Les Tremayne

Personal Info

Birthday

April 16, 1913

Day of Death

2003-12-19

(90 years old)

Place of Birth

Balham, London, England, UK

Also Known As

Lester Tremayne

Lester "Les" Tremayne

Les Tremayne

Biography

Les Tremayne (16 April 1913 – 19 December 2003) was a radio, film, and television actor. Born Lester Tremayne in England, he moved with his family at the age four to Chicago, where he began in community theater. He danced as a vaudeville performer and worked as amusement park barker. He began working in radio when he was 17 years old. Description above from the Wikipedia article Les Tremayne, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Perry Mason

The Andy Griffith Show

The Virginian

The Beverly Hillbillies

Dr. Kildare

Rawhide

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Filmography

2005
The Naked Monster
as General Mann
1988
The Creation - Greatest Adventure Stories from the Bible
as God / The Storyteller (Voice)
1987
The Smurfs: 'Tis the Season to Be Smurfy
as Gustav (voice)
Ultraman: The Adventure Begins
as Dr. Philby
1985
Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer
as Orin / Bombo / TV announcer (voice)
Starchaser: The Legend of Orin
as Arthur (voice)
1983
Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island
as The Well (voice)
1979
Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy in the Pumpkin Who Couldn't Smile
as The Pumpkin (voice)
1978
Raggedy Ann & Andy: The Great Santa Claus Caper
as Alexander Graham Wolf / Santa Claus (voice)
1975
Yankee Doodle Cricket
as Chester C. Cricket / Harry the Cat (voice)
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
as Father (voice)
1974
Fangs
as Snakey Bender
Oliver Twist
as Fagin
1973
A Very Merry Cricket
as Chester C. Cricket / Harry the Cat (voice)
A Cricket in Times Square
as Chester C. Cricket / Harry the Cat / Father / Music Teacher (voice)
1971
Strawberries Need Rain
as The Reaper
1970
The Phantom Tollbooth
as Humbug (voice)
1969
The Pogo Special Birthday Special
as Churchy La Femme / Beauregard
Birthday
as Churchy La Femme / Beauregard
1967
Creature of Destruction
as Dr. John Basso
1966
The Fortune Cookie
as Thompson
1965
Girl Happy
as Opening Narrator (uncredited)
Strange Bedfellows
as Opening Off-Screen Narrator (uncredited)
1964
Kwaheri
as Narrator
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Narrator (voice)
1963
King Kong vs. Godzilla
as Mr. Tako / Dr. Shigesawa / Dr. Akira Makino / General Masami Shinzo / Commander Roberts / Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Slime People
as Norman Tolliver
1962
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
as Ghost of Christmas Present (voice)
Shootout at Big Sag
as Chan Bartholomew
About Time
as King of Planet Q
1960
The Story of Ruth
as Elimelech
The Gallant Hours
as Frank Enright
1959
The Angry Red Planet
as Prof. Theodore Gettell
North by Northwest
as Auctioneer
Say One for Me
as Harry LaMaise
The Monster of Piedras Blancas
as Dr. Sam Jorgenson
1958
The Perfect Furlough
as Col. Leland
From the Earth to the Moon
as Countdown Announcer
1957
The Monolith Monsters
as Martin Cochrane
1956
The Unguarded Moment
as Mr. Pendleton
Everything But the Truth
as Lawrence Everett
Forbidden Planet
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
as Henry 'Hank' Gaxton
1955
A Man Called Peter
as Senator Willis K. Harvey
1954
Susan Slept Here
as Harvey Butterworth
1953
The War of the Worlds
as Maj. Gen. Mann
Dream Wife
as Ken Landwell
I Love Melvin
as Mr. Henneman
1952
It Grows on Trees
as Finlay Murchison
Francis Goes to West Point
as Col. Daniels
1951
The Blue Veil
as Joplin
The Racket
as Harry Craig