Mel Blanc
Melvin Jerome Blanc (born Blank ; May 30, 1908 – July 10, 1989) was an American voice actor and radio personality whose career spanned over 60 years. During the Golden Age of Radio, he provided character voices and vocal sound effects for comedy radio programs, including those of Jack Benny, Abbott and Costello, Burns and Allen, The Great Gildersleeve, Judy Canova, and his own short-lived sitcom. However, he became known worldwide for his work in the Golden Age of American Animation as the voices of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd (before and after Arthur Q. Bryan voiced Elmer, and even during Bryan's lifetime), Tweety, Sylvester, Yosemite Sam, Foghorn Leghorn, the Tasmanian Devil, and numerous other characters from the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies theatrical cartoons. He later voiced characters for Hanna-Barbera's television cartoons, including Barney Rubble and Dino on The Flintstones, Mr. Spacely on The Jetsons, Secret Squirrel on The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show, the title character of Speed Buggy, and Captain Caveman on Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels and The Flintstone Kids. Referred to as "The Man of a Thousand Voices", he is regarded as one of the most influential people in the voice acting industry, and as one of the greatest voice actors of all time. |
Birth and Death Data: Born May 30, 1908 (San Francisco), Died July 10, 1989 (Los Angeles)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1942 - 1957
Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist, songwriter
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | PBS-072021 | 10-in. | 1/12/1942 | Clink, clink, another drink | Mel Blanc ; Boys in the Back Room ; City Slickers ; Spike Jones ; Del Porter | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo, male vocal ensemble, and hiccups | vocalist | |
Victor | D7VB-0457 | 10-in. | 2/11/1947 | Ugga ugga boo ugga boo boo ugga | Ding Bell ; City Slickers ; Spike Jones | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | songwriter | |
Decca | L 10521 | 9/16/1957 | The Woody woodpecker waltz | Mel Blanc ; Grace Stafford ; Gloria Wood ; The Woodyetts | vocalist | |||
Decca | L 10522 | 9/16/1957 | Jiminy Christmas | Mel Blanc ; Grace Stafford ; Gloria Wood ; The Woodyetts | vocalist | |||
Decca | L 10523 | 9/16/1957 | Chilly Willy the penguin | Mel Blanc ; Grace Stafford ; Gloria Wood ; The Woodyetts | vocalist | |||
Decca | L 10524 | 9/16/1957 | The cuckoo clock song | Mel Blanc ; Grace Stafford ; Gloria Wood ; The Woodyetts | vocalist | |||
Decca | L 10525 | 9/23/1957 | Homer pigeon | Mel Blanc ; Grace Stafford ; Gloria Wood ; The Woodyetts | vocalist | |||
Decca | L 10526 | 9/23/1957 | Oswald the rabbit hop | Mel Blanc ; Grace Stafford ; Gloria Wood ; The Woodyetts | vocalist | |||
Decca | L 10527 | 9/23/1957 | Heinie the laughing hyena | Mel Blanc ; Grace Stafford ; Gloria Wood ; The Woodyetts | vocalist | |||
Decca | L 10528 | 9/23/1957 | The birthday song | Mel Blanc ; Grace Stafford ; Gloria Wood ; The Woodyetts | vocalist | |||
Decca | L 10529 | 9/25/1957 | My little brown uke | Mel Blanc ; Grace Stafford ; Gloria Wood ; The Woodyetts | vocalist | |||
Decca | L 10530 | 9/25/1957 | The Woody Woodpecker song | Mel Blanc ; Grace Stafford ; Gloria Wood ; The Woodyetts | vocalist | |||
Decca | L 10531 | 9/25/1957 | Andy panda polka | Mel Blanc ; Grace Stafford ; Gloria Wood ; The Woodyetts | vocalist | |||
Decca | L 10532 | 9/25/1957 | Pepito chickeeto | Mel Blanc ; Grace Stafford ; Gloria Wood ; The Woodyetts | vocalist | |||
Decca | L 10559 | 9/25/1957 | The Woody Woodpecker march | Mel Blanc ; Grace Stafford ; Gloria Wood ; The Woodyetts | vocalist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Blanc, Mel," accessed November 9, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/304626.
Blanc, Mel. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 9, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/304626.
"Blanc, Mel." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 9 November 2024.
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Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Blanc, Mel - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79059536
Wikidata: Mel Blanc - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q349690
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/51886599
MusicBrainz: Mel Blanc - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9d235478-e372-46c4-ba80-ea51efff658c
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