Marshall Efron (born 1938, died 2019) was an American humorist originally known for his work on the listener-sponsored Pacifica radio stations WBAI New York and KPFK Los Angeles, and later for the PBS television show The Great American Dream Machine (the original showcase of Chevy Chase). At WBAI, Efron was a frequent guest on Bob Fass's show, along with left-wing/counter-culture figures such as Paul Krassner [1]. One memorable broadcast had Efron and Krassner filling in for the vacationing Fass, and identifying themselves as Columbia University students who had taken the station over as part of the Columbia University protests of 1968; although regular listeners were very familiar with the voices of Krassner and Efron, New York Police officers responded three different times during the broadcast to reports from listeners who thought the "takeover" was a legitimate event. Efron also produced features of his own such as A Satirical View[2].
Marshall Efron was the author of a number of children's works such as Bible Stories You Can't Forget: No Matter How Hard You Try.[3] He also starred in the Sunday-morning television program Marshall Efron's Illustrated, Simplified, and Painless Sunday School on CBS from 1973 to 1977.[4]
He went on to become a voice actor featured in many animated works, such as the Dicks.
Death[]
Efron died at the age of 81 on September 30, 2019 at the Lillian Booth Actors Home in Englewood, New Jersey.
Filmography[]
Animated roles[]
- Kidd Video - Fat Cat
- Pink Panther and Sons - Howl
- Shirt Tales - Additional Voices
- Snorks - Additional Voices
- Smurfs - Sloppy Smurf
- The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo - Additional Voices
- The Biskitts - Mooch
- The Kwicky Koala Show - Ratso
- The Transformers - Hun-Gurrr (2nd Head)
Movie roles[]
- Home on the Range - Larry the Duck
- Horton Hears a Who! - Wickersham Guard #1
- Ice Age: The Meltdown - Start Dad
- Robots - Lamp Post, Toilet Bot, Bass Drum, Microphone
- Twice Upon a Time - Synonamess Botch
- Dynamite Chicken - himself (comedy skit)
- THX1138 - TWA
References[]
- ↑ Rebels on the Air: An Alternative History of Radio in America by Jesse Walker (2004) NYU Press ISBN 0814793827, 9780814793824 http://books.google.com/books?id=x5JgShfNfaQC&pg=PA77&lpg=PA77&dq=%22Marshall+Efron%22+WBAI&source=bl&ots=70VayTMabS&sig=Ti4kNffuSK5Gk_dhREuUbd3YIsc&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=7&ct=result
- ↑ http://www.pacificaradioarchives.org/projects/folios/7203wbai/pdfs/7203wbai.pdf
- ↑ Bible Stories You Can't Forget: No Matter How Hard You Try (1979) by Marshall Efron, Alfa-Betty Olsen 'Dutton Juvenile ISBN 0525265007, 9780525265009
- ↑ Illustrated, Simplified, and Painless Sunday School (1973) IMDB http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0298666/
External links[]
- Marshall Efron at The Internet Movie Database