Mel Blanc

Mel Blanc

Acting

Born:: 1908-05-30
Died:: 1989-07-10
Place of birth:: San Francisco, California, USA

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

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Mike Douglas Show

Perry Mason

The Flintstones

The Beverly Hillbillies

The Electric Company

Burke's Law

The Munsters

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

The Jack Benny Program

Heathcliff and the Catillac Cats

Gilligan's Island

Filmography

Hare's to Bugs! A Bugs Bunny Celebration

Hare's to Bugs! A Bugs Bunny Celebration

2024Self (archive footage)

Tom and Jerry

6.32023(archive voices)

Private SNAFU Golden Classics

2023Snafu (archive sound)

Tom & Jerry

6.72021Tom / Jerry (archive sounds) (uncredited)

Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!

8.02020Self - Bugs Bunny (voice) (archive footage)

Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection

Porky Pig 101

2017(voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)

A Looney Tunes Thanksgiving

10.02014Bugs Bunny (voice)

Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume Three

9.32014(archive sound)

That's All Folks! Tales from Termite Terrace

3.52014Himself (archive footage)

Flash in the Pain

6.02014Tweety (voice) (archive sound)

Whistle Stop

2014Daffy Duck (uncredited)

I Know That Voice

7.12014Self (archive footage)

Tom and Jerry's Winter Wackiness

Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume Two

9.22012(archive sound)

Scooby-Doo: Mystery in Motion

9.62012Speed Buggy (voice) (archive footage)

Tom and Jerry: In the Dog House

6.52012(archive footage)

Daffy's Rhapsody

6.72012Daffy Duck (voice) (archive footage)

I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat

6.72011Sylvester \ Tweety (archive footage)

Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume One

Looney Tunes Super Stars Foghorn Leghorn & Friends: Barnyard Bigmouth

10.02010Foghorn Leghorn (voice)(archive footage)

Looney Tunes Super Stars Tweety & Sylvester: Feline Fwenzy

7.82010Sylvester / Tweety (voice) (archive footage)

The Essential Bugs Bunny

Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl

Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl

2010(archive footage)

Looney Tunes Super Stars Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl

10.02010Bugs Bunny / Daffy Duck / Porky Pig / Tasmanian Devil / Yosemite Sam (voice)(archive footage)

Looney Tunes Super Stars Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire

8.32010Bugs Bunny / Daffy Duck / Marvin the Martian / Tasmanian Devil / Yosemite Sam (voice)(archive footage)

Bugs Bunny at the Symphony

2010Bugs Bunny (voice)

Waking Sleeping Beauty

7.22010Bugs Bunny (voice) (archive footage)

Tom and Jerry's Greatest Chases, Vol 3

5.52009(archive footage)

Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices

6.02008Himself & Various Voices (archive footage)

Looney Tunes: Spotlight Collection Vol. 5

Looney Tunes: Spotlight Collection Vol. 5

10.02007Bugs Bunny / Daffy Duck / Sylvester / Tweety (archive sound) (uncredited)

Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Vol. 5

8.72007Bugs Bunny / Yosemite Sam (voice)

Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Vol. 4

8.02006Voice Characterizations

Cartoon Alley

8.02004(archive footage)

Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection Vol. 2

Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection Vol. 2

9.32004Bugs Bunny / Daffy Duck / Sylvester / Tweety / Elmer Fudd (archive footage)

Looney Tunes Collection: Best Of Bugs Bunny Volume 1

8.72004Bugs Bunny / Elmer Fudd (archive footage)

Looney Tunes: Back in Action

6.42003Gremlin Car (archive sound)

Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Vol. 1

Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes

8.02003Himself (archive footage)

Hollywood Ghosts & Gravesites

6.52003Self (archive footage) (voice)

The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in Stereo

10.02002Bugs Bunny (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Bob Clampett Show

8.02000(archive footage)

The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas

4.82000Puppy Dino (voice)

Bugs Bunny and Friends

7.62000Bugs Bunny (voice) (archive footage)

Looney Tunes All Stars

6.81999(archive footage)

Marvin the Martian & K9: 50 Years on Earth

10.01998Marvin the Martian / K9 (voice)

Mickey's Family Album

Mickey's Family Album

6.21998Seagulls (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)

Marvin The Martian: Space Tunes

7.01998Duck Dodgers / Bugs Bunny/ Marvin/ Various Characters (voice)

Space Jam

6.81996Daffy Duck on TV (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)

Bugs N' Daffy

1996(archive footage)

Cartoons Go To War

10.01996Himself (archival footage)

That's Warner Bros!

That's Warner Bros!

1995(archive footage)

The Flintstones

5.41994Dino (voice) (archive sound)

MGM Cartoon Christmas

1993(voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)

Bugs Bunny's Creature Features

6.31992Daffy Duck (voice)

The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame

5.01991Bugs Bunny / Tweety / Daffy Duck (voice)

Chuck Amuck: The Movie

Bugs Bunny's Overtures to Disaster

7.01991Bugs Bunny (Voice)

Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes

6.71991(archive footage)

Jetsons: The Movie

6.21990Mr. Spacely (voice)