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Melvin "Mel" Jerome Blanc (May 30, 1908 â€“ July 10, 1989) was an United States|American voice acting|voice actor and comedian. Although he began his nearly six-decade-long career performing in radio and television commercials, Blanc is best known for his work with Warner Bros. during the Golden Age of American animation (and later for Hanna-Barbera television productions) as the voice of such iconic characters as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Sylvester (Looney Tunes)|Sylvester the Cat, Tweety Bird, Foghorn Leghorn, Yosemite Sam, Wile E. Coyote, Barney Rubble, Mr. Spacely, and hundreds of others. Having earned the nickname â€œThe Man of a Thousand Voices,â€ Blanc is regarded as one of the most gifted and influential persons in his field.<ref>[http://www.ochcom.org/blanc Mel Blanc's bio at Ochcom.org]</ref>

Early years and radio work
Born in San Francisco, California, to Jewish parents, he grew up in Portland, Oregon, attending Lincoln High School (Portland, Oregon)|Lincoln High School. At 16, he changed the spelling of his last name from â€œBlank,â€ reportedly because a teacher told him that he would amount to nothing and be, like his last name, â€œblank.â€ Blanc began his radio career in 1927 as a voice actor on the KGW program ''The Hoot Owls'', where his ability to create voices for multiple characters first attracted attention. Blanc moved to sister s... read all