Bob McFadden
Birthday: Born in 1923-01-19 in East Liverpool - Ohio - USA
Deathday: 2000-01-07
TV Credits
Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse
Character:
Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse is a children's cartoon television show that was produced by Trans-Artists Productions and syndicated by Tele Features Inc. in 1960. The characters were created by Bob Kane as a parody of his earlier works Batman and Robin and in many ways predict the more campy aspects of the later live action series. This series and characters are trademarked and copyrighted and is currently owned by Telefeatures, LLC....
ThunderCats
Character: Snarf / Slithe (voice)
The inhabitants of the planet Thundera evacuate just before it is destroyed. They were pursued by a band of mutants. All but one of their escape ships was destroyed. Only a small group of Thunderans (Thundercats) remained. With only half engine power, the group, which was led by Jaga, had to set a course for the nearest planet. Jaga commanded their ship while the other seven were in their stasis tubes. Jaga died on their journey to Third Earth and their ship crashed there. Soon they made friends...
Cool McCool
Character: Cool McCool (voice)
Cool McCool was an animated series that ran on NBC from September 10, 1966 to August 30, 1969 with three segments per show, running to 60 segments in all. It was created by Bob Kane – most famous as the creator of Batman – and produced by Al Brodax for King Features....
Linus the Lionhearted
Character: Lovable Truly / Rory Raccoon / So Hi (voice)
Linus the Lionhearted is an American animated television series featuring a main character of the same name. The character was created in 1959 by the Ed Graham advertising agency, originally as a series of ads for General Foods' Post Cereals. At first, Linus was the spokesman for the short-lived Post cereal "Heart of Oats". Eventually, the lion was redesigned and reintroduced in 1963 to sell Crispy Critters, which featured Linus on the box. The ads were so popular that a television series was cr...
SilverHawks
Character: Cmdr. Stargazer / Steel Will / Hardware (voice)
Bionic policemen fight an escaped alien mob boss and his gang in space....
Milton the Monster
Character: Milton the Monster (voice)
The series starred Milton the Monster, a Frankenstein-looking monster with a flat-topped, seemingly hollow head which emitted various quantities of white steam or smoke based on his mood or situation. In the show also appear Fearless Fly, Flukey Luke, Stuffy Durma the Millionaire Hobo, Muggy-Doo Boy Fox and Penny Penguin. There were 26 episodes with three cartoon shorts each....
The Astronut Show
Character: Astro
The Astronut Show was a syndicated animated television series produced by the Terrytoons animation studio. It first aired on August 23, 1965. Each episode included an episode of Astronut and Luno The White Stallion, plus another cartoon from the Terrytoons stable. Astronut first appeared on the Deputy Dawg series. He was a friendly alien who frequently got into mischief on Earth. He had a human friend called Oscar Mild. The series was directed by Art Bartsch, Bob Kuwahara, Connie Rasinski, and...
Movie Credits
ThunderCats: Exodus (The Movie)
Character: Snarf (voice)
From beyond any known galaxy, bringing with them the laws and ideas of their doomed planet, come the ThunderCats. These brave and courageous cat-like humanoids carry with them the powerful Sword of Omens, which contains the mysterious Eye of Thundera- the source of the power of all ThunderCats. But there's also a treacherous band of hideous mutants from the planet Plun-Darr who want the sword. Crash landing on Earth, the ThunderCats battle these evil creatures who are aided by the supernatural p...
The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town
Character: Chugs / Old Man (voice)
The Mailman decides to stop another deluge of letters by answering questions about the Easter Bunny: Sunny, a baby rabbit found and adopted by Kidville (a town of only kids--even a kid mailman). And when Sunny goes delivering eggs to the nearby town (which he has to dye to fool Gadzooks, the mean bear on the mountain), he discovers that there are no kids in the town, and that the rightful (kid) ruler is being suppressed by his aunt. But the young king likes Sunny's dyed eggs and jelly beans. So ...
The Flight of Dragons
Character: Sir Orrin Neville-Smythe (voice)
The realm of magic is being threatened by the realm of logic, so Carolinus, the green wizard decides to shield it for all time. Ommadon, the evil red wizard, stands in his way. Carolinus then calls for a quest that is to be led by a man named Peter Dickinson, who is the first man of both the realms of science and magic. It is Peter's job to defeat Ommadon....
The Little Drummer Boy Book II
Character: Plato (voice)
Aaron, the drummer boy, struggles to protect a bellmaker's great silver bells from seizure by Roman soldiers...
The Leprechauns' Christmas Gold
Character: Lord of the Leprechauns (voice)
Sent in search of a Christmas tree, cabin boy Dinty Doyle lands on a mysterious, uncharted Irish island where he accidentally releases a bad-tempered banshee from her pine tree prison. Leprechaun Blarney Kilakilarney knows that in order to survive, the banshee will try to swipe his clan's pot of Christmas gold. With some magical assistance from Lord Patrick, the king of the wee folk, Dinty and Blarney make a plan to outwit the gold-hungry hag before Christmas morning dawns....
The Berenstain Bears' Easter Surprise
Character: Boss Bunny
A very inquisitive Brother Bear is wondering why Spring is taking so long to arrive. With Easter approaching and a new arrival to the Bear family on the way, Brother looks for answers, and Mama teaches him the true meaning of Spring....
ThunderCats Ho! – The Movie
Character: Lynx-O / Snarf / Slythe / Grune the Destroyer / Ratar-O / Captain Shiner / Topspinner (voice) (as Robert McFadden)
Lion-O is haunted by nightmares of Thunderians being killed on Thundera while he fled to the safety of Third Earth with Jaga and the other ThunderCats. Jaga later tells Lion-O that three more Thunderians have, in fact, survived and are also living on Third Earth. The ThunderCats decide to search for the other Thunderians, but Mumm-Ra has plans as well and takes the new Thunderians as his prisoners to Fire Rock Mountain. Lion-O loses the Sword of Omens in an avalanche while Panthro battles the Fi...
Popeye Meets the Man Who Hated Laughter
Character: Male characters (voice)
Popeye, Olive Oyl and all other King Features comic strip characters are invited on a cruise hosted by Professor Grimsby, a man who hates laughter...
Hans Christian Andersen's The Emperor's New Clothes
Character: Jaspar (voice)
Two con men convince a king that they have woven for him a suit made of magical cloth that only stupid or incompetent people are unable to see. Not wanting to seem dull, everyone pretends to admire the king's new clothes although he is completely naked....
Big Game Fishing
Character: Sad Cat
A Terrytoons cartoon of 1968 with Sad Cat...
The Third Musketeer
Character: Sad Cat / Gadmouse / Fenimore / Latimore / Narrator (voice)
The fairy tale of "Cinderella" is combined with the classic adventure of "The Three Musketeers." Sad Cat wants to be a musketeer like his two older brothers. A fairy godmother appears, and he gets his wish. Jealousy splits the three, though, and Sad Cat is happy to return to being himself....
Don't Spill the Beans
Character: Sad Cat / Gadmouse / Fenimore / Latimore / Narrator (voice)
A combination of the stories of "Cinderella" with "Jack and the Beanstalk," in which Sad Cat beats his two "dear, mean brothers" up the giant beanstalk. Sad Cat's two brothers poke fun at him for being so dumb. He goes into the business of selling magic beans....
Scuba Duba Do
Character: Sad Cat / Gadmouse / Fenimore / Latimore (voice)
The cat's been assigned by brothers Fenimore and Latimore to clean the chimney. There, Sad finds a treasure map....
Dress Reversal
Character: Sad Cat / Gadmouse / Fenimore / Latimore / Narrator (voice)
This series followed the exploits of Sad Cat, a scraggly looking cat, and his friends....
The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus
Character: Tingler (voice)
The Great Ak calls a council of the Immortals to ask that Santa Claus be given immortality. And to justify it, he tells the history of Santa Claus. The Ak found an abandoned baby and gave it to a lioness and a fairy to raise, who named him Claus. When Claus grew up, the Great Ak showed him the evil and hardship in the world and Claus decides to live there and relieve some of the suffering. He decides to make toys for orphans, but King Awgwa, the ruler of the valley where Claus lives doesn't want...
The Wind in the Willows
Character: Magistrate (voice)
The Irresponsible Toad is in a mess and needs help from his friends try and save Toad Hall....
The Wacky World of Mother Goose
Character: (voice)
In this animated children's film, Mother Goose and her fairytale friends must stop a group of sneaky spies....
The Coneheads
Character: (voice)
In this animated pilot based on the SNL sketch, The Coneheads come to conquer Earth but they soon find themselves becoming domesticated....
The Fourth King
Character: The beaver (voice)
The animals decide they must send a representative after the three wise men begin following the star of Bethlehem. Uno, the Lion, arrogantly decides he should be the one to go, and that he does not need any help. Feathers, who brought Jesus's birth to the attention of the animals, insists on traveling with him, and soon he is followed by a beaver, a rabbit, and a turtle....
Pinocchio's Christmas
Character: Cricket (voice)
As Geppetto prepares for Christmas, Pinocchio joins a puppet show to earn money for a present. There he meets and elopes with the beautiful girl puppet, Julietta, leaving Geppetto alone and worried....
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
Character: Donner (voice)
Winterbolt is trying to make the North Pole his evil wonderland, and it is up to Frosty the Snowman, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and others to stop him....
'Twas the Night Before Christmas
Character: Substation Operator / Councilmen / Handyman (voice)
When a town learns that Santa Claus has struck it off his delivery schedule due to an insulting letter, a way must be found to change his mind....
The Year Without a Santa Claus
Character: Jingle Bells (voice)
Feeling forgotten by the children of the world, old St. Nick decides to skip his gift-giving journey and take a vacation. Mrs. Claus and two spunky little elves, Jingle and Jangle, set out to see to where all the season's cheer has disappeared. Aided by a magical snowfall, they reawaken the spirit of Christmas in children's hearts and put Santa back in action....
Gnomes
Character: Kostya, the Russian Gnome (voice)
A family of gnomes preparing for the wedding of their eldest son must engage in a battle of wits with an enemy family of vicious trolls....
A Balmy Knight
Character: Sir Blur/Grandpa Dragon (voice)
Sir Blur was Famous Studios' answer to Mr. Magoo in that he was another nearsighted fellow who mistakes something or someone for something else....
The Red Baron
Character: Voice
This animated feature casts the Red Baron as a hero, in a world of heroic anthropomorphic dogs and villainous anthropomorphic cats....
Gadmouse the Apprentice Good Fairy
Character: Sad Cat / Gadmouse / Fenimore / Latimore / Narrator (voice)
Gadmouse attempts to make a happy ending for a cat stuck being abused by his brothers....
The Mad, Mad, Mad Monsters
Character: Baron Henry von Frankenstein (voice)
All of Universal's greatest classic monsters gather at the Transylvania Astoria Hotel for Frankenstein's monster and his bride's Friday the 13th midnight wedding....
The Defiant Giant
Character: George the Giant
Honey Halfwitch meets a Giant....