Career Chuck McCann

1 career

1.1 work
1.2 1970s
1.3 film
1.4 return roots
1.5 1990s
1.6 2000s–present

career

early work

mccann known generation of children grew watching children s shows in new york city metropolitan area during 1960s, having worked way regional star status apprenticing on number of other children s shows, such captain kangaroo , rootie kazootie (the show on met one-time puppeteer , sidekick, paul ashley). best-selling first family, 60s lp record album lampooned newly elected president john f. kennedy , family, included mccann among voices.

until late 1967, mccann hosted comedy/variety tv puppet shows in new york area. mccann (with ashley) did puppet hotel wnta-tv, channel 13; laurel & hardy & chuck, let s have fun, , chuck mccann show wpix, channel 11; , finally, chuck mccann show, great bombo s magic cartoon circus lunchtime show, , chuck mccann s laurel , hardy show wnew-tv, channel 5. in addition, chuck comedy sidekick on wpix long-running clay cole show.

his career burgeoning time left channel 5, victim of changing tv trends. end of 1960s, had appeared critical acclaim in 1968 film heart lonely hunter , performed regularly on cbs s garry moore show.

he began animation acting career, doing bob kane s cool mccool sonny cuckoo bird ( m cuckoo cocoa puffs! ) in commercials general mills. had been 1 of stars of turn-on, producer george schlatter s ill-fated offshoot of laugh-in.

1970s

in 1970s, mccann s life , career shifted west, , relocated los angeles. made frequent guest appearances on network television shows including little house on prairie, bonanza, columbo, rockford files , bob newhart show. appeared in 1973 made-for-tv movie girl to... , regular on norman lear s glitters.

in addition, co-starred bob denver in cbs s saturday-morning sitcom far out space nuts, co-created. 1970s brought him fame in long-running series of commercials right guard antiperspirant: enthusiastic neighbor catch phrase hi, guy! appeared on other side of shared medicine cabinet, opposite actor bill fiore.

mccann impersonated oliver hardy in commercials various products (teaming jim macgeorge stan laurel), , few years, played holiday-season recurring role of kris kringle on nbc soap opera santa barbara in 1965, , john mccabe, 2 of founding 4 members of worldwide society of sons of desert, appreciation club works of laurel , hardy. had role in kojak in 1974, under name charles mccann.

film

after heart lonely hunter, mccann s motion picture career took turn comedy many supporting roles , co-starring turn (with tim conway) in went that-a-way & that-a-way (1978). notable post-hunter films projectionist (1971), jennifer on mind (1971), linda lovelace president (1975), foul play (1978), c.h.o.m.p.s. (1979), comeback trail (1982), hamburger: motion picture (1986), , herbie rides again (1974), played loostgarten, president of loostgarten wrecking company. had supporting role in 1988 horror film cameron s closet. had brief appearance in mel brooks 1993 comedy film robin hood: men in tights villager , appeared innkeeper in brooks production; dracula: dead , loving in 1995.

return roots

in 1980, mccann , paul ashley reunited pair of tv show pilots:

tiny tv (a satirical/variety puppet series aimed @ adults cable market)
lbs children s theater (a children film anthology show mccann , paul ashley puppets introduce reruns of primetime animated tv specials , theatrical cartoons europe). however, paul ashley forced leave projects when found suffering alzheimer s disease. tiny tv never reached fruition, lbs children s theater picked national syndication in 1983. mccann emceed series alone because ashley did not live long enough see show, having died on september 3, 1984.
mccann voiced dreamfinder in disney s attraction journey imagination.
in 1980s, mccann reprised number of best sketches new york television days interstitial material two-hour presentation of cartoons on kcop-tv, channel 13 in los angeles. (he assisted bob ridgely.)

and in 1989, mccann returned daily children s television 1 more time chuck mccann s funstuff (produced fellow new york kid show legend sonny fox). chuck mccann s funstuff seen weekday mornings on khj (kcal) monday, september 18, 1989 until friday, october 13, 1989.

1990s

in 1990s, mccann co-founded , participated in yarmy s army, group of comedians , character actors of generation gathered regularly cheer don adams brother dick yarmy, dying of cancer. group massive array of comic talent, members included harvey korman, shelley berman, tim conway, , many others.

after yarmy s death, group stayed cheer since increasing age , health problems made increasingly more difficult them steady work. in addition having monthly dinners, performed in various group-directed shows in select venues around country.

mccann continued voice work cartoons, playing jollo, bookworm, bump-on-a-log, , woof in 1992 s king s quest vi: heir today, gone tomorrow. 1 of best-known voiceover roles thing in fantastic 4 , hulk animated series, villain blizzard in animated adaptation, iron man.

he played heff heffalump, recurring not-so-villainous character in disney s new adventures of winnie pooh. voice of leatherneck on second season of g.i. joe. throughout 1990s , new millennium, has been in commercials @ christmas time, has played santa claus 1 product or another—and tv/movie gigs (sabrina, teenage witch).

2000s–present

in 2000s, mccann appeared in call him sasquatch (2003) , dorf da bingo king (with old pal, tim conway). has supplied voices powerpuff girls , mickey s twice upon christmas. , moved field of video games, providing voices true crime: new york city.

mccann made appearance in aristocrats (2005), animated rendition of clean version of dirty joke serves movie s subject.

in 2006-07 made appearances on radio adventures of dr. floyd benjamin franklin , dr. floyd s father. has made multiple appearances judge on boston legal, including two-hour series finale in december 2008. in 2007, mccann played villain dalton kern on radio drama adventures in odyssey , navarro , buck in random! cartoons.

in 2013, mccann voiced moseph moe mastro giovanni on episode of adventure time, mayor grafton on garfield show, , reprised duckworth in ducktales remastered. in 2016, reprised role of amoeba boys in 2016 reboot of powerpuff girls.