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1590: 282:, which ran in original episodes from 1983–1990. Bagdasarian Jr. has voiced David Seville in all official animated and recorded incarnations of David Seville since taking over for his father in the 1970s, including TV series, animated specials, and 329:. While Ross Bagdasarian Jr. does not do any voices for the film series, the films are all produced in association with Bagdasarian Productions, which owns the rights to all of the characters. 260:, based on the Alvin and the Chipmunks group, where he voiced the semi-fictional character David Seville, based largely on himself, with Alvin based on Ross's sometimes rebellious son Adam. 53: 819: 1331: 1274: 1234: 1281: 931: 1614: 846: 1639: 1294: 995: 247: 1346: 1171: 1009: 1481: 514: 1489: 1324: 716: 696: 536: 409: 391: 287: 278: 1446: 605: 309: 270:
when his father died in 1972. He reprised the David Seville character, first in a series of novelty albums beginning with 1980's
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is a fictional character, the adoptive father and producer and manager of the fictional singing group
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in the 1950s. One of the records, recorded in 1958 under the David Seville stage name, was "
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prior to the creation of the Chipmunks, while writing and recording
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This article is about a fictional character. For the creator of
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productions. He most recently voiced the character in the
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also portrays David Seville in the live-action films,
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Index

Ross Bagdasarian
Alvin and the Chipmunks

The Alvin Show
Ross Bagdasarian
Jason Lee
Ross Bagdasarian Jr.
Alvin
Simon
Theodore Seville
American
chipmunks.com
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Ross Bagdasarian
stage name
novelty records
Witch Doctor
The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)
music producer
The Alvin Show
Ross Bagdasarian Jr.
Bagdasarian Productions
Chipmunk Punk
Alvin and the Chipmunks
direct-to-video
2015 TV show version
Jason Lee
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked

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