus...
The Book of Pooh: Stories from the Heart, 1h16
Directed by Mitchell Kriegman
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Jim Cummings, John Fiedler, Peter Cullen, Kath Soucie, Ken Sansom, Andre Stojka
Roles Rabbit
Rating67% 3.3623753.3623753.3623753.3623753.362375
Pooh, Piglet and Tigger literally pop out of the Book of Pooh into Christopher Robin's room, but can't find Christopher there. Tigger decides to search for Christopher's journal, in hopes of finding out where he's gone, but ends up making a real mess. While they're trying to clean up the room, Piglet notices that Christopher Robin had marked some chapters of the Book of Pooh with special bookmarks featuring each of his friends. As the story continues, Rabbit, Kessie and Eeyore each show up too and at one point, they're forced to hide when Christopher Robin's mother comes upstairs after hearing their voices and mistakes them for her son. One by one, the characters ask Mr.
The Tigger Movie, 1h14
Directed by Jun Falkenstein
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal, Mise en scène d'un lapin ou d'un lièvre, Mise en scène d'un ours, Mise en scène d'un tigre, Musical films, Buddy films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Jim Cummings, John Fiedler, Ken Sansom, Peter Cullen, Andre Stojka, Kath Soucie
Roles Rabbit (voice)
Rating63% 3.152433.152433.152433.152433.15243
Tigger searches through the Hundred Acre Wood for somebody to bounce with him, but all of his friends are too busy getting ready for the coming winter. While he searches for a playmate, Tigger accidentally destroys Eeyore's house with a boulder. He later wrecks the complex pulley system that Rabbit has rigged up to remove the boulder and sends his friends flying into a mud puddle. Rabbit is furious at Tigger for destroying his Rock Remover, and the rest of Tigger's friends admit they're not quite as bouncy as he is because they aren't Tiggers. Tigger sadly wanders off on his own, wishing there was somebody else like him.
Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You, 30minutes
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Themes Films about animals, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Peter Cullen, Jim Cummings, Brady Bluhm, John Fiedler, Paul Winchell, Michael Gough
Roles Rabbit (voice)
Rating70% 3.529863.529863.529863.529863.52986
Lorsque Winnie et ses amis découvrent que Jean-Christophe est en train d'écrire une carte de Saint-Valentin pour une fille, ceux-ci pensent qu'il est atteint de la maladie de l'amour. Winnie et toute la bande essaieront donc de guérir leur ami en trouvant un "engouement" (une luciole) pour changer les idées du garçon.
Seasons of Giving, 1h10
Directed by Jun Falkenstein
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Themes Films about animals, Christmas films, Mise en scène d'un ours, Musical films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Jim Cummings, John Fiedler, Brady Bluhm, Paul Winchell, Steve Schatzberg, Ken Sansom
Roles Rabbit
Rating69% 3.4963553.4963553.4963553.4963553.496355
The story begins with Tigger wanting to ski, but Winnie the Pooh and Piglet point out that there's no snow. So, they go ask Rabbit what day of the year it is. Rabbit's calendar pages (November to February) get torn off and get swept up Rabbit's bed, but he doesn't realize it, and claims that it's February 2, Groundhog Day. In an effort to find out if there are two more weeks of winter or if spring comes tomorrow, they ask Gopher if he sees his shadow. Gopher angrily points out he's a gopher not a groundhog, so they have Piglet pretend to be a groundhog. He can't see through his mask, so they all prepare for spring by airing out their houses, planting gardens and spring cleaning. But, later that day, it snows. A very discouraged Rabbit confronts Piglet for lying to them and tells him that it's all his fault, and goes home to see wind blowing into his house and the calendar pages being blown outside, and realizes that it's not Groundhog Day, it's only November 13,. Feeling awful for what he said, Rabbit goes to apologize to Piglet, only to find a note from Piglet saying that he's gone to look for a real groundhog. Rabbit frantically goes looking for Piglet. Meanwhile, Piglet can't find a groundhog, and decides to go home after a pile of snow falls on him, and he leaves his hat behind on the pile of snow. Rabbit finds the pile of snow. Thinking that it's Piglet frozen solid, he rushes to Pooh's house, where he, Tigger and Pooh melt the ice. Thinking that Piglet has melted, Rabbit sobs, and apologizes for everything, only to realize that the real Piglet is behind him. Rabbit tells everyone that it's November 13,. So, they decide to get ready for Thanksgiving.
A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving, 22minutes
Directed by Jun Falkenstein
Genres Animation
Themes Films about animals, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Jim Cummings, Brady Bluhm, John Fiedler, Paul Winchell, Michael Gough, Peter Cullen
Roles Rabbit (voice)
Rating67% 3.374123.374123.374123.374123.37412
It's Thanksgiving time in the Hundred Acre Wood and Winnie the Pooh and his friends bring food for the big dinner. Piglet brings haycorns(acorns), Pooh brings honey, Owl brings biscuits, and Tigger brings ice cream. But things change when Rabbit informs them that Thanksgiving is a special time of year that should include things special items, so Pooh and the gang set off to find those very items.
Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin, 1h13
Directed by Karl Geurs
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Mise en scène d'un lapin ou d'un lièvre, Mise en scène d'un ours, Musical films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Jim Cummings, Ken Sansom, John Fiedler, Paul Winchell, Peter Cullen, John Cleese
Roles Rabbit (voice)
Rating70% 3.5482753.5482753.5482753.5482753.548275
The story begins on the last day of summer. Christopher Robin is unable to tell his friend Winnie-the-Pooh some sad news, and leaves him with the advice, "You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think," but Pooh doesn't clearly understand. The next morning, Pooh discovers a honey pot with an attached note—however, he cannot read it himself after getting honey all over it. He goes around to his friends Piglet, Tigger, Rabbit and Eeyore, and none of them are able to read it, so they ask Owl for help. From misinterpreting the note and his own romantic imagination of adventure, Owl deduces that Christopher Robin has been taken to a distant, mysterious and dangerous place called "Skull" against his will, to a cave where the monstrous "Skullasaurus" resides. Owl equips the group with a map and sends them into the "Great Unknown" of the Hundred Acre Wood.
Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh, 21minutes
Directed by Rob LaDuca
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Themes Films about animals, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Peter Cullen, Jim Cummings, John Fiedler, Michael Gough, Ken Sansom, Michael Gough
Roles Rabbit (voice)
Rating72% 3.640543.640543.640543.640543.64054
On Halloween, Pooh and his friends are eager to go trick-or-treating. Piglet has never gone trick-or-treating, having always been too afraid of the frightening atmosphere of Halloween. After building an imposing mannequin in an attempt to face his fears, he joins his friends in preparation for trick-or-treating. Pooh's attempt to get honey from a bee hive ends in failure, and the bees chase the group into Rabbit's garden, ravaging his pumpkin patch. As night falls and a thunderstorm looms, Tigger overzealously speaks of the horrors of Halloween, frightening Piglet enough that he runs home and barricades the door.
Winnie the Pooh & Christmas Too, 26minutes
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Themes Films about animals, Christmas films, Mise en scène d'un ours, Mise en scène d'un tigre, Musical films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Jim Cummings, Paul Winchell, Ken Sansom, John Fiedler, Peter Cullen, Michael Gough
Roles Rabbit (voice)
Rating72% 3.641463.641463.641463.641463.64146
Two days before Christmas, Christopher Robin writes out a letter to Santa Claus for him and his friends in the Hundred Acre Wood, asking for the following presents: