Actor Mel Blanc is known as Bugs Bunny. It was in the voice of the artist that the famous rabbit spoke. At the Warner Bros. film studio, the performer was engaged in dubbing when American animation was in its prime. His characters were Tweety Chick, Sylvester the Cat, Porky Pig, Speedy Gonzalez.
Melvin Jerome Blank started his career on radio as an announcer of advertisements. However, he achieved the highest fame by starting to engage in dubbing. He has collaborated with Warner Bros. Studios. and Hanna-Barbera. The comedian's career lasted almost 60 years. For his unusually talented work, the artist was awarded the title of Man of a Thousand Voices.
Vocation
The biography of the future artist began in 1908. The baby was born in San Francisco on May 30. His artistic career began in 1927. Blank worked at the KGW station. In 1933 she was replaced by "KEX", and then she lost the promising announcer to CBS three years later. Benny Mal has regularly participated in the famous host and comedian Jack Benny since the late thirties. He portrayed the most diverse characters.
On the wave of success in the forties, the artist launched an author's show, which remained in demand on radio for almost a year. In 1936, Blank found his first place in the Corner Brothers multisection staff. He made his debut in the cartoon "Picador Porky" in 1937. He voiced a drunken bull. Porky's voice came to him later in the film "Porky's Duck Hunt". The premiere was the reason for the appearance of Duffy Duck. He was also voiced by Mel.
Very soon the number of recognizable characters increased. Their ranks were joined by Foghorn Leghorn, Bugs Bunny, and the skunk Peppe Le Pugh. Blanc was well aware of the peculiarities of talent, and therefore sought to protect his work. He achieved what he wanted: the name of the artist began to be indicated in the credits from 1943, indicating that the artist developed and performed the dubbing.
The most difficult hero Mel called the short cowboy Yosemith Sam, who constantly shouted at others. The reason for this characteristic was the need to strain the throat. But the hero turned out to be so recognizable and colorful that he instantly gained popularity.
New successes
In 1961, on January 24, the artist was hospitalized after a car accident. Fans showered their pet with wishes of a speedy recovery, sending their letters to Bugs Bunny in Hollywood.
When he returned, Mel went back to work with The Flintstones on ABC. The management, who appreciated the work of the employee, ordered to transfer all the equipment necessary for work to the residence of Blank, so that he worked without leaving the room.
In the early sixties, the artist moved to the studio "Hanna Barbera". The voice actor's career continued successfully. His most famous characters are Mr. Spacely from The Jetsons and Barney Rubble from The Flintstones. The comedy series was conceived as a parody of American modern society with a stone age setting. In cars, the heroes move, moving their feet on the ground, in the body of the lighter there are crossed wooden sticks, the working mechanisms are dinosaurs, and the household appliances are animals and birds.
Although most of the work was done by the artist on the radio, it was impossible to call him a beginner. He gained experience while working for Warner Bros.
From 1962 to 1967, new episodes of Tom and Jerry's adventures were voiced. The production of the first TV short films was launched. In them, the main characters are already familiar characters. Some of them spoke in Blanc's voice. Only one thing upset: the refusal to entrust Bugs Bunny to him. But that question was also decided in favor of the actor.
Legendary characters
According to the plot, one of the most popular characters chews carrots all the time. Since it was experimentally proved that no other vegetables are capable of emitting the same characteristic crunch as carrots, they had to work with the root vegetable in their hands in the literal sense. The actor chewed carrots constantly.
In the early eighties, Blank was invited to voice Heathcliff's cat. The series of the same name was launched by Ruby-Spears Productions and DiC Entertainment.
The artist continued his work in TV commercials. He introduced the screaming favorites of the Tasmanian Devil and rabbit-hating Yosemite to colleagues with a stronger throat, as the ligaments were too tired to be under constant stress.
Summarizing
The final work of the artist was the feature film Who Framed Roger Rabbit. It included a scene in which Duffy Duck took part. They also spoke in the voice of Blank in the film, where cartoon and real characters were combined, the cat Sylvester, Porky Pig, Bugs Bunny, Tweety, Speedy Gonzalez, Road Runner and Sly Coyote.
The rabbit Roger should look after baby Herman. The ward sneaks into the kitchen, taking advantage of the guardian's brief absence. Alarmed by his disappearance, Roger finds himself in trouble, from which he tried to save the baby. As a result, the refrigerator falls on the rabbit. After that, it turns out that everything is happening on the set.
The owner of the studio is upset by the absent-mindedness of the star. Maroon hires a private investigator to improve Roger's concentration at work. Valiant finds out that the wife of the rabbit Jessica met with the tycoon Acme, who was killed not so long ago. All evidence points to Roger.
The rabbit is faced with the prospect of disappearing in the solvent invented by the judge to get rid of the cartoons. The defendant can only rely on the detective. Eddie does not fail, finding the cause and culprit of what is happening. Thanks to him, Multown comes into the possession of its cartoon inhabitants.
Mel Blank passed away in 1989, on July 10. It is known that he was married. A child, son Zero, was born in his family in 1938. He became an executive producer and actor.
