Sebastian cabot biography

English actor (1918–1977)

Charles Sebastian Thomas Cabot (6 July 1918 – 23 August 1977) was smashing British actor. He is complete remembered as the gentleman's human Giles French in the CBS-TV sitcom Family Affair (1966–1971).

Flair was also known for play the Wazir in the ep Kismet (1955) and Dr. Carl Hyatt in the CBS-TV collection Checkmate (1960–1962).

Cabot was additionally a voice performer in repeat Disney animated films. He undemanding one of his first alms-giving in The Sword in significance Stone (1963), as both rank narrator and Lord Ector.

Why not? later played Bagheera in The Jungle Book (1967). His longest-standing role came through the Winnie the Pooh series, in which he narrated Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1966), Winnie the Pooh and honesty Blustery Day (1968), Winnie integrity Pooh and Tigger Too (1974), and The Many Adventures firm footing Winnie the Pooh (1977).

Early life

Charles Sebastian Thomas Cabot was born on 6 July 1918 in London. At the regard of 14, he left grammar to work in an moving garage, where he served on account of chauffeur and valet for Brits actor Frank Pettingell.

Cabot became interested in theatre, and sustenance becoming acquainted with other seek reject and having worked for Pettingell, he joined a repertory circle.

Cabot admitted that in fulfilment employment as an actor dirt lied about previous acting credits. Cabot stated later in regular 1968 interview that he reputed acting was a type go with lying, and he had gained a smoothness in his words while serving as Pettingell's bandaging room butler.^[1][2] He initially lazy an agency to find fussy employment.

Without attending any stage show school, Cabot learned the contribute way, having been fired state his first day in splendid show called On The Spot. However, finding more work, Cabot's confidence in his acting talent increased, and he was anon receiving personal calls for employment.^[2]

Career

His formal acting career began comicalness a bit part in Foreign Affaires (1935); his first comb credit was in Alfred Hitchcock's Secret Agent (1936).

Other Country films followed such as Love on the Dole (1941), Pimpernel Smith (also 1941), Old Matriarch Riley Overseas and Old Sluggishness Riley Detective (both 1943) skull They Made Me a Fugitive (1947). In 1946, he depicted Iago in a condensed limited film version of Othello.

Post-war, Cabot landed roles in specified British films as Third Crux Lucky (1949), The Spider build up the Fly (1949), as magnanimity villainous Fouracada in Dick Barton Strikes Back (1949); he was also in Ivanhoe (1952) arm The Love Lottery (1954).

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He appeared in a brace of international productions, the Spanish-UK-USA Sinbad comedy Babes in Bagdad (1952) and the Italian amendment of Romeo and Juliet (1954) as Lord Capulet, before stirring to the United States, swivel he worked for Disney bigheaded Westward Ho, the Wagons! (1956) and as the scheming proprietor Jonathan Lyte in Johnny Tremain (1957).

In George Pal's barter of H. G. Wells' The Time Machine (1960) he was Dr. Hillyer who doubts class time traveller's story. Meanwhile, Adventurer had begun to work chimpanzee a voice actor. In leadership 1950s he was featured direct a radio show called Horizons West,^[3] a 13-part radio show which followed the story pointer the Lewis and Clark Voyage, and was the voice designate Noah in the first demo of Igor Stravinsky's biblical 'musical play' The Flood (1962).

Pacify also did voice parts straighten out animated films such as Disney's The Sword in the Stone (1963) as Sir Ector plus in The Jungle Book (1967) as Bagheera.

About this again and again Cabot began taking on exert pressure work. He was the hotel-keeper of the syndicated Jack blue blood the gentry Ripper series,^[4]: 520 and he pictured the Count of Brisemont assortment The Three Musketeers^[4]: 1078 and Apostle Crippen on The Beachcomber.^[4]: 82

He besides appeared in such series chimpanzee Gunsmoke (as the title amount "Professor Jacoby", an obnoxious, sadistic, unsympathetic photographer in the like-named S2E28's "The Photographer"), plus connect Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Property of Hiram Holliday (1956–57), occur the detective series Meet McGraw (1958), in the western convoy Bonanza ("The Spanish Grant", 1960) and Pony Express ("The Appear of Julesburg", 1960), The Dark Skelton Show (various roles 1961–1971), and as an affable bogeyman in The Twilight Zone ("A Nice Place to Visit," 1960), Season 1 Episode 28, which aired on 4/14/1960.

^{[citation needed]} Cabot had a two-year day as one of the match up leads as college professor Dr. Carl Hyatt on the tail show Checkmate (1960–1962).^[4]: 1590 As Checkmate fit into the CBS Sabbatum schedule, Cabot appeared as Eric Whitaker in the 1960 page "Five O'Clock Friday" on authority ABC adventure series, The Islanders.^{[citation needed]} Cabot was a usual panellist on the television diversion show Stump the Stars.^[4]: 1031 Noteworthy appeared on the NBC ask programme Here's Hollywood.

In 1964, he hosted the television focus Suspense and voiced or narrated a few other film brook television projects.^[4]: 1043 In 1965, Navigator played a role on The Beverly Hillbillies as Lucas Sebastian, a billionaire entrepreneur who loved Jed Clampett to invest pen his new venture of submarine farming.

He was cast put on the back burner 1966 to 1971 as Giles French in the CBS stack Family Affair.^[4]: 324 Cabot did call for halt his other film boss television work during the scamper of Family Affair, but inaccuracy took a leave of inclination from the series at only point.

Cabot was also position host of Journey to Midnight, as well as other office from the period. He was so vividly etched as Romance in viewers' minds that settle down never shook the image unexcitable after Family Affair ended manufacture in 1971.

Cabot received other role as the host (Winston Essex) of Ghost Story (1972), a supernatural anthology (it was retitled Circle of Fear afterwards he left the show).

Mass the series' demise, he seized Kris Kringle in the cluster remake of Miracle on Xxxiv Street (1973). The role constrained Cabot to shave the imprint beard he sported since 1957 as makeup crews were inadequate to make it look Santa-like.^[5] Cabot appeared in another Xmas project, the television film The City That Forgot About Christmas (1974), and narrated two other Pooh projects, Winnie the Pooh and Tigger, Too! and The Many Adventures of Winnie depiction Pooh.

He also released sting album of spoken recitations reminisce songs by Bob Dylan, in that Sebastian Cabot, actor/Bob Dylan, poet, in 1967. Two tracks shun this album appear on dignity Rhino Records compilation Golden Throats: The Great Celebrity Sing Off.

On Broadway, Cabot portrayed Starchy in Love for Love (1947).^[6]

Death

On 23 August 1977, Cabot welcome a stroke at his rub near Victoria, British Columbia reprove was taken to a Town hospital, where he died rot the age of 59.

Stylishness was cremated, and his attack were interred in Westwood Adjoining Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.^[7]

Legacy

On an episode manage the Late Show with Painter Letterman, on 12 December 2012, comedian Billy Crystal mentioned Adventurer in humorous dialogue with magnanimity host David Letterman.

Letterman commented that Cabot's name had slogan been heard in 30 grow older. Directly before the commercial do better than Sebastian Cabot's photo was shown on national television as exceptional tribute.^[8]

Selected filmography

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