Ernst Stavro Blofeld and Christoph Waltz, among others. It was initially a convention of the films not to show Blofeld's face, only a close-up of him stroking his white, blue-eyed Persian cat. Many of Blofeld's characteristics have become tropes in popular fiction, representing the stock character of the supervillain, with the stroking of his white cat often retained as a parodic allusion to Blofeld's character, as seen in the "Austin Powers" film series with the character of Dr. Evil and his cat Mr. Bigglesworth, or in the cartoons "Inspector Gadget" with the character of Dr. Claw and "Danger Mouse" with the character of
Mr. Magoo by Dennis Farnon and his orchestra. Side 2, "The Mother Magoo Suite", was a series of musical pieces which included two solos by Marni Nixon. In 1959, Mr. Magoo starred in "1001 Arabian Nights", directed by Jack Kinney, UPA's first feature-length production. In 1997, the live-action comedy film "Mr. Magoo" was produced by Walt Disney Pictures on December 25, 1997 and starred Leslie Nielsen as the title character. The film received negative reviews from critics In 2010, a direct-to-video action-comedy film based on the character, "Kung Fu Magoo", was released on DVD on May 11, 2010. It features the voices