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name: "George Pelling"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/george-pelling"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "25 October 1914"
died: "2 December 2008"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 84
updated: "2026-09-17T06:11:26.863680+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# George Pelling

Actor. Born 25 October 1914 in Salisbury, South Rhodesia. Died 2 December 2008.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 25 October 1914, Salisbury, South Rhodesia
- **Died:** 2 December 2008
- **Active:** 1957–1961
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 87 (1), 1960s 82 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27147684, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0671206/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/100975

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*One Hundred and One Dalmatians*](https://film.one/film/one-hundred-and-one-dalmatians.md) (82)

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## Biography

George Pelling was an actor. Born on 25 October 1914 in Salisbury, South Rhodesia, he later became a naturalised United States citizen. He died on 2 December 2008 in Laguna Woods, California.

Pelling provided the voice of Danny the Great Dane in the Disney animated film *One Hundred and One Dalmatians* (1961). He appeared in numerous films and television series, often in small or uncredited roles, including *Witness for the Prosecution* (1957), *20 Million Miles to Earth* (1957), episodes of *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* and *The Alfred Hitchcock Hour*, *The Outer Limits* (1963), *King Rat* (1965) and *Brainstorm* (1965). During the Second World War he served as a flight officer in the Royal Air Force; after his plane was shot down he was held as a prisoner of war in Stalag Luft III, where he took part in the tunnel-digging efforts that led to the Great Escape.

*Sources: imdb.com, wikitree.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *One Hundred and One Dalmatians* (1961), Fi1m 82, as Danny (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/one-hundred-and-one-dalmatians.md)
- *Witness for the Prosecution* (1957), Fi1m 87, as (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/witness-for-the-prosecution.md)

## Also known for

- *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), Bert, Clifton, Johnson, Mr. Schiller, Lane, Train Ticket Inspector
- *20 Million Miles to Earth* (1957), Reporter Maples (uncredited)
- *The Outer Limits* (1963), Policeman
- *The Alfred Hitchcock Hour* (1962), Sergeant, Conductor
- *King Rat* (1965), Major Barry
- *The Notorious Landlady* (1962), Ticket Agent (uncredited)

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