who does the voice of o'malley in aristocats
Wonga Philip Harris
title: Claude Bertrand (actor) text: Claude Bertrand (actor) Claude Bertrand (24 March 1919—14 December 1986) was a French film, television and voiceover actor. In a career that has spanned four decades, Bertrand was best known in French film and television as a voice over actor. He was the French dub for Roger Moore, Charles Bronson, John Wayne, Bud Spencer and Burt Lancaster. He also shared his voice in animation, he provided the voice of Baloo in the French version of The Jungle Book, O'Malley in The Aristocats and Little John in Robin Hood. He also voiced Captain Haddock in Tintin and the Temple of the title: The Aristocats text: Dalmatians". Furthermore, the character Elmira, the maid, who was intended to be voiced by Elsa Lanchester, was removed from the story placing Edgar as the central villain in order to better simplify the storyline. As with "The Jungle Book", the characters were patterned on the personalities of the voice actors. In 1966, Walt Disney contacted Phil Harris to improvise the script, and shortly after, he was cast to voice Thomas O'Malley. To differentiate the character from Baloo, Reitherman noted O'Malley was "more based on Clark Gable than Wallace Beery, who was partly the model for Baloo." Reitherman furthermore cast Eva title: Phil Harris text: Phil Harris Wonga Philip Harris (June 24, 1904 – August 11, 1995) was an American comedian, actor, singer, and jazz musician. He was an orchestra leader and a pioneer in radio situation comedy, first with Jack Benny, then in a series in which he co-starred with his wife, singer-actress Alice Faye, for eight years. Harris is also noted for his voice acting in animated films. He played Baloo the bear in "The Jungle Book" (1967), Thomas O'Malley in "The Aristocats" (1970), and Little John in "Robin Hood" (1973). In 1981, he sang "Back Home Again in Indiana" before the Indianapolis title: The Aristocats text: fun all the way, nicely flavored with tunes, and topped with one of the funniest jam sessions ever by a bunch of scraggly Bohemians headed by one Scat Cat." Roger Ebert, writing for the "Chicago Sun-Times", awarded the film three stars out of four summarizing "The Aristocats" as "light and pleasant and funny, the characterization is strong, and the voices of Phil Harris (O'Malley the Alley Cat) and Eva Gabor (Duchess, the mother cat) are charming in their absolute rightness." For its 1987 re-release, animation historian Charles Solomon expressed criticism for its episodic plot, anachronisms, and borrowed plot elements from title: Germán Valdés text: also collaborated closely with actress and comedian Fannie Kauffman, who was also known as Vitola, during their careers. He was also one of several people who were originally intended to be on the front cover of The Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" but declined the invitation. He requested that Ringo swap him for a Mexican Tree known as "El Arbol de la Vida", the Tree of Life, and he did. He was the voice of Baloo the bear and Thomas O'Malley the cat in the Mexican Spanish dubbing of the Disney films "The Jungle Book" and "The Aristocats";