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Purv Pullen(1909-1992)

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Purv Pullen made a living imitating birds and animals. His greatest exposure came from his work with Ben Bernie, and with Spike Jones and his City Slickers (using the name Dr. Horatio Q. Birdbath). Frequent radio and movie performer, usually anonymous. Sometimes worked on stage with his ventriloquist doll, Johnny.
BornFebruary 2, 1909
DiedOctober 18, 1992(83)
BornFebruary 2, 1909
DiedOctober 18, 1992(83)
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Joan Carroll, Edmond O'Brien, and Ruth Warrick in Obliging Young Lady (1942)
Obliging Young Lady
5.7
  • Sound Department
  • 1942
Hark Ye Hark!
Short
  • Bird Imitator
  • 1935
Scrappy's Camera Trouble (1936)
Scrappy's Camera Trouble
4.8
Short
  • Scrappy(voice, as A. Purvis Pullen)
  • 1936
The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950)
The Colgate Comedy Hour
7.6
TV Series
  • Self - as Dr. Horatio Q. Birdbath

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  • Sleeping Beauty (1959)
    Sleeping Beauty
    7.2
    • Bluebird
    • Birds
    • Animals (uncredited)
    • 1959
  • The Spike Jones Show (1954)
    The Spike Jones Show
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Magic Mirror (voice, uncredited)
    • 1954
  • Zsa Zsa Gabor, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Leslie Caron, and Mel Ferrer in Lili (1953)
    Lili
    7.2
    • Whistler in Ballet Sequence (uncredited)
    • 1953
  • Dude Duck (1951)
    Dude Duck
    7.0
    Short
    • Horses (uncredited)
    • 1951
  • Ronald Reagan, Diana Lynn, and Bonzo in Bedtime for Bonzo (1951)
    Bedtime for Bonzo
    5.5
    • Minor Role (voice, uncredited)
    • 1951
  • Dessie Flynn, Mary Lawrence, James MacDonald, and Purv Pullen in Chicken in the Rough (1951)
    Chicken in the Rough
    6.9
    Short
    • Chicks (uncredited)
    • 1951
  • Song of the Birds (1949)
    Song of the Birds
    6.6
    Short
    • Cuckoo
    • Bird Whistles (voice)
    • 1949
  • Mickey and the Seal (1948)
    Mickey and the Seal
    6.9
    Short
    • Seals (uncredited)
    • 1948
  • Pluto's Blue Note (1947)
    Pluto's Blue Note
    6.7
    Short
    • Bird Chirps
    • Bee (uncredited)
    • 1947
  • Bud Abbott, Lois Collier, Lou Costello, Alan Curtis, Rita Johnson, Joe Sawyer, and Henry Travers in The Naughty Nineties (1945)
    The Naughty Nineties
    7.0
    • Animal Vocalizations (uncredited)
    • 1945
  • Duty and the Beast
    5.7
    Short
    • Whistles (uncredited)
    • 1943
  • Baggage Buster (1941)
    Baggage Buster
    6.8
    Short
    • Animals (voice)
    • 1941
  • Mel Blanc, Walter Catlett, Frankie Darro, Cliff Edwards, Dickie Jones, Charles Judels, Clarence Nash, Christian Rub, and Evelyn Venable in Pinocchio (1940)
    Pinocchio
    7.5
    • Whistling Saw (uncredited)
    • 1940
  • Polar Trappers (1938)
    Polar Trappers
    6.9
    Short
    • Penguins (uncredited)
    • 1938
  • The Little Bantamweight (1938)
    The Little Bantamweight
    5.9
    Short
    • Animals (uncredited)
    • 1938

Sound Department

  • Sleeping Beauty (1959)
    Sleeping Beauty
    7.2
    • sound of birds (uncredited)
    • 1959
  • Joan Carroll, Edmond O'Brien, and Ruth Warrick in Obliging Young Lady (1942)
    Obliging Young Lady
    5.7
    • sound of bird lovers
    • 1942
  • Robert Barrat, Phyllis Brooks, and Sidney Toler in Charlie Chan in Honolulu (1938)
    Charlie Chan in Honolulu
    6.7
    • Sound of Animal Vocalization (uncredited)
    • 1938
  • Roy Atwell, Stuart Buchanan, Adriana Caselotti, Eddie Collins, Pinto Colvig, Billy Gilbert, Otis Harlan, Lucille La Verne, Scotty Mattraw, Harry Stockwell, and George Kiplunks in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
    7.6
    • sound of birds (uncredited)
    • 1937
  • Walt Disney, Oliver Hardy, Ruth Channing, Irene Hervey, Stan Laurel, Marion O'Connell, Lupe Velez, and Beatrice Hagen in Hollywood Party (1934)
    Hollywood Party
    5.9
    • lion sound (uncredited)
    • 1934

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Dr. Horatio Q. Birdbath
  • Born
    • February 2, 1909
    • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Died
    • October 18, 1992
    • Woodland, California, USA(heart failure)

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    Heard in the San Francisco Bay Area as the voice of "Roscoe the Dog" on the Dr. Ron Rose radio show on KFRC.

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