Mel Blanc
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| Mel Blanc | |
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Publicity photo (1950)
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| Born | Melvin Jerome Blank May 30, 1908 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Died | July 10, 1989 (aged 81) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Cause of death
| Heart disease Emphysema |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | "The Man of 1000 Voices" |
| Alma mater | Lincoln High School |
| Occupation | Voice actor, comic actor |
| Years active | 1927–1989 |
| Known for | Looney Tunes The Jack Benny Program |
| Spouse(s) | Estelle Rosenbaum (m. 1933–1989; his death) |
| Children | Noel Blanc |
Melvin Jerome "Mel" Blanc (May 30, 1908 – July 10, 1989) was an American voice actor and comic actor. Although he began his sixty-plus-year career performing in radio, Blanc is best remembered for his work with Warner Bros. as the voices of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Tweety Bird, Sylvester the Cat, Yosemite Sam, Foghorn Leghorn, Marvin the Martian, Pepé Le Pew, Speedy Gonzales, Wile E. Coyote, the Tasmanian Devil and many of the other characters from the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoon short films, produced during the golden age of American animation.[1]
He later worked for Hanna-Barbera's television cartoons, most notably as the voices of Barney Rubble in The Flintstones and Mr. Spacely in The Jetsons. Blanc was also a regular performer on The Jack Benny Program in both its radio and television formats (among various other radio and TV programs), and was the original voice of Woody Woodpecker for Universal Pictures.[1]
Having earned the nickname "The Man of a Thousand Voices", Blanc is regarded as one of the most influential people in the voice acting industry.[2]
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[hide]Early life[edit]
Blanc was born in San Francisco, California, to Russian-Jewish parents Frederick and Eva Blank. The younger of two children, he grew up in the neighborhood of Western Addition in San Francisco, and later in Portland, Oregon, where he attended Lincoln High School. Growing up, he had a fondness for voices and dialect, which he began voicing at the age of ten. He claimed when he was sixteen, he changed the spelling from "Blank" to "Blanc," because a teacher told him that he would amount to nothing and be like his name, a "blank." Blanc joined The Order of DeMolay as a young man, and was eventually inducted into its Hall of Fame.[3] After graduating high school in 1927, he split his time between leading an orchestra, becoming the youngest conductor in the country at the age of 19, and performing shtick in vaudeville shows around Washington, Oregon, and northern California.[4]
Career[edit]
Radio work[edit]
Blanc began his radio career at the age of 19 when in 1927 he debuted as a voice actor on the KGW program The Hoot Owls, where his ability to provide voices for multiple characters first attracted attention. He moved to Los Angeles in 1932, where he met Estelle Rosenbaum (1909 - 2003), whom he married a year later, before returning to Portland. He moved to KEX in 1933 to produce and co-host his Cobweb And Nuts show with his wife Estelle, which debuted on June 15. The program played Monday through Saturday from 11:00 pm to midnight, and by the time the show ended two years later, it appeared from 10:30 pm to 11:00 pm.
With his wife's encouragement, Blanc returned to Los Angeles and joined Warner Bros.-owned KFWB in Hollywood, California, in 1935. He joined The Johnny Murray Show, but the following year switched to CBS Radio and The Joe Penner Show.
Blanc was a regular on the NBC Red Network show The Jack Benny Program in various roles, including voicing Benny's Maxwell automobile (in desperate need of a tune-up), violin teacher Professor LeBlanc, Polly the Parrot, Benny's pet polar bear Carmichael, the tormented department store clerk, and the train announcer (see below). The first role came from a mishap when the recording of the automobile's sounds failed to play on cue, prompting Blanc to take the microphone and improvise the sounds himself. The audience reacted so positively that Benny decided to dispense with the recording altogether and have Blanc continue in that role. One of Blanc's most memorable characters from Benny's radio (and later TV) programs was "Sy, the Little Mexican", who spoke one word at a time. The famous "Sí...Sy...sew...Sue" routine was so effective that no matter how many times it was performed, the laughter was always there, thanks to the comedic timing of Blanc and Benny.[5]
By 1946, Blanc appeared on over 15 radio programs in supporting roles. His success on The Jack Benny Program led to his own radio show on the CBS Radio Network, The Mel Blanc Show, which ran from September 3, 1946, to June 24, 1947. Blanc played himself as the hapless owner of a fix-it shop, as well as his young cousin Zookie.
Blanc also appeared on such other national radio programs as The Abbott and Costello Show, the Happy Postman on Burns and Allen, and as August Moon on Point Sublime. During World War II, he appeared as Private Sad Sack on various radio shows, most notably G.I. Journal. Blanc recorded a song titled "Big Bear Lake."
Animation voice work during the golden age of Hollywood[edit]
In December 1936, Mel Blanc joined Leon Schlesinger Productions, which was producing theatrical cartoon shorts for Warner Bros. After sound man Treg Brown was put in charge of cartoon voices, and Carl Stalling became music director, Brown introduced Blanc to animation directors Tex Avery, Bob Clampett, Friz Freleng and Frank Tashlin, who loved his voices. The first cartoon Blanc worked on was 1937's Picador Porky as the voice of a drunken bull.[4] He soon after received his first starring role when he replaced Joe Dougherty as Porky Pig's voice in Porky's Duck Hunt, which marked the debut of Daffy Duck, also voiced by Blanc.
Following this, Blanc became a very prominent vocal artist for Warner Bros., voicing a wide variety of the Looney Tunes characters. Bugs Bunny (whom Blanc made his debut as in 1940's A Wild Hare[6][7]) was known for eating carrots frequently. To follow this sound with the animated voice, Blanc would bite into a carrot and then quickly spit into a spittoon. One oft-repeated story is that Blanc was allergic to carrots. However, Blanc denied having any allergy.[8][9]
In Disney's Pinocchio, Blanc was hired to perform the voice of Gideon the Cat. However, it was eventually decided that Gideon would be a mute character (similar to Dopey from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs), so all of Blanc's recorded dialogue was subsequently deleted except for a solitary hiccup, which was heard three times in the finished film.[10] Blanc also originated the voice (and laugh) of Woody Woodpecker for the theatrical cartoons produced by Walter Lantz for Universal Pictures, but stopped voicing the character after he was signed to an exclusive contract with Warner Bros.[4] During World War II, Blanc served as the voice of the hapless Private Snafu in various war-themed animated shorts.[11]
Throughout his career, Blanc was well aware of his talents and protected the rights to them contractually and legally. He, and later his estate, did not hesitate to take civil action when those rights were violated. Voice actors at the time usually got no screen credits at all, but Blanc was a notable exception; by 1944, his contract with Warner Bros. stipulated a credit reading "Voice characterization(s) by Mel Blanc." Blanc asked for and received this screen credit from studio boss Leon Schlesingerwhen Schlesinger objected to giving Blanc a pay raise.[12]
Voice work for Hanna-Barbera and others[edit]
In 1960, after the expiration of his exclusive contract with Warner Bros., Blanc continued working for WB, but also began providing voices for the TV cartoons produced by Hanna-Barbera; his most famous roles during this time were Barney Rubble of The Flintstones and Cosmo Spacely of The Jetsons. His other notable voice roles for Hanna-Barbara included Dino the Dinosaur, Secret Squirrel, Speed Buggy and Captain Caveman, as well as voices for Wally Gator and The Perils of Penelope Pitstop.
Blanc also worked with former Looney Tunes director Chuck Jones, who by this time was directing shorts with his own company Sib Tower 12 (later MGM Animation) doing vocal effects in the Tom and Jerry series from 1963 to 1967. Blanc was the first voice of Toucan Sam in Froot Loops commercials.
Blanc reprised some of his Warner Bros. characters when the studio contracted him to make new theatrical cartoons in the mid-to-late 1960s. For these, Blanc voiced Daffy Duck and Speedy Gonzales, the characters who received the most frequent use in these shorts (later, newly introduced characters such as Cool Cat and Merlin the Magic Mouse were voiced by Larry Storch). Blanc also continued to voice the Looney Tunes for the bridging sequences of The Bugs Bunny Show, as well as in numerous animated advertisements and several compilation features, such as The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie.
Car accident and aftermath[edit]
On January 24, 1961, Blanc was involved in a near-fatal car accident, as he was going to a studio to work on a commercial. He was driving alone when his sports car collided head-on with a car driven by 18-year-old college student Arthur Rolston on Sunset Boulevard. Blanc was rushed to the UCLA Medical Center with a triple skull fracture that left him in a coma for two weeks, along with sustaining fractures to both legs and the pelvis.[13] About two weeks after the accident, one of Blanc’s neurologists tried a different approach. Blanc was asked, “How are you feeling today, Bugs Bunny?” After a slight pause, Blanc answered, in a weak voice, “Eh... just fine, Doc. How are you?”[4] The doctor then asked Tweety if he was there too. “I tot I taw a puddy tat,” was the reply.[14][15] Rolston suffered minor injuries. Blanc returned home on March 17. Four days later, Blanc filed a US$500,000 lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles. His accident, one of 26 in the preceding two years at the intersection known as Dead Man's Curve, resulted in the city funding restructuring curves at the location.
Years later, Blanc revealed that during his recovery, his son Noel "ghosted" several Warner Bros. cartoons' voice tracks for him. Warner Bros. had also asked Stan Freberg to provide the voice for Bugs Bunny, but Freberg declined, out of respect for Blanc. At the time of the accident Blanc was also serving as the voice of Barney Rubble in The Flintstones. His absence from the show would be relatively brief; Daws Butler provided the voice of Barney for a few episodes, after which the show's producers set up recording equipment in Blanc's hospital room and later at his home to allow him to work from there. Some of the recordings were made while he was in full-body cast as he lay flat on his back with the other Flintstones co-stars gathered around him.[16] He also returned to The Jack Benny Program to film the program's 1961 Christmas show, moving around via crutches and a wheelchair.
Later career[edit]
In the 1970s, Blanc gave a series of college lectures across the US and appeared in commercials for American Express. He would also collaborate on a special with the Boston-based Shriners Burns Institute called Ounce of Prevention, which became a 30-minute TV special.
Throughout the 1980s, Blanc performed his Looney Tunes characters for bridging sequences in various compilation films of Golden-Age era Warner Bros. cartoons, such as The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie, Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales, Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island and Daffy Duck's Quackbusters.
After spending most of two seasons voicing the robot Twiki in Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Blanc's last original character was Heathcliff, in the early 1980s. 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 Taz to other voice actors since as he got older, he found their voices too hard on his throat. His final performance of his Looney Tunes roles was in Daffy Duck's Quackbusters.
In the 1983 live-action film Strange Brew, Blanc voiced the father of Bob and Doug MacKenzie, at the request of comedian Rick Moranis.
In the 1988 live-action/animated movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Blanc reprised several of his classic Looney Tunes roles (Bugs, Daffy, Porky, Tweety and Sylvester), but left Yosemite Sam to Joe Alaskey(who later became one of Blanc's permanent successors). As Disney released the film (under its Touchstone Pictures banner), it had to earn the blessing of Warner Bros. (and other rival studios) in order to feature the various non-Disney characters in the movie. Blanc died just a year after the film's release. His final recording session was for Jetsons: The Movie (1990).[17]
Death[edit]
Blanc began smoking cigarettes when he was 9 years old. He continued his pack-a-day habit until he was diagnosed with emphysema, which pushed him to quit at age 77.[18] On May 19, 1989, Blanc was checked into Cedars-Sinai Medical Center by his family [19] when they noticed he had a bad cough while shooting a commercial; he was originally expected to recover. Blanc's health then took a turn for the worse and doctors found that he had advanced coronary artery disease. He died on July 10 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California at the age of 81.[20] He was interred in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, California. Blanc's will stated his desire to have the inscription on his gravestone read, "THAT'S ALL FOLKS" (the phrase was a trademark of Blanc's character Porky Pig).[21]
Legacy[edit]
Blanc is regarded as the most prolific voice actor in the history of the industry.[22] He was the first voice actor to receive on-screen credit.[4]
Blanc's death was considered a significant loss to the cartoon industry because of his skill, expressive range, and sheer volume of continuing characters he portrayed, which are currently taken up by several other voice talents. Indeed, as movie critic Leonard Maltin once pointed out, "It is astounding to realize that Tweety Bird and Yosemite Sam are the same man!"
According to Blanc, Sylvester the Cat was the easiest character to voice because "It's just my normal speaking voice with a spray at the end." Yosemite Sam was the hardest because of his loudness and raspiness.[4]
A doctor who once examined Blanc's throat found that he possessed unusually thick, powerful vocal cords that gave him an exceptional range. The doctor reported that they rivaled those of famed opera singer Enrico Caruso.[4]
After his death, Blanc's voice continued to be heard in newly released productions, such as recordings of Dino the Dinosaur in the live-action films The Flintstones (1994) and The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000).[23][24] Similarly, recordings of Blanc as Jack Benny's Maxwell were featured in Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003).[25] More recently, archive recordings of Blanc have been featured in new CGI-animated Looney Tunes theatrical shorts; I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat (shown with Happy Feet Two) and Daffy's Rhapsody (shown with Journey 2: The Mysterious Island).[26][27]
Blanc trained his son Noel in the field of voice characterization. Although 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.
For his contributions to the radio industry, Mel Blanc has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6385 Hollywood Boulevard.[28] His character Bugs Bunny also has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (the only others to have received this honor are Walt Disney as both himself and Mickey Mouse; Jim Henson as both himself and Kermit the Frog; and Mike Myers as both himself and Shrek).[29]
Filmography[edit]
Radio[edit]
| Original Air Date | Program | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1933 | The Happy-Go-Lucky Hour | Additional voices |
| 1937 | The Joe Penner Show | Additional voices |
| 1938 | The Mickey Mouse Theater of the Air | Mayor of Hamelin Neptune's Son Priscilly Royal Herald Additional voices |
| 1939–1943 | Fibber McGee and Molly | Hiccuping Man |
| 1939–1955 | The Jack Benny Program | Sy Polly the Parrot Mr. Finque Nottingham Train Announcer Jack Benny's Maxwell Additional voices |
| 1941–1943 | The Great Gildersleeve | Floyd Munson |
| 1942–1947 | The Abbott and Costello Show | Mel Blanc Botsford Twink Scotty Brown |
| 1942–1948 | The Cisco Kid | Pan Pancho Additional voices |
| 1943–1946 | The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show | The Happy Postman |
| 1943–1955 | The Judy Canova Show | Paw Pedro Roscoe E. Wortle |
| 1946–1947 | The Mel Blanc Show | Mel Blanc Dr. Christopher Crab Children Zookie |
Film[edit]
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1937–1969 | Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies theatrical shorts | Numerous voices | Includes the Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Daffy Duck and Sylvester series |
| 1940 | Pinocchio | Gideon's hiccups | voice |
| 1940–1941 | Woody Woodpecker theatrical shorts | Woody Woodpecker | voice |
| 1943–1945 | Private Snafu WWII shorts | Private Snafu Bugs Bunny Additional characters | voice |
| 1944 | Jasper Goes Hunting | Bugs Bunny | Puppetoon; cameo voice |
| 1948 | Two Guys From Texas | Bugs Bunny | Live-action; animated cameo |
| 1949 | My Dream Is Yours | Bugs Bunny Tweety | Live-action; animated cameos |
| 1949 | Neptune's Daughter | Pancho | Live-action |
| 1951 | Alice in Wonderland[30] | Dinah | voice (uncredited) |
| 1959–1965 | Loopy De Loop theatrical shorts | Additional characters | voice |
| 1961 | Breakfast at Tiffany's | Over-eager date | Live-action; cameo |
| 1962 | Gay Purr-ee | Bulldog | voice |
| 1963–1967 | Tom and Jerry theatrical shorts | Tom and Jerry's vocal effects | Directed by Chuck Jones voice |
| 1964 | Hey There, It's Yogi Bear! | Grifter Chizzling | voice |
| 1964 | Kiss Me, Stupid | Dr. Sheldrake | Live-action |
| 1966 | The Man Called Flintstone | Barney Rubble Dino | voice |
| 1970 | The Phantom Tollbooth | Officer Short Shrift The Dodecahedron The Demon of Insincerity | voice |
| 1974 | Journey Back to Oz | Crow | voice |
| 1979 | The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie | Bugs Bunny Daffy Duck Porky Pig Wile E. Coyote Pepé Le Pew Marvin the Martian Additional voices | Compilation film voice |
| 1981 | The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie | Bugs Bunny Daffy Duck Porky Pig Tweety Sylvester Speedy Gonzales Yosemite Sam Foghorn Leghorn Wile E. Coyote Additional voices | Compilation film voice |
| 1982 | Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales | Bugs Bunny Daffy Duck Porky Pig Tweety Sylvester Speedy Gonzales Yosemite Sam Foghorn Leghorn Wile E. Coyote Additional voices | Compilation film voice |
| 1983 | Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island | Daffy Duck Porky Pig Tweety Sylvester Speedy Gonzales Yosemite Sam Foghorn Leghorn Tasmanian Devil Bugs Bunny | Compilation film voice |
| 1983 | Strange Brew | Father MacKenzie | Live-action; voice |
| 1986 | Howard the Duck | Daffy Duck | Live-action; archive recording voice |
| 1986 | Heathcliff: The Movie | Heathcliff | voice |
| 1987 | Lethal Weapon | Bugs Bunny Porky Pig Foghorn Leghorn Yosemite Sam Pepé Le Pew | Live-action; archive recording (uncredited) voice |
| 1988 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | Bugs Bunny Daffy Duck Porky Pig Tweety Sylvester | Live-action/animated film; cameos voice |
| 1988 | Daffy Duck's Quackbusters | Daffy Duck Bugs Bunny Porky Pig Tweety Sylvester Additional voices | Compilation film voice |
| 1990 | Jetsons: The Movie | Cosmo Spacely | Released posthumously; dedicated in memory voice |
| 1994 | The Flintstones | Dino (vocal effects) | Live-action; archive recordings (uncredited until home video release) voice |
| 1996 | Space Jam | Classic cartoon voices | Live-action/animated film; archive recordings (uncredited) voice |
| 2000 | The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas | Baby Dino (vocal effects) | Live-action; archive recordings voice |
| 2003 | Looney Tunes: Back in Action | Gremlin Car (vocal effects) | Live-action/animated film; archive recordings of Jack Benny's Maxwell voice |
Television[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950–1965 | The Jack Benny Program | Professor LeBlanc Sy Department Store Clerk Gas Station Man Mr. Finque Additional characters | Live-action |
| 1959 | The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis | Mr. Ziegler | Live-action; "The Best Dressed Man" |
| 1960–1989 | The Bugs Bunny Show | Bugs Bunny Daffy Duck Porky Pig Tweety Sylvester Speedy Gonzales Yosemite Sam Foghorn Leghorn Wile E. Coyote Additional voices | Compilation series |
| 1960–1966 | The Flintstones | Barney Rubble Dino Additional voices | voice |
| 1961 | Dennis the Menace | Leo Trinkle | "Miss Cathcart's Friend" |
| 1962–1963; 1985–1987 | The Jetsons | Cosmo Spacely Additional voices | voice |
| 1962–1963 | Lippy the Lion & Hardy Har Har | Hardy Har-Har Additional voices | voice |
| 1963 | Wally Gator | Colonel Zachary Gator | voice; 1 episode |
| 1964 | The Beverly Hillbillies | Dick Burton | Live-action; 1 episode |
| 1964–1965 | Ricochet Rabbit & Droop-a-Long | Droop-A-Long Additional voices | voice |
| 1964–1966 | The Munsters | Cuckoo clock | Live-action; voice; 6 episodes |
| 1965–1967 | The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show | Secret Squirrel | voice |
| 1966 | The Monkees | Monkeemobile engine | voice; 1 episode |
| 1969–1971 | The Perils of Penelope Pitstop | Yak Yak The Bully Brothers Chug-A-Boom | voice |
| 1971–1973 | The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show | Barney Rubble Additional voices | voice |
| 1972 | Daffy Duck and Porky Pig Meet the Groovie Goolies | Daffy Duck Porky Pig Yosemite Sam Elmer Fudd Sylvester Tweety Wile E. Coyote Pepé Le Pew Foghorn Leghorn Charlie Dog | TV Movie |
| 1972–1973 | The Flintstone Comedy Hour | Barney Rubble Dino Zonk Stub | voice |
| 1973 | Speed Buggy | Speed Buggy | voice |
| 1973 | The New Scooby-Doo Movies | Speed Buggy | voice; "The Weird Winds of Winona" |
| 1976 | Bugs and Daffy's Carnival of the Animals | Bugs Bunny Daffy Duck Porky Pig | TV Special |
| 1977 | Bugs Bunny's Easter Special | Bugs Bunny Daffy Duck Yosemite Sam Tweety Sylvester Pepé Le Pew Foghorn Leghorn Porky Pig | TV Special |
| 1977–1978 | Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics | Speed Buggy Captain Caveman | voice |
| 1977–1978 | Fred Flintstone and Friends | Barney Rubble Additional voices | voice |
| 1977–1980 | Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels | Captain Caveman | voice |
| 1977 | A Flintstone Christmas | Barney Rubble Dino | TV Special |
| 1978–1979 | Galaxy Goof-Ups | Quack-Up | voice |
| 1978 | Bugs Bunny's Howl-Oween Special | Bugs Bunny Daffy Duck Porky Pig Sylvester Tweety Speedy Gonzales | TV Special |
| 1979 | Fred and Barney Meet the Thing | Barney Rubble Dino Additional voices | voice |
| 1979 | The New Fred and Barney Show | Barney Rubble Dino Additional voices | voice |
| 1979–1980 | Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo | Barney Rubble Dino Additional voices | voice |
| 1979–1981 | Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | Twiki (voice) | Live-action; voice |
| 1979 | Bugs Bunny's Thanksgiving Diet | Bugs Bunny Porky Pig Wile E. Coyote Yosemite Sam Sylvester Tasmanian Devil Millicent | TV Special |
| 1979 | Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales | Bugs Bunny Yosemite Sam (as Scrooge) Porky Pig (as Bob Cratchit) Tweety (as Tiny Tim) Foghorn Leghorn Road Runner Wile E. Coyote Tasmanian Devil Santa Claus | TV Special |
| 1980 | Bugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All Over | Bugs Bunny Young Bugs Bunny Young Elmer Fudd Marvin the Martian Hugo Wile E. Coyote Road Runner | TV Special |
| 1980 | The Bugs Bunny Mystery Special | Bugs Bunny Elmer Fudd Yosemite Sam Tweety Sylvester Wile E. Coyote Porky Pig | TV Special |
| 1980 | 3-2-1 Contact | Twiki | 1 episode |
| 1980–1982 | Heathcliff | Heathcliff | voice |
| 1980–1982 | The Flintstone Comedy Show | Barney Rubble Dino | voice |
| 1981–1982 | Trollkins | Additional voices | voice |
| 1982–1984 | The Flintstone Funnies | Barney Rubble Captain Caveman | voice |
| 1984–1988 | Heathcliff and the Catillac Cats | Heathcliff | voice |
| 1986–1988 | The Flintstone Kids | Dino Robert Rubble Captain Caveman Piggy McGrabit | voice |
| 1987 | The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones | Barney Rubble Dino Cosmo Spacely | TV Movie |
| 1988 | Rockin' with Judy Jetson | Cosmo Spacely | TV Movie |
| 1989 | Hanna-Barbera's 50th: A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration | Barney Rubble | TV Special; aired just seven days after his death |
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ a b "Mel Blanc". Behind the Voice Actors. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
- ^ "Mel Blanc's bio at Ochcom.org". Retrieved 20 October 2014.
- ^ DeMolay International. "DeMolay Hall of Fame". Retrieved 20 October 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g Blanc, Mel; Bashe, Philip (1989). That's Not All, Folks!. Clayton South, VIC, Australia: Warner Books. ISBN 0-446-51244-3.
- ^ Video of Mel and Jack with one version of the Sy The Little Mexican routine on YouTube
- ^ Barrier, Michael (2003), Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in Its Golden Age, Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-516729-0
- ^ Adamson, Joe (1990). Bugs Bunny: 50 Years and Only One Grey Hare. New York: Henry Holt. ISBN 978-0-8050-1190-6
- ^ Tim Lawson, The Magic Behind The Voices: A Who's Who of Cartoon Voice Actors University Press of Mississippi, 2004
- ^ "Did Mel Blanc hate carrots?" A Straight Dope column by Science Advisory Board Member Rico November 4, 2008 (accessed November 20, 2008)
- ^ No Strings Attached: The Making of Pinocchio, Pinocchio DVD, 2009
- ^ "Misce-Looney-Ous: Situation Normal All Fouled Up". Looney. Golden age cartoons. Retrieved 2012-02-20.
- ^ "New York Times filmography". Retrieved 25 November 2014.
- ^ That's Not All, Folks!, 1988, by Mel Blanc and Philip Bashe. Warner Books, ISBN 0-446-39089-5 (softcover), ISBN 0-446-51244-3 (hardcover)
- ^ "What's Up, Doc?". RADIOLAB. Daniel Horowitz. November 6, 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
- ^ "The Strange Day When Bugs Bunny Saved the Life of Mel Blanc". OpenCulture.com. Kate Rix. May 6, 2013.
- ^ "Blanc laments lack of cartoon quality"
- ^ Beck, Jerry. The Animated Movie Guide (2005).
- ^ Harmetz, Aljean (November 27, 1988). "Mel Blanc: His Voice Is His Fortune". Sun-Sentinel (Tribune Company). Retrieved 2013-07-19.
- ^ "Mel Blanc - Obituary". Retrieved 25 November 2014.
- ^ Flint, Peter B. (July 11, 1989). "Mel Blanc, Who Provided Voices For 3,000 Cartoons, Is Dead at 81". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-06-26.
Mel Blanc, the versatile, multi-voiced actor who breathed life into such cartoon characters as Bugs Bunny, Woody Woodpecker, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Tweety Pie, Sylvester and the Road Runner, died of heart disease and emphysema yesterday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 81 years old.
- ^ Mel Blanc at Find A Grave.
- ^ Thomas, Nick (2011). Raised by the Stars: Interviews with 29 Children of Hollywood Actors. McFarland. p. 217. ISBN 0786464038.
- ^ "The Flintstones (1994)". IMDb. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
- ^ "The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000)". IMDb. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
- ^ "Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)". IMDb. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
- ^ "More 3D Looney Tunes Shorts On The Way". ComingSoon.net. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
- ^ Vary, Adam B. "Looney Tunes short with Tweety Bird, Sylvester - EXCLUSIVE CLIP | Inside Movies | EW.com". Insidemovies.ew.com. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
- ^ "Mel Blanc". IMDb. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
- ^ "Bugs Bunny". Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043274/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast
Bibliography[edit]
- That's Not All, Folks!, 1988 by Mel Blanc, Philip Bashe. Warner Books, ISBN 0-446-39089-5 (Softcover), ISBN 0-446-51244-3 (Hardcover)
- Terrace, Vincent. Radio Programs, 1924–1984. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1999. ISBN 0-7864-0351-9
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| Preceded by Joe Dougherty | Voice of Porky Pig April 17, 1937 – July 10, 1989 | Succeeded by Bob Bergen |
| Preceded by none | Voice of Daffy Duck April 17, 1937 – July 10, 1989 | Succeeded by Jeff Bergman |
| Preceded by none | Voice of Bugs Bunny July 27, 1940 – July 10, 1989 | Succeeded by Jeff Bergman |
| Preceded by none | Voice of Barney Rubble September 30, 1960 – July 10, 1989 | Succeeded by Frank Welker |
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