Francis "Dink" Trout was an American actor and radio personality, who provided the voice for Bootle Beetle in the Donald Duck shorts Bootle Beetle (1947), Sea Salts (1949), and The Greener Yard (1949). In Morris, the Midget Moose (1950), he lent his voice to Balsam and reprised his role as Bootle Beetle. He also played Bob Peters the Station Agent in So Dear to My Heart (1948). His final film performance was as the voice of the King of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland (1951), which was released over a year after his death.
In 1927, Trout had his own musical program on WOR in Newark, New Jersey before becoming more involved with American radios, like The Life of Riley, The Dennis Day Show, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, The Cass Daley Show, The Nebbs, The Jim Backus Show, and as Luke Spears in Lum and Abner.
Trout's film credits included Under Your Spell, Notorious, Miss Polly, Sudan, and Gildersleeve's Bad Day, in which he often went uncredited. His mostly recognized film role is that of Pliny Pickett in Scattergood Baines. He would reprise the role in Scattergood Baines Pulls the Strings and Cinderella Swings It.
He also played Phink, the pressure cooker salesman in the unaired Three Stooges TV pilot Jerks of All Trades.
Trout died on March 26, 1950 in Hollywood after having major surgery.
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(Morris, the Midget Moose)
