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Bill Shirley
Acting
Born July 6, 1921 · Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Died August 27, 1989
Also known as William Jesse "Bill" Shirley · William Jesse Shirley
Biography
William Jesse Shirley (July 6, 1921 – August 27, 1989) was an American actor and tenor/lyric baritone singer who later became a Broadway theatre producer. He is perhaps best known as the speaking and singing voice of Prince Phillip in Walt Disney's 1959 animated classic Sleeping Beauty and for dubbing Jeremy Brett's singing voice in the 1964 film version of My Fair Lady. Description above from the Wikipedia Bill Shirley licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography5 titles

Sleeping Beauty
1959as Prince Phillip (voice)
1959as Prince Phillip (voice)

Flying Tigers
1942as Dale
1942as Dale

Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
1952as Bruce Martingale
1952as Bruce Martingale

Doctors Don't Tell
1941as Tom Wayne
1941as Tom Wayne

I Dream of Jeanie
1952as Stephen Foster
1952as Stephen Foster