Full Name Francis Trout Years active 1937-1986 | Name Dink Trout Role Actor | |
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Occupation Film actorRadio personalityVoice actor Movies Alice in Wonderland, Morris the Midget Moose, Miss Polly, Scattergood Pulls the Strings Similar People Winston Hibler, Ted Sears, Oliver Wallace, Hamilton Luske, Wilfred Jackson | ||
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Francis "Dink" Trout (June 18, 1898 – March 26, 1950) was an American actor and radio personality.
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- Stopped by the Game Warden and Catching Dink Trouts Laguna Shores
- Early years
- Radio
- Stage
- Music
- Film
- Death
- Filmography
- References
Early years
Trout was born in 1898 in Illinois. He attended the University of Illinois.
Radio
In 1927, Trout had his own musical program on WOR in Newark, New Jersey.
Much of his career involved playing characters in American radio shows. His most famous radio roles were as Mr. Anderson in The Dennis Day Show and as Luke Spears in Lum and Abner. He was also heard in The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, the Cass Daley Show, The Life of Riley, and The Nebbs.
Stage
On Broadway, Trout had the role of Zappo in The Wild Rose (1926).
Music
Trout played marimba and trombone for Ben Bernie and his orchestra.
Film
In 1936 Trout made his first (uncredited) film appearance in Under Your Spell. Later in 1941 he appeared in Scattergood Baines as Plinky Pickett. Trout reprised this role for the next two films in the Scattergood Baines chronology. He made several other film appearances throughout his life, though he was generally uncredited. In 1947 he voiced the title role in Disney's Bootle Beetle. For the next three years he continued to voice Disney characters. His recurring roles in Disney films includeAlice in Wonderland, where Trout performed voice of the King of Hearts.
Death
Trout died March 26, 1950, in Hollywood, after having had major surgery.