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Mel Blanc

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Mel Blanc: Biography

  • Birth Name: Melvin Jerome Blank
  • Birth Place: San Francisco, CA
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 05/30/1908, Gemini
  • Date of Death: 07/10/1989
  • Profession: Voice artist; actor; singer; musician
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Mel Blanc Fast Facts:
  • Played the bass, violin and sousaphone.
  • One of the first voice artists to receive screen credit.
  • Gave voice to Gideon the Cat in Disney's 1940 animated film Pinocchio, but producers later decided to render the character mute.
  • Appeared on-screen in only two live-action films, Neptune's Daughter (1949) and Kiss Me, Stupid (1964).
  • Had hits with the novelty tunes "I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat" and "The Woody Woodpecker Song".
  • Was involved in a near-fatal car accident in 1961 and received 15,000 get-well cards, many addressed simply to Bugs Bunny.
  • In the 1970s, he ran a school for voice artists with his son Noel.
  • Published his autobiography, That's Not All, Folks, in 1989.
  • Tombstone is adorned with the phrases That's All Folks and Man of a 100 Voices.
  • Was the honorary mayor of Pacific Palisades, CA.
  • Mel Blanc Relationships:
  • Frederick Blank - Father
  • Eva Katz Blank - Mother
  • Henry Blank - Brother
  • Estelle Z. Rosenbaum Blanc - Wife
  • Noel Blanc - Son
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