Charles Farrington

Total Credits at Criticker: 88 (Actor)
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When a litter of dalmation puppies are abducted by the minions of Cruella De Vil, the parents must find them before she uses them for a diabolical fashion statement. (imdb)
A pathologist discovers and captures a creature that lives in every vertebrate and grows when fear grips its host.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966) - Short Film
A grumpy hermit hatches a plan to steal Christmas from the Whos of Whoville. (imdb)
Sh-h-h-h-h-h (1955) - Short Film
A mild-mannered man whose nerves are shot from incessant noise is sent to an exclusive, silent retreat with hilarious results. (imdb)
Wild and Woody! (1948) - Short Film
The bad guy buzzard has been taking out all the sheriffs. Woody rides into town and signs on as sheriff, and faces off with the buzzard. (imdb)
Drooler's Delight (1949) - Short Film
A thoroughly thirsty Woody Woodpecker overhears a radio advertisement for the "Drooler's Delight" ice cream soda. Armed with his only quarter, he heads to the malt shop to relieve his thirst. Unfortunately, his quarter is stolen along the way by greedy Buzz Buzzard and a free-for-all ensues between the two over it culminating with Woody disguising himself as a woman to earn Buzz's affections and retrieve his quarter. (imdb)
Cat and Dupli-cat (1967) - Short Film
Tom is on the canals of Venice, singing opera. He ends up on a cruise ship, where another cat tricks him out of Jerry (who Tom has just caught), then mirrors his every move. Eventually the cats start chasing each other. (imdb)
Termites from Mars (1952) - Short Film
Woody's home is beset by an invasion of voracious alien termites. (imdb)
What's Sweepin'? (1953) - Short Film
Woody is a city street sweeper and hates his job. After being abused by policeman Wally Walrus, he decides to quit and disguises himself as a policeman, kicking the rubbish can away which scoops up Wally sending him into the harbour shrinking his uniform. The angry Wally chases the disguised Woody into the circus. Because he is mistaken for a child, he is denied access but enters backstage disguised as an elephant. Finally, after a long struggle with Woody under the big top, he captures the redh (imdb)
Operation Sawdust (1953) - Short Film
In this Walter Lantz production (U-I production number 8326), distributed by Universal-International long before MCA/Universal existed, Woody Woodpecker tangles with a burly lumberjack over food. A furious battle ensues until a giant buzz-saw chases the lumberjack away and Woody returns to his dinner. (imdb)
Wrestling Wrecks (1953) - Short Film
Woody Woodpecker is watching a wrestling match on TV. It's "Precious Percy" (Woody's favorite) versus his opponent, "Bull Dozer". Eventually, Woody's dog gets overexcited and inadvertently wrecks his TV set, forcing to Woody to watch the match in person at the arena. While in the audience, he often helps Percy win the match through underhanded tactics. However, when Bull still defeats Percy, Woody decides to take on Bull all by himself. (imdb)
Belle Boys (1953) - Short Film
Woody Woodpecker and Buzz Buzzard are hotel bellhops in this Walter Lantz Technicolor Cartune (production number 8330.) The are admiring Ga-Ga Gazoon, glamorous French actress, in a fan magazine, when the desk informs them she is about to arrive at the hotel. Woody and Buzz compete (with dirty tricks) to serve her. (imdb)
Hypnotic Hick (1953) - Short Film
Woody is asked by a law officer to serve a court summons on Buzz Buzzard. Woody accepts but when Buzz takes a look at the summons, he disposes of Woody and thwarts all his attempts to deliver it. Finally, Woody uses hypnotism to get Buzz to accept it and, just for kicks, hypnotizes him into thinking he's various animals and getting him to wander around a skyscraper skeleton. Finally, Woody brings Buzz into the officer who serves Woody with a court summons for practicing hypnotism out of season. (imdb)
Hot Noon or 12 O'Clock for Sure (1953) - Short Film
Woody Woodpecker is the small town sheriff who must face the feared gunslinger Buzz Buzzard. (imdb)
Socko in Morocco (1954) - Short Film
Woody Woodpecker is in the Foreign Legion, where he and his commander are guarding a dancing girl. A neighboring sheik wants her for his harem, and he kidnaps her. Woody goes to the sheik's palace and finally frees her by disguising her to be as ugly as homemade sin. (imdb)
Alley to Bali (1954) - Short Film
An angry volcano god in the South Pacific demands a sacrifice, and a lovely young woman in the god's service finds the perfect candidates in the form of two American sailors: Woody Woodpecker and Buzz Buzzard. (imdb)
Real Gone Woody (1954) - Short Film
Woody and Buzz are 50's students and both want to take the same girl to the dance.
Convict Concerto (1954) - Short Film
Woody is a piano tuner and is forced to play after a bank robber hides out in the piano and points a gun at him.
Bunco Busters (1955) - Short Film
A member of the Bunco squad introduces the Case of the Gullible Woodpecker. It seems that Woody wins a pot full of dough that con man Buzz Buzzard notices and sets his sights on stealing. He leads Woody on a phony treasure hunt on Cataloni Island where all the materials Woody needs to continue the hunt (treasure maps, fire extinguishers, toll bridges, etc.) cost him a bundle. (imdb)
Get Lost (1956) - Short Film
Woody Woodpecker is reading "Hansel and Gretel" to his two young cousins, Knothead, a boy, and Splinter,a girl. The children decide to get lost in a forest. A cat spots them and lures them to a gingerbread house. The cat tries to make woodpecker-pie out of the kids, but they outsmart him and escape. (imdb)
Woodpecker from Mars (1956) - Short Film
Woody Woodpecker is a guest at a television show and walks off with a space helmet and a space gun as souvenirs. He pretends to be a man from Mars, and is believed to the extent that he is caught and sent to an atomic laboratory for testing, which convinces the scientists he does belong on Mars. They send him to Mars on a rocket-ship and, once there, the Martians are convinced he is a crazy alien from Earth, and start testing him in their laboratories. (imdb)
Arts and Flowers (1956) - Short Film
Woody and a temperamental artist compete for a big prize to see who can paint the best painting of a desert flower. (imdb)
Box Car Bandit (1957) - Short Film
A bandit and his horse (a bigger crook than the bandit) find out that a big shipment of gold bullion is being shipped by train, so they make immediate plans to hijack it. But, Woody Woodpecker is the guard in the baggage car, and foils all their attempts to steal it, and soon horse and rider are in the jail-house. (imdb)
Dopey Dick, the Pink Whale (1957) - Short Film
Woody Woodpecker is on a whaler-ship searching for Dopey Dick, the Pink Whale. When sighted, the ship captain sens Wood out in a rowboat to capture Dopey. The whale wrecks the ship but takes a liking to Woody, and off they go across the ocean with Woody water-skiing behind his new friend. (imdb)
Slingshot 6-7/8 (1951) - Short Film
Out west, tenderfoot Woody uses his slingshot against Indian Buzz Buzzard in a shooting contest. (imdb)
Stage Hoax (1952) - Short Film
Weary Woody Woodpecker is hitchhiking across the desert trying to thumb a ride on a passing stagecoach. He adds artificial limbs and dresses like a girl and has no problem in getting on the next one but is tossed out when his disguise is discovered. After eating a huge meal he decides to get even with the driver and uses a poster of the wanted Buzz Buzzard as a tool. But the real Buzz shows up and, when Woody resorts to his female disguise, the dastardly villain makes a play for him. (imdb)
Scalp Treatment (1952) - Short Film
Buzz Buzzard tries to scalp Woody for his feathered head, as a gift to an Indian maiden. (imdb)
The Great Who-Dood-It (1952) - Short Film
Woody Woodpecker is having a good time wandering around the County Fair and blowing his bubble gum, and is a big distraction to Buzzy Buzzard's attempts to sell his home-made tonics. Buzzy grabs Woody to demonstrate his wares on him and Woody is not pleased at all with this turn of events. He runs into a magician's tent and uses all the equipment there to make Buzzy's life miserable. (imdb)
Pigeon Patrol (1942) - Short Film
A pigeon wants to be a carrier pigeon for the Military so he can win the heart of his sweetheart.
Gumby and his friends must stop the Blockheads from ruinning thier benefit concert
During a square dance, held on a dog's back, celebrating the upcoming marriage between a boy and girl flea, a city-slicker flea shows up and kidnaps the girl to the big-city. The boyfriend follows and rescues her from the villain's penthouse apartment. (imdb)
Pesky Pelican (1963) - Short Film
As Pesky Pelican flies south for the winter, his wings begin to ice up. He's puzzled until he finds the South Pole. (bcdb.com)
Pigeon Holed (1956) - Short Film
Homer Pigeon's eyesight is pretty bad, so he goes to a doctor for glasses
Ship a-Hoy Woody (1969) - Short Film
Woody, a swabby on a pirate ship, must protect the ship's massive supply of doubloons from bartender-cum-crook Buzz Buzzard. (imdb)
Pecking Holes in Poles (1972) - Short Film
Pecking Holes In Poles is the 190th animated cartoon short subject in the Woody Woodpecker series. (youtube)
Woodpecker in the Moon (1959) - Short Film
The local rocket society is looking for a new volunteer to blast to the moon, the only other person having been sent there being Professor Dingledong who has not returned thus far... (imdb)
Crazy Mixed Up Pup (1954) - Short Film
After a traffic accident, a man is treated with dog plasma while his dog is treated with human plasma. (imdb)
Canned Dog Feud (1965) - Short Film
Woody is the object of desire between two feuding hillbillies' hound dogs.. (bcdb.com)
Phoney Pony (1969) - Short Film
Two convicts escape from prison in the Wild West and disguise themselves as a horse. Sugarfoot sees the "horse" and falls in love. Later, Woody and Sugarfoot learn about the phony pony, and they try to send the convicts back to jail. (bcdb.com)
Lonesome Ranger (1966) - Short Film
"Lonesome Ranger" is the 147th animated cartoon short subject in the Woody Woodpecker series. Released theatrically in 1966, the film was produced by Walter Lantz (youtube)
Flim Flam Fountain (1971) - Short Film
Woody Woodpecker Show - Flim Flam Fountain. "Flim Flam Fountain" is the 180th animated cartoon short subject in the Woody Woodpecker series. Released theatrically on 1970, the film was produced by Walter Lantz (youtube)
Hi-Rise Wise Guys (1970) - Short Film
Hi-Rise Wise Guys is the 177th animated cartoon short subject in the Woody Woodpecker series. Released theatrically in 1970, the film was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by United Artists. (youtube)
Wild Bill Hiccup (1970) - Short Film
Wild Bill Hiccup chases Woody around a haunted house. (bcdb.com)
Indian Corn (1972) - Short Film
A young Indian, sent on a quest by his chief to capture a woodpecker, sees Woody riding through the desert on a motor scooter shooting cans off ... (bcdb.com)
Rough and Tumbleweed (1961) - Short Film
A narrator tells us that in the days of the Old West, times were tough. With no law and order, bandits roamed around free to commit any crime with western outlaw... (imdb)
Ballyhooey (1960) - Short Film
Woody tries to watch his favorite TV quiz show, "Win the Whole Wide World" despite the fact it is constantly interrupted by commercials for the stupidest products... (imdb)
Freeloading Feline (1960) - Short Film
In a big city penthouse atop a skyscraper, a big society party is in progress. (imdb)
Show Biz Beagle (1972) - Short Film
Buzz Buzzard scams Woody into buying a talking dog when actually, it's a mouse under the dog's hat who does the talking. (bcdb)
Woody's Magic Touch (1971) - Short Film
In medieval times, Woody goes on a quest to transform a dragon back into the king's son with the aid of a witch's magic wand. (imdb)
Billion Dollar Boner (1960) - Short Film
On a quiet and peaceful street, the serenity of one house is suddenly disturbed by the noise of Woody Woodpecker pecking away inside ... (bcdb)
Hunger Strife (1960) - Short Film
It's the first day of tourist season at Peachstone National Park and Ranger Willoughby is told by his superior to "keep things ship-shape"... (imdb)
Swiss Miss-Fit (1957) - Short Film
In Switzerland, an underachieving rescue dog is told to go rescue someone. (youtube)
Eggnapper (1961) - Short Film
Tourist season is over and Ranger Willoughby closes the park for the winter, telling the bears they will have to forage for themselves from now on... (imdb)
The Genie with the Light Touch (1972) - Short Film
Buzz Buzzard attempts to con Woody once more, using a fake magic lamp and a mouse as the genie. (imdb)
Doc's Last Stand (1961) - Short Film
Doc and Champ run a travelling store, a wagon of goods which they pull into an Indian reservation, "Scalpum Village"... (imdb)
Daniel Boone leads a party of settlers into Kentucky to find the town of Boonesborough. Along the way, he meets and falls in love with a lovely, red-haired servant named Rebecca and must vie with the gambler, Jim Santee for her affection. (imdb)
Mississippi Slow Boat (1961) - Short Film
A crook on a steamboat tries to outwit Inspector Willoughby.
Ozark Lark (1960) - Short Film
The feud between the Martins and the Coys has ended after all being wiped out except for one. Woody comes by and inadvertently starts it back up.
Merlin Jones, a precocious and intelligent high-school boy, experiments with hypnosis and creates a mind-reading machine. However, his experiments land him in deep trouble with the law. (imdb)
Case of the Elephant's Trunk (1965) - Short Film
Inspector Willoughby, the famed criminologist and master of mystery, travels to India to aid a rajah whose favorite royal elephant has been abducted by an evil swami. Encouraged at the prospect of a large reward, our heroic sleuth is hot in pursuit of the princely pachyderm and his kidnapper. Willoughby discovers the thief's hideout quite accidentally when he hears an elephant's trumpet and inquires at a nearby home, "Pardon me, are there any stolen elephants in there?"
The Case of the Maltese Chicken (1964) - Short Film
Inspector Willoughby tries to retrieve The Maltese Chicken from the evil oriental villain Egg Foo Yung.
Hi-Seas Hi-Jacker (1963) - Short Film
One-Eyed Jack, great-great-grandson of that notorious pirate, Black Jack, hijacks a battleship, but he then has to face that internationally-famous detective, Inspector Willoughby in a battle of wits. Hopping into his outboard motorboat, he puts One-Eyed Jack under arrest, but One-Eyed Jack promptly sinks him and his boat with pistol fire. One-Eyed Jack laughs, but Willoughby arrests him again from the conning tower of a submarine.
Case of the Cold Storage Yegg (1963) - Short Film
Notorious criminal Yeggs Benedict, having just pulled a $50,000 bank robbery, hears a radio report in his hideout that Inspector Willoughby has been assigned the case. Well aware of the Inspector's uncanny ability as a sleuth, Yeggs takes off for the Himalaya Mountains of Tibet. Yeggs no sooner reaches his cave hideout than he sees Willoughby approaching on yakback- the yak sniffing the trail a la bloodhound.
Hyde and Sneak (1962) - Short Film
Inspector Willoughby has traced evil international jewel thief and master of disguise Vampira Hyde to the Limehouse District in London. As Big Ben chimes out the hour of 4 p.m., Willoughby realizes that it's time for tea, and he enters a tearoom. He's served by a woman whose face is familiar to him. Suddenly, Willoughby recollects that she is the woman he's been seeking.
Phoney Express (1962) - Short Film
Inspector Willoughby is in Paris looking to capture the famous international spy, Agent X-13. He finds the spy "disguised" (with his head upside down) but Willoughby uncovers the "disguise" and gives chase. Agent X-13 ends up at the train station and riding the Orient Express. The Inspector follows with the agent using a variety of schemes to do away with Willoughby. (imdb)
Case of the Red-Eyed Ruby (1961) - Short Film
Inspector Willoughby, seated on a camel trudging through the vast Sahara Desert, is on his way to return the fabulous Red-Eyed Ruby stolen from the forehead of an idol in the tomb of King Tut Tut Almond. His archenemy, notorious jewel thief Yeggs Benedict, who had previously stolen the jewel, follows Willoughby with only one thought in mind: repossession of the ruby.
Kiddie League (1959) - Short Film
The final (and championship) baseball game of the Kiddie League pits pitcher Woody Woodpecker and his team (the Woody Woodpeckers) against a zany team, the Bubble Gummers. The game begins with the Bubble Gummers at bat and Woody pitching. A little tyke wearing diapers is first up. Before batting, he gulps down a bottle of milk for strength. The first ball is called a strike....
The Flying Turtle (1953) - Short Film
In this entry in Universal-International's "Foolish Fable" series (U-I production number 8327), Herman the Turtle's only ambition is to be able to fly. He reads articles on the subject and also enrolls in Madam Bluejay's Flying School, all of which leads to failure. He pays an eagle to give him flying lessons but the eagle drops him in the ocean and kills him. But Herman goes to Turtle Heaven where he is given a pair of wings and flies to his content. (imdb)
Hay Rube (1954) - Short Film
The Jingling Bros. Circus is performing for one night only in the town that farm horse Sugarfoot lives in. Paw has Sugarfoot pulling a plow. A new billboard goes up with pretty circus horse Starbrite's picture on it. She is a star at the circus. Sugarfoot falls for her and leaves his farm to meet her. Once he arrives, he sees Starbrite's trainer beating her. Sugarfoot kicks the villainous circus trainer.
Skinfolks (1964) - Short Film
Woody is freezing and hungry, too. To get warm, he burns his furniture and begins to burn pages from the family album... till he comes across one of his Uncle Scrooge Woodpecker. He goes to visit Uncle Scrooge in hopes of a handout and finds his house guarded by 10 crocodiles. Even worse than the crocodiles is Uncle Scrooge. (bcdb.com)
Plywood Panic (1953) - Short Film
Milford the pig gets the mail and informs Paw that the family has won a new house. The catch is they have to put it together themselves. Of course, with the family's intelligence, this isn't an easy task. Examples: Paw is enrolled in measuring tape when Milford lets go too suddenly and when Maw carries a board, it starts vibrating to the point where it carries her into the air dropping her into the washing machine. Finally, the house is finished and the family moves inside. (imdb)
The Gumby Show (1956) - TV Series
Innovative "Claymation" adventures of Gumby and his horse Pokey. (imdb)
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (1970) - TV Series
Toon version of the Archie Comics witch who uses her powers to aide the uncertainty of adolescence.
The Little Prince (1979) - Short Film
The Little Prince questions the universe in this story of innocence and wonder.
Daniel Boone (1964) - TV Series
Frontier hero Daniel Boone conducts surveys and expeditions around Boonesborough, running into both friendly and hostile Indians, just before and during the Revolutionary War.
Salute to the revolutionary Oscar winning stop motion animated Puppetoons created by sci-fi fantasy film legend George Pal. Gumby, Pokey and Arnie the Dinosaur host 12 of Pal's milestone shorts from 1934-1947 that have inspired animation and special effects filmmakers ever since. (imdb)
Susan and her brother Johnny go to spend the summer with their aunt and uncle, where they discover a map that may lead to some sort of treasure. Susan had been having nightmares about a girl, Rachel, who disappeared in a nearby mansion, now old and abandoned. Eventually, Susan and Johnny, along with their cousin Billy, begin a quest to find the treasure, as well as the answers to Rachel's disappearance. (imdb)
Young Jim Hawkins, a pirate mouse named Hiccup, Dr. Livesey and Squire Trelawney hire a ship to find the legendary treasure of notorious late pirate Captain Flint. However, Flint's former crewmates plan to take over the ship. (imdb)
The Mouse and the Lion (1953) - Short Film
The Lion, the King of the Jungle, is taking his royal snooze when a mouse comes on a safari to his royal hideaway. The mouse is from Bungling Brothers Circus [us], and his mission is to take HRH back to the states as a circus act. The mouse then goes about his business of capturing the lion. At the fadeout, back in the USA, the lion of performing on a precarious tight-rope, high above the arena sawdust, while the mouse whip lashes him.