Henry Corden(1920-2005)

After replacing Alan Reed as the voice of Fred Flintstone, Corden took some time to learn the voice because he had to imitate Reed as close as possible, learning by listening to tapes. In later years he made the character more his own and less imitative of Reed, gearing it closer to the character's inspiration of Jackie Gleason's "Ralph Kramden" character on The Honeymooners (1955).

My big hobby is my family. That's it. I don't know how long I've got to go, and whatever time I have, I want to get the pleasure of my children, of my grandchildren and of my wonderful, wonderful wife. We walk down the street hand in hand and people look at us, this old bastard and this good-looking chick. We get smiles all over the place. That's enough for me...THAT'S my hobby.