Sebastian Cabot was born on July 6, 1918 in London, England as Charles Sebastian Thomas Cabot. He was an actor, known for Family Affair (1966), The Jungle Book (1967) and The Sword in the Stone (1963). He was married to Kay. He died on August 22, 1977 in North Saanich, British Columbia, Canada.
Full Name | Sebastian Cabot |
Net Worth | $17 Million |
Date Of Birth | July 6, 1918 |
Died | August 22, 1977, North Saanich, Canada |
Place Of Birth | London, England, UK |
Height | 1.73 m |
Profession | Chauffeur, Voice Actor, Chef, Professional Wrestler |
Nationality | Italian |
Spouse | Kay Cabot |
Children | Christopher Cabot, Annette Cabot, Yvonne Cabot |
Parents | John Cabot, Mattea Cabot |
Siblings | Ludovico Cabot, Sancius Cabot |
IMDB | http://imdb.com/name/nm0001982 |
Awards | Grammy Award for Best Album for Children, TV Land Best Broadcast Butler Award |
Nominations | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, TV Land Favorite Nanny Award |
Movies | The Jungle Book, The Sword in the Stone, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, The Time Machine, Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree, The Family Jewels, Twice-Told Tales, Terror in a Texas Town, Johnny Tremain, Kismet, Seven Thieves, Westward Ho the Wagons!, Ivanhoe, The Captain's Paradise, Dick Ba... |
TV Shows | Ghost Story, Family Affair, Journey to the Unknown, Checkmate, The Beachcomber |
Star Sign | Cancer |
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1 | He and his Dick Barton Strikes Back (1949) co-star Don Stannard were involved in a car crash in Cookham Dean, Berkshire, England, UK on July 9, 1949. Stannard, who was driving, was killed instantly but Cabot escaped with only minor injuries. |
2 | Good friends with Julie London and Bobby Troup. |
3 | Sebastian Cabot had the same name (and may have been named after) the Sebastian Cabot who lived from 1474 to 1557 and was a famous explorer of the Americas shortly after Columbus' discovery of the New World. |
4 | At one point, due to illness, it was necessary for him to take a leave of absence from portraying his character of Giles French during the popular run of Family Affair (1966). He was temporarily replaced by veteran British character actor John Williams, as French's brother Nigel, or Niles. His absence was explained as Giles being summoned to assist the Queen (of England). |
5 | Highly popular with the Disney franchise, he worked well in voice roles (Bagheera in The Jungle Book (1967); the narrator of Winnie the Pooh tales; the voice of Sir Ector in The Sword in the Stone (1963). |
6 | Interestingly, on a spoken word album, he delivered dramatic recitations of songs by Bob Dylan on the album: "Sebastian Cabot, actor a dramatic reading with music Bob Dylan, poet". |
7 | Best remembered for his role as gentleman's gentleman (also known as a valet) Giles French on Family Affair (1966). |
8 | For an actor who specialized in elegant and upper-class, educated roles, he was actually born a Cockney, a decidedly lower, or working class, group of people, who typically live in London's East End or close-in eastern suburbs. |
9 | When his father's business failed, Cabot left school at age 14 and began working as a garage helper, the first of many menial jobs. Well into his fifties, his first love was cars and tinkering with them and their engines. |
10 | After leaving school at age 14, he never had another day of formal education, and later worked as a chef - which helped precipitate his growth to 260 pounds - and spent three years as a professional wrestler in London before World War II, an activity ended by an injury. |
11 | When the war ended, he made his London stage debut in 1945, at age 27, in "A Bell for Adano". |
12 | Entertained the troops during World War II. |
13 | Approached with the script for the pilot of Family Affair (1966), he originally did not want to do it, and did not care for the writing or his role - a stereotypical, staid, dignified English butler - but the money being offered for the pilot was better than decent, so he reluctantly agreed. The series sold, and for the next five seasons he endeared himself to a generation of viewers as the manservant Giles French. Cabot became bored with the role and the series very early. He confided that both he and Brian Keith were bored to the point of exhaustion for the last two seasons. Once the series ended, he appeared on talk shows and even a game show or two to break a serious typecast. |
14 | He was cremated after death and his ashes were interred at Westwood Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. |
15 | Father of actress Annette Cabot (born 1941) and actor Christopher Cabot (born 1943). |
16 | Worked at one time as a garage mechanic. |
17 | Was a chauffeur to British actor Frank Pettingell before becoming an actor himself. |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day | 1968 | Short | Narrator (voice) |
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color | 1956-1967 | TV Series | Narrator / Bissonette |
The Jungle Book | 1967 | | 'Bagheera' the Panther (voice) |
Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree | 1966 | Short | Narrator (voice) |
The Beverly Hillbillies | 1965 | TV Series | Lucas Sebastian |
The Bravo Duke | 1965 | TV Movie | |
The Family Jewels | 1965 | | Dr. Matson |
Mister Ed | 1965 | TV Series | Professor Thorndike |
My Three Sons | 1964 | TV Series | Tom Morrison |
Suspense | 1964 | TV Series | Host |
The Sword in the Stone | 1963 | | Sir Ector / Narrator in opening sequence (voice) |
Twice-Told Tales | 1963 | | Dr. Carl Heidigger |
The Dick Powell Theatre | 1962-1963 | TV Series | Henry / Jack Potter |
The Beachcomber | 1962 | TV Series | Commissioner Andrew Crippen |
Checkmate | 1960-1962 | TV Series | Dr. Carl Hyatt |
The Flood | 1962 | TV Movie | Noah (voice) |
Stryker of the Yard | 1962 | TV Series | Lorenzo Kataro |
The Islanders | 1960 | TV Series | Eric Whitaker |
The Time Machine | 1960 | | Dr. Philip Hillyer |
The Twilight Zone | 1960 | TV Series | Mr. Pip |
Seven Thieves | 1960 | | Director of Casino |
Pony Express | 1960 | TV Series | Jules Renni |
Bonanza | 1960 | TV Series | Don Antonio Luga |
Man with a Camera | 1960 | TV Series | Amos |
Hotel de Paree | 1959 | TV Series | Clete |
Mantelli e spade insanguinate | 1959 | | Porthos |
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | 1959 | TV Series | |
Markham | 1959 | TV Series | Jason / Albergat |
Say One for Me | 1959 | | Monsignor Francis Stratford |
The Redeemer | 1959 | | Narrator |
The Angry Hills | 1959 | | Chesney |
The Third Man | 1959 | TV Series | Charles Biddy |
Shirley Temple's Storybook | 1958 | TV Series | Emperor / King |
In Love and War | 1958 | | Professor D. Everett Styles (scenes deleted) |
Terror in a Texas Town | 1958 | | Ed McNeil |
Climax! | 1958 | TV Series | Captain Wilkins |
Suspicion | 1958 | TV Series | Mr. Foster / Mr. Podgers |
Le imprese di una spada leggendaria | 1958 | | Porthos |
Telephone Time | 1958 | TV Series | Prince of Wales |
The Adventures of McGraw | 1958 | TV Series | Norman Hendricks |
Schlitz Playhouse | 1957 | TV Series | Signore Alferri |
Zorro | 1957 | TV Series | Judge Vasca |
Cheyenne | 1957 | TV Series | Gen. Dubeauchaie |
General Electric Theater | 1957 | TV Series | Mr. Miraud |
Black Patch | 1957 | | Frenchy De'vere |
Omar Khayyam | 1957 | | The Nizam |
La spada imbattibile | 1957 | | Porthos |
Johnny Tremain | 1957 | | Jonathan Lyte |
The King's Musketeers | 1957 | | Porthos |
Dragoon Wells Massacre | 1957 | | Jonah |
Gunsmoke | 1955-1957 | TV Series | Professor Jacoby / Bailey |
The Adventures of Hiram Holliday | 1956-1957 | TV Series | Monsieur Cerveaux / Caid / Gimel |
Playhouse 90 | 1957 | TV Series | Blaize |
Westward Ho, the Wagons! | 1956 | | Bissonette |
Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre | 1956 | TV Series | Senore LaTorre |
Alfred Hitchcock Presents | 1956 | TV Series | Nathaniel Baldwin / Mr. Davidson |
The Three Musketeers | 1956 | TV Series | Porthos |
Kismet | 1955 | | Wazir |
Conrad Nagel Theater | 1955 | TV Series | the Monk / Castelnuovo / Newcastle / ... |
I cavalieri della regina | 1954 | | Porthos |
Romeo and Juliet | 1954 | | Capulet |
The Love Lottery | 1954 | | Suarez |
Always a Bride | 1953 | | Taxi Driver |
The Captain's Paradise | 1953 | | Ali (Vendor) |
Rheingold Theatre | 1953 | TV Series | Indetermined Role |
Heights of Danger | 1953 | | Jakes |
Her Three Bachelors | 1953 | | Osmonde |
The Affair at Assino | 1953/I | TV Movie | Pietro Pacetti |
Babes in Bagdad | 1952 | | Sinbad |
Ivanhoe | 1952 | | Clerk of Copmanhurst |
Jungle Treasure | 1951 | | Morgan the Pirate |
Sherlock Holmes | 1951 | TV Mini-Series | Jabez Wilson |
Laughter in Paradise | 1951 | | Card Player (uncredited) |
The Children of Camp Fortuna | 1951 | TV Movie | Mr. Popopolis |
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre | 1951 | TV Series | Mr. Fitch |
Wonder Boy | 1951 | | Pizzo |
Midnight Episode | 1950 | | Benno |
The Adventures of Jane | 1949 | | Traveling Man |
The Spider and the Fly | 1949 | | Prefect at Amiens |
Old Mother Riley's New Venture | 1949 | | Potentate |
Dick Barton Strikes Back | 1949 | | Fouracada |
The Good Companions | 1949 | TV Movie | Monte Mortimer |
Third Time Lucky | 1949 | | Benny Bennett |
A Song on the Wind | 1948 | TV Movie | M. Dupont |
I Became a Criminal | 1947 | | Club Proprietor |
Dual Alibi | 1947 | | Loterie Nationale Official |
The Cherry Orchard | 1947 | TV Movie | Pischik |
Othello | 1946 | Short | Iago |
Teheran | 1946 | | |
The Agitator | 1945 | | Bit Role (uncredited) |
Old Mother Riley Overseas | 1943 | | Bar Steward |
Old Mother Riley Detective | 1943 | | Bit Role (uncredited) |
Jeannie | 1941 | | Bit Role (uncredited) |
'Pimpernel' Smith | 1941 | | Bit Role (uncredited) |
Love on the Dole | 1941 | | Man in Crowd at Betting Payout (uncredited) |
Foreign Affaires | 1935 | | Bit Role (uncredited) |
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh | 1977 | | Narrator (voice) |
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too | 1974 | Short | Narrator (voice) |
Man, Monsters and Mysteries | 1974 | Short | Narrator (voice) |
The City That Forgot About Christmas | 1974 | TV Short voice | |
Miracle on 34th Street | 1973 | TV Movie | Kris Kringle |
Search | 1973 | TV Series | Theodore Tobler |
Circle of Fear | 1972 | TV Series | Winston Essex |
McCloud | 1971 | TV Series | Sidney Cantrell |
The Red Skelton Hour | 1961-1971 | TV Series | Chief Copperside / Mr. Chiselwick - London Tour Guide / R. S. Quickie / ... |
Family Affair | 1966-1971 | TV Series | Mr. Giles French |
The Governor & J.J. | 1970 | TV Series | Sebastian Cabot |
To Rome with Love | 1970 | TV Series | Giles French |
Foreign Exchange | 1970 | TV Movie | Max |
The Spy Killer | 1969 | TV Movie | Max |
Journey to Midnight | 1968 | | Host |
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