According to The Guardian, Dunagan was six when he voiced the young deer in the classic cartoon, with an assistant director instructing him to pretend his own mother had died Donnie Dunagan, who voiced Bambi in the Walt Disney classic, as well as playing the son of Frankenstein opposite…
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Donnie Dunagan, original voice of Disney’s Bambi and triple Purple Heart marine, dies aged 92
By Marcus Reed
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The report, filed in our Culture section, was first published by The Guardian on Monday, November 9.
Background
Donnie Dunagan: Donald Roan Dunagan was an American actor and U.S. Marine Corps major. He was best known for portraying the young son of Baron Frankenstein in Son of Frankenstein (1939) and for providing the voice of young Bambi in Bambi (1942).
Purple Heart: The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the president to those wounded or killed while serving on or after 5 April 1917, with the U.S. military. With its forerunner, the Badge of Military Merit, which took the form of a heart made of purple cloth, the Purple Heart is the oldest military award still given to U.S. military members.
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