John McLeish(1916-1968)

Play trailer0:51

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)

John McLeish was born on 10 May 1916 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He was an actor and writer, known for Fantasia (1940), The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949) and Carnival Courage (1945). He was married to Lila Dorothea Wead. He died on 30 October 1968 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Known for

7.7

6.8

5.8

Short

Short

Walt Disney Cartoon Classics Vol. 10: Starring Pluto & Fifi
Video
- 1987
The Magical World of Disney
8.3
TV Series
- Narrator (voice)
- 1955
Home Made Home
6.5
Short
- Narrator (voice, uncredited)
- 1951
Motor Mania
7.5
Short
- Narrator
- Mr. Wheeler (some lines) (uncredited)
- 1950
How to Ride a Horse
6.7
Short
- Narrator (voice, uncredited)
- 1950
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
6.8
- Prosecutor (voice, as John Ployardt)
- 1949
The Wind in the Willows
7.2
Short
- Prosecutor (voice, as John Ployardt)
- 1949
Goofy Gymnastics
7.1
Short
- Narrator (voice, uncredited)
- 1949
The Rover Boys in Peril
Short
- Narrator (uncredited)
- 1948
Simple Siren
5.5
Short
- Policeman (uncredited)
- 1945
River Ribber
4.9
Short
- Professor Small
- Mr. Tall
- Ghost Captain (uncredited)
- 1945
Carnival Courage
5.8
Short
- Narrator
- Ringer (uncredited)
- 1945
The Egg-Yegg
5.6
Short
- Radio Man (uncredited)
- 1944
As the Fly Flies
4.5
Short
- Narrator
- Tour Guiders (uncredited)
- 1944
The Case of the Screaming Bishop
5.1
Short
- Hairlock Combs
- Dr. Gotsum
- 'X' (uncredited) ...
- 1944

A World is Born
7.3
Short
- story development and research
- 1955
River Ribber
4.9
Short
- story
- 1945
Carnival Courage
5.8
Short
- story
- 1945
Treasure Jest
5.8
Short
- story
- 1945
The Case of the Screaming Bishop
5.1
Short
- story
- 1944
Mr. Fore by Fore
5.1
Short
- story
- 1944
Giddy-Yapping
5.2
Short
- story
- 1944
Lionel Lion
Short
- story
- 1944
The Rocky Road to Ruin
5.0
Short
- story
- 1943
Room and Bored
6.3
Short
- story
- 1943
Professor Small and Mr. Tall
6.4
Short
- story
- 1943
How to Fish
6.7
Short
- story (uncredited)
- 1942
Bambi
7.3
- story development (uncredited)
- 1942
Fantasia
7.7
- story development and research (segment "Rite of Spring", as John Fraser McLeish)
- 1940

Trivia
With William Copley, McLeish opened the Copley Galleries in Beverly Hills in 1948 to display surrealist art. Some of the artists included Man Ray, Rene Magritte and Ernst Buthe. The gallery closed after just one year.