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Fred Flintstone is the main character of the animated sitcom The Flintstones, which aired during prime-time on ABC during the original series' run from 1960 to 1966. [16] Fred is the husband of Wilma Flintstone and father of Pebbles Flintstone and together the family live in their homely cave in the town of Bedrock.
Alan Reed (born Herbert Theodore Bergman; August 20, 1907 – June 14, 1977) [1] was an American actor, best known as the original voice of Fred Flintstone on The Flintstones and various spinoff series.
Henry Corden (né Cohen; January 6, 1920 – May 19, 2005) was a Canadian-born American actor, best known for assuming the voice of Fred Flintstone after the death of Alan Reed in 1977. [1]
According to Henry Corden, a voice actor and a friend of Gleason's (who would subsequently take over the role of Fred from Reed after his death in 1977), "Jackie's lawyers told him he could probably have The Flintstones pulled right off the air. But they also told him, 'Do you want to be known as the guy who yanked Fred Flintstone off the air?
The film marked the first feature voice role for Gerry Johnson (Betty Rubble), and Henry Corden (Fred's singing voice), [3] the latter of whom would go on to fully assume the role of Fred following Alan Reed's death in 1977.
The house consists of purple and red domes, surrounded by statues of Fred Flintstone, Barney Rubble and other characters from the iconic cartoon.
The longest sitting death row inmate, Fred Singleton, is also the oldest at age 80. He was convicted in 1983 after sexually assaulting a 73-year-old woman and strangling her to death with a ...
In 1993, he starred as a William Castle-type filmmaker in Matinee opposite Cathy Moriarty, and in 1994 as Fred Flintstone in The Flintstones. [18] Other films included King Ralph (1991), The Babe (1992), Fallen (1998), Blues Brothers 2000 (1998), and Bringing Out the Dead (1999).