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Melvin "Mel" Jerome Blanc (May 30, 1908 – July 10, 1989) was an American voice actor and comedian. Although he began his nearly six-decade-long career performing in radio and television commercials, Blanc is best known for his work with Warner Bros. during the Golden Age of American animation (and later... Read enhanced Wikipedia article
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Harry Shearer (In a SFGate Podcast, Shearer said one person who took him under his wing during his early days in show business was voice actor Mel Blanc, who voiced many animated characters such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Yosemite Sam, and Tweety Bird, just to name a few.)

Froot Loops The character was originally voiced by Mel Blanc; although, the longest-running voicing of the character was performed by Paul Frees as an imitation of the English-accented Ronald Colman.

Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs The other characters, including the Sebben Dwarfs, are voiced by standard Warner voice artist Mel Blanc.

Frito Bandito The character was voiced by Mel Blanc, who used an exaggerated Mexican accent not unlike another character of his, Speedy Gonzales.

Mel Blanc Blanc soon became noted for voicing a wide variety of cartoon characters, adding Bugs Bunny, Tweety Bird, Pepé Le Pew and many others.

Mel Blanc Blanc continued to voice his famous characters in commercials and TV specials for most of the decade, although he increasingly left the "yelling" characters like Yosemite Sam, Foghorn Leghorn and the Tasmanian Devil to other voice actors, as performing these were too hard on his throat and voice by the time of his old age in the 1980s.

Mel Blanc Besides these, Blanc also voiced many minor and one time characters.

Dick Tracy Everett Sloane voiced Tracy, while Mel Blanc voiced many of the other characters, including "Go-Go" Gomez, Joe Jitsu, Hemlock Holmes and Heap O'Calorie.

The Dick Tracy Show Everett Sloane voiced Tracy, while Mel Blanc and Paul Frees voiced many of the other characters, including:

Toucan Sam The cartoon character Toucan Sam was created by Manuel R.Vega and originally voiced by Mel Blanc, using an ordinary American accent.

Tom-ic Energy The alley cat speaks in a French accent strongly reminscient of Looney Tunes character Pepe Le Pew; not surprisingly, both characters are voiced by Mel Blanc and created by Chuck Jones.

Mel Blanc voiced voice

Mel Blanc He took over as Porky Pig's voice in Porky's Duck Hunt, which marked the debut of Daffy Duck, also voiced by Blanc.

A-Lad-In His Lamp The voice of Bugs Bunny and Caliph Hassan Pfeiffer is voiced by Mel Blanc and the voice of the Genie is played by Jim Backus (who would later be famous for voicing cartoon character Mr. Magoo) in one of his first professional roles.

Mel Blanc voiced stars

Arthur Q. Bryan Along with Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Porky Pig, all voiced by Mel Blanc, one of Warner's early big stars was Bryan's Elmer Fudd.

Arthur Quirk Bryan Along with Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Porky Pig, all voiced by Mel Blanc, one of Warner's early big stars was Bryan's Elmer Fudd.

Mel Blanc voiced Duck

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV series) Rogers is aided in his adventures by his friend and semi-romantic interest, Colonel Wilma Deering, played by Erin Gray, and his comic sidekick robot, Twiki, voiced by Mel Blanc (who had previously voiced Daffy Duck as Duck Dodgers in spoofs of the early Buck Rogers and other science fiction serials).

Who Framed Roger Rabbit Mel Blanc voiced Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety Bird, Porky Pig and Sylvester the Cat.

Mel Blanc voiced Woody

Woody Woodpecker Woody was originally voiced by prolific voice actor Mel Blanc, who was succeeded by Ben Hardaway and later by Grace Stafford, wife of Walter Lantz.woody is known for his murders in the CONTANENT USA

The Barber of Seville (cartoon) The audio for this opening sequence is lifted from Woody's first starring appearance in the 1941 cartoon Woody Woodpecker, in which Woody was voiced by Mel Blanc.

Mel Blanc voiced Porky

Mel Blanc He also voiced Porky Pig for almost the exact same amount of time as Daffy — since the same cartoon (Porky's Duck Hunt) through to his death, though Porky was not originally voiced by Blanc.

Porky's Duck Hunt Also notable is that this is the first cartoon in which Mel Blanc voices both Porky and Daffy. originally scheduled to voice the duck, Blanc won the part of Porky earlier that year.

Mel Blanc voiced Bugs Bunny

Who Framed Roger Rabbit Mel Blanc voiced Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety Bird, Porky Pig and Sylvester the Cat.

Hare Conditioned It stars Bugs Bunny, who was voiced by Mel Blanc.

Mel Blanc voiced Buggy

Dune buggy The 1973 cartoon series Speed Buggy featured an anthropomorphic dune buggy, voiced by Mel Blanc.

Meyers Manx The 1973 cartoon series Speed Buggy featured an anthopomorphic Dune Buggy voiced by Mel Blanc.

Mel Blanc voiced father

Sylvester Junior Mel Blanc voiced both father and son.

Strange Brew The McKenzie's father is voiced by famous voice actor Mel Blanc.

Mel Blanc voiced Speedy Gonzales

Speedy Gonzales (song) It also incorporated Mel Blanc voicing Speedy Gonzales in the cartoons.

Mel Blanc voiced Program

Azusa Civic Center A popular running gag on the long-running radio comedy The Jack Benny Program involved a railroad conductor, voiced by Mel Blanc, calling out, "Train leaving now for Anaheim, Azusa and Cucamonga."

Mel Blanc voiced Bird

Who Framed Roger Rabbit Mel Blanc voiced Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety Bird, Porky Pig and Sylvester the Cat.

Mel Blanc voiced include

Dick Tracy Everett Sloane voiced Tracy, while Mel Blanc voiced many of the other characters, including "Go-Go" Gomez, Joe Jitsu, Hemlock Holmes and Heap O'Calorie.

Mel Blanc voiced O'Calorie

Dick Tracy Everett Sloane voiced Tracy, while Mel Blanc voiced many of the other characters, including "Go-Go" Gomez, Joe Jitsu, Hemlock Holmes and Heap O'Calorie.

Mel Blanc voiced Joe Jitsu

Dick Tracy Everett Sloane voiced Tracy, while Mel Blanc voiced many of the other characters, including "Go-Go" Gomez, Joe Jitsu, Hemlock Holmes and Heap O'Calorie.

Mel Blanc voiced Hemlock Holmes

Dick Tracy Everett Sloane voiced Tracy, while Mel Blanc voiced many of the other characters, including "Go-Go" Gomez, Joe Jitsu, Hemlock Holmes and Heap O'Calorie.

Mel Blanc voiced series

Dune buggy The 1973 cartoon series Speed Buggy featured an anthropomorphic dune buggy, voiced by Mel Blanc.

Mel Blanc voiced anthopomorphic

Meyers Manx The 1973 cartoon series Speed Buggy featured an anthopomorphic Dune Buggy voiced by Mel Blanc.

Mel Blanc voiced Daffy.

Porky's Duck Hunt Also notable is that this is the first cartoon in which Mel Blanc voices both Porky and Daffy. originally scheduled to voice the duck, Blanc won the part of Porky earlier that year.

Mel Blanc voiced film

Two Guys from Texas The film is perhaps best remembered today for featuring an animated cameo appearance of cartoon character Bugs Bunny, voiced by Mel Blanc.

Mel Blanc voiced Pig

Who Framed Roger Rabbit Mel Blanc voiced Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety Bird, Porky Pig and Sylvester the Cat.

Mel Blanc voiced mice

Assault and Peppered Mel Blanc voiced Daffy Duck Speedy Gonzales and the mice.

Mel Blanc voiced Göring

Hermann Göring Mel Blanc voiced a bumbling Göring, called "Fatso" by Bugs Bunny, in the Merrie Melody cartoon Herr Meets Hare, directed in 1945 by Friz Freleng.

Mel Blanc voiced artist

List of Jewish American entertainers Mel Blanc (1908-89) American voice artist

Mel Blanc voiced Hawk

Scrappy-Doo This would have been interesting, considering Scrappy's connection to Henery Hawk, who was voiced by Blanc.

Mel Blanc voiced Gruesome

Gorilla My Dreams When Mrs. Gruesome (also voiced by Blanc, using a falsetto) spots Bugs floating in his barrel, she takes him back to her treetop (at one point, yielding the right-of-way to a Tarzan look-alike).

Mel Blanc voiced deputy

Don Messick This character was paired with the slow-poke Deputy Droop-a-Long (Mel Blanc voiced the deputy).

Mel Blanc voiced parrots

List of Perry Mason episodes "The Case Of The Perjured Parrot"(Episode 2-11), the parrot in question in this episode is voiced by Mel Blanc.

Mel Blanc voiced version

Heathcliff (comic strip) Although Heathcliff did not speak in the comic strip, both animated versions of him were voiced by legendary voice actor Mel Blanc.

Mel Blanc voiced Cat

I Taw a Putty Tat It stars Tweety Bird and Sylvester the Cat, both voiced by Mel Blanc.

Mel Blanc voiced son

Sylvester Junior Mel Blanc voiced both father and son.

Mel Blanc voiced Twiki

Twiki Blanc's voicing for Twiki is somewhat of a cross between two of his characters from Merrie Melodies, namely Yosemite Sam and Porky Pig.

Mel Blanc voiced Bunny

A Hare Grows in Manhattan A Hare Grows In Manhattan is a 1947 Warner Bros. cartoon in the Merrie Melodies series, directed by Friz Freleng and starring Bugs Bunny (Mel Blanc voices the New York bunny).

Mel Blanc voiced Sylvester

Who Framed Roger Rabbit Mel Blanc voiced Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety Bird, Porky Pig and Sylvester the Cat.

Mel Blanc voiced Claude

Bunny and Claude Bunny was voiced by Pat Woodell and Claude was voiced by veteran WB voice actor Mel Blanc.

Mel Blanc voiced way

Mel Blanc The Warner cartoons were filled with references to the popular media of film and radio, including references to The Jack Benny Program, whose various gags frequently found their way into Warner scripts voiced by Blanc.

Mel Blanc voiced variety

Mel Blanc Blanc soon became noted for voicing a wide variety of cartoon characters, adding Bugs Bunny, Tweety Bird, Pepé Le Pew and many others.

Mel Blanc voiced be

Mr. Spacely This means the character has the distinction of being the last character to be voiced by legendary voice actor Blanc.

Mel Blanc voiced robot

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV series) Rogers is aided in his adventures by his friend and semi-romantic interest, Colonel Wilma Deering, played by Erin Gray, and his comic sidekick robot, Twiki, voiced by Mel Blanc (who had previously voiced Daffy Duck as Duck Dodgers in spoofs of the early Buck Rogers and other science fiction serials).

Mel Blanc voiced Foghorn

A Fractured Leghorn As usual, Foghorn is voiced by Mel Blanc, as is the cat.

Mel Blanc voiced Warner Bros. Pictures

List of films in which Merlin appears Knight-Mare Hare (1955) animated Warner Bros. Pictures voiced by Mel Blanc.

Mel Blanc voiced Gonzales

Assault and Peppered Mel Blanc voiced Daffy Duck Speedy Gonzales and the mice.

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Mel Blanc provided voice

Bugs Bunny In this cameo (animated by Robert McKimson with Mel Blanc providing voice), Bugs pops out of a rabbit hole, saying his usual catchphrase; Bugs then says, "I must be in the wrong picture" and then goes back in the hole.

Elmer Fudd Fudd was originally voiced by radio actor Arthur Q. Bryan, but twice in Bryan's lifetime the voice was provided by the versatile Mel Blanc.

Wabbit Twouble Mel Blanc provided the voices for Bugs and the bear, and Arthur Q. Bryan provided the voice for Elmer.

Pepé Le Pew Pepé's voice, provided by Mel Blanc, was based on Charles Boyer's Pépé le Moko from Algiers (1938), a remake of the 1937 French film Pépé le Moko. Eddie Selzer, animator producer—and Jones' bitterest foe—at Warners then, once commented that no one would laugh at those cartoons.

Mel Blanc In addition to hundreds of credited vocal roles, Blanc also provided many brief incidental voices and vocal effects for TV sitcoms, almost never receiving screen credit.

Mel Tormé So, he inhales a substance called "Eau de Tormé" and sings like Mel Tormé (who in fact provided the voice during this one scene, while Mel Blanc provided Daffy's voice during most of the cartoon).

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis Mel Blanc provides the bird's voice.

The Man Called Flintstone Mel Blanc once again provides the voice of Fred's sidekick, Barney Rubble.

Buck Rogers New characters added for the series included a comical robot named Twiki (embodied by Felix Silla, with voice provided by Mel Blanc), who becomes Buck's personal assistant, and Dr. Theopolis (voice by Eric Server), a computer brain Twiki carries around.

American humor Chuck Jones, Tex Avery, Friz Freleng and Mel Blanc (providing voices for many popular characters), were instrumental in these and many other animated shorts continued popularity.

Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt The voices of Bugs Bunny and Hiawatha were both provided by Mel Blanc.

Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels Captain Caveman's voice was provided by Mel Blanc.

Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur As usual, Mel Blanc provides the voice of Daffy here, while Casper was performed by Jack Lescoulie.

Operation: Rabbit It is also the first in which the Coyote speaks; his voice, like Bugs's, was provided by Mel Blanc.

Captain Hareblower It was directed by Friz Freleng and starred Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam, with both voices provided by Mel Blanc.

Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears Mel Blanc provides the voices of Bugs, and Papa Bear (using a raucous voice similar to Yosemite Sam only a little higher pitched).

Twiki Felix Silla provided the character's physical performance, while Mel Blanc provided the voice for the character in most episodes, except for a brief stretch during the show's second season, when he was voiced quite differently by Bob Elyea.

Daffy Doodles Mel Blanc provided the voices for the characters, and Warren Foster was the writer.

The Draft Horse Mel Blanc provided the voices.

Mel Blanc provided hiccups

Pinocchio (1940 film) However, Gideon's hiccups were provided by Blanc.

The Fox and the Cat In the 1940 Disney film Pinocchio, the Fox and the Cat are given the names J. Worthingthon Foulfellow (voiced by Walter Catlett) and Gideon (whose three hiccups in the film were provided by Mel Blanc).

Mel Blanc provided characters

Jack Benny The rest of Benny's cast included character actors and comedians: Sheldon Leonard (later a hugely successful television producer and creator) as a tight-lipped racetrack tout; Joseph Kearns as Ed, the superannuated guard to Jack's money vault; Verna Felton as Dennis Day's mother Frank Nelson, usually as an oily desk clerk or floorwalker, always greeting Benny with an eager Yeeeeeeesss?; singer/bandleader Bob Crosby (who succeeded Phil Harris in the early 1950s); Artie Auerbach as the Yiddish-accented Mr. Kitzel ("hoo, hoo, hoo!"); and the remarkably versatile Mel Blanc, who provided several characters' voices (Polly the parrot, the railroad-announcer ("Train leaving on track 5, for Anaheim, Azusa, and Cuc--amonga!")), as well as the famous sound of Benny's aging auto, a rackety Maxwell that was always on the verge of collapsing with a phat-phat-bang!

Mel Blanc provided impression

Abbott and Costello In both cartoons, Tedd Pierce (normally a storyman/writer for the cartoons) and Mel Blanc, respectively, provide good voice impressions of the comedy duo.

Mel Blanc provided effects

Mel Blanc In addition to hundreds of credited vocal roles, Blanc also provided many brief incidental voices and vocal effects for TV sitcoms, almost never receiving screen credit.

Mel Blanc provided bear

Wabbit Twouble Mel Blanc provided the voices for Bugs and the bear, and Arthur Q. Bryan provided the voice for Elmer.

Mel Blanc provided meows

Salem Saberhagen In the sitcom and DIC versions, Salem was voiced by actor Nick Bakay (in the Filmation version, Salem's meows were provided by Mel Blanc).

Mel Blanc provided music

Golden Yeggs Mel Blanc provided all the voices and Carl Stalling the music.

Mel Blanc provided accent

Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner In these cartoons, the coyote takes on the guise of a self-described "super genius" and speaks with a smooth, generic upper-class accent provided by Mel Blanc.

Mel Blanc provided characterisations

Private Snafu Voice characterizations were provided by the celebrated Mel Blanc (Private Snafu's voice was similar to Blanc's Bugs Bunny characterization).

Mel Blanc provided speech

Tasmanian Devil (Looney Tunes) The character's speech, peppered with growls, screeches, and raspberries, is provided by Mel Blanc.

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Mel Blanc performed voice

All Abir-r-rd All voices are performed by Mel Blanc except for the cameo by Tweety's owner, voiced by Bea Benaderet.

Mel Blanc Mel Blanc was hired to perform the voice of Gideon the Cat in Walt Disney's Pinocchio.

Along Came Daffy All voices are performed by Mel Blanc.

The Last Hungry Cat The voices were performed by Mel Blanc and an un-credit June Foray.

West of the Pesos The voices were performed by Mel Blanc.

Birds Anonymous The voices were performed by Mel Blanc.

Hillbilly Hare Mel Blanc performs the voices of Tuck Martin and Bugs.

Tweety's Circus The voices were performed by Mel Blanc.

Rebel Without Claws The voices were performed by Mel Blanc.

Bad Ol' Putty Tat Tweety's voice is performed by Mel Blanc, who also screams out Sylvester's pain in mid-film.

Ain't She Tweet The voices were performed by Mel Blanc.

Nasty Quacks Voices of the male characters are performed by Mel Blanc.

It's Nice to Have a Mouse Around the House The voices were performed by Mel Blanc and GeGe Pearson.

A Pest in the House Voices are performed by Mel Blanc and Arthur Q. Bryan.

Stupor Duck The voices were performed by Mel Blanc and Daws Butler; Butler — who voiced the narrator and the newspaper editor — was uncredited.

Baby Bottleneck All other character voices, including the narrator, were performed by Mel Blanc.

The Wabbit Who Came to Supper Mel Blanc performed all the voices, except for Elmer, who was voiced by Arthur Q. Bryan.

Mel Blanc performed characters

Mel Blanc While the younger Blanc has performed his father's characters (particularly Porky Pig) on some programs, he has chosen not to become a full-time voice artist.

Mel Blanc Blanc performed his Speedy Gonzales character in Pat Boone's 1962 hit record of "Speedy Gonzales."

Woody Woodpecker Woody's original voice actor, Mel Blanc, would stop performing the character after the first four cartoons to work exclusively for Leon Schlesinger Productions, producer of Warner Bros.' Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies.

Mel Blanc performed Sam

Wolf and Sheepdog Both Sam and Ralph are performed by voice actor Mel Blanc.

Mel Blanc performed Pig

Mel Blanc While the younger Blanc has performed his father's characters (particularly Porky Pig) on some programs, he has chosen not to become a full-time voice artist.

Mel Blanc performed verse

Spike Jones Mel Blanc, the voice of Bugs Bunny and other Warner Brothers cartoon characters, performed a drunken, hiccupping verse for 1942's "Clink!

Mel Blanc performed Ralph

Wolf and Sheepdog Both Sam and Ralph are performed by voice actor Mel Blanc.

Mel Blanc performed Spike

Spike the Bulldog and Chester the Terrier In both of these cartoons, Spike is performed by voice actor Mel Blanc, and Chester is performed by Stan Freberg.

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    Mel Blanc

    Melvin "Mel" Jerome Blanc (May 30, 1908 – July 10, 1989) was an American voice actor and comedian. Although he began his nearly six-decade-long career performing in radio and television commercials, Blanc is best known for his work with Warner Bros. during the Golden Age of American animation (and later for Hanna-Barbera television productions) as the voice of such iconic characters as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Sylvester the Cat, Tweety Bird, Foghorn Leghorn, Yosemite Sam, Wile E. Coyote, Barney Rubble, Mr. Spacely, and hundreds of others.
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    Bugs Bunny

    It is also the first cartoon where Mel Blanc uses the version of Bugs' voice that would become the standard.
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    Woody Woodpecker

    Other artists did covers, including Woody's original voice actor, Mel Blanc.
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    Daffy Duck

    Daffy has been voiced by other actors besides Mel Blanc and Joe Alaskey:
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    The Flintstones

    The voice of Barney was provided by legendary voice actor Mel Blanc, though five episodes during the second season employed Hanna-Barbera regular Daws Butler while Blanc was incapacitated by a near-fatal car accident.
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    Elmer Fudd

    Mel Blanc (1950, 1958, 1972-1980)
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    Jack Benny

    After Benny exchanges the shoelaces repeatedly, Mel Blanc is heard screaming insanely, "Plastic tips!
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    Sylvester (Looney Tunes)

    At the end of the episode, Mel Blanc (as Sylvester) called in to the show to correct host Peter Tomarken on the gaffe.
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    What's Opera, Doc?

    Originally released to theaters by Warner Bros. on July 6, 1957, What's Opera, Doc? features the speaking and singing voices of Mel Blanc as Bugs and Arthur Q. Bryan as Elmer (except for one word dubbed by Blanc).
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    Book Revue

    An uncredited Mel Blanc and Sara Berner provided the voices.

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