10 Facts About Otis Harlan

1.

Otis Harlan voiced Happy, one of the Seven Dwarfs in the Disney animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

2.

Otis Harlan married Nellie Harvey and had a daughter named Marion.

3.

Otis Harlan was playing in vaudeville shows by 1911, appearing in Irving Berlin's ragtime musicals.

4.

Otis Harlan played the role of Cap'n Andy in the first, part-talkie film version of "Show Boat".

5.

Otis Harlan was seen as the Master of Ceremonies in the sound prologue that accompanied the film.

6.

In 1935, Otis Harlan played the role of Starveling in Max Reinhardt's 1935 film version of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

7.

In 1937, Otis Harlan provided the voice of "Happy", one of the Seven Dwarfs in the Disney animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

8.

Contrary to popular belief, Otis Harlan did not voice Mr Mole in Bambi.

9.

Otis Harlan died in Martinsville, Indiana, of a stroke on January 21,1940, at the age of 74.

10.

Otis Harlan is buried in the Greenlawn Cemetery section of New South Park Cemetery in Martinsville, Indiana.