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Big And Samll
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Chato Potato
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Almost. Elmer Fudd was voiced for the most part by Arthur Q. Bryan, and most females like Granny were voiced by June Foray. Other than that, yes, he indeed earned the title "man with 1000 voices".
So, now what? Your topic doesn't exactly set up room for a discussion.
So, now what? Your topic doesn't exactly set up room for a discussion.
lrufuscoyote
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No. There were several other VA's in the cartoons.
However, between about 1943 and 1960, Mel was the only VA to recieve screen credit, and prior to that NO VA's recieved screen credit at all, NOT even Mel!
In addition to Elmer Fudd, Arthur Q Bryan originated the Fudd voice before Fudd even materialised, in Tex Avery's Dangerous Dan McFoo (1939), voicing a pup character with the same Fudd voice. In Nutty News (1942), Bryan's ONLY Black-and-white LT, he used the Fudd voice as an announcer. And in A Pest in the House (1947), Bryan voices the tired businessman (whose voice sounds VERY close to Bryan's natural voice) in addition to hotel manager Elmer Fudd. When Bryan passed away in 1959, Mel was originally asked to replace him, but Mel was very reluctant to take the role, so the role was taken over by several other actors, namely Hal Smith and Dave Barry, but later Mel gave in and voiced Fudd until he died.
Stan Freberg is worth noting as well. He started voice work for WB at age 18, and some of his roles include Pete Puma from Rabbit's Kin (1951), Junior Bear in Chuck Jones' "3 Bears" cartoons, and practically ALL the voices and the narrator in The 3 Little Bops (1956), the only time he recieved screen credit, and Bertie in Chuck Jones' "Hubie & Bertie" cartoons, among other roles.
Kent Rogers had a very short-lived career, as he was tragically killed during WWII, but he was famous for voicing Beaky Buzzard in Clampett's Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid (1942) and The Bashful Buzzard (1945). In addition, he voiced a scientist whose voice was a takeoff on British character actor Richard Hadyn (who most animation buffs will recognise as the voice of the catterpillar off of Disney's Alice in Wonderland) in Chuck Jones' Super Rabbit (1943).
Billy Bletcher, who is famous as the voices of Pegleg Pete and the Big Bad Wolf at the Disney studio, voiced Steve Brody in Arthur Davis' Bowery Bugs (1948) and Papa Bear on the Chuck Jones "3 Bears" cartoons (except Bugs Bunny and the 3 Bears, in which the papa bear's voice is provided by Blanc).
Pinto Colvig, Disney's Goofy, has also done a few voices for WB as well. He voiced a Kangaroo in Norm McCabe's Hop and Go (1943), and voiced Conrad Cat in Chuck Jones' Conrad the Sailor (1942). To this day, I wonder whether they will hire Bill Farmer to do these characters' voices if they are revived in a "modern-day" LT production.
Robert C Bruce has done a "serious" narrator-type voice that you may occasionally hear in some cartoons, especially "travellogue" cartoons.
Can you recall Sniffles mouse? His voice was done by (I believe) Bernice Hansen, a radio actress who specialised in high, squeaky voices.
I'll let others add to this explanation.
However, between about 1943 and 1960, Mel was the only VA to recieve screen credit, and prior to that NO VA's recieved screen credit at all, NOT even Mel!
In addition to Elmer Fudd, Arthur Q Bryan originated the Fudd voice before Fudd even materialised, in Tex Avery's Dangerous Dan McFoo (1939), voicing a pup character with the same Fudd voice. In Nutty News (1942), Bryan's ONLY Black-and-white LT, he used the Fudd voice as an announcer. And in A Pest in the House (1947), Bryan voices the tired businessman (whose voice sounds VERY close to Bryan's natural voice) in addition to hotel manager Elmer Fudd. When Bryan passed away in 1959, Mel was originally asked to replace him, but Mel was very reluctant to take the role, so the role was taken over by several other actors, namely Hal Smith and Dave Barry, but later Mel gave in and voiced Fudd until he died.
Stan Freberg is worth noting as well. He started voice work for WB at age 18, and some of his roles include Pete Puma from Rabbit's Kin (1951), Junior Bear in Chuck Jones' "3 Bears" cartoons, and practically ALL the voices and the narrator in The 3 Little Bops (1956), the only time he recieved screen credit, and Bertie in Chuck Jones' "Hubie & Bertie" cartoons, among other roles.
Kent Rogers had a very short-lived career, as he was tragically killed during WWII, but he was famous for voicing Beaky Buzzard in Clampett's Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid (1942) and The Bashful Buzzard (1945). In addition, he voiced a scientist whose voice was a takeoff on British character actor Richard Hadyn (who most animation buffs will recognise as the voice of the catterpillar off of Disney's Alice in Wonderland) in Chuck Jones' Super Rabbit (1943).
Billy Bletcher, who is famous as the voices of Pegleg Pete and the Big Bad Wolf at the Disney studio, voiced Steve Brody in Arthur Davis' Bowery Bugs (1948) and Papa Bear on the Chuck Jones "3 Bears" cartoons (except Bugs Bunny and the 3 Bears, in which the papa bear's voice is provided by Blanc).
Pinto Colvig, Disney's Goofy, has also done a few voices for WB as well. He voiced a Kangaroo in Norm McCabe's Hop and Go (1943), and voiced Conrad Cat in Chuck Jones' Conrad the Sailor (1942). To this day, I wonder whether they will hire Bill Farmer to do these characters' voices if they are revived in a "modern-day" LT production.
Robert C Bruce has done a "serious" narrator-type voice that you may occasionally hear in some cartoons, especially "travellogue" cartoons.
Can you recall Sniffles mouse? His voice was done by (I believe) Bernice Hansen, a radio actress who specialised in high, squeaky voices.
I'll let others add to this explanation.
laurfranchieexo
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Another one I forgot to mention...
Before Mel joined the studio in 1937, Porky Pig was voiced by Joe Dougherty, whom Friz Freleng originally hired in 1935 because he wanted to break the tradition of Falsetto-voiced characters. However, the stutter in Dougherty's case was NATURAL. After a while Dougherty was fired (Porky's Romance was his last Porky VO work) and Mel took over.
Some other uncredited VA's can be found in Dave Mackey's Warner Bros Cartoon Filmography.
Before Mel joined the studio in 1937, Porky Pig was voiced by Joe Dougherty, whom Friz Freleng originally hired in 1935 because he wanted to break the tradition of Falsetto-voiced characters. However, the stutter in Dougherty's case was NATURAL. After a while Dougherty was fired (Porky's Romance was his last Porky VO work) and Mel took over.
Some other uncredited VA's can be found in Dave Mackey's Warner Bros Cartoon Filmography.
jazzie_marie
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Bletcher also provided the voice for Lawyer Goodwill in Frank Tashlin's "The Case of the Stuttering Pig" from 1938. The interesting thing is that Bletcher did both personalities of Goodwill - the soft-hearted honest lawyer and the vile monster.
Bruce is also known for providing the voice of Marc Antony's owner in Chuck Jones' "Feline Frame-Up" (1954), one of the few non-narration roles he handled.
And even before Sniffles, Hansen provided the voice of Little Kitty in early Looney Tunes like Friz Freleng's "I Haven't Got a Hat" and Jack King's "Hollywood Capers" (both 1935).
June Foray has been mentioned here as well, but she only joined the studio in 1956. Prior to that, most of her recurring roles were handled by Bea Benaderet, who provided Granny's original voice from 1950 to 1955 (beginning with Friz Freleng's "Canary Row", if I'm not mistaken), and she also played Witch Hazel in her first appearance, Chuck Jones' "Bewitched Bunny" (1954). And Benaderet was also the voice of Mama Bear in Jones' Three Bears series - one of the few multi-character series that didn't use Mel Blanc at all (save for its first installment, "Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears" (1944)).
And on the subject of female voice actors, there was also Sarah Berner, who's perhaps most well known as the voice of Beaky Buzzard's mother in Bob Clampett's "Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid" (1942) and "The Bashful Buzzard" (1945). I believe she also provided the voice of the Black Widow Spider in Clampett's "Eatin' on the Cuff" (1943).
And last but not least, we can't discount the studio staff members who did a voice or two on the side. Writer Tedd Pierce frequently lent his voice to the cartoons - he's the Big Bad Wolf in Tex Avery's "Little Red Walking Hood" (1937), the Babbitt to Mel Blanc's Catstello in Bob Clampett's "A Tale of Two Kitties" (1942), and his own caricature in Chuck Jones' "Wackiki Wabbit" (1943). Tex Avery himself did a few voices in his cartoons, such as the Papa Bear in "The Bear's Tale" (1940) and the dog in "The Heckling Hare" (1941). And don't forget background artist Paul Julian, whose hallway-clearing "Meep Meep" was used for the Road Runner beginning with Chuck Jones' "Fast and Furry-Ous" (1949). (And I don't know if this counts, but Bob Clampett was the man behind that sliding "Beeyowhup!" sound effect heard in so many of his and others' cartoons.)
Bruce is also known for providing the voice of Marc Antony's owner in Chuck Jones' "Feline Frame-Up" (1954), one of the few non-narration roles he handled.
And even before Sniffles, Hansen provided the voice of Little Kitty in early Looney Tunes like Friz Freleng's "I Haven't Got a Hat" and Jack King's "Hollywood Capers" (both 1935).
June Foray has been mentioned here as well, but she only joined the studio in 1956. Prior to that, most of her recurring roles were handled by Bea Benaderet, who provided Granny's original voice from 1950 to 1955 (beginning with Friz Freleng's "Canary Row", if I'm not mistaken), and she also played Witch Hazel in her first appearance, Chuck Jones' "Bewitched Bunny" (1954). And Benaderet was also the voice of Mama Bear in Jones' Three Bears series - one of the few multi-character series that didn't use Mel Blanc at all (save for its first installment, "Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears" (1944)).
And on the subject of female voice actors, there was also Sarah Berner, who's perhaps most well known as the voice of Beaky Buzzard's mother in Bob Clampett's "Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid" (1942) and "The Bashful Buzzard" (1945). I believe she also provided the voice of the Black Widow Spider in Clampett's "Eatin' on the Cuff" (1943).
And last but not least, we can't discount the studio staff members who did a voice or two on the side. Writer Tedd Pierce frequently lent his voice to the cartoons - he's the Big Bad Wolf in Tex Avery's "Little Red Walking Hood" (1937), the Babbitt to Mel Blanc's Catstello in Bob Clampett's "A Tale of Two Kitties" (1942), and his own caricature in Chuck Jones' "Wackiki Wabbit" (1943). Tex Avery himself did a few voices in his cartoons, such as the Papa Bear in "The Bear's Tale" (1940) and the dog in "The Heckling Hare" (1941). And don't forget background artist Paul Julian, whose hallway-clearing "Meep Meep" was used for the Road Runner beginning with Chuck Jones' "Fast and Furry-Ous" (1949). (And I don't know if this counts, but Bob Clampett was the man behind that sliding "Beeyowhup!" sound effect heard in so many of his and others' cartoons.)
ily &hearts
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Incredible. a shame they didn't get equal billing along with Mel--sounds like an unfair trade, plus it gave people the impression that Mel did every voice, even the women characters.....go figure.
txnhsehntr
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One other note, in the DePaite-Freleng and Bill Hendricks shorts from the post-64 era (when the ORIGINAL WB cartoon studio shut down), Mel was getting a bit to expensive to work with. DFE and Hendricks, in order to cut costs, hired Larry Storch (who was a regular in WB television shows) to do the voices of Cool Cat and Merlin the Magic Mouse. Here is a discussion on the GAC forum recently regarding this.