Alfie Scopp

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Alfie Scopp
Born (1919-09-15)15 September 1919
London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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Toronto, Canada
Occupation Actor

Alfie Scopp (15 September 1919 – 24 July 2021) was an English-born Canadian actor who worked mostly in television series, including as a voice actor. He also worked in theater, radio, and films. He was part of the voice cast for the 1964 Christmas special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.[1]

Life and career

Scopp was born in September 1919 in London, England. As a child, he and his family emigrated to Montreal, Canada. During World War II, he was part of the Royal Canadian Air Force in Newfoundland. It was during this time that he began a career in radio, working for the local station CBG (AM). In theater, he worked in different Toronto productions, as well as working for National Film Board of Canada.[2] He attended Lorne Greene's Academy of Radio Arts after the war, along with Leslie Nielsen, Gordie Tapp and Fred Davis.[3]

He provided the voice of the Scarecrow in the 1960s animated television series Tales of the Wizard of Oz (1961) as well as the TV film Return to Oz (1964).[4][5] He played the character role of bookseller Avram in the 1971 film Fiddler on the Roof, which won three Academy Awards and was nominated in seven more categories in 1972.[6]

Scopp died in Toronto in July 2021 at the age of 101.[7]

Filmography

Year Title Role
1961 One Plus One
The Mask
1965 Willy McBean and His Magic Machine Buffalo Bill Cody/Dragon (voice)
1971 Fiddler on the Roof Avram
1972 The Sloane Affair Berdan
1983 Hot Money David Townsend
Doctor Yes: The Hyannis Affair Detective Carlson
1985 Overnight Gerald Ecker

Television credits

Year Title Role Notes
1952–1961 General Motors Theatre Various 10 episodes
1954 Playbill "The Bespoke Overcoat"
1955 Scope "Oh, Canada!"
1956 Howdy Doody Clarabell "Untitled"
1957–1958 On Camera Jakle/Gerald 3 episodes
1958 Cannonball Storey "The Attack"
1959–1960 RCMP Steve Burnett/Sten Turner/Icky Williams 3 episodes
1960 Just Mary Tony "The Nicest Place in the World"
1960 First Person Jimmy/Orrie Watts "Witness to Murder"
"Guardeen Angel"
1961 Tales of the Wizard of Oz Socrates the Scarecrow (voice) 68 episodes
1963 Scarlett Hill Sam "Twice Wedded, Twice Blessed"
1963–1964 Playdate George/Wolfie "Image of Love"
"My Son, the Doctor"
1964 Return to Oz Socrates the Scarecrow (voice) TV film
1964 Time of Your Life "The Boy King"
1964 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Charlie-In-The-Box/Fireball/Other Reindeer (voice) TV film
1964–1966 The Wayne and Shuster Hour "From Bombay with Love"
"Murder Italian Style"
1966–1969 The King Kong Show 8 episodes
1967–1968 Spider-Man Various 4 episodes
1969 Festival Gregory "The Journey of the Fifth Horse"
1969–1972 The Wayne and Comedy Special 5 episodes
1972–1973 Festival of Family Classics 3 episodes (voice)
1977 Maria TV film
1980–1984 The Littlest Hobo Oakie 4 episodes
1981 The July Group TV Film
1982 Seeing Things Rabbi "An Eye for an Eye"
1985 Evergreen Mr. Lerner Episode 1.1
1985 The Undergrads Hobo TV film
1986 The Edison Twins Alfred Berksteen "Invitation to a Mystery"
1988 Street Legal Leo Gold "Equal Partners"

References

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  7. ↑ Alfie Scopp obituary

External links

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