Mel Blanc Biography

Mel Blanc biography

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NAME: Mel Blanc
OCCUPATION: Film Actor, Television Actor, Comedian, Musician, Radio Talk Show Host, Talk Show Host
BIRTH DATE: May 30, 1908
DEATH DATE: July 10, 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH: San Francisco, California
PLACE OF DEATH: Los Angeles, California

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Mel Blanc was a voice actor and entertainer who provided voices for Bugs Bunny and over 400 other cartoon characters.

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Mel Blanc was born on May 30, 1908 in San Francisco, CA. He was a multi-instrumentalist musician and started doing voices on his radio program which couldn't afford additional actors. In 1937, he joined the Warner Brothers animation unit which produced the Looney Tunes cartoons. He created voices for about 90 percent of Warner characters, including Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck. Blanc died in 1989.