The Stingiest Man in Town 45 years old

Meet Scrooge...

The Stingiest Man in Town

This cartoon version of A Christmas Carol hails from the production house of Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass--the team that brought you just about every other Christmas special you saw as a kid (including Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer). Reinvented as a 49-minute musical ghost story, Stingiest stars the voice of Walter Matthau as the bedeviled Scrooge and Tom Bosley as the Jiminy Cricket-type narrator, B. Humbug, Esq.

Credits

The Stingiest Man in Town Cast

Name Character
Theodore Bikel He was 54, 91 years old when he died as Marley's Ghost (voice)
Walter Matthau He was 58, 79 years old when he died as Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
Paul Frees He was 58, 66 years old when he died as Ghost of Christmas Past / Ghost of Christmas Present (voice)
Robert Morse He was 47, now 93 years old as Young Scrooge (voice)
Tom Bosley He was 51, 83 years old when he died as B.A.H. Humbug (voice)
Dennis Day He was 62, 72 years old when he died as Nephew Fred (voice)
Sonny Melendrez He was 32, now 78 years old as Bob Cratchit (voice)

The Stingiest Man in Town Crew

Name Department
Charles Dickens as Story. He was 166 (58) years old when He died Writing
Jules Bass as Director. He was 43 (now 89) years old Directing
Arthur Rankin, Jr. as Director. He was 54 (now 100) years old Directing
Romeo Muller as Writer. He was 50 (64) years old when He died Writing
The Stingiest Man in Town poster
The Stingiest Man in Town (45 years)

Meet Scrooge...

  • Release day: Saturday, December 23, 1978
  • Runtime: 51 minutes