Job Actor, voice actor, newspaper cartoonist, circus performer
Years active 1925-1965
Top Roles Munchkin Voices, Groucho Marx / Eddie Cantor / Spencer Tracy / Hugh Herbert / Ned Sparks / Joe Penner / Charles Laughton / W.C. Fields / Charlie McCarthy / Edward G. Robinson / Joe E. Brown / Oliver Hardy, Peter Pig, Cookie Boy, Goofy
Top GenresAnimation, Family, Short Films, Comedy, Musical, Fantasy
Top TopicsDisney, Book-Based, Exotic Lands
Top Collaborators (Producer), (Director), (Director), (Director)
Shares birthday with Phillip Alford, Herbert Lom, Barnett Parker  see more..

Pinto Colvig Overview:

Actor, Pinto Colvig, was born Vance DeBar Colvig on Sep 11, 1892 in Jacksonville, OR. Colvig died at the age of 75 on Oct 3, 1967 in Woodland Hills, CA .

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On October 20, 1993, Colvig received the Disney Legends Award for living up to the Disney principals of imagination, skill, discipline, craftsmanship and magic.

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By Annmarie Gatti on Sep 11, 2015 From Classic Movie Hub Blog

Born September 11, 1892 A quintessential clown, was a circus performer, Vaudeville actor and newspaper cartoonist before heading to Hollywood in 1921. There, he found work with comedy-king Mack Sennett, writing story titles, developing gags and performing bit parts. Colvig ... Read full article


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Pinto Colvig Quotes:

Country Cousin: Uh-heh! Kissed a cow.


Snow White: You're Sleepy!
Sleepy: [Yawning] How'd you guess?


Sleepy: Maybe the Old Queen has got Snow White.


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Pinto Colvig Facts
The original voice of "Bozo The Clown" for the first series of kids' record-readers created by Alan W. Livingston for Capitol Records in 1946. In 1949, he was also first to portray "Bozo" on television via KTTV (CBS) Channel 11 in Los Angeles.

Voice of Gabby originally seen in Max Fleischer's Gulliver's Travels (1939) - sings his two theme songs "All's Well" and "It's a Hap-Hap-Happy Day".

Entered films with Mack Sennett in 1923

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