- Born
- Died
- Bill Lee was born on August 21, 1916 in Johnson, Nebraska, USA. He was an actor, known for One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961), Give a Girl a Break (1953) and Charlotte's Web (1973). He died on November 15, 1980 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Children
- He frequently dubbed the singing voices of non-singing actors, and his daughter Diana Lee also worked in this field.
- Performed as part of The Anita Kerr Singers.
- Sang the theme song to Bat Masterson.
- Lee provided the singing voice for Christopher Plummer in The Sound of Music, for John Kerr in South Pacific, and John Gavin in Thoroughly Modern Millie.
- Much of Lee's best-known work is as part of the popular singing quartet known as The Mellomen, founded by Thurl Ravenscroft. It was Lee, rather than Ravenscroft, who provided Shere Khan's sung line during "That's What Friends Are For" in The Jungle Book. Richard M. Sherman confirmed this fact on the audio commentary on its 2007 DVD release. Though George Sanders, Shere Khan's voice actor, was an accomplished singer, he was not available during the finalized recording of the song.
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