Wilbur was the only person the horse would talk to.
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He was born as Angus Young in England on November 19, 1919, and his family moved to Canada when he was six. After two years in the Canadian navy, he moved to New York City.
Young – who truly represented his surname by working with spirit well into his golden years – left us this week, Variety reports.
The show ran for six seasons on CBS between 1961 and 1966 – but still regularly appears on USA television reruns. The famous theme song was sung by Jay Livingston and the music written by Jack Cookerly and Dave Kahn. On the series, Young’s character married Joanne Woodston-played by none other than Janet Waldo-and the in-joke in the wedding ceremony episode was their character’s middle names: “Wilbur” and “Judith”, nods to Mister Ed and The Jetsons. “I said, ‘Well, when you were a kid did you ever get peanut butter stuck under your lip?’ ‘Oh, that’s how its done!’ So I never really lied; I just asked them a question”. Eventually, the nylon strip was removed, and Mr. Ed learned to move his lips only after Mr.
Remember the comic star of the 1960s, Alan Young?
Meanwhile, in the live-action world, he made appearances on the “Wayan Bros.” series, “Sabrina, the Teenage Witch” and “The Tony Danza Show”. His TV double was a horse named Pumpkin.
This video includes clips from CBS / “Mister Ed,” CBS / “The Alan Young Show” and Disney / “DuckTales” and images from Getty Images. Young, who first turned down the proposal saying that he did not want to work with a four legged co-star, later agreed to do it.
Young died from natural causes in a Los Angeles retirement home for those in the movie and TV industry.
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In 1940 he married Mary Anne Grimes and they had a daughter, Alana, and a son, Alan.
