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Carl Banas (born January 23, 1929) is a Toronto-born retired radio personality and actor. He is best known for his voice roles in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964) and The Raccoons: Let’s Dance! (1985). As a television actor, he appeared in the series Wojeck as police detective Byron James,[1] and provided voices for numerous TV series and features. He was also known as a radio personality on Toronto radio station CKFM-FM, later and more famously known as MIX 99.9, (currently known as Virgin Radio 999) in the 1970s and 1980s. He mainly hosted weekday evenings, and was known for his deep voice, smooth manner and vignettes about Toronto featured during his show.[2]

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Carl Banas
Born	(1929-01-23) January 23, 1929 (age 93) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Nationality	Canadian
Other names	Carl Banis
Occupation	Radio personality, actor
Years active	1959–2021

In 1987 he moved to CJEZ 97.3 "Easy 97" (later known as 97.3 EZ Rock and currently as "Boom 97.3") where he continued hosting weekday evenings until he left the station and retired from radio.

Personal life

Banas performed live readings of Dickens' A Christmas Carol every year before Christmas, utilizing his voice skills to play multiple characters. One such performance was recorded and published by Polydor Records under the title Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol and Other Yuletide Favorites.[3]

Banas is the last surviving cast member from Spider-Man, and as of July 24, 2021, he is one of the last two surviving cast members of the 1964 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer special, along with Corinne Conley.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1972	Festival of Family Classics	Multiple roles
1974	Vengeance is Mine	Radio announcer
1976	Noah's Animals	Lion	Voice role
1976	Trillium, Affectionately Yours	Narrator	Voice role
1978	Battle of York, 1813	Narrator
1989	Babar: The Movie	Old Tusk	Voice role

Television

Year	Title	Role(s)	Notes	Ref.
1960	The New Adventures of Pinocchio	Cricket	130 episodes
1961	Tales of the Wizard of Oz	Dandy Lion Wizard of Oz Ham the Flying Monkey Maxamillion Cinema Additional voices	Main role; 68 episodes
1964	Return to Oz	Dandy Lion Wizard of Oz	Animated TV film
1964	Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer	Misfit Elephant Head Elf Jelly Pistol Additional voices	Animated TV film
1965	Prince Planet	Dan Dynamo
1966	The King Kong Show	Professor Bond	8 episodes
1966	Wojeck	Bryon James	4 episodes
1967	Rocket Robin Hood	Titanor Dr. Manta	5 episodes
1967	Spider-Man	Charles Cameo Dr. Manta Scorpion	Uncredited; 5 episodes
1968	Festival	Steve	Guest star; 1 episode
1969	The Smokey Bear Show	Additional voices	2 episodes
1969	McQueen	Extra	1 episode
1970	The Reluctant Dragon & Mr. Toad Show	Ugliola Additional voices	Unknown
1971	Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince	Sweetums	TV film
1977	King of the Beasts	Lion	Animated TV film
1977	Math Patrol	Cast	Main role
1978	The Little Brown Burro	Narrator	TV film
1980	Last of the Red-Hot Dragons	King Lion	Animated TV film
1980	The Christmas Raccoons	Schaeffer	Animated TV film
1981	The Raccoons on Ice	Schaeffer	Animated TV film
1981	News from Zoos	Charlie	Supporting role
1981	The Trolls and the Christmas Express	Voice	Animated TV film
1983	The Raccoons and the Lost Star	Schaeffer	Animated TV film
1985	The Raccoons	Schaeffer Mr. Mammoth Bear Mr. Willow Squaredance Callar	Main role; 44 episodes
1987	Hello Kitty’s Furry Tale Theater	Grandpa Kitty	Guest voice
1989	Babar	Extra voices	26 episodes
1993	Busy World of Richard Scarry	Voice	36 episodes
1998	The Dumb Bunnies	Grampa Uppity	1 episode

Music videos

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1984	The Raccoons: Let's Dance!	Schaeffer	Animated TV musical

References

External links

• Carl Banas at IMDb
• Rock Radio Scrapbook.ca

Preceded by None	Performer of Sweetums 1971	Succeeded by Richard Hunt

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