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Mel Blanc was an American voice actor, comedian, singer, and radio personality. He is best known for his work with Warner Bros. Cartoons, where he voiced characters such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Tweety Bird, Sylvester the Cat, Yosemite Sam, Foghorn Leghorn, Marvin the Martian, Pepé Le Pew, Speedy Gonzales, the Tasmanian Devil, and many others. Blanc was born in San Francisco, California, on May 30, 1908. He began his career in radio in the 1930s, and by the 1940s had become one of the most sought-after voice actors in the business. He was the first voice actor to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Blanc's career spanned more than six decades, and he voiced thousands of characters. He was also a prolific singer, recording hundreds of songs for various cartoon characters. He was also a regular on the Jack Benny radio show, and appeared in several films. Blanc died on July 10, 1989, at the age of 81. He was posthumously inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 1994. At the time of his death, he was estimated to have a net worth of $10 million.

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Mel Blanc Height, Weight & Measurements

At 81 years old, Mel Blanc height is 5' 8" (1.73 m) .

Who Is Mel Blanc's Wife?

His wife is Estelle Rosenbaum (m. 1933)

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Timeline

Biography in Smith, Ronald S., "Who's Who in Comedy", pp. 54-55. New York: Facts on File (1992). ISBN 0816023387.

April 27, 1987: Inducted into the DeMolay Hall of Fame.

1986: He was selected by a national survey of young people as one of the five individuals they would most like to meet.

Had a collection of over 300 antique watches (as of 1979) including a watch dating back to 1510 that only had one hand and chimed every hour.

In 1962, Mel Blanc started his own production company, Mel Blanc Associates, changing the name to Blanc Communications Corporation in 1972. During the Mel Blanc Associates/Blanc Communications years, Mel and his son Noel produced over 5000 public service announcements and commercials featuring major stars like Kirk Douglas, Lucille Ball, Vincent Price, Phyllis Diller, Liberace, the rock band The Who, and of course Mel himself. The work created by Mel Blanc Associates and Blanc Communications represent a major - and colorful - part of Mel Blanc's career.

January 24, 1961: Was in a near-fatal car accident while many of the shows that required his services, most importantly The Flintstones (1960), were still in production. He did the voices of his characters in both his home bed and his hospital bed, in a full body cast and with all his Flintstones co-stars and recording equipment crowded into the same room.

Mel Blanc, known as "The Man of Thousand Voices" is regarded as the most prolific actor to ever work in Hollywood with over a thousand screen credits. He developed and performed nearly 400 distinct character voices with precision and a uniquely expressive vocal range. The legendary specialist from radio programs, television series, cartoon shorts and movie was rarely seen by his audience but his voice characterizations were famous around the world. Blanc under exclusive contract until 1960 to Warner Brothers voiced virtually every major character in the Warner Brothers' Looney Tunes and Merry Melodies cartoon pantheon. Characters including Porky Pig, Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, Tweety Bird, Sylvester the Cat, Wile E. Coyote,The Roadrunner, Yosemite Sam, Sam the Sheepdog, Taz the Tazmanian Devil, Speedy Gonzales, Marvin the Martian, Foghorn Leghorn, Pepé la Pew, Charlie the Dog, Blacque Jacque Shellacque, Pussyfoot, Private Snafu among others were voiced by Blanc.

After 1960, Blanc continued to work for Warner Brothers but began to work for other companies once his exclusive contract ended. He worked for Hanna-Barbera voicing characters including Barney Rubble, Dino the Dinosaur, Cosmo Spacely, Secret Squirrel, Captain Caveman, Speed Buggy, Wally Gator among others.

He provided vocal effects for Tom & Jerry in the mid 1960's working with fellow Warner Bros. alum, Chuck Jones at what would become MGM Animation.

In the mid 1960's, Blanc originated and voiced Toucan Sam for the Kellogg's Fruit Loops commercials.

Had played boarder Tiffany Twiggs in the radio series "Major Hoople", which debuted on NBC's Blue Network on June 22, 1942. Based on Gene Ahern's comic strip "Our Boarding House", the radio series starred Arthur Q. Bryan as Major Hoople and Patsy Moran as the Major's wife, Martha Hoople, who ran the boarding house (Bryan would later become the voice of Elmer Fudd, Bugs Bunny's nemesis). The 30-minute program, which aired on Mondays at 7 pm, went off the air on April 26, 1943.

Sylvester the Cat was modeled after Blanc's character Sylvester on CBS Radio's "The Judy Canova Show" during the early 1940s.

Holds the record for the longest characterization of an animated character by his/her original voice actor, having voiced Daffy Duck from 1937 to 1989, a period of 52 years.

Raised in Portland, Oregon, he worked at KGW Radio as an announcer and as one of the Hoot Owls in the mid-1930s, where he specialized in comic voices. It took him a year and a half to land an audition with Leon Schlesinger's company, where he began in 1937 on a per-picture basis until 1941. He also worked for Walter Lantz, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Columbia, and even Walt Disney until Schlesinger signed him to an exclusive contract.

1925: Was initiated into DeMolay at the Sunnyside Chapter in Portland, Oregon.