Candy Candido

Candy Candido

Birth : 1913-12-25, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Death : 1999-05-19

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Jonathan Joseph "Candy" Candido (December 25, 1913 – May 19, 1999) was an American radio performer, vocalist and animation voice actor best remembered for his famous line "I'm feeling mighty low". Description above from the Wikipedia article Candy Candido, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Candy Candido

Movies

The Great Mouse Detective
Fidget (voice)
When the diabolical Professor Ratigan kidnaps London's master toymaker, the brilliant master of disguise Basil of Baker Street and his trusted sidekick Dawson try to elude the ultimate trap and foil the perfect crime.
Fire and Ice
Sub-humans (voice) (uncredited)
In this animated tale, a tiny village is destroyed by a surging glacier, which serves as the deadly domain for the evil Ice Lord, Nekron. The only survivor is a young warrior, Larn, who vows to avenge this act of destruction. The evil continues, however, as Nekron's palace of ice heads straight towards Fire Keep, the great fortress ruled by the good King Jarol. When Jarol's beautiful daughter, Teegra, is abducted by Nekron's sub-human ape-like creatures, Larn begins a daring search for her. What results is a tense battle between good and evil, surrounded by the mystical elements of the ancient past.
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
The Snow Dragon (voice)
Winterbolt is trying to make the North Pole his evil wonderland, and it is up to Frosty the Snowman, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and others to stop him.
Herbie Rides Again
The living Volkswagen Beetle helps an old lady protect her home from a corrupt developer.
Robin Hood
Captain of the Guards (voice) (uncredited)
With King Richard off to the Crusades, Prince John and his slithering minion, Sir Hiss, set about taxing Nottingham's citizens with support from the corrupt sheriff - and staunch opposition by the wily Robin Hood and his band of merry men.
The Phantom Tollbooth
Awful DYNN (voice)
The Phantom Tollbooth, based upon the children's adventure novel by Norton Juster, tells the story of a bored young boy named Milo. Unexpectedly receiving a magic tollbooth and, having nothing better to do, Milo drives through it and enters a kingdom in turmoil following the loss of its princesses, Rhyme and Reason.
Plunderers of Painted Flats
Bartender
To scare the squatters from the cattle country he claims as his own, rancher Ed Sampson orders the Martin farm house burned. Galt Martin is killed, and his eldest son, Joe, is pistol-whipped. Timmy Martin sees the killer, Cass Becker and points him out when he and Joe are in Painted Flats. Cass forces Joe to put on a gun but Ned East, a retired gunfighter, saves the inexperienced Joe by forcing Cass to draw on him, and Ned is the winner.
Peter Pan
Indian Chief (voice)
Leaving the safety of their nursery behind, Wendy, Michael and John follow Peter Pan to a magical world where childhood lasts forever. But while in Neverland, the kids must face Captain Hook and foil his attempts to get rid of Peter for good.
Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion
Skeleton (uncredited) (voice)
Jonesy and Lou are in Algeria looking for a wrestler they are promoting. Sergeant Axmann tricks them into joining the Foreign Legion, after which they discover Axmann's collaboration with the nasty Sheik Hamud El Khalid. Bits include Lou's mirage sightings, one a New York newsboy ("they gave me a bad corner").
The Great Rupert
Molineri - Florist
Shortly before Christmas, a family moves into an apartment where Rupert the squirrel lives in the attic rafters. Just as it seems that the holiday will come and go without so much as a Christmas tree, Rupert acts as the family's guardian angel - not only saving Christmas, but changing their lives forever.
Smart Politics
Alvin, Peabody's Nephew
The growth of juvenile crime in a small town starts a movement for the building of a youth center.
Campus Rhythm
Harold
Radio singer Joan Abbott, known as the "Crunchy-Wunchy Thrush", does not want to renew her contract with the cereal sponsor, as she wants to go to college. But her guardian, her Uncle Willie signs the contract in order to pay off his own debts. But this time Joan won't take no for an answer and enrolls under an assumed name. When Joan goes missing, the radio institutes a search for Joan via a publicity stunt.
Melody Parade
Self
The owner and staff of a Hollywood nightclub struggle to keep their establishment from closing.
Heart of the Rio Grande
Basso dubbing for Frog and Tadpole
As foreman of a dude ranch, Gene has two problems. One is a guest, the spoiled daughter of a millioniare, and the other is the disgruntled ex-foreman that Gene replaced, now just a ranch hand. Gene eventually gets the daughter straightened out but has to fire the ex-foreman and this leads to trouble when he returns intent on revenge.
A Haunting We Will Go
Papa Ghost (voice)
The introduction of Lantz's little black-boy character, L'il Eight Ball, finds him going to bed in his small cabin and being visited by a baby ghost. He avers he is not afraid, and his isn't, so the little ghost transports him to a haunted mill where the adult ghosts hang out. They run the little hero through all the standard ghost tests and, while he is shaken, he still will not admit to being scared.
Only Angels Have Wings
Bass Player
A traveling performer arrives at a remote South American port town where the head of an air freight service must risk his pilots' lives to earn a major contract.
Cowboy from Brooklyn
Spec
A singing cowboy turns out to be a tenderfoot.
Mama Steps Out
Bosco
A Fort Wayne, Indiana housewife (Alice Brady) drags her husband (Guy Kibbee) and daughter (Betty Furness) to Europe for culture.
Broadway Gondolier
Candy
A taxi driver travels to Venice and poses as a gondolier to land a radio singing job.
Roberta
Candy
Football player John Kent tags along as Huck Haines and the Wabash Indianians travel to an engagement in Paris, only to lose it immediately. John and company visit his aunt, owner of a posh fashion house run by her assistant, Stephanie. There they meet the singer Scharwenka (alias Huck's old friend Lizzie), who gets the band a job. Meanwhile, Madame Roberta passes away and leaves the business to John and he goes into partnership with Stephanie.
Sadie McKee
Candy of 'Coco and Candy' - Bass Player
A maid has romances with a two-timer, a boozing millionaire and the master of the house.
My Woman
Auditioning Singer (Uncredited)
A devoted wife helps her husband achieve success as a radio comic, but stardom comes at a price.