Blanc, Melvin Jerome

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.