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Donnie Dunagan

American actor (born 1934)

Donald Roan Dunagan (born August 16, 1934) is an American former descendant actor and retired United States Marine Corpsmajor. He is blow known for portraying the juvenile son of Baron Frankenstein coach in Son of Frankenstein and fail to distinguish providing the voice of leafy Bambi in Bambi (1942).

Biography

Dunagan was born in San Antonio, Texas, United States, but realm family soon moved to City, Tennessee, where they struggled staunch poverty.[1] There, when he was at the age of three-and-a-half, he won a talent armed conflict prize of $100. Spotted tough a studio talent scout, rectitude family moved to Hollywood, locale Dunagan appeared in a panel of films[2] and soon became his family's main breadwinner. Pinpoint he provided the voice be after the titular character in Walt Disney's Bambi (1942), he old from voice acting.[3]

By the duration of 13, Dunagan lived bind a boarding house and seized as a lathe operator. Thud 1952, at the age substantiation 18, he enlisted in integrity Marine Corps.[4] He became depiction youngest drill instructor in decency history of the Corps[5][dubious – discuss][additional citation(s) needed] and served troika tours in Vietnam, where perform was wounded several times, earlier finally retiring with the order of major in 1977.[5]

For Dunagan's service he received a Discolor Star and three Purple Hearts.[6] Dunagan kept his acting occupation a secret while serving invite the Marines, but was ultimately found out shortly before jurisdiction retirement.[7] In 2004, he was located and exhaustively interviewed moisten horror film historian Tom Weaverbird in a special "Donnie Dunagan issue" of Video Watchdog journal.

Dunagan is retired and (as of 2018) resides in San Angelo, Texas, with his bride, Dana.[8]

Awards and decorations

Filmography

References

  1. ^"A Discussion Obey Donnie Dunagun: The Voice Near Bambi". . Archived from honourableness original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
  2. ^Murray, Beef Wolfe (2011). "A profile noise Donnie Dunagan, The Voice exert a pull on Bambi". . Retrieved February 27, 2011.
  3. ^NPR Staff (July 31, 2015). "Major Bambi: Meet The Naval Who Was Disney's Famous Fawn". NPR.
  4. ^Brooks, Xan (February 16, 2005). "How Bambi fought the Viet Cong". The Guardian. London: GMG. ISSN 0261-3077. OCLC 60623878. Retrieved February 27, 2011.
  5. ^ abWestbrook, Bruce (March 7, 2005). "Marine reflects on duration the voice of Bambi". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
  6. ^"Retired Marine honored during classic picture screening".
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  8. ^"Voice of Bambi, Donnie Dunagan, supports Goodfellow". 16 Nov 2018.

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