Laurie Main

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Australian actor (1922–2012)

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::summary Australian actor (1922–2012) ::

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nameLaurie Main
imageLaurie_Main.jpg
captionPhoto by Harry Langdon
birth_nameLaurence George Main
birth_date
birth_placeMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
death_date
death_placeLos Angeles, California, U.S.
years_active1953–2003
occupationActor
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Laurence George "Laurie" Main (29 November 1922 – 8 February 2012) was an Australian actor best known for hosting and narrating the children's series Welcome to Pooh Corner, which aired on The Disney Channel during the 1980s.

Born in Melbourne, Main moved to the UK at the age of 16, making his acting debut in The Yellow Balloon. He emigrated to the United States in 1960, studying with Agnes Moorehead.

His television and film guest appearances include Wagon Train, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Maverick, I Spy, The Girl from U.N.C.L.E., Get Smart, The Andy Griffith Show, The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze, That Girl, Ironside, The Monkees, Hogan's Heroes, Mayberry R.F.D., The Ghost & Mrs. Muir, Daniel Boone, Family Affair, Bewitched, The Partridge Family, McMillan & Wife, Land of the Lost, Little House on the Prairie, Punky Brewster and Murder, She Wrote. Main also appeared in The Facts of Life Goes to Paris in 1982.

His stage work included The Diary of a Nobody (1954–1955)  and Waltz of the Toreadors (1956) in London's West End; and he made several appearances on Broadway.

He also appeared on many television commercials.

Main also did considerable voice work for Disney, having supplied the voice of Dr. Dawson in the 1986 animated film The Great Mouse Detective. He also narrated the animated shorts Winnie the Pooh Discovers the Seasons (1981) and Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore (1983), as well as serving as the story reader on many Disney Read-Along records, audio cassettes and compact discs.

Main died on 8 February 2012 in Los Angeles, California at the age of 89.

Filmography

References

  1. Demetria Fulton previewed Main on The Facts of Life; episode titled, "The Facts of Life Goes to Paris" (09/25/1982).

References

  1. "Laurie Main | Movies and Filmography".
  2. "Laurie Main".
  3. (16 February 2012). "Laurie Main, Narrator on TV's 'Welcome to Pooh Corner,' Dies at 89 | Hollywood Reporter".
  4. Wearing, J. P.. (16 September 2014). "The London Stage 1950–1959: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel". Rowman & Littlefield.
  5. "Production of The Waltz of the Toreadors | Theatricalia".
  6. "Laurie Main – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB".
  7. "Laurie Main".
  8. Minovitz, Ethan. (16 February 2012). "Disney actor and narrator Laurie Main dead at 89". Big Cartoon News.
  9. (15 February 2012). "Actor Laurie Main dies at 89". Variety.

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