Henry Corden (January 6, 1920 – May 19, 2005) was a Canadian-born American actor and voice artist best-known for taking over the role of Fred Flintstone on The Flintstones after Alan Reed died in 1977. His official debut as Fred's new voice was on the 1977 syndicated weekday series Fred Flintstone and Friends for which he provided voice-overs on brief bumper clips shown in-between segments. (He also provided the singing voice for Reed in the 1966...
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Henry Corden (January 6, 1920 – May 19, 2005) was a Canadian-born American actor and voice artist best-known for taking over the role of Fred Flintstone on The Flintstones after Alan Reed died in 1977. His official debut as Fred's new voice was on the 1977 syndicated weekday series Fred Flintstone and Friends for which he provided voice-overs on brief bumper clips shown in-between segments. (He also provided the singing voice for Reed in the 1966 theatrical film, The Man Called Flintstone).
Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Corden moved to New York as a child and arrived in Hollywood in the 1940s.
Corden gave his voice to a number of other Hanna-Barbera productions, including The Jetsons, Josie and the Pussycats, The Atom Ant Show, The New Tom & Jerry Show and Jonny Quest. Corden also gave voice to the wizard Gemini and Ookla the Mokk in Ruby-Spears Productions' Thundarr the Barbarian as well as the Gorilla General Urko in DePatie-Freleng Enterprises' Return to the Planet of the Apes....
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