Larry D. Mann obit

Larry D. Mann, veteran actor, dies at 91

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Larry D. Mann, who began his prolific 40-year-long acting career at the CBC, has died in Los Angeles. He was 91.

His son, Richard Mann, says the actor died of age-related causes on Monday.

Mann first came to the attention of CBC audiences in 1953 when he kidded around with the puppet Uncle Chichimus on the show Let's See. According to a CBC Archives article, Mann got the job when his friend, actor Don Harron, pointed him out to producer Norman Jewison.  

He was also a frequent guest on Wayne and Shuster during the 1950s.

The Toronto-born Mann appeared as Cap'n Scuttlebutt on the Canadian version of the kids' show Howdy Doody and hosted a late-night program called Midnight Zone, which debuted in October 1960.

Apart from his CBC work, he appeared in more than 20 movies, with roles in The Sting and In the Heat of the Night, among others.

On TV, his dozens of credits included Gunsmoke, Bewitched, Hogan's Heroes, Green Acres and Hill Street Blues.

He also did voice work for animated shows. He was the voice of Yukon Cornelius in the 1964 animated Christmas favorite Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.

Mann's last role was playing a talent agent in the 1991 TV show Homefront.

His biography on the Internet Movie Database site lists 157 separate TV and movie credits. 

Mann also did TV commercials, with his best known being a series of Bell Canada spots that appeared in the 1980s in which he was "The Boss.

Films

    1958: Flaming Frontier as Bradford

    1963: The Quick and the Dead as Parker

    1963: Spencer's Mountain as Spencer Brother (uncredited)

    1964: Robin and the 7 Hoods as Workman (uncredited)

    1964: Kisses for My President as Tour Guide (uncredited)

    1965: Willy McBean and his Magic Machine as Professor Von Rotten (voice)

    1965: Harlow as Editor (uncredited)

    1966: The Singing Nun as Mr. Duvries

    1966: The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming as Man with Cat (uncredited)

    1966: The Daydreamer

    1966: The Appaloosa as Priest

    1966: Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round as Officer Howard

    1966: The Swinger as John Mallory

    1967: A Covenant with Death as Chillingworth

    1967: Caprice as Inspector Kapinsky

    1967: Rough Night in Jericho as Purley (uncredited)

    1967: The Perils of Pauline as Prince Benji's Father (uncredited)

    1967: In the Heat of the Night as Watkins

    1968: The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz as Grossmeyer

    1968: Bullitt (voice, uncredited)

    1969: Angel in My Pocket as Bishop Morenschild

    1970: The Liberation of L.B. Jones as Grocer

    1970: There Was a Crooked Man as Harry

    1970: The Wild Country as The Marshal (uncredited)

    1971: Scandalous John as Bartender

    1972: Get to Know Your Rabbit as Mr. Seager

    1973: Kloot's Kounty as Crazywolf (voice)

    1973: Pay Your Buffalo Bill as Crazywolf / Big Red (voice)

    1973: Ten Miles to Gallop as Crazywolf (voice)

    1973: Charley and the Angel as Felix

    1973: Oklahoma Crude as Deke Watson

    1973: The Sting as Train Conductor

    1973: Treasure Island as Doctor Livesey (voice)

    1973: Cotter

    1974: Gold Struck (voice)

    1974: The Badge and the Beautiful as Townspeople / Bartender / Priest / Lauri Be (voice)

    1974: By Hoot or By Brook as The Fox / Coach Driver / Guard (voice)

    1974: Big Beef at the O.K. Corral as Billy the Kidder (voice)

    1974: Saddle Soap Opera as Judge Sayabe / Hotel Clerk (voice)

    1974: Mesa Trouble as Townspeople (voice)

    1974: Black Eye as Reverend Avery

    1974: Oliver Twist (voice)

    1976: Death Riders

    1976: Pony Express Rider as Blackmore

    1980: The Octagon as Tibor

    1980: A Snow White Christmas as Mirror (voice)

Animated shorts

    1969–1972: Tijuana Toads, as Crazylegs Crane (voice)

    1972–1974: The Blue Racer, as Blue Racer (voice)

               

Television series

    1954: Ad and Lib

    1954–1959: Howdy Doody

    1957–1958: Last of the Mohicans

    1956–1957: The Barris Beat

    1958–1959: The Adventures of Chich

    1958–1959: Here's Duffy

    1961: Tales of the Wizard of Oz, voice of Rusty the Tin Man and The Wicked Witch of the West

    1961: The New Adventures of Pinocchio as Foxy Q. Fibble (voice)

    1965–1969: Bewitched in several guest appearances

    1965: The Big Valley guest appearance as Jake Kyles in "The Murdered Party"

    1966: My Favourite Martian, guest appearance as Butterball (Season 3, Episode 22)

    1966: Get Smart, guest appearance as Victor Slade

    1966: Shane, guest appearance as Harve Hanes

    1966: Hogan's Heroes, guest appearance as Dr. Vanetti

    1966: The Iron Horse, guest appearance as Kellam in "A Dozen Ways to Kill a Man"

    1966–1967: The Man From U.N.C.L.E. in several guest roles

    1967: Hogan's Heroes, guest appearance as SS General Brenner

    1967–1968: Accidental Family as Marty Warren in 11 episodes

    1967: The Green Hornet as Dr. Eric Mabouse in "Invasion from Outer Space: Parts 1 & 2"

    1967: Dragnet 1967 as Pete Benson

    1967: I Spy: guest appearance as Arbuckle in "Night Train to Madrid"

    1967–1973: Gunsmoke in several guest roles

    1968: The Guns of Will Sonnett guest appearance as Mort Lucas in "Guilt"

    1968: Mannix guest appearance as Orlando Quinn in "To Kill a Writer"

    1968: It Takes a Thief guest appearance as Dedier in "The Lay of the Land"

    1969: It Takes a Thief guest appearance as Achille Morales in "The Baranoff Timetable"

    1969: Hogan's Heroes, guest appearance as Igor Illyich Zagoskin

    1970–1971: Green Acres in several guest roles

    1970: Sabrina and the Groovy Ghoulies

    1971: Bonanza guest appearance as Alex Steiner in "An Earthquake Called Callahan"

    1972: Mod Squad guest appearance as Harry Burns in "Can You Hear Me Out There?"

    1971–1974: Dr. Simon Locke'Police Surgeon

    1976: The Pink Panther Laugh and a Half Hour and a Half Show (voice)

    1976–1985: Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color in several guest roles

    1978: Quincy, M.E. as Dr. Jones in "Ashes to Ashes"

    1978: How the West Was Won guest appearances as Mr. Pennington

    1978: Fangface (voice)

    1979: The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show (voice)

    1981: Dukes of Hazzard as Boss J.W. Hickman

    1981–1987: Hill Street Blues, as Judge Lee Oberman

    1983: The All-New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show (voice)

    1985: MacGyver guest appearance as Capt. Ion Cuzo in "Humanity"

    1989: The Pink Panther and Friends (voice)

    1990: MacGyver guest appearance as Daniel Sims in "The Heist"

Television films and specials

    1964: Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, voice of Yukon Cornelius

    1964: Return to Oz, voice of Rusty Tinman and The Wicked Witch of the West

    1971: Dead Men Tell No Tales

    1971: Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate

    1977: Columbo: Murder Under Glass

    1979: The New Misadventures of Ichabod Crane, voice of Rip Van Winkle

    1980: A Snow White Christmas (voice)

    1981: Dennis the Menace in Mayday for Mother (TV), voice of Mr. Wilson

    1991: Love, Lies and Murder (TV)