Changes: George Carlin

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George Denis Patrick Carlin was an American stand-up comedian, actor, social critic, and author (who was noted for the Seven dirty words comedy routine). He was best known for his roles as Rufus in the Bill & Ted film franchise, and for narrating the first four seasons (replacing Ringo Starr in the first two) of the long running children's television series Thomas & Friends from 1991 to 1995, and for portraying Mr. Conductor on Shining Time Station from Season 2 to Season 3.

For Disney, he voiced Zugor in the 2005 Disney direct-to-DVD film Tarzan II and Fillmore in the 2006 Disney/Pixar film, Cars and several video games. Lloyd Sherr replaced him as the voice of Fillmore in Cars 2 after his death in 2008. He also played Frank Madras in Outrageous Fortune and Bart Trinke in the Miramax Films film, Jersey Girl.

He was mentioned in the The Muppets episode "Hostile Makeover".

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 {{Infobox Real Person
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 |name = George Carlin
-|born = George Denis Patrick Carlin<br>[[May 12]], [[1937]]<br>[[New York|New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], [[United States]]
+|born = George Denis Patrick Carlin<br>[[May 12]], [[1937]]<br>[[New York City]], [[New York]], [[United States]]
 |died = [[June 22]], [[2008]] (aged 71)<br>Santa Monica, [[California]], United States
 |cause of death = [[Wikipedia:Heart failure|Heart failure]]
 |nationality = [[File:Flag of the United States.png|20px]] American
-|occupation(s) = Stand-up comedian, actor, social critic, satirist, author
+|occupation(s) = Stand-up comedian, actor, social critic, author
 |years active = [[1956]]-[[2008]]
 |spouse = Brenda Hosbrook ([[1961]]-[[1997]]; her death)<br>Sally Wade ([[1998]]-[[2008]]; his death)
-|children = Kelly Carlin}}'''George Denis Patrick Carlin''' was an American stand-up comedian, actor, social critic, satirist and author (who was noted for the [[wikipedia:Seven dirty words|Seven dirty words]] comedy routine). He was best known for his roles as Rufus in the ''Bill & Ted'' film franchise, and for narrating the long running children's television series ''[[w:c:ttte:Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends|Thomas &amp; Friends]]'' from [[1991]] to [[1995]], and for portraying Mr. Conductor on ''[[w:c:shiningtimestation:Shining Time Station (television series)|Shining Time Station]]'' from Season 2 to Season 3.
+|children = Kelly Carlin}}'''George Denis Patrick Carlin''' was an American stand-up comedian, actor, social critic, and author (who was noted for the [[wikipedia:Seven dirty words|Seven dirty words]] comedy routine). He was best known for his roles as Rufus in the ''Bill & Ted'' film franchise, and for narrating the first four seasons (replacing [[Ringo Starr]] in the first two) of the long running children's television series ''[[w:c:ttte:Thomas & Friends|Thomas & Friends]]'' from [[1991]] to [[1995]], and for portraying Mr. Conductor on ''[[w:c:shiningtimestation:Shining Time Station (television series)|Shining Time Station]]'' from Season 2 to Season 3.
-For [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]], he voiced [[Zugor]] in the [[2005]] Disney direct-to-DVD film ''[[Tarzan II]]'' and [[Fillmore (Cars)|Fillmore]] in the [[2006]] Disney/[[Pixar]] film ''[[Cars]]'' and several games. [[Lloyd Sherr]] replaced him as the voice of [[Fillmore (Cars)|Fillmore]] in ''[[Cars 2]]'' after his death in 2008. He also played Frank Madras in ''[[Outrageous Fortune]]'' and Bart Trinke in ''[[Jersey Girl]]''.
+For [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]], he voiced [[Zugor]] in the [[2005]] Disney direct-to-DVD film ''[[Tarzan II]]'' and [[Fillmore (Cars)|Fillmore]] in the [[2006]] [[Walt Disney Pictures|Disney]]/[[Pixar]] film, ''[[Cars]]'' and several video games. [[Lloyd Sherr]] replaced him as the voice of [[Fillmore (Cars)|Fillmore]] in ''[[Cars 2]]'' after his death in [[2008]]. He also played Frank Madras in [[Outrageous Fortune|''Outrageous Fortune'']] and Bart Trinke in the [[Miramax Films]] film, ''Jersey Girl''.
 He was mentioned in the ''[[The Muppets (TV series)|The Muppets]]'' episode "[[Hostile Makeover]]".
 ==Disney Roles==
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+<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" spacing="small">
-Zugor.jpg|[[Zugor]]
+Zugor.jpg|'''[[Zugor]]'''<br>(''[[Tarzan II]]'')
-Fillmore.png|[[Fillmore (Cars)|Fillmore]] (''[[Cars]]'', ''[[Cars (video game)|Cars: The Video Game]]'', ''[[Cars Toons]]'' (archive footage))
+Fillmore.png|'''[[Fillmore (Cars)|Fillmore]]'''<br>(''[[Cars]]'', ''[[Cars (video game)|Cars: The Video Game]]'', ''[[Cars Toons]]'' (archive footage))
--26348.gif|Bart Trinké
+-26348.gif|'''Bart Trinké'''<br>(''Jersey Girl'')
-_full.jpg|Frank Madras
+_full.jpg|'''Frank Madras'''<br>(''[[Outrageous Fortune]]'')
-</gallery>
-==Gallery==
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-George Carlin 2.jpg
 </gallery>
 ==External links==
 * [http://www.georgecarlin.com Official website]
+* {{WP}}
-* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Carlin The Wikipedia article on George Carlin]
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