Mel Blanc
- Acting
- May 30, 1908 · San Francisco, California, USA
- July 10, 1989
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Coyote vs. Acme · Bugs Bunny's scream (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
- Hare's to Bugs! A Bugs Bunny Celebration · Self
- Tom and Jerry · (archive voices)
- Private SNAFU Golden Classics · Snafu (archive sound)
- Tom & Jerry · Tom / Jerry (archive sounds) (uncredited)
- Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary! · Self
- Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection · Bugs Bunny
- Porky Pig 101 · (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
- A Looney Tunes Thanksgiving · Bugs Bunny (Voice)
- Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume Three · (archive sound)
- That's All Folks! Tales from Termite Terrace · Self
- Flash in the Pain · Tweety (voice) (archive sound)
- Whistle Stop · Daffy Duck (uncredited)
- I Know That Voice · Self
- Tom and Jerry's Winter Wackiness · Tom
- Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume Two · (archive sound)
- Scooby-Doo: Mystery in Motion · Speed Buggy (voice) (archive footage)
- Tom and Jerry: In the Dog House · (archive footage)
- Daffy's Rhapsody · Daffy Duck (voice) (archive footage)
- I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat · Sylvester \ Tweety (archive footage)
- Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume One
- Looney Tunes Super Stars Foghorn Leghorn & Friends: Barnyard Bigmouth · Foghorn Leghorn (voice)(archive footage)
- Looney Tunes Super Stars Tweety & Sylvester: Feline Fwenzy · Sylvester / Tweety (voice) (archive footage)
- The Essential Bugs Bunny · Bugs Bunny
- Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl · (archive footage)
- Looney Tunes Super Stars Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl · Bugs Bunny / Daffy Duck / Porky Pig / Tasmanian Devil / Yosemite Sam (voice)(archive footage)
- Looney Tunes Super Stars Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire · Bugs Bunny / Daffy Duck / Marvin the Martian / Tasmanian Devil / Yosemite Sam (voice)(archive footage)
- Bugs Bunny at the Symphony · Bugs Bunny (Voice)
- Waking Sleeping Beauty · Bugs Bunny (voice) (archive footage)
- Tom and Jerry's Greatest Chases, Vol 3 · (archive footage)
- Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices · Himself & Various Voices (archive footage)
- Looney Tunes: Spotlight Collection Vol. 5 · Bugs Bunny / Daffy Duck / Sylvester / Tweety (archive sound) (uncredited)
- Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Vol. 5 · Bugs Bunny / Yosemite Sam (Voice)
- Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Vol. 4 · Voice Characterizations
- Cartoon Alley · (archive footage)
- Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection Vol. 2 · Bugs Bunny / Daffy Duck / Sylvester / Tweety / Elmer Fudd (archive footage)
- Looney Tunes Collection: Best Of Bugs Bunny Volume 1 · Bugs Bunny / Elmer Fudd (archive footage)
- Looney Tunes: Back in Action · Gremlin Car (archive sound)
- Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Vol. 1
- Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes · Self
- Hollywood Ghosts & Gravesites · Self
- The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in Stereo · Bugs Bunny (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Bob Clampett Show · (archive footage)
- The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas · Puppy Dino (Voice)
- Bugs Bunny and Friends · Bugs Bunny (voice) (archive footage)
- Looney Tunes All Stars · (archive footage)
- Marvin the Martian & K9: 50 Years on Earth · Marvin the Martian / K9 (Voice)
- Mickey's Family Album · Seagulls (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
- Marvin The Martian: Space Tunes · Duck Dodgers / Bugs Bunny/ Marvin/ Various Characters (Voice)
- Space Jam · Daffy Duck on TV (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
- Bugs N' Daffy · (archive footage)
- Cartoons Go To War · Self
- That's Warner Bros! · (archive footage)
- The Flintstones · Dino (voice) (archive sound)
- MGM Cartoon Christmas · (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
- Bugs Bunny's Creature Features · Daffy Duck (Voice)
- The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame · Bugs Bunny / Tweety / Daffy Duck (Voice)
- Chuck Amuck: The Movie · Self
- Bugs Bunny's Overtures to Disaster · Bugs Bunny (Voice)
- Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes · (archive footage)
- Jetsons: The Movie · Mr. Spacely (Voice), In Memory Of
- Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years · Self
- What's Up Doc? A Salute to Bugs Bunny · Bugs Bunny / Yosemite Sam / Gruesome Gorilla / Himself (archive footage)
- Fifty Years of Bugs Bunny in 3 1/2 Minutes · Bugs Bunny / Daffy Duck / Wile E. Coyote (Voice)
- Hanna-Barbera's Christmas Sing-A-Long!
- Hanna-Barbera's 50th · Barney Rubble (Voice)
- Bugs Bunny's Wild World of Sports · Voice
- NFL Super Duper Football Follies · Thanks
- Bugs vs. Daffy: Battle of the Music Video Stars · Bugs Bunny / Daffy Duck / Porky Pig / Tweety / Yosemite Sam / Pepe le Pew / Sylvester (Voice)
- Daffy Duck's Quackbusters · Daffy / Bugs / Porky / Sylvester / Cubish / Others (Voice)
- The Night of the Living Duck · Daffy Duck (Voice)
- Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town · Self
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit · Daffy Duck / Tweety / Bugs Bunny / Sylvester / Porky Pig (Voice)
- Technological Threat · Various (voice; uncredited)
- Rockin' with Judy Jetson · Mr. Spacely (Voice)
- The Cartoon Collection · Bugs Bunny / Daffy Duck / Sylvester / Tweety (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
- The Duxorcist · Daffy Duck (Voice)
- The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones · Barney Rubble / Dino / Mr. Spacely (Voice)
- The Chipmunk Adventure · Additional Voices (voice; uncredited)
- Sparky's Magic Piano