SEBASTIAN CABOT BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:
 
Sebastian Cabot was born on July 6th, 1918 in London, England with the birth name Charles Sebastian Thomas Cabot.  When his fathers business suffered financial hardship, he dropped out of school at the age of fourteen and found a number of different jobs to help support his family. 
 
Cabot worked as a garage mechanic, a chef, a professional wrestler in London before World War II and before getting involved in the entertainment industry, he was a chauffeur to a British actor, Frank Pettingell.  
 
He began working in the entertainment industry in the mid 30's with bit parts on such films as, "Foreign Affaires" (1935), "Secret Agent" (1936), "Love on Dole" and "Pimpernel Smith" (both 1941).
 
During World War II he entertained the troops and directly following the end of the war, Cabot made his London stage debut in 1945 in a production of, "A Bell for Adano".  He then relocated to Hollywood and began working on American made films such as, "Third Time Lucky" (1949), "The Spider and the Fly" (1949), "Jungle Treasure" (1951) and "Babes in Baghdad" (1952).  
 
Along with film work, Cabot also did a number of voice over projects such as the voice of Noah in the biblical musical play, "The Flood" (1962) and for Walt Disney's animated films, "Jungle Book" (1967), "The Sword in the Stone" (1963) and two Winnie the Pooh films, "Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day" (1968) and "Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree" (1966).
 
Cabot also appeared on a number of television shows such as, "The Beachcomber", "The Twilight Zone", "Checkmate", "Bonanza" and his most remembered role as, Giles French on the sitcom, "Family Affair" which aired on CBS.
 
Cabot married only once in 1940 and remained with his one and only wife, Kay till his passing at the age of fifty nine on August 22nd, 1977 in North Saanich, British Columbia after suffering from a stroke and having three children, Annette, Yvonne and Christopher.  He is interred at Pierce Brothers Westwood Memorial Park in Los Angeles, California. 
 

Filmography

1977 The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh 
1974 Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too 
1974 Man, Monsters and Mysteries
1974 The City That Forgot About Christmas
1973 Miracle on 34th Street 
1973 Search 
1972 Circle of Fear 
1971 McCloud
1961-1971 The Red Skelton Hour
1966-1971 Family Affair 
1970 The Governor & J.J. 
1970 To Rome with Love 
1970 Foreign Exchange
1969 The Spy Killer
1968 Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day
1968 Journey to Midnight 
1956-1967 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color 
1967 The Jungle Book 
1966 Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree 
1965 The Beverly Hillbillies 
1965 The Bravo Duke
1965 The Family Jewels
1965 Mister Ed
1964 My Three Sons n
1964 Suspense
1963 The Sword in the Stone 
1963 Twice-Told Tales
1962-1963 The Dick Powell Theatre 
1962 The Beachcomber 
1960-1962 Checkmate 
1962 The Flood
1960 The Islanders
1960 The Time Machine 
1960 Twilight Zone 
1960 Seven Thieves
1960 Pony Express
1960 Bonanza
1960 Man with a Camera 
1959 Hotel de Paree
1959 Mantelli e spade insanguinate 
1959 The Angry Hills 
1959 Markham
1959 Say One for Me
1959 The Redeemer 
1959 The Third Man
1958 Shirley Temple Theatre 
1958 In Love and War
1958 Terror in a Texas Town 
1958 Climax! 
1958 Suspicion 
1958 Le imprese di una spada leggendaria
1958 Telephone Time 
1958 The Adventures of McGraw 
1957 Schlitz Playhouse
1957 Zorro
1957 Cheyenne 
1957 G.E. True Theater
1957 Black Patch 
1957 La spada imbattibile 
1957 Omar Khayyam 
1957 Johnny Tremain 
1957 The King's Musketeers 
1957 Dragoon Wells Massacre
1955-1957 Gunsmoke 
1956-1957 The Adventures of Hiram Holliday
1957 Playhouse 
1957 Stryker of the Yard
1956 Westward Ho the Wagons! 
1956 Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre 
1956 The Three Musketeers 
1956 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 Kismet 
1955 Conrad Nagel Theater 
1954 Knights of the Queen 
1954 Romeo and Juliet 
1954 The Love Lottery 
1953 Always a Bride
1953 The Captain's Paradise
1953 Rheingold Theatre
1953 Heights of Danger 
1953 Her Three Bachelors
1953 The Affair at Assino
1952 Babes in Bagdad 
1952 Ivanhoe 
1951 Sherlock Holmes 
1951 Laughter in Paradise 
1951 BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
1951 Wonder Boy 
1951 Jungle Treasure 
1950 Midnight Episode 
1949 The Spider and the Fly
1949 Old Mother Riley's New Venture 
1949 Dick Barton Strikes Back 
1949 Third Time Lucky 
1949 The Adventures of Jane 
1948 Dual Alibi 
1947 I Became a Criminal 
1946 Othello
1946 Teheran 
1945 The Agitator 
1943 Old Mother Riley Detective 
1943 Old Mother Riley Overseas 
1941 Jeannie 
1941 'Pimpernel' Smith 
1941 Love on the Dole 
1935 Foreign Affaires