Skip Hinnant
| Skip Hinnant | |
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| Born | September 12, 1940 Chincoteague Island, Virginia U.S. |
| Relatives | Bill Hinnant (brother) |
Skip Hinnant (born September 12, 1940) is an American actor and comedian.
[edit] Career
Hinnant's first major role was as Cathy's boyfriend Ted on The Patty Duke Show from 1963 to 1965, and Schroeder in the original cast of Clark Gesner's You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown during its original off-Broadway run in 1967, where his brother, Bill Hinnant, played Snoopy.
He is best known as a featured performer on the children's show The Electric Company, which aired on the American educational television network PBS from 1971 to 1977. He was best known at that time as word decoder Fargo North. He was also the voice of R. Crumb's underground comic character Fritz the Cat in both the animated film of the same name and its sequel, The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat. In 1977, he voiced the Easter Bunny in the Rankin/Bass made-for-television feature The Easter Bunny Is Comin' To Town. His most recent acting role was a part in an episode of Kate & Allie. Hinnant is also the longest-serving President of the New York branch of the Screen Actors Guild.
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