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Mel Blanc

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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.