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Nickname:	The Perfect Fool
Known for:	Alice in Wonderland, Mary Poppins, The Diary of Anne Frank
Birth name:	Isaiah Edwin Leopold
Birthday:	9 November 1886, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Father of actor Keenan Wynn, with whom he appeared in Disney's 'The Absent Minded Professor' (1961). (The two had also appeared in the previously cited "Requiem".) Provided both the physical likeness and the off-screen voice of the Mad Hatter in Disney's animated 'Alice in Wonderland' (1951). Interred along with his son Keenan Wynn at Forest Lawn, Glendale, CA., in the Great Mausoleum, Holly entrance, Daffodil Corridor. The epitaph on his niche reads: "Dear God, Thank You." Grandfather of Ned Wynn and Tracy Keenan Wynn Wynn was originally slated to play the title role in MGM's "The Wizard Of Oz". He turned the part down .....believing it was "way too small ...."! Directed many plays and musicals before becoming an actor. Suffered from Parkinson's Disease in his later years. Recieved the Disney award "the Mouscar" during the wrap party of "Babes in Toyland"

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