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Alfie Scopp

Alfie Scopp

Canadian actor (1919–2021)


Alfred Scopp (15 September 1919 – 24 July 2021) was a Canadian actor who worked mostly in television series, including as a voice actor. He also worked in theatre, radio, and films. He was part of the voice cast for the 1964 Christmas special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.[1] Scopp was the longest-lived and one of the last surviving cast members of the special.

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Life and career

Scopp was born on 15 September 1919 in London, England, to a Russian-Jewish father and an English mother. 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.[2] It was during this time that he began a career in radio, working for the local station CBG (AM). In theatre, he worked in different Toronto productions, as well as working for National Film Board of Canada.[3] He attended Lorne Greene Academy of Radio Arts after the war, along with Leslie Nielsen, Gordie Tapp and Fred Davis.[4]

He provided the voice of Socrates the Strawman in the 1960s animated television series Tales of the Wizard of Oz (1961) as well as the TV film Return to Oz (1964).[5][6] 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.[7]

Scopp died in Toronto on 24 July 2021, at the age of 101.[2]

Filmography

Film

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Television

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References

  1. "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer's Toronto connection". Toronto Star. 9 December 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  2. Langan, Fred (13 August 2021). "Versatile character actor Alfie Scopp never stopped working". The Globe and Mail.
  3. "Alfie Scopp – Canadian 'Character'". Ottawa Citizen. 23 October 1954. p. 18. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  4. 'Greatest experience' entering radio academy. What's on Tapp?: The Gordie Tapp Story. 21 March 2007. ISBN 9781426980664. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  5. "TV Cartoon Series in Production at Ottawa". The Gazette. 9 December 1961. p. 11. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  6. "Cartoon Feature Back". The Vancouver Sun. 19 February 1965. p. 66. Retrieved 18 October 2019.

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