  hans georg conried, jr. (march 23, 1917january 5, 1982), was an american character actor, very active in voice-over roles and comedian, best known for providing the voices of walt disney's george darling, and captain hook in peter pan (1953), for playing the title role in the 5,000 fingers of dr. t, dr. miller on the george burns and gracie allen show, professor kropotkin on the radio and film versions of my friend irma and for his work as uncle tonoose on danny thomas's sitcom make room for daddy. ==biography== ===early years=== he was born on march 23, 1917 in baltimore, maryland to hans georg and edith beryl (gildersleeve) conried. he was named hans georg conried jr. the story that his real name was frank foster is false.suzanne gargiulo, hans conried: a biography his connecticut-born mother was a descendant of pilgrims, and his father was a jewish immigrant from vienna, austria. he was raised in baltimore and in new york city. he studied acting at columbia university and went on to play major classical roles onstage. conried worked in radio before working in movies in 1939. during world war ii, he enlisted in the u.s. army in september 1944.national archives and records administration. u.s. world war ii army enlistment records, 1938-1946 [database on-line]. provo, ut, usa: the generations network, inc., 2005. ===radio career and other voice work=== conried appeared regularly on radio during the 1940s and 1950s. he was in the regular cast of orson welles's ceiling unlimited, for which he wrote the december 14, 1942, episode, "war workers".[
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