Uncle Sam Magoo
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Written byLarry Markes
Henry G. Saperstein
Sam Rosen
Henry G. Saperstein
Sam Rosen
Directed byAbe Levitow
StarringJim Backus
Lennie Weinrib
Bob Holt
Patti Gilbert
Sid Grossfeld
Barney Phillips
Lennie Weinrib
Bob Holt
Patti Gilbert
Sid Grossfeld
Barney Phillips
Theme music composerWalter Scharf
| Uncle Sam Magoo | |
|---|---|
 DVD cover | |
| Written by | Larry Markes Henry G. Saperstein Sam Rosen |
| Directed by | Abe Levitow |
| Starring | Jim Backus Lennie Weinrib Bob Holt Patti Gilbert Sid Grossfeld Barney Phillips |
| Theme music composer | Walter Scharf |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producer | Lee Orgel |
| Running time | 53 minutes[1] |
| Production company | United Productions of America |
| Budget | $400,000[2] |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | February 15, 1970[3] |
Uncle Sam Magoo is a 1970 television special directed by Abe Levitow, written by Larry Markes, Henry G. Saperstein and Sam Rosen, and musical score by Walter Scharf. The special stars Jim Backus as Mr. Magoo, Lennie Weinrib, Bob Holt, Patti Gilbert, Sid Grossfeld and Barney Phillips. The special aired on February 15, 1970, on NBC.[4]
Mr. Magoo goes to Hollywood to get a part in a film, but instead witnesses the history of the United States firsthand in a series of adventures that take place in different time periods.
Cast
- Jim Backus as the voice of Mr. Magoo
- Lennie Weinrib - Uncle Sam, Miles Standish, John Alden, Paul Revere, Davy Crockett, Captain John Parker, Daniel Webster, John F. Kennedy
- Bob Holt - Chief Strong Eagle, Indian Chief, John Smith, Chief Powhatan, Indian Chief 2, Kit Carson, Paul Bunyan
- Patti Gilbert - Priscilla Mullins, Betsy Ross, Tom Sawyer, Eleanor Roosevelt
- Sid Grossfeld
- Barney Phillips - Mark Twain, John Sutter, Patrick Henry, Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr.
- Dave Shelley
- John Himes
- Bill Clayton
