Carl Banas

{{Short description|Canadian radio host and voice actor (1930–2020)}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|1|23}}

| birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|4|1|1930|1|23}}

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| other_names = Carl Banis

| years_active = 1959–1998

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| occupation = Radio personality, actor

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Carl Banas (January 23, 1930 – April 1, 2020) was a Canadian radio personality and voice actor, known for his voice roles in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964) and The Raccoons (1980–1992). As a television actor, he appeared in the series Wojeck as police detective Byron James,[http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/W/htmlW/wojeck/wojeck.htm Wojeck @ museum.tv] and provided voices for numerous TV series and features. He was also known as a radio personality on Toronto radio stations CKFM-FM and MIX 99.9 (currently known as Virgin Radio 999) in the 1970s and 1980s. He mainly hosted weekday evenings, and was known for his deep voice, smooth manner, and vignettes about Toronto.[http://rockradioscrapbook.ca/air1979.html Carl Banas section @ Rock Radio Scrapbook] Additionally, he performed live readings of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol every year before Christmas, utilizing his voice skills to play multiple characters. Polydor Records recorded and published one performance under the title Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol and Other Yuletide Favorites.

In 1987, Banas moved to CJEZ 97.3 "Easy 97" (later known as 97.3 EZ Rock and currently as "Boom 97.3") where he continued hosting weekday evenings until he left the station and retired from radio. Banas died on April 1, 2020, at the age of 90.{{Cite web |title=Carl Banas|url=https://www.forevermissed.com/carl-banas/about |access-date=April 6, 2025 |website=Forever Missed |language=en}}

Filmography

= Film =

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Title

!Role

!class="unsortable" | Notes

!class="unsortable" | Ref.

1972

|Festival of Family Classics

|Multiple roles

1974

|Vengeance is Mine

|Radio announcer

1976

|Noah's Animals

|Lion

|Voice

1976

|Trillium, Affectionately Yours

|Narrator

|Voice

1978

|Battle of York, 1813

|Narrator

1989

|Babar: The Movie

|Old Tusk

|Voice

= Television =

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Title

!Role

!class="unsortable" | Notes

!class="unsortable" | Ref.

1960

|data-sort-value="New Adventures of Pinocchio, The" | The New Adventures of Pinocchio

|Cricket

|130 episodes

1961

|Tales of the Wizard of Oz

|Dandy Lion, Wizard of Oz, Ham the Flying Monkey, Maxamillion Cinema, additional voices

|Voice, main role; 68 episodes

1964

|Return to Oz

|Dandy Lion, Wizard of Oz

|Voice, television film

1964

|Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

|Foreman Elf, Train with Square Wheels

|Voice, television film{{Cite web |last=Davison |first=Janet |date=December 5, 2014 |title=The surprising 50-year legacy of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/the-surprising-50-year-legacy-of-rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeer-1.2856722 |access-date=October 25, 2024 |website=CBC}}

1965

|Prince Planet

|Dan Dynamo

1966

|data-sort-value="King Kong Show, The" | The King Kong Show

|Additional Voices

1966

|Wojeck

|Bryon James

|4 episodes

1966

|data-sort-value="Marvel Super Heroes, The" | The Marvel Super Heroes

|Bucky Barnes

|Voice{{Cite web |last=Klissmman |first=Daniel |date=May 11, 2022 |title=The Marvel Super Heroes: Marvel's Television Universe That Time Forgot |url=https://comicbookmovie.com/tv/marvel/the-marvel-super-heroes-marvels-television-universe-that-time-forgot-a193547#gs.ecb0tm |access-date=October 25, 2024 |website=Comic Book Movie}}

1967

|Rocket Robin Hood

|Titanor, Dr. Manta

|Voice, 5 episodes

1967

|Spider-Man

|Scorpion, Charles Cameo, Dr. Manta

|Voice, 5 episodes; uncredited

1968

|Festival

|Steve

|Guest star; 1 episode

1969

|data-sort-value="Smokey Bear Show, The" | The Smokey Bear Show

|Gabby, Freddy Fume, Floyd Fox, additional voices

|Voice, 2 episodes

1969

|McQueen

|Extra

|1 episode

1970

|data-sort-value="Reluctant Dragon & Mr. Toad Show, The" | The Reluctant Dragon & Mr. Toad Show

|Ugliola, King Herman, additional voices

|Voice

1971

|Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince

|Sweetums

|Voice, television film

1977

|King of the Beasts

|Lion

|Voice, television film

1977

|Math Patrol

|Mr. Big

|Main role; Voice

1978

|data-sort-value="Little Brown Burro, The" | The Little Brown Burro

|Narrator

|TV film

1980

|Last of the Red-Hot Dragons

|King Lion

|Voice, television film

1980

|data-sort-value="Christmas Raccoons, The" | The Christmas Raccoons

|Schaeffer

|Voice, television film{{cite web |title=Carl Banas (visual voices guide) |url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Carl-Banas/ |access-date=October 25, 2024 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.

1981

|data-sort-value="Raccoons on Ice, The" | The Raccoons on Ice

|Schaeffer

|Voice, television film

1981

|News from Zoos

|Charlie

|Voice

1981

|data-sort-value="Trolls and the Christmas Express, The" | The Trolls and the Christmas Express

|Additional voices

|Voice, television film