Candy Candido

=== Voice acting ===

=== Voice acting ===

Candido provided the voice of an angry apple tree in ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]'' (1939),{{cite news |last=DiNardo |first=John |date=June 21, 1974 |title=Fair 'Promoters' Having Fun |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17268438/the-times-record/ |newspaper=[[The Record (Troy)|The Times Record]] |location=[[Troy, New York]] |page=7 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}{{cite news |last=Wittman |first=Bob |date=May 21, 1999 |title=Candido (continued) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102562242/candy-candido-obituary-2/ |newspaper=[[The Morning Call]] |location=[[Allentown, Pennsylvania]] |page=29 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} and provided the voice of a skeleton in ''[[Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion]]'', and he later teamed with [[Bud Abbott]] during Abbott's attempted comeback in 1960. He was the voice of the bear in the ''[[Gentle Ben]]'' TV series, and he worked as a voice actor on animated films, notably for [[Walt Disney]], where he portrayed the voice of the Indian Chief in ''[[Peter Pan (1953 film)|Peter Pan]]'' (1953), one of Maleficent's goons in ''[[Sleeping Beauty (1959 film)|Sleeping Beauty]]'' (1959), the Captain of the Guard the crocodile in ''[[Robin Hood (1973 film)|Robin Hood]]'' (1973), and the deep-voiced prisoner in [[The Haunted Mansion]] attraction in [[Disneyland]].{{Cite news |date=April 21, 2023 |title=Movie Reviews |url=https://www.nytimes.com/reviews/movies |work=[[The New York Times]] |via=NYTimes.com}} Other animated films with Candido voices include [[Chuck Jones]]'s adaptation of ''[[The Phantom Tollbooth (film)|The Phantom Tollbooth]]'' (1970) and the [[Ralph Bakshi]] movies ''[[Heavy Traffic]]'' (1973) and ''[[Hey Good Lookin' (film)|Hey Good Lookin']]'' (1982). His two personal favorite roles were as Fidget the peg-legged bat in ''[[The Great Mouse Detective]]'' (1986) and the mechanical Giant Mouse of Minsk in ''[[An American Tail]]'' (1986).{{cite news |last=Wittman |first=Bob |date=May 21, 1999 |title=Disney voice, fair notable dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102561440/obituary-for-candy-candido-aged-85/ |newspaper=[[The Morning Call]] |location=[[Allentown, Pennsylvania]] |page=12 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}

Candido provided the voice of an angry apple tree in ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]'' (1939),{{cite news |last=DiNardo |first=John |date=June 21, 1974 |title=Fair 'Promoters' Having Fun |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17268438/the-times-record/ |newspaper=[[The Record (Troy)|The Times Record]] |location=[[Troy, New York]] |page=7 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}{{cite news |last=Wittman |first=Bob |date=May 21, 1999 |title=Candido (continued) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102562242/candy-candido-obituary-2/ |newspaper=[[The Morning Call]] |location=[[Allentown, Pennsylvania]] |page=29 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} and provided the voice of a skeleton in ''[[Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion]]'', and he later teamed with [[Bud Abbott]] during Abbott's attempted comeback in 1960. He was the voice of the bear in the ''[[Gentle Ben]]'' TV series, and he worked as a voice actor on animated films, notably for [[Walt Disney]], where he portrayed the voice of the Indian Chief in ''[[Peter Pan (1953 film)|Peter Pan]]'' (1953), one of Maleficent's goons in ''[[Sleeping Beauty (1959 film)|Sleeping Beauty]]'' (1959), the Captain of the Guard the crocodile in ''[[Robin Hood (1973 film)|Robin Hood]]'' (1973), and the deep-voiced prisoner in [[The Haunted Mansion]] attraction in [[Disneyland]].{{Cite news |date=April 21, 2023 |title=Movie Reviews |url=https://www.nytimes.com/reviews/movies |work=[[The New York Times]] |via=NYTimes.com}} Other animated films with Candido voices include [[Chuck Jones]]'s adaptation of ''[[The Phantom Tollbooth (film)|The Phantom Tollbooth]]'' (1970) and the [[Ralph Bakshi]] movies ''[[Heavy Traffic]]'' (1973) and ''[[Hey Good Lookin' (film)|Hey Good Lookin']]'' (1982). His personal favorite role was as Fidget the peg-legged bat in ''[[The Great Mouse Detective]]'' (1986).{{cite news |last=Wittman |first=Bob |date=May 21, 1999 |title=Disney voice, fair notable dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102561440/obituary-for-candy-candido-aged-85/ |newspaper=[[The Morning Call]] |location=[[Allentown, Pennsylvania]] |page=12 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}

=== Films ===

=== Films ===