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Sebastian Cabot

Highest Rated: 100% The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)

Lowest Rated: 57% Kismet (1955)

Birthday: Jul 6, 1918

Birthplace: London, England, UK

Sebastian Cabot was a British actor best known as the distinguished butler, Mr. French, in the sixties family television show "Family Affair." Although Cabot demonstrated upper-crust manners in the role, he was born into a working class London family. At the age of 14, Cabot's father's business failed and he left school, never to return. For many years, he garnered employment in numerous menial jobs, including work as a garage helper, chef, and later as a professional wrestler. It was as a chauffeur to actor Frank Pettingell that Cabot first had the idea to act, and by using the vocabulary he learned from Pettingell he was able to bluff his way into a few bit parts. Cabot compiled a list of screen credits in small roles until he grew his trademark beard and won the role as the patriarch Capulet in 1954s "Romeo & Juliet." Roles in American films and TV followed, including the musical "Kismet" in 1955, and George Pal's "The Time Machine" in 1960. Cabot began his role on "Family Affair" in 1966, originally hesitant to take such an undemanding role but lured by the large salary. Cabot rich voice can be heard as narrator in the Disney's "Winnie the Pooh" cartoons, and after "Family Affair" ended its run, Cabot's most memorable role was on another family classic, as Kris Kringle in a 1973 TV remake of "Miracle on 34th Street." Cabot died from the complications of a stroke in 1977.

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Highest-Rated Movies

100% 87% The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
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100% 67% Terror in a Texas Town
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88% 82% The Jungle Book
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80% 43% Romeo and Juliet
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80% 72% The Family Jewels
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79% 64% Ivanhoe
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76% 80% The Time Machine
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66% 73% The Sword in the Stone
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63% 56% Twice Told Tales
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57% 50% Kismet
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Filmography

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The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh 100% 87% 1977 Narrator Voice Jack the Ripper 1974 Actor Miracle on 34th Street 50% 1973 Kris Kringle Actor Foreign Exchange 1970 Max Actor The Spy Killer 1969 Max Actor The Jungle Book 88% 82% 1967 Bagheera Voice The Family Jewels 80% 72% 1965 Dr. Matson Actor Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree 71% 1965 Actor The Sword in the Stone 66% 73% 1963 Sir Ector Voice Twice Told Tales 63% 56% 1963 Dr. Carl Heidigger Actor Seven Thieves 31% 1960 Director of Casino Actor The Time Machine 76% 80% 1960 Dr. Philip Hillyer Actor Say One for Me 43% 1959 Monsignor Francis Stratford Actor The Angry Hills 33% 1959 Chesney Actor Terror in a Texas Town 100% 67% 1958 Ed McNeil Actor Johnny Tremain 49% 1957 Jonathan Lyte Actor Omar Khayyam 33% 1957 The Nizam Actor Dragoon Wells Massacre 20% 1957 Jonah Actor So Soon to Die 1957 Blaize Actor Westward Ho the Wagons! 38% 1956 Bissonette Actor Kismet 57% 50% 1955 Wazir Actor Romeo and Juliet 80% 43% 1954 Capulet Actor The Love Lottery 1954 Suarez Actor Always a Bride 1953 Taxi Driver Actor Ivanhoe 79% 64% 1952 Clerk of Copmanhurst Actor
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