Mel Blanc


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05/29/1908
San Francisco, CA
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Appeared on-screen in only two live-action films, Neptune's Daughter (1949) and Kiss Me, Stupid (1964).
Gave voice to Gideon the Cat in Disney's 1940 animated film Pinocchio, but producers later decided to render the character mute.
Tombstone is adorned with the phrases That's All Folks and Man of a 100 Voices.
Had hits with the novelty tunes "I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat" and "The Woody Woodpecker Song".
In the 1970s, he ran a school for voice artists with his son Noel.
One of the first voice artists to receive screen credit.
Was involved in a near-fatal car accident in 1961 and received 15,000 get-well cards, many addressed simply to Bugs Bunny.
Published his autobiography, That's Not All, Folks, in 1989.
Played the bass, violin and sousaphone.