Lennie Weinrib

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Biography

American actor

  • Primary profession
  • Actor·writer·director
  • Country
  • United States
  • Nationality
  • American
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Birth date
  • 29 April 1935
  • Place of birth
  • The Bronx
  • Death age
  • 71
  • Place of death
  • Santiago
  • Cause of death
  • Natural causes

Music

Movies

TV

Books

Trivia

He was the only person to be rescued three times in one show of "Emergency!" , playing "Fred Gibson" in the episode "Emergency!" {The Firehouse Four (#4.11)} .

His daughter is Linda Weinrib.

Actress Lauryn Nicole Hamilton is his great-niece.

Character actor and voice-over performer who began his career as a comic.

Was the original voice of Scrappy Doo in the Scooby-Doo franchise. He left after one season due to salary demands, friction with the voice director and problems in his personal life. He was replaced by Don Messick , who also voiced Scooby-Doo and had been one of the original contenders for the role.

He retired from acting in the 1990s and moved to Santiago, Chile, where he spent the rest of his life.

His daughter Linda Weinrib and grandchildren Lauren Bendik and Steven Bendik are voice actors.

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