Mel Blanc

Mel Blanc in 1959

Blanc in 1976

Melvin Jerome Blanc (May 30, 1908 – July 10, 1989) was a famous voice artist. Nicknamed The Man of a Thousand Voices, he is best known for his voices in Looney Tunes and Hanna-Barbera cartoons, among others.

Blanc was born on May 30, 1908 in San Francisco, California. He studied at Lincoln High School in San Francisco. He was married to Estelle Rosenbaum from 1933 until his death in 1989. He has a son, Noel Blanc. Blanc died on July 10, 1989 from a stroke and heart disease, aged 81.

The characters he voiced and the years he starting doing them

• Porky Pig (1937, assumed from Joe Dougherty)
• Daffy Duck (1938)
• Bugs Bunny (1940)
• Woody Woodpecker (1940)
• Tweety Bird (1942)
• The Hep Cat (1942)
• Private Snafu, numerous World War II related cartoons (1943)
• Yosemite Sam (1945) ("Hare Trigger")
• Pepe LePew (1945)
• Sylvester the cat (1946) aka Thomas (1947) in some films
• Foghorn Leghorn (1946)
• Henery Hawk (1946)
• Charlie Dog (1947)
• Wile E. Coyote (1948)
• K-9 (1948) (sidekick to Marvin the Martian)
• Marvin the Martian (1948)
• Road Runner (1948)
• The Tasmanian Devil (1954)
• Speedy Gonzalez (1955)
• Elmer Fudd (1959, assumed from Arthur Q Bryan)
• Barney Rubble (1960)
• Dino (1960) (Fred Flintstone's pet.)
• Cosmo G. Spacely (1962)
• Colonel Zachary GAtor (1963 episode of Wally Gator)
• Secret Squirrel (1964-1965)
• Hardy Harr Harr (1965-1966)
• Bubba McCoy from "Where's Huddles?"
• Captain Caveman
• Chug-a-Boom/the Ant Hill Mob/the Bully Brothers from "The Perils of Penelope Pitstop" and "Wacky Races"
• Twiki from Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979)
• Heathcliff (1981 / appeared in syndication from 1986-1988)
• Dopey