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Movie

Pete Hothead

Released: September 24, 1952 (1952)

Runtime: 7 minutes

Genres: Animation

This UPA cartoon introduces a new character, Pete Hothead, a feisty little man with a violent temper. Pete Hothead was featured in only one other cartoon. In this one he receives a parrot from a store rather than the radio he ordered. In his attempts to exchange the parrot for a radio, he cause much havoc, disruptions and chaos in the store. He finally gets his radio, but then decides he'd rather have a television set.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

  • Jerry Hausner as Pete Hothead (voice)

    Age at release: 43

  • Jim Backus as Lavery the Floorwalker/Mailman (uncredited)

    Age at release: 39

  • Bill Scott as Marmaduke the Parrot/B.J. Bendover (uncredited)

    Age at release: 32

  • Marian Richman as Wife/Singing Student/Clerk/Elevator Voice (uncredited)

    Age at release: 30