Biography
The first (and for many years, the only) voice-over artist ever to receive on-screen billing, Blanc kicked open the doors for an entire industry profession. Now one of the most sought-after professions in Hollywood, future animated VO artists would go on to enjoy both name recognition and lucrative paydays, all thanks to one Mel Blanc.
Born Melvin Jerome Blank on May 30, 1908 in San Francisco, CA, the future voice impresario grew up mainly in …
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Career Milestones
| Appeared as a regular on "The Judy Canova Show" on radio | ||
| Continued to perform on radio programs like "The Jack Benny Show", "Baby Snooks", "The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show" and others | ||
| Hired by Disney to voice Gideon the cat in "Pinnochio"; dialogue edited out for final release in 1940 | ||
| Moved to San Francisco to play with the NBC Trocaderans radio orchestra | ||
| Raised in Portland, Oregon | ||
| Starred in "The Mel Blanc Show" on CBS radio | ||
| TV series debut as regular on "The Jack Benny Program" (CBS, 1950-1964; NBC 1964-1965) | ||
1927 | Performed and sang in band, "The Hoot Owls" in Portland; changed spelling of last name | |
1931 | Served as emcee for radio show "The Road Show", aired on KGO in San Francisco | |
1933 | Debut as radio actor on Al Pearce's show | |
1935 | With wife, provided character voices for the radio program "Cobwebs and Nuts" | |
1936 | Hired by Leon Schlesinger's cartoon unit at Warner Bros. | |
1937 | Film debut as cartoon voice specialist in "Picador Porky" | |
1938 | First voiced character that would evolve into Bugs Bunny in "Porky's Hare Hunt"; character originally named Happy Rabbit | |
1940 | Introduced the famous laugh of Woody Woodpecker in "Knock, Knock" | |
1940 | Voiced Bugs Bunny in "A Wild Hare", what is generally considered the debut of the character | |
1947 | First screen pairing of Sylvester and Tweety in the Oscar-winning short, "Tweetie Pie"; Blanc voiced both characters | |
1949 | Feature acting debut in small role in "Neptune's Daughter" | |
1960 | Provided voice of Barney Rubble on the Hanna-Barbera animated series "The Flintstones" | |
1961 | Involved in a near fatal automobile accident | |
1964 | Had featured acting role in Billy Wilder's "Kiss Me, Stupid" | |
1988 | For the live-action/animated film, "Who Framed Roger Rabbit", he brought to life his original character's voices: those of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Tweety Pie and Sylvester the cat | |