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Blanc, Melvin Jerome (Mel Blanc)
Died: 1989 AD, at 81 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Comedians, Voice Actor
1908 - Born in San Francisco, California on the 30th of May.
1936 - Joined with Leon Schlesinger Studios, producers of Warner Brothers Pictures.
- He was the voice behind Bugs Bunny, Tweety Bird, Porky Pig, Daffy Duck,
the Robot on Buck Rogers, and many others.
- He did voices for Hanna-Barbera cartoons as well, such as, Barney Rubble, Dino and others.
1946-1947 - He had his own radio show "The Mel Blanc Show".
1961 - On the 24th of January he had an accident and suffered fractures.
- Filed a $500,000 law suite against the city of Los Angeles.
1960-1966 - He did the voice of Barney Rubble on The Flintstones.
1950's-1970's - He did acting roles on TV, almost all of them on sitcoms.
1989 - Mel died on 10th of July of heart failure due to old age.
His son Noel Blanc voiced many of the Warner Bros. cartoon characters for a time and some other TV work.
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