Mel Blanc Biography

Fast Facts

• Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contribution to voice work and television
• Began his voice acting career on the radio, providing voices for various local radio programs including KGW's "The Hoot Owls" and "Cobweb and Nuts" on KEX, and ultimately achieving a regular spot on NBC's "The Jack Benny Program․"
• Helped gain recognition for voice actors, who were not given screen credit until he demanded it, in 1944
• Known for his dynamic range of characters and voices, which lead him to be named "The Man of a Thousand Voices․"
• Despite playing Bugs Bunny, who was notorious for his love of carrots, Blanc was allergic to the vegetable
• He is buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, where his epitaph reads "That's All Folks!"