Leo De Lyon

Who is Leo De Lyon?

Leo De Lyon is an American voice actor famous for his role as Spook and Brain in the cartoon Top Cat. In the mid- and late 1970s he performed on stage as pianist and vocal entertainer and was musical director for several artists s.a. Sandler and Young. He co-starred with Bob Haymes and Dorothy Loudon in the short-lived DuMont Television Network sitcom It's a Business. He appeared at the London Palladium in 1956 with the Platters and Lonnie Donegan. His specialty on this show was singing and whistling two different tunes at the same time. In 1962, he did a character voice on a recording of a song written by Al Lerner for a young artist named David Lucas for Doris Day and husband Marty Melcher's Arwin Records. The song was performed by Pookie and Hippy of The Soupy Sales Show. Leo did a fabulous "Guttural" hook "Uga Uga Boola, Uga Boola Boola Uga". He also voiced Flunkey the baboon in Disney's 1967's Jungle Book.

He also recorded a 45 rpm release for Musicor, label number 1001, under Leo DeLyon and the Musclemen: "Sick Manny's Gym" / "Plunkin". The Musclemen included Al Kooper on guitar and Eric Krackow on bass.