SCOTT, Bill

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Birth/Death

Born: Aug. 2, 1920
Died: Nov. 29, 1985


Occupation/Title

Producer, Voice Actor, Story Artist


Bio Summary

Born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania in 1920 Bill Scott was raised in New Jersey. He later joined the United States Army's first Motion Picture Unit in WWII. He worked briefly as a story man in Art Davis' unit at Warner Bros. He joined UPA and later partnered with Jay Ward on the Rocky & Bullwinkle, George of the Jungle and Super Chicken series. Scott died in Tujunga CA. from a heart attack in Nov. 29th 1985.


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Education/Training

Career Outline

Being in the United States Army's First Motion Picture Unit he began doing inbetweens and layouts with a UPA scenarist title. After WWII he became known as a story man at Warner Brothers, and later at UPA. In the late 50's Scott left UPA to join forces with Jay Ward (in Jay Ward Production) as head writer and co-producer to create the Rocky & Bullwinkle cartoon series. In 1959-63 he voice-acted as Bullwinkle, Dudley Do-Right, Peabody, Fearless Leader and Gidney. Scott also co-produced and story wrote Fractured Flickers (in 1963), Hoppity Hooper (in 1964-67) and Uncle Waldo's Cartoon Show (in 1965-66). In 1967-70 he became the voice for George in George of the Jungle and lent his voice to Disney as the original Gruffy in Gummi Bears. Later in his life he wrote commercials for General Mills, Quaker Oats, Cap'n Crunch Cereal and Hershey's Kisses.


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Personality

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Miscellaneous

Filmography

1001 Arabian Nights (UPA/1959) (dialogue director)
It's Everybody's Business (UPA/1954) (story developer) (as William Scott)


Honors

Annie Award: Winsor McCay Award 1977


Related Links

Bill Scott Wikipedia Entry
Bill Scott IMDB Entry
Toonzone: Rocky & Bullwinkle Voices

Bibliographic References

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