Skip Hinnant
Skip Hinnant | |
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Born | Joseph Howard Hinnant September 12, 1940 Chincoteague Island, Virginia, U.S. |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1963–1990; 2006 |
Children | 4 |
Relatives | Bill Hinnant (brother) |
Joseph Howard "Skip" Hinnant (born September 12, 1940) is an American actor.[1][2]
Career
Hinnant's first major role was as Cathy's boyfriend, Ted, on The Patty Duke Show from 1963 to 1965. In 1967, he played Schroeder in the original off-Broadway cast of Clark Gesner's You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, where his older brother, Bill Hinnant, played Snoopy.
Hinnant is best known as a featured performer on the children's show
Despite generally being known for acting in more family-friendly works, Hinnant also performed in adult animation, providing the voice of Fritz the Cat in both the 1972 animated film of the same name and its 1974 sequel, The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat.
In 1977, he voiced the
Hinnant was the longest-serving president of the New York branch of the Screen Actors Guild.
Filmography
- 1963-1965 The Patty Duke Show as Ted 6 episodes
- 1966 The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean as Francis
- 1971-1977 The Electric Company as Jay Jay and Various characters (most notably Fargo North, Decoder)
- 1972 Fritz the Cat as Fritz the Cat (voice)
- 1974 The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat as Fritz the Cat (voice)
- 1977 The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town as Sunny the Easter Bunny
- 1980 I Go Pogoas Pogo Possum
- 1984 3-2-1 Contact as Flash Jordan 1 episode
- 1986 My Little Pony and Friendsas Various voices
- 1988 As the World Turns as Mr. Leversee 1 episode
- 1989 Kate & Allie as Brian Keyes 1 episode
- 1990 Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day as Shoe Salesman
References
- ^ The New York Times
- ^ Skip Hinnant interview 2 part 1. 4 May 2009. Retrieved 4 December 2015 – via YouTube.[dead YouTube link]
- ^ The Electric Company - Fargo North - Pay Your Electric Bill. Retrieved 22 July 2016 – via YouTube.[dead YouTube link]
- ^ "Bestuff.com". Archived from the original on 2008-05-03. Retrieved 2013-03-10.
External links
- Skip Hinnant at IMDb