Cyril Proudbottom

Cyril Proudbottom is a supporting character in the segment porting character in Disney's 1949 short The Wind in the Willows, a segment of the 1949 feature film The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad. He speaks Yorkshire with a Yorkshire accent.
He is a horse’s friend of Mr. J. Thaddeus Toad.
He was played by the late J. Pat O'Malley, who also voiced Colonel and Colonel Hathi.
==History==
Cyril first appears alongside his great friend, Mr. J. Thaddeus Toad, as they sing We're Merrily On Our Way, as they travel and create tides of trouble on the gypise wagon. They are stopped by Rat and Moley who tell them to stop what they are doing, but the two plug their ears irritated and run away, and then Toad gets a new craze: that of cars.
He is later seen testifying for Toad saying he did the "honest way of bargaining" (with The Prosecutor asking him what the honest way is, Cyril jokes that he knew he wouldn't know), after he was accused of stealing a car. He says that after Toad ran away from home to search, Cyril caught up with him and joined him, they then spotted a car driven by Weasels who stop in front of a tavern. Toad tells Cyril to stay there and wait, while Toad, penniless, traded Toad Hall for their car, much to everyone's surprise.
After Mr. Winki is called to testify, he lies that Toad tried to sell him a stolen car, with Cyril trying to defend Toad, but to no avail, and Toad is arrested found guilty.
Later that it is Christmas and Toad has been locked up in jail, Cyril disguises himself as his grandmother and visits him, and gives him a disguise to escape from prison by making him interested (although he had lost his ways of reforming his manias and fallen into despair. ).
Cyril is last seen at the end of the segment with Toad on an airplane having fun and going to ask the shocked Rat, Moley and Angus to join them.
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