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American Voice Actors. Childhood & Early Life. Melvin Blanc was born Melvin Jerome Blank on May 30, 1908, in San Francisco, California, to Frederick and Eva Katz Blank, co-managers of a clothing business. His family was of Russian-Jewish descent. He was the younger of the 2 children. His family relocated to Portland, Oregon, during his childhood.
Melvin Jerome "Mel" Blanc (May 30, 1908 — July 10, 1989), note a.k.a. the original "Man of a Thousand Voices", was one of the most prolific voice actors of all time, as well as one of the best, starting in The Golden Age of Animation and working up until his death in 1989, right at the beginning of The Renaissance Age of Animation.
May 30, 2013 · Mel Blanc was truly the “Man of a Thousand Voices.” The list of cartoon characters he brought to life goes on and on… from Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, to Barney Rubble, Marvin the Martian ...
Mel Blanc called the 1957 Oscar-winning cartoon "Birds Anonymous" his all-time favorite, and producer Eddie Selzer bequeathed the statue to him upon his death. Voice Actor. His career spanned radio, movies, and television, starting in the early 1930s and even continuing after his death into 2000.
Sep 11, 2022 · For over 60 years, Mel Blanc's voice was heard by the world either on radio, or in the massively popular series of animated shorts, The Looney Tunes. Right up until his death in 1989, ...
Melvin Jerome Blanc was a Jewish American voice actor and comedian. He was born on May 30, 1908, in San Francisco, California and grew up in Portland, Oregon. At the age of 16, he changed the spelling of his last name from “Blank.”. Blanc began his show business career as a musician, performing with the NBC studio orchestra on violin, bass ...