Dick Beals, Man Behind Voice of GUMBY Dies at 85

By Shavar on June 1, 2012

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Dick Beals, the radio and television voice-over star whose work included the animated characters Gumby and Speedy Alka-Seltzer has died in Southern California. He was 85.

Beals’ was the original voice of the title character on “The Gumby Show” in the late 1950s. He also was the unseen pitchman in more than 3,000 commercials for such products as Oscar Mayer and Campbell’s Soup.

He often got jobs that called for him to sound like a child because he suffered from a glandular condition. His voice hadn’t changed since elementary school.

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