| Peter Behn | |
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| Born | July 4, 1934 (age 76) San Francisco, California |
Peter Behn (b. July 4, 1934) is an American voice actor. He is best known for providing the voice of the young Thumper in the film Bambi.
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Peter Behn was born on 4 July, 1934 in San Francisco, California to Harry Behn (1889-1973), a screenwriter and children's author, and his wife Alice Behn (nee Lawrence, 1905-1989). He had two other siblings: a brother named Prescott and a sister named Pamela. Behn's paternal grandfather Henry was German and his paternal grandmother Maren (nee Christensen) was Danish. His family lived in Arizona and Greenwich, Connecticut. Behn was educated at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, where he was a member of the school's swim team. After graduating, he went onto attend Yale University and serve two years in the United States Army.[1]
Behn's only film role to date is voicing the young Thumper in the 1942 Disney film Bambi, a role he was actually uncredited for. Though a small role, the character Thumper and the movie Bambi are cultural icons, giving Behn immortality among Disney fans of all generations. Behn appeared in a documentary about the making of Bambi in 1994. He was 6 years old when he voiced the role.
As an adult, Behn moved to Warren, Vermont in 1964, where he worked as a real estate broker. He had two sons and one daughter by his first wife, Ulla Behn (nee Nielsen). Behn retired to Park City, Utah in 1997, where he lives in a passive solar home.[2] He later remarried to Pam Pease. Behn has two sons named Nils and Christopher, one daughter named Kirsten, and one stepson named Jude. He has eight grandchildren named Ally, Bodil, Haley, Hana, Hunter, Kyle, Lexi, and Milo.