Mel Blanc

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Melvin Jerome Blanc (1908-1989) 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.

[edit] 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)
  • 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)