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Voice actor Dick Beals

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Msampo	Voice actor Dick Beals	Lead	[-]
May 30 12 6:32 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	A poster on alt.obits says he had received word that voice actor Dick Beals has died. Probably best known as the voice of Speedy Alla-Seltzer, he also is one of the actors who did the voice of Gumby, and also did voice work for "The Funny Company," "Davey and Goliath" and "Roger Ramjet." No stories in the regular media yet, though. Last Edited By: Msampo Jun 4 12 6:05 PM. Edited 1 time.
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rvoyttbots		#1	[-]
May 30 12 7:37 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Confirmed..
Wich2		#2	[-]
May 30 12 8:20 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	He is indeed gone. Confirmed by folks in the OTR fandom community who knew him, where he was still active. He had began in radio drama - Gunsmoke, Have Gun Will Travel, Amos and Andy, Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy, etc. And Suspense, including a turn in an episode inspired by "The Incredible Shrinking Man." Hear here: http://www.escape-suspense.com/2008/04/suspense---retu.html And he was not just a "stunt" actor, but a guy with genuine chops. Here's a great story about the beginning of his career, from pop culture maven Maggie Thompson: http://www.maggiethompson.com/ RIP. -Craig
Dr Spyclops		#3	[-]
May 30 12 10:18 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	So sorry to hear this. Dick Beals' youthful voice was a big part of my childhood. Gumby, Davey Hansen, Buzz Conroy from Frankenstein, Jr., daydreamer Ralph Phillips, Speedy Alka-Seltzer -- a lot of good memories there.
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Jim Burns		#4	[-]
May 31 12 12:56 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	(Dick Beals was 4 feet, seven inches, roughly, which I only mention, because it's necessary to this story...) Back in 1999, at the Old Time Radio Convention in Newark (now, no more), I was chatting with Ed Hulse (he the master of pulp history and a major film buff) outside the hotel's entrance, when Dick Beals showed up from the airport, exiting the hotel courtesy shuttle. We nodded Hello, and Dick went to enter the hotel. He stood in front of the "automatic" glass door-- And nothing happened. I was about to see if the door was broken or something when Beals simply walked to a side panel that he knew must be there, pressed it, and the door slid open. I still don't understand how the door's weight sensor, or electric eye, wasn't adjusted to account for what would be the equivalent of a child's size. Maybe it was just out of whack. But there was this kind of look of sadness in Beal's eyes, this impression of something that had happened many times before, but it was an annoyance--out of no other choice--he knew how to deal with. That look has stayed with me all these years. (It's far more important, of course, to remember all the joy that Beals' talents helped create!) And maybe I just read too much into the moment. Beals might simply have been miffed that he was in Newark...!
Wich2		#5	[-]
May 31 12 1:45 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	>Back in 1999, at the Old Time Radio Convention in Newark (now, no more)< All is not lost, Jim... at least there's still hope, but we need everyone's help: http://seanreadsthenews.typepad.com/celebratingaudiotheaterol/ -Craig
Lawrence Nepodahl		#6	[-]
Jun 1 12 5:43 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	He pops up on so many OTR shows I listen to. He was in a Shadow broadcast, with Bill Johnstone, I think, portraying Lamont Cranston; can't remember the title. The scenario has him as a child, when in reality, he's a midget crook.
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