Purv Pullen
Actor
- Born
- February 2, 1909 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Died
- October 18, 1992 (age 83)
He began performing as a voice actor in films in the 1930s. He was the voice of Cheetah in Tarzan films and produced the bird sounds in Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). Pullen's vocal contributions appear in many cartoons featuring Mickey Mouse, Betty Boop, and Popeye. Pullen was also the voice of the howling coyote in Cecil B. DeMille's "The Crusaders", and the squawks and jungle sounds for Martin Denny's "Quiet Village".
In 1945, Pullen began a collaboration with Spike Jones, providing sound effects and other comic gimmicks on many of the classic Jones recordings. Jones gave Pullen the stage name "Dr. Horatio Q. Birdbath."
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Pullen was the voice of Pierre the Parrot in Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room at Disneyland and Disneyworld. He was also heard in the San Francisco Bay Area as the voice of Roscoe the Dog on the Dr. Don Rose show on KFRC.
Pullen also appeared in nightclubs as a ventriloquist with a dummy named Johnny. Pullen was a longtime resident of Vacaville, California, where he performed puppet shows at the Nut Tree in the 1970s and 1980s and where he appeared with "Roscoe the Dog," a supposedly invisible dog puppeted by means of a stiffened dog leash.
Known for
Acting14
- 1947Figaro and Frankie as Frankie (uncredited)
- 1938Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs as Birds (voice) (uncredited)
- 1935Who Killed Cock Robin? as Cock Robin's Whistling (voice) (uncredited)
- 1935Stolen Harmony as Little Nell in Skit (uncredited)
- 1935The Golden Touch as Bird (voice) (uncredited)
- 1934Holiday Land as (voice) (uncredited)
- 1934The Goddess of Spring as (voice) (uncredited)
- 1934The Flying Mouse as Birds (voice) (uncredited)
- 1934The Wise Little Hen as Baby Chicks (voice) (uncredited)
- 1933
