The original "Bozo the Clown" , played by Pinto Colvig ( Vince DeBar "Pinto" Colvig , Born September 11 , 1892 , in Jacksonville , Oregon ) , died October 3 , 1967 , in Woodland Hills , Los Angeles , California at the age of 75 from lung cancer . He was laid to rest at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City . Sinced then , there have been a number of Bozo the Clown characters in the U.S. and around the world . Larry Harmon was the one who created , named , and voiced the animated character . Harmon died on Thursday , July 3 , 2008 at the age of 83 from congestive heart failure . Pinto Colvig also did the original voice of Disney's Goofy , Practical Pig ( the pig who built the "brick house" in Disney's "Three Little Pigs" ) , both voices of Sleepy and Grumpy for "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" , and the barks for Pluto the dog .
The character was created in 1946 for Capitol Records.
The original Bozo the Clown was Vance DeBar Colvig (1892-1967), also known as "Pinto."
Others who portrayed Bozo included:
Willard Scott (TV weatherman) - born March 7, 1934
Frank Avruch (Boston entertainer, 1928-2018)
Bob Bell (Chicago actor, 1922-1997)
Joey D'Auria (NY-born comic) - born May 18, 1952
The animated series of Bozo Cartoons (1958-1962) used the voice of Larry Harmon (Lawrence Weiss, 1925-2008), and the live actors in various TV venues included Vance Colvig Jr. on KTLA in Los Angeles. Canadian actor Art Cervi (born circa 1940) appeared as Bozo in both Windsor and later in Detroit.
Created by Alan Livingston, the character Bozo the Clown was tremendously popular in the United States in the 1950's and 1960's. The character was first created in 1946 for the purposes of read-along books produced by Capitol Records.
Yes, he died of heart failure when he was 83. But then he got replaced a lot.
Bozo the Clown was created in 1958.
Bozo Miller died in 2008.
Bozo the Clown ended in 1962.
No, the original Bozo is dead.
If you mean Pennywise from Stephen King's "IT" then, three: Bozo, Clairibell, and Ronald McDonald.
The horror clown from ''Ring''.
He was known as the class clown.The clown made her cry.The children gasped as the clown swore out loud.
Frank Avruch
the clown store is on counterfeit island "down town" its name is "BoBo's Clown Store".
The duration of Bozo the Clown is 300.0 seconds.
Bozo The World's Most Famous Clown - 1958 Bozo's Bozo-Mow-Bile 1-19 was released on: USA: 1958
Bozo the Clown - 1959 III was released on: USA: 10 August 1959
Bozo The World's Most Famous Clown - 1958 Bowler Bozo 2-68 was released on: USA: 1959
Bozo The World's Most Famous Clown - 1958 Bird Brain Bozo 1-8 was released on: USA: 1958
Bozo The World's Most Famous Clown - 1958 Chicken Hearted Bozo 2-60 was released on: USA: 1959
Bozo The World's Most Famous Clown - 1958 Bozo the Lion Hearted 2-2 was released on: USA: 1959
Bozo The World's Most Famous Clown - 1958 Bozo's Spunky Monkey 2-78 was released on: USA: 1959
Bozo The World's Most Famous Clown - 1958 Bear Hunter Bozo 2-12 was released on: USA: 1959
Bozo The World's Most Famous Clown - 1958 Bozo's Icy Escapade 3-47 was released on: USA: 1962
Bozo The World's Most Famous Clown - 1958 Bozo's Ape Escape 2-51 was released on: USA: 1959
Bozo The World's Most Famous Clown - 1958 Hot Rod Bozo 2-11 was released on: USA: 1959