Edan Gross

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Edan Gross
Born (1978-10-10) October 10, 1978 (age 46)
United States
Other namesEdon Gross
Occupation(s)Businessman, actor
Years active1985–1999

Edan Gross (born October 10, 1978) is an American businessman and former child actor.

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Career

He appeared in many guest spots on television programs in the 1980s and 1990s including Cheers , Murphy Brown , The Golden Girls , Empty Nest , Newhart , Highway to Heaven , Married... with Children , Northern Exposure , and Herman's Head . He was also featured as a regular on the short-lived sitcoms Sweet Surrender (NBC, 1987), Free Spirit (ABC, 1989–1990) and Walter & Emily (NBC, 1991–1992). Additionally, Gross was the voice of the Good Guy dolls in Child's Play , [1] the "Corky doll" from the Cricket doll series, the title character of the animated series Little Dracula , [2] Flounder on the animated series The Little Mermaid [3] and Waif in the computer game Return to Zork .

He also voiced Tyrone Turtle on Tiny Toon Adventures , Christopher Robin on the Christmas special Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too , Merton on the ABC Weekend Special Runaway Ralph , Bitsy on the Yogi Bear special Yogi's Great Escape and did various voices on The Ren and Stimpy Show , TaleSpin , Pound Puppies , ProStars , Timeless Tales from Hallmark, Superman and Wally on the television special The Halloween Tree .

He was the president of 3TAC Distribution, Inc. from December 17, 2013, until its dissolution on April 1, 2016.

Filmography

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Video games

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