John Stephenson (actor) explained

John Stephenson
Birth Name:	John Winfield Stephenson
Birth Place:	Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S.
Othername:	John Stevenson
Death Place:	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Children:	2
Years Active:	1946–2010

John Winfield Stephenson (born – May 15, 2015) was an American actor who worked primarily in voice-over roles.^[1]

Early life

Stephenson was from Kenosha, Wisconsin. After serving in the United States Army Air Forces, as a gunner and radio operator, during World War II, John Stephenson took a course in speech and drama at Northwestern University and graduated with a theater degree before moving to Hollywood.

Death

Stephenson died of Alzheimer's disease, aged 91^[2] on May 15, 2015. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, their two children (a son and a daughter) and a granddaughter.^[3]

Filmography

Film

• Spartacus  - Centurion (uncredited) (1960)
• The Man Called Flintstone  - Vet (1966)
• Hellfighters  - Mr. Chapman (uncredited) (1968)
• Charlotte's Web  - John Arable (1973)
• Herbie Rides Again  - Lawyer-Second Team (1974)
• The Last of the Mohicans  - TV Movie  - Colonel Allen Munro/Delaware Chief (1975)
• The Hobbit  - TV Movie  - Dori/Bard/Great Goblin (1977)
• Five Weeks in a Balloon  - TV movie (1977)
• Yogi's First Christmas  - TV Movie  - Doggie Daddy/Mr. Dingwell (1980)
• The Return of the King  - TV Movie  - Gondorian Guard/Dwimmerlaik  - The Witch-King of Angmar (1980)
• No Man's Valley  - TV Special  - Herman/Protester (1981)
• Yogi Bear's All Star Comedy Christmas Caper  - TV Special  - Doggie Daddy/Butler/Announcer (1982)
• The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones  - TV Movie  - Mr. Slate (1987)
• Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats -TV Movie  - Fancy-Fancy/Officer Charlie Dibble/Waiter (1987)
• Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose  - TV Movie  - Doggie Daddy /Pelican (1987)
•  - TV Movie documentary  - Mr. Slate (1989)
• A Flintstone Family Christmas  - TV Special  - Mr. Slate (1993)
• Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby  - TV Movie  - Mr. Slate (1993)
• I Yabba-Dabba Do!  - TV Movie  - Mr. Slate (1993)
• A Flintstones Christmas Carol  - TV Movie  - Mr. Slate (1994)
• Truman  - TV Movie  - H.V. Kaltenborn (voice) (uncredited) (1995)
• The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas  - Showroom Announcer/Minister (voice) (2000)
•  - TV Movie  - Mr. Slate/Old Man (2001)
• Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo  - Video  - The Sheriff (2010)

Television

• The Lone Ranger  - episode  - Dan Reid's Fight for Life  - Roy Barnett (1954)
• Treasury Men in Action  - 5 episodes (1955)
• Yancy Derringer  - episode  - Three Knaves from New Haven  - Arthur Travers (1958)
• The Real McCoys  - 3 episodes  - various (1958 - 1963)
• Bonanza  - episode  - The Sisters  - John Henry (1959)
• Shotgun Slade  - episode  - The Smell of Money  - Charlie Cummings (1960)
• The Flintstones  - 73 episodes  - Mr. Slate/Grand Poobah/Joe (1960 - 1966)
• Whispering Smith  - episode  - The Idol  - Eddie Royce (1961)
• Top Cat  - episodes  - Fancy-Fancy/The Sergeant (1961 - 1962)
• Jonny Quest  - 6 episodes  - Dr. Benton C. Quest/additional voices (1964 - 1965)
• The Peter Potamus Show (14 episodes of it) & The Magilla Gorilla Show (9 episodes of it)  - Segment  - Breezly and Sneezly  - Colonel Fusby (1964 - 1965)
• Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.  - 2 episodes  - They Shall Not Pass & Sue the Pants Off 'Em  - Major Stone Mr. Clark (1964 - 1967)
• The Man from U.N.C.L.E.  - episode  - The Never-Never Affair  - Varner (1965)
• The Atom Ant Show  - Segment  - Atom Ant  - Narrator (uncredited) (1965 - 1966)
• Frankenstein Jr. and The Impossibles  - Professor Conroy (1966)
• The Secret Squirrel Show  - 26 episodes  - Segment  - Squiddly Diddly/Winsome Witch  - Chief Winchley/additional voices (1966-1967)
• The Abbott and Costello Cartoon Show  - additional voices (1967)
• Iron Horse  - episode  - Decision at Sundown  - Warden (1967)
• Birdman  - Various (1967)
• Samson & Goliath  - additional voices (1967 - 1968)
• Dragnet  - Narrator (uncredited) (1967 - 1969)
• Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor  - Pond/Ork/Tog/additional voices (1967 - 1969)
• Arabian Knights  - episode  - Fariik/Bakaar (1968)
• The Adventures of Gulliver  - Captain Leech (1968)
• Wacky Races  - 17 episodes  - Luke/Blubber Bear (1968 - 1969)
• The Mod Squad  - episode  - The Girl in Chair Nine  - Professor Aaron Tanner (1969)
• Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!  - Dr. Jekyll/Ghost of Mr. Hyde /Sheriff /additional voices (1969 - 1970)
• Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch!  - 16 episodes  - Eustace P. Peevly/The Zoo Superintendent/Slicks the Fox/Hippy the Hippopotamus/Dr. Kneeknocker/Zeed the Zebra/additional voices (1971)
• The Flintstone Comedy Hour  - Noodles (1972)
• Sealab 2020  - Captain Mike Murphy (1972)
• A Christmas Story  - TV Movie (1972)
• The Thanksgiving That Almost Wasn't  - TV movie (1972)
• Mission: Impossible  - episode  - Underground  - Director (1972)
• Yogi's Ark Lark  - Benny the Ball/Doggy Daddy /Hardy Har-Har (1972)
• Wait Till Your Father Gets Home (1972 - 1973)
• The New Scooby-Doo Movies  - Red Baron / Mr. Hyde/additional Voices (1972-1974)
• Jeannie  - 16 episodes  - Hadji (1973)
• Super Friends (1973)
• Yogi's Gang  - Doggie Daddy/Hardy Har Har/Mr. Hothead/additional Voices (1973)
• Inch High, Private Eye  - 13 episodes  - Mr. Finkerton (1973)
• Goober and the Ghost Chasers  - additional voices (1973)
• Speed Buggy  - additional voices (1973)
• The Addams Family  - additional voices (1973)
• McMillan & Wife  - episode  - The Fine Art of Staying Alive  - Harry (1973)
• Butch Cassidy  - Mr. Socrates (1973)
• The Six Million Dollar Man  - episode  - Nuclear Alert  - Two Star General (uncredited) (1974)
• Devlin  - additional voices (1974)
• These Are the Days  - additional voices (1974)
• ABC Afterschool Specials  - episode  - Cyrano  - Richelieu (1974)
• Partridge Family 2200 A.D.  - Reuben Kinkaid (1974 - 1975)
• The Streets of San Francisco  - episode  - The Programming of Charlie Blake  - Leonard Paxton (1975)
• The Mumbly Cartoon Show  - Shnooker (1976)
• Davy Crockett on the Mississippi  - TV Movie  - Sloan/Andrew Jackson/Blacksmith (1976)
• Clue Club  - Sheriff Bagley (1976)
• The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour  - Ghost of Juan Carlos/Ghost of Milo Booth/Viking Ghost Leader/Ghost of Major Andre/Rambling Ghost / Demon Leader/Mamba Wamba/additional Voices (1976 - 1978)
• A Flintstone Christmas  - TV Special  - Mr. Slate (1977)
• Laff-A-Lympics  - Mildew Wolf / Doggie Daddy / Dread Baron /The Great Fondue/additional voices (1977 - 1979)
• CB Bears  - additional voices (1977)
• Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels  - additional voices (1977 - 1980)
• Yogi's Space Race  - Captain Snerdley/General Blowhard (1978)
• Galaxy Goof-Ups  - Captain Snerdley/General Blowhard (1978)
• Dinky Dog  - additional voices (1978)
•  - TV Movie  - Mr. Slate (1978)
• The Fantastic Four  - Doctor Doom/Professor Gregson Gilbert/Magneto/additional voices (1978)
• Casper's First Christmas  - Doggie Daddy/Hairy Scary (1979)
• The Super Globetrotters (1979)
• Gulliver's Travels  - TV Movie (1979)
• Fred and Barney Meet the Thing  - Segment  - The Thing  - Dr. Harkness (1979)
• Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo  - additional voices (1979)
• The New Fred and Barney Show  - Mr. Slate (1979)
• The Flintstones Meet Rockula and Frankenstone  - TV special  - Count Rockula (1979)
• The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show  - additional voices (1979)
• The Flintstone Comedy Show  - Mr. Slate (1980)
•  - TV Special  - Frank Frankenstone/Dinosaur/Monkey #1 (1980)
• The Flintstones' New Neighbors  - TV Special  - Frank Frankenstone (1980)
• The Kwicky Koala Show  - Segment  - Kwicky Koala  - Wilford Wolf (1981)
• Daniel Boone  - TV Movie (1981)
•  - TV Special  - Frank Frankenstone/Mr. Slate (1981)
•  - TV Special  - Frank Frankenstone (1981)
• Space Stars (1981)
• Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends  - Colossus /Thunderbird /The Shocker / Uncle Ben Parker/Loki/Mordred/additional voices (1981 - 1983)
• The Incredible Hulk (1982)
• Jokebook (1982)
• Laverne & Shirley with Special Guest Star the Fonz  - additional voices (1982)
• Shirt Tales  - additional voices (1982)
• G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero  - mini series  - Gen. Flagg /Old Man (1983)
• The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show (1983)
• The Dukes  - additional voices (1983)
• Mister T (1983)
• The Transformers  - Thundercracker/Kup/Huffer/additional voices (1984 - 1987)
• G.I. Joe  - Scientist/General Franks/MacIntosh/Mr. Queeg/additional voices (1985-1986)
• Yogi's Treasure Hunt  - Doggie Daddy (1985 - 1988)
• The Berenstain Bears Show  - Additional Male Voices (1985-1987)
• The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo  - Boris Kreepoff / Freddie Cadaver (1985)
• The Jetsons  - Commissioner/DWMR Officer (1985 - 1987)
• G.I. Joe  - episode  - The Spy Who Rooked Me  - General Hawk (1986)
• Centurions  - 15 episodes (1986)
• Galaxy High School  - Beef Bonk/Harvey Blastermeier (1986)
• The Flintstone Kids  - Ditto Master/Mr. Gemstone (1986 - 1987)
• Bionic Six  - Bionic-1/Jack Bennett/Klunk/additional voices (1987)
• Fraggle Rock  - Doc /Philo/Grunge (1987)
• The Video Adventures of Clifford the Big Red Dog  - additional voices (1988)
• Superman  - additional voices (1988)
• Jem  - Lord Trevor and creditor (Britrock) (1988)^[4]
•  - TV Short  - Professor Charles Xavier (1989)
• TaleSpin (1990)
• Wake, Rattle, and Roll  - Segment  - Fender Bender 500  - Doggie Daddy (1990)
• Yo Yogi!  - Doggie Daddy/Mr. Myopics (1991)
• Darkwing Duck  - episode  - Heavy Mental  - Major Synapse (1991)
• Space Cats (1991)
• What's New, Scooby-Doo?  - episode  - The Unnatural  - Bob Taylor (2003)
• Duck Dodgers  - episode  - The Green Loontern  - Ganthet (2003)
• Johnny Bravo  - episode  - Wilderness Protection Program/A Page Right Out of History  - Mr. Slate (2004)
• What's New, Scooby-Doo?  - episode  - Uncle Scooby and Antarctica  - Zelig (2004)

Other works

• The Flintstones: Wacky Inventions  - Video short  - Mr. Slate (1994)
• Wacky Races  - Video Game  - Luke (2000)
• Flintstones Bedrock Bowling  - Video Game  - Mr. Slate (2000)
• Space Age Gadgets  - Video Short  - Jetsons Season 1 (2004)

Notes and References

1. Book: Lawson. Tim. Persons. Alisa. The Magic Behind the Voices: A Who's Who of Cartoon Voice Actors. 9 May 2012. 2004-12-01. Univ. Press of Mississippi. 9781578066964. 326–.
2. News: Barnes. Mike. John Stephenson, Voice of Mr. Slate on 'The Flintstones,' Dies at 91. May 22, 2015. The Hollywood Reporter. May 21, 2015.
3. News: Schreiber. John. Voice actor John Winfield Stephenson dead at 91. May 22, 2015. City News Service. May 21, 2015.
4. Web site: The People Behind Jem - Rock Jem . 2023-07-06 . www.rockjem.com.