The Voices and Radio characters of Mel Blanc

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The Voices and Radio characters of Mel Blanc

Postby benny-allen fan » Mon Mar 15, 2004 1:44 am

Bugs Bunny; Professor LeBlanc; Maxwell; Polly the Parrot; Carmichael the Bear; Sì the Mexican; August Moon; Happy Postman; Private Sadsack; Private Snafu; Pan Pancho; Goo-Goo the Duck; Woody Woodpecker (the children's albums and pre-Grace Stafford era); Daffy Duck; Porky Pig; Sylvester and Tweety; Marvin Martian; Foghorn Leghorn; Brier Dog; Henery Hawk; Sylvester Jr.; Speedy Gonzalez; Slow Poke Rodriguez; Pepe LePew; Yosemite Sam; Rocky and Nick (two gangsters); Deputy Droop-a-Long; Barney Rubble; Mr. Spacely; Bubba McCoy; Captain Caveman; Sneezley Seal; Secret Squirrel; Quack-Up; the Bully Brothers; Heathcliff. Mel voiced Elmer Fudd in a few cartoons but the voice actor who did the voice the longest was Arthur Q. Bryan, he played Doc Gamble on Fibber McGee and Molly. these are just the ones off the top of my head. i know Mel's done MORE cartoon voices than that because half of them were nameless walk-ons and generic roles typically used as bad guys against Bugs Bunny.
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Postby Roman » Mon Nov 28, 2005 7:54 am

Interesting that the producers of Space Jam had to hire eight actors to do all the voices that Mel Blanc created for Warner Brothers.
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Postby Maxwell » Mon Nov 28, 2005 6:08 pm

And additional note on Elmer Fudd. When Arthur Q. Bryan passed away, the voice was done for awhile by Hal Smith.
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Postby LLeff » Mon Nov 28, 2005 9:36 pm

Maxwell wrote:And additional note on Elmer Fudd. When Arthur Q. Bryan passed away, the voice was done for awhile by Hal Smith.


I recently watched a short called "Weekend in Hollywood" which includes short films of supporting radio characters doing schtick. These include Phil Harris, Mel Blanc, John Brown, and Arthur Q. Bryan. I never realized how much Bryan actually LOOKS like Elmer Fudd in real life!
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Postby Maxwell » Tue Nov 29, 2005 3:31 pm

LLeff wrote:I recently watched a short called "Weekend in Hollywood" which includes short films of supporting radio characters doing schtick. These include Phil Harris, Mel Blanc, John Brown, and Arthur Q. Bryan. I never realized how much Bryan actually LOOKS like Elmer Fudd in real life!


I've seen his photo but never noticed that. Now I'm going to have to take another look!
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Postby shimp scrampi » Tue Nov 29, 2005 3:45 pm

Folks, Mel's-a-poppin' over at www.basichip.com where you can have the rare seasonal pleasure of hearing him perform the loopy "Yah Das Ist Ein Christmas Tree" b/w "I Tan't Wait Til Quithmuth Day" It's Bozo-Approved!

Plenty of other deranged holiday treasures there as well.
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Postby Roman » Tue Jan 31, 2006 7:02 am

From another post, I learned that we can add the unmemorable Herman Peabody to Mel's catalogue of voices.
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