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Mel Blanc

Acting

Born May 30, 1908 · San Francisco, California, USA

Died July 10, 1989

Also known as Melvin Jerome Blank · The Man of a Thousand Voices · Melvin Jerome "Mel" Blanc

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Biography

Melvin 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 commercials, Blanc is best remembered 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 well-known characters as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Sylvester the Cat, Tweety Bird, Foghorn Leghorn, Yosemite Sam, Wile E. Coyote, Woody Woodpecker, Barney Rubble, Mr. Spacely, Speed Buggy, Captain Caveman, Heathcliff, Speedy Gonzales, Elmer Fudd and hundreds of others. 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. At the time of his death, it was estimated that 20 million people heard his voice every day.

Awards & recognition

  • Winsor McCay Award · 1977
  • Inkpot Award · 1976
  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Filmography50+ titles

The Munsters

1964as The Raven (voice) (uncredited)

Night Gallery

1969as Raven (voice) (uncredited)

The Jack Benny Program

1950as Waiter

The New Fred and Barney Show

as Barney Rubble

The New Scooby-Doo Movies

1972as Scorpions Trainer (voice)

Perry Mason

1957as Casanova the Parrot (voice) (uncredited)

Breakfast at Tiffany's

1961as Holly's Drunk Visitor (voice) (uncredited)

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

1988as Daffy Duck / Tweety / Bugs Bunny / Sylvester / Porky Pig (voice)

Gilligan's Island

1964

Days of Wine and Roses

1962as Cartoons (voice) (uncredited)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962as Self

The Bugs Bunny Show

1960as Bugs Bunny

The Secret Squirrel Show

as Secret Squirrel

The Bugs Bunny/Road-Runner Movie

1979as Bugs Bunny / Daffy Duck / Porky Pig / Marvin the Martian / Wile E. Coyote / Pepe le Pew / Dr. I.Q. High / Hassan (voice)

The Flintstones

1960as Barney Rubble (voice)

Bugs Bunny Superstar

1976as Various (voice)

The Electric Company

1971as Wile E. Coyote (voice)

The Jetsons

1962as Cosmo S. Spacely (voice)

Galaxy Goof-Ups

as Quack-Up (voice)

Waking Sleeping Beauty

2009as Bugs Bunny (voice) (archive footage)

The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie

1981as Bugs Bunny / King Arthur / Sir Osis of Liver / Sir Loin of Beef / Yosemite Sam / Gerry the Idgit Dragon / Daffy Duck / Sylvester / Tweety Pie / Porky Pig / Speedy Gonzales / Treasury Director / Rocky / Mugsy / Judge / Clancy / O'Hara / Cops / Pepe Le Pew / Clarence (B.A. Bird) (voice)

The Abbott and Costello Show

1952as Parrot (voice)

Yogi's Gang

I Know That Voice

2013as Self (archive footage)

Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales

1982as Bugs Bunny / Daffy Duck / Porky Pig / Yosemite Sam / Sylvester / Sylvester, Jr. / Speedy Gonzales / Tweety / Genie / Hassan / Big Bad Wolf / Beanstalk Giant / Elvis Gorilla / Stork (voice)

Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels

1977as Captain Caveman (voice)

The Yogi Bear Show

1961

Pinocchio

1940as Gideon (hiccup) (voice) (uncredited)

Kiss Me, Stupid

1964as Dr. Sheldrake

Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore

1944as Gremlin (voice) (uncredited)

The Flintstones: Little Big League

1978as Barney Rubble (voice)

The Phantom Tollbooth

1970as Officer Short Shrift / Dodecahedron / Demon of Insincerity (voice)

The Beverly Hillbillies

1962as Richard Burten

Space Jam

1996as Daffy Duck on TV (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)

Broadway Melody of 1940

1940as Panhandler (uncredited)

Tom & Jerry

2021as Tom / Jerry (archive sounds) (uncredited)

Daffy Duck's Quackbusters

1988as Daffy / Bugs / Porky / Sylvester / Cubish / Others (voice)

Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island

1983as Bugs Bunny / Daffy Duck / Porky Pig / Tweety / Sylvester / Yosemite Sam / Speedy Gonzales / Taz / Foghorn Leghorn (voice)

The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones

1987as Barney Rubble / Dino / Mr. Spacely (voice)

Heathcliff

1980as Heathcliff/Spike/Milkman

Gay Purr-ee

1962as Various Characters (voice)

Dennis the Menace

1959

Hollywood Ghosts & Gravesites

2003as Self (archive footage) (voice)

My Dream Is Yours

1949as Bugs Bunny / Tweety (voice)

Shirley Temple's Storybook

as The Sawhorse / The Book (voice)

Looney Tunes: Back in Action

2003as Gremlin Car (archive sound)

Heathcliff & the Catillac Cats

1984as Heathcliff (voice)

The Man Called Flintstone

1966as Barney Rubble / Dino (voice)

Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!

1964as Conductor Bear / Grifter Chizzling (voice) / Mugger the Dog (grumbling sounds)

Spies

1943as Private Snafu