- Candy Candido
Candy Candido (
December 25 ,1913 -May 19 ,1999 ) was an American radio performer, bass player, vocalist and animation voice actor, best remembered for his famous line, "I'm feeling mighty low."Born Jonathan Joseph Candido in
New Orleans ,Louisiana , Candido was a bassist and vocalist inTed Fio Rito 's big band, and they can be seen in a Soundie, "Ma, He's Making Eyes At Me."Radio
Candido's distinctively deep voice became a fixture on radio where he was a regular on
Jimmy Durante 's radio program. His continual repetition of "I'm feeling mighty low" made it a nationalcatchphrase , so familiar that he recorded a song of the same title with Durante. The phrase can be heard in the 1950Bugs Bunny cartoon "Homeless Hare ", although it was not spoken there by Candido.Voices
Candido provided the voice of a skeleton in "
Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion ", and he later teamed withBud Abbott during Abbott's attempted comeback in 1960. He was the voice of the bear in the "Gentle Ben " TV series, and he worked as a voice actor on animated films, notably forWalt Disney , where he portrayed the Indian Chief in "Peter Pan", one of Maleficent's goons in "Sleeping Beauty", the Captain of the Guard in "Robin Hood", the Graveyard Executioner in theHaunted Mansion attraction and Fidget the bat in "The Great Mouse Detective ".Other animated films with Candido voices:
Chuck Jones ' adaptation of "The Phantom Tollbooth", and theRalph Bakshi movies "Hey Good Lookin'" and "Heavy Traffic ".Films
His various credited and uncredited roles as an actor, bassist and vocalist in live-action films include "Sadie McKee" (1934), "Roberta" (1935), "Only Angels Have Wings" (1939), "Rhythm Parade" (1942), "Campus Rhythm" (1943), "Sarge Goes to College" (1947), "Smart Politics" (1948) and "The Great Rupert" (1950).
Candido was married to actress Anita Gordon. He died in his sleep at his
Burbank, California home at the age of 85. His interment was located atSan Fernando Mission Cemetery .Recordings
Candido did a children's 78rpm record for Capitol Records (CAS-3156). Side one was "You're Nothin' But a Nothin'", and side two was "Barnacle Bill the Sailor."
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