Les Tremayne

Actor Apr 16 (died age 90) Balham, London, England, UK 1948–2022 (74 year career)

6.2 avg rating

Biography

Les Tremayne (16 April 1913 – 19 December 2003) was a radio, film, and television actor. Born Lester Tremayne in England, he moved with his family at the age four to Chicago, where he began in community theater. He danced as a vaudeville performer and worked as amusement park barker. He began working in radio when he was 17 years old. Description above from the Wikipedia article Les Tremayne, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Film

North by Northwest

Auctioneer

Film

Forbidden Planet

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Film

The War of the Worlds

General Mann

Film

The Fortune Cookie

Thompson

Film

King Kong vs. Godzilla

Mr. Tako / Dr. Shigesawa / Dr. Akira Makino / General Masami Shinzo / Commander Roberts / Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Film

Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island

The Well (voice)

Film

The Phantom Tollbooth

Humbug (voice)

Film

The Story of Ruth

Elimelech

Filmography

Acting (89)

Movies (54)

Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies

2022

as Self - (archive footage)

The Naked Monster

2005

as General Mann

4.1

The Creation - Greatest Adventure Stories from the Bible

1988

as God / The Storyteller (Voice)

7.1

The Smurfs: 'Tis the Season to Be Smurfy

1987

as Gustav (voice)

6.5

Ultraman: The Adventure Begins

1987

as Dr. Philby

6.2

Starchaser: The Legend of Orin

1985

as Arthur (voice)

6.2

Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer

1985

as Orin / Bombo / TV announcer (voice)

5.6

Quest

1984

6.6

Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island

1983

as The Well (voice)

6.7

Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy in the Pumpkin Who Couldn't Smile

1979

as The Pumpkin (voice)

5.7

Raggedy Ann & Andy: The Great Santa Claus Caper

1978

as Alexander Graham Wolf / Santa Claus (voice)

6.2

Yankee Doodle Cricket

1975

as Chester C. Cricket / Harry the Cat (voice)

Rikki-Tikki-Tavi

as Father (voice)

Fangs

as Snakey Bender

Oliver Twist

as Fagin

A Cricket in Times Square

1973

as Chester C. Cricket / Harry the Cat / Father / Music Teacher (voice)

7.2

A Very Merry Cricket

1973

as Chester C. Cricket / Harry the Cat (voice)

4.5

Strawberries Need Rain

1971

as The Reaper

2.5

The Phantom Tollbooth

1970

as Humbug (voice)

6.8

Birthday

1969

as Churchy La Femme / Beauregard

The Pogo Special Birthday Special

1969

as Churchy La Femme / Beauregard

5.7

Creature of Destruction

as Dr. John Basso

The Fortune Cookie

as Thompson

Girl Happy

as Opening Narrator (uncredited)

6.4

Strange Bedfellows

1965

as Opening Off-Screen Narrator (uncredited)

5.9

Kwaheri

1964

as Narrator

5.1

The Big Parade of Comedy

1964

as Narrator (voice)

6.3

King Kong vs. Godzilla

1963

as Mr. Tako / Dr. Shigesawa / Dr. Akira Makino / General Masami Shinzo / Commander Roberts / Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

The Slime People

as Norman Tolliver

Shootout at Big Sag

as Chan Bartholomew

About Time

1962

as King of Planet Q

Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol

1962

as Ghost of Christmas Present (voice)

The Story of Ruth

as Elimelech

The Gallant Hours

as Frank Enright

North by Northwest

as Auctioneer

The Angry Red Planet

as Prof. Theodore Gettell

5.6

Say One for Me

1959

as Harry LaMaise

4.5

The Monster of Piedras Blancas

as Dr. Sam Jorgenson

The Perfect Furlough

as Col. Leland

From the Earth to the Moon

1958

as Countdown Announcer

5.1

The Monolith Monsters

1957

as Martin Cochrane

6.5

Forbidden Planet

1956

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

7.3

The Unguarded Moment

1956

as Mr. Pendleton

6.2

The Lieutenant Wore Skirts

1956

as Henry 'Hank' Gaxton

5.5

Everything But the Truth

1956

as Lawrence Everett

8.2

A Man Called Peter

1955

as Senator Willis K. Harvey

6.5

Susan Slept Here

1954

as Harvey Butterworth

6.0

The War of the Worlds

as General Mann

I Love Melvin

as Mr. Henneman

Dream Wife

as Ken Landwell

Francis Goes to West Point

as Colonel Daniels

It Grows on Trees

as Finlay Murchison

The Racket

as Harry Craig

The Blue Veil

as Joplin

Television (35)

Shazam!

as Mentor

Curiosity Shop

Judd for the Defense

Hank

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

My Favorite Martian

as Mr. Clary

The Dakotas

Mr. Novak

as Bates

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962

as Felix Ryder

7.8

The Beverly Hillbillies

as Dr. Stuyvesant

The Virginian

as Mr. Lowell

General Electric True

Dr. Kildare

as Dr. Keith Bresson

Mister Ed

The New Breed

as Garland

The Andy Griffith Show

as C.J. Hasler

Checkmate

as Simon Oelrich

Bonanza

as Doc Lyman

Rawhide

as Dr. Gardner

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

as Vance

The Rifleman

77 Sunset Strip

The Texan

The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen

1958

as Inspector Richard Queen

Perry Mason

1957

as Frederic Archer III

7.7

Wagon Train

1957

as Horace Jurist Hamilton

6.6

The Thin Man

1957

7.5

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Attorney General

Matinee Theater

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Dr. Fred Bixby

Navy Log

The 20th Century Fox Hour

The Millionaire

as Fred Malcolm

The Whistler

The Philco Television Playhouse

1948

6.3