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{{short description|American voice actor and radio personality (1908–1989)}}
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{{Infobox person
| honorific_prefix   = 
| name               = Mel Blanc
| image              = Mel Blanc - 1959.jpg
| image_size         = 
| caption            = Blanc in 1959
| birth_name         = Melvin Jerome Blank <!-- please do not change: his birth name was spelled Blank with a "K". He later changed to "Blanc" professionally and legally. -->
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1908|5|30}}
| birth_place        = San Francisco, California, U.S.
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|1989|7|10|1908|5|30}}
| death_place        = Los Angeles, California
| resting_place      = [[Hollywood Forever Cemetery]]
| occupation         = {{hlist|Voice actor|radio personality}}
| other names        = "The Man of 1,000 Voices"
| years_active       = 1927–1989
| known_for = Original Voice of ''[[Bugs Bunny]]''
| awards             = [[Inkpot Award]] (1976)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.comic-con.org/awards/inkpot|title=Inkpot Award|date=December 6, 2012|website=Comic-con.org|access-date=February 27, 2022}}</ref>
| spouse             = {{marriage|Estelle Rosenbaum|1933}}
| children           = [[Noel Blanc]]
}}

'''Melvin Jerome Blanc''' (born '''Blank''' {{IPAc-en|b|l|æ|ŋ|k}};<ref>{{Cite American Heritage Dictionary|Blanc|access-date=June 1, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Merriam-Webster|Blanc|access-date=June 1, 2019}}</ref> May 30, 1908 – July 10, 1989)<ref name=NYTobit>{{cite news|title=Mel Blanc, Who Provided Voices For 3,000 Cartoons, Is Dead at 81|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/11/obituaries/mel-blanc-who-provided-voices-for-3000-cartoons-is-dead-at-81.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=July 11, 1989|access-date=June 26, 2008|first=Peter B.|last=Flint}}</ref> was an American voice actor and radio personality whose career spanned over 60 years. During the [[Golden Age of Radio]], he provided character voices and vocal sound effects for comedy radio programs, including those of [[Jack Benny]], [[Abbott and Costello]], [[Burns and Allen]], [[The Great Gildersleeve]], [[Judy Canova]] and his own [[The Mel Blanc Show|short-lived sitcom]].

Blanc became known worldwide for his work in the [[golden age of American animation]] as the voices of [[Bugs Bunny]], [[Daffy Duck]], [[Tweety]], [[Sylvester the Cat]], [[Yosemite Sam]], [[Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner]], [[Speedy Gonzales]], [[Marvin the Martian]], [[Foghorn Leghorn]], the [[Tasmanian Devil (Looney Tunes)|Tasmanian Devil]], [[Pepé Le Pew]] and numerous other characters from the ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' and ''[[Merrie Melodies]]'' [[Short film|theatrical cartoon]]s.<ref name="BTVA">{{cite web|url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Mel-Blanc/|title=Mel Blanc|access-date=February 5, 2013|publisher=Behind the Voice Actors}}</ref> Blanc also voiced the ''Looney Tunes'' characters [[Porky Pig]] and [[Elmer Fudd]] after replacing their original performers, [[Joe Dougherty]] and [[Arthur Q. Bryan]], respectively, although he occasionally voiced Elmer during Bryan's lifetime as well.<ref name="BTVA" /> He later voiced characters for [[Hanna-Barbera]]'s television cartoons, including: [[Barney Rubble]] and [[Dino (The Flintstones)|Dino]] on ''[[The Flintstones]]'', [[List of The Jetsons characters#Mr. Spacely|Mr. Spacely]] on ''[[The Jetsons]]'', [[Secret Squirrel]] on ''[[The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show]]'', the title character of ''[[Speed Buggy]]'', and Captain Caveman on ''[[Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels]]'' and ''[[The Flintstone Kids]]''.<ref name="BTVA"/> He was also the voice of [[The Fox and the Cat|Gideon's]] hiccups in ''[[Pinocchio (1940 film)|Pinocchio]]'', his only appearance at [[Disney]]. Blanc was also the voice of [[Woody Woodpecker]] in the first four animated shorts from 1940 to 1941, his only appearance at [[Universal Pictures]]. He also provided the screams for [[Tom Cat|Tom]] and [[Jerry (Tom and Jerry)|Jerry]]  in the short films from 1963 to 1967, in just 34 short films directed by [[Chuck Jones]].

Referred to as "'''The Man of a Thousand Voices'''",<ref>{{cite news|last=Harmetz|first=Aljean|author-link=Aljean Harmetz|date=November 24, 1988|title=Man of a Thousand Voices, Speaking Literally|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/24/arts/man-of-a-thousand-voices-speaking-literally.html|access-date=July 8, 2016}}</ref> he is regarded as one of the most influential people in the [[voice acting]] industry, and as one of the greatest voice actors of all time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ochcom.org/blanc|title=Mel Blanc's bio at Ochcom.org|access-date=October 20, 2014}}</ref>

==Early life==
Blanc was born on May 30, 1908, in San Francisco, California. He grew up in San Francisco's [[Western Addition, San Francisco|Western Addition]] neighborhood,<ref>Mintun, Peter (April 13, 1993) [http://www.amacord.com/fillmore/museum/mintun01.html "Look Back to the Upper Fillmore"] ''The Fillmore Museum''</ref> and later in [[Portland, Oregon]], where he attended [[Lincoln High School (Portland, Oregon)|Lincoln High School]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pdxhistory.com/html/mel_blanc.html|title=Mel Blanc|work=pdxhistory.com|access-date=July 11, 2017}}</ref> He had an early fondness for voices and dialect, which he began practicing at the age of 10. He claimed that he changed the spelling of his name when he was 16, from Blank to Blanc, because a teacher told him that he would amount to nothing and be like his name, a "blank". He joined the [[DeMolay International|Order of DeMolay]] as a young man, and was eventually inducted into its Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://demolay.org/project/mel-blanc/|title=DeMolay Hall of Fame|author=DeMolay International|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710144008/https://demolay.org/halloffame/bio.php?id=8|archive-date=July 10, 2017|access-date=July 11, 2017}}</ref> After graduating from high school in 1927, he divided his time between leading an orchestra, becoming the youngest conductor in the country at the age of 19; and performing ''[[shtick]]'' in [[vaudeville]] shows around Washington, Oregon and northern California.<ref name="Blanc">{{cite book|title=That's Not All, Folks!|year=1988|first1=Mel|last1=Blanc|first2=Philip|last2=Bashe|publisher=Warner Books|isbn=0-446-51244-3|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/thatsnotallfolks00blan}}</ref>

==Career==
===Radio work===
Blanc began his radio career at the age of 19 in 1927, when he made his acting debut on the [[KPOJ-AM|KGW]] program ''The Hoot Owls'', where his ability to provide voices for multiple characters first attracted attention. He moved to Los Angeles in 1932, where he met Estelle Rosenbaum (1909–2003), whom he married a year later, before returning to Portland. He moved to [[KEX (AM)|KEX]] in 1933 to produce and co-host his ''Cobweb and Nuts'' show with his wife Estelle, which debuted on June 15. The program played Monday through Saturday from 11:00&nbsp;pm to midnight, and by the time the show ended two years later, it appeared from 10:30&nbsp;pm to 11:00&nbsp;pm.<gallery>
File:Private Snafu - Booby Traps.ogv|[[Private Snafu]]
File:Wabbitwhocametosupper.jpg|''[[The Wabbit Who Came to Supper]]''
</gallery>With his wife's encouragement, Blanc returned to Los Angeles and joined Warner Bros.–owned [[KFWB]] in [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]] in 1935. He joined ''The Johnny Murray Show'', but the following year switched to [[CBS]] Radio and ''The [[Joe Penner]] Show''.

[[File:Jack Benny group photo.jpg|thumb|left|300px|The cast of ''[[The Jack Benny Program]]'', from left to right: [[Eddie "Rochester" Anderson]], [[Dennis Day]], [[Phil Harris]], [[Mary Livingstone]], [[Jack Benny]], [[Don Wilson (announcer)|Don Wilson]], and Mel Blanc]]
Blanc was a regular on the [[NBC]] Red Network show ''[[The Jack Benny Program]]'' in various roles, including voicing Benny's [[Maxwell automobile]] (in desperate need of a tune-up), violin teacher Professor LeBlanc, Polly the Parrot, Benny's pet polar bear Carmichael and the train announcer. The first role came from a mishap when the recording of the automobile's sounds failed to play on cue, prompting Blanc to take the microphone and improvise the sounds himself. The audience reacted so positively that Benny decided to dispense with the recording altogether and have Blanc continue in that role. One of Blanc's characters from Benny's radio (and later TV) programs was "Sy, the Little Mexican", who spoke one word at a time.<ref name="Blanc"/> He continued to work with Benny on radio until the series ended in 1955 and followed the program into television from Benny's 1950 debut episode through guest spots on NBC specials in the 1970s.

''Radio Daily'' magazine wrote in 1942 that Blanc "specialize[d] in over fifty-seven voices, dialects, and intricate sound effects",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Radio-Daily/RD-1942/RD-1942-08.pdf|title=57 Variety Blanc|first=Betty|last=Mills|work=Radio Daily|page=27|date=August 7, 1942|access-date=January 26, 2020}}</ref> and by 1946, he was appearing on over fifteen programs in various supporting roles. His success on ''The Jack Benny Program'' led to his own radio show on the [[CBS Radio Network]], ''[[The Mel Blanc Show]]'', which ran from September 3, 1946, to June 24, 1947. Blanc played himself as the hapless owner of a fix-it shop, as well as his young cousin Zookie. Blanc also appeared on such other national radio programs as ''The [[Abbott and Costello]] Show'', the Happy Postman on ''[[Burns and Allen]]'', and as August Moon on ''Point Sublime''. During World War II, he appeared as Private Sad Sack on various radio shows, including ''G.I. Journal''. Blanc recorded a song titled "Big Bear Lake".

===Animation voice work during the golden age of Hollywood===
[[File:Private Snafu - Spies.ogv|thumb|[[Private Snafu]]: ''[[Spies (1943 film)|Spies]]'', voiced by Blanc in 1943]]
In December 1936, Mel Blanc joined [[Warner Bros. Cartoons#1933–1944: Leon Schlesinger Productions|Leon Schlesinger Productions]], which was producing theatrical cartoon shorts for [[Warner Bros.]] After sound man [[Treg Brown]] was put in charge of cartoon voices, and [[Carl Stalling]] became music director, Brown introduced Blanc to animation directors [[Tex Avery]], [[Bob Clampett]], [[Friz Freleng]], and [[Frank Tashlin]], who loved his voices. The first cartoon Blanc worked on was ''Picador Porky'' (1937) as the voice of Porky's drunken friends who dress up as a bull.<ref name="Blanc"/> He soon after received his first starring role when he replaced [[Joe Dougherty]] as Porky Pig's voice in ''[[Porky's Duck Hunt]]'', which marked the debut of Daffy Duck, also voiced by Blanc.

Following this, Blanc became a very prominent vocal artist for Warner Bros., voicing a wide variety of the ''Looney Tunes'' characters. Bugs Bunny, as whom Blanc made his debut in ''[[A Wild Hare]]'' (1940),<ref>[[Michael Barrier (historian)|Barrier, Michael]] (2003), [https://www.amazon.com/dp/0195167295 ''Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in Its Golden Age''], Oxford University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-19-516729-0}}</ref><ref name="Bugs Bunny 1990">Adamson, Joe (1990). ''Bugs Bunny: 50 Years and Only One Grey Hare''. New York: Henry Holt. {{ISBN|978-0-8050-1190-6}}</ref> was known for eating carrots frequently (especially while saying his catchphrase "Eh, what's up, doc?"). To follow this sound with the animated voice, Blanc would bite into a carrot and then quickly spit into a [[spittoon]]. One often-repeated story is that Blanc was allergic to carrots, which Blanc denied.<ref>{{cite book|author1-link=Tim Lawson (writer)|first1=Tim|last1=Lawson|author2=Alisa Persons|title=The Magic Behind The Voices: A Who's Who of Cartoon Voice Actors|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6ffdBDDBUYsC&q=wild+hare|page=72|publisher=University Press of Mississippi|year=2004|isbn=978-1-5780-6696-4}}</ref><ref>[http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2820/did-mel-blanc-hate-carrots "Did Mel Blanc hate carrots?"] A Straight Dope column by Science Advisory Board Member Rico November 4, 2008 (accessed November 20, 2008)</ref>

In [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Disney]]'s ''[[Pinocchio (1940 film)|Pinocchio]]'', Blanc was hired to perform the voice of Gideon the Cat. However, it was eventually decided to have Gideon be a mute character (similar to Dopey from ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)|Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]''), so all of Blanc's recorded dialogue was deleted except for a solitary hiccup, which was heard three times in the finished film.<ref>''No Strings Attached: The Making of Pinocchio'', Pinocchio DVD, 2009</ref>

Blanc also originated the voice and laugh of [[Woody Woodpecker]] for the theatrical cartoons produced by [[Walter Lantz]] for [[Universal Pictures]], but stopped voicing Woody after the character's first four shorts when he was signed to an exclusive contract with Warner Bros. Blanc had recorded some of Woody's lines for ''[[Pantry Panic]]'', but had already left the Lantz studio before the short was released, so [[Danny Webb (American actor)|Danny Webb]] was hired to finished Woody's remaining lines for that particular short.<ref>{{cite web | title='GUESS WHO??' Voice Artists in the Woody Woodpecker Cartoons | website=Cartoon Research | date=September 20, 2021 | url=https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/guess-who-voice-artists-in-the-woody-woodpecker-cartoons/ | access-date=August 13, 2025}}</ref> Despite this, his laugh was still used in the ''Woody Woodpecker'' cartoons until 1951, when [[Grace Stafford]] recorded a softer version, while his "Guess who!?" signature line was used in the opening titles until the end of the series and closure of [[Walter Lantz Productions]] in 1972.<ref name="Blanc"/>

During World War II, Blanc served as the voice of the hapless [[Private Snafu]] in a series of shorts produced by Warner Bros. as a way of training recruited soldiers through the medium of animation.<ref name="looney.goldenagecartoons.com">{{cite web|url=http://looney.goldenagecartoons.com/miscelooneyous/snafu/|title=Situation Normal All Fouled Up: A History of Private Snafu|website=Misce-Looney-Ous|access-date=June 20, 2020|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512092007/http://looney.goldenagecartoons.com/miscelooneyous/snafu/|archive-date=May 12, 2008}}</ref>

Throughout his career, Blanc, aware of his talents, protected the rights to his voice characterizations contractually and legally. He, and later his estate, never hesitated to take civil action when those rights were violated. Voice actors at the time rarely received screen credits, but Blanc was an exception; by 1944, his contract with Warner Bros. stipulated a credit reading "Voice characterization(s) by Mel Blanc". According to his autobiography, Blanc asked for and received this screen credit from studio boss [[Leon Schlesinger]] after he was denied a salary raise.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mel Blanc: From Anonymity To Offscreen Superstar (The advent of on-screen voice credits)|url=http://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/mel-blanc-from-anonymity-to-offscreen-superstar-the-advent-of-on-screen-voice-credits/|first=Keith|last=Scott|author-link=Keith Scott (voice actor)|work=Cartoon Research|date=September 13, 2016|access-date=July 18, 2017}}</ref> Initially, Blanc's screen credit was limited only to cartoons in which he voiced Bugs Bunny. This changed in March 1945 when the contract was amended to also include a screen credit for cartoons featuring Porky Pig and/or Daffy Duck. This however, excluded any shorts with the two characters made before that amendment occurred, even if they released after the fact (''Book Revue'' and ''[[Baby Bottleneck]]'' are both examples of this). By the end of 1946, Blanc began receiving a screen credit in any subsequent Warner Bros. cartoon for which he provided voices.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/filmography.html?p_id=6641|title=Mel Blanc: filmography|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=November 25, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013070120/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/6641/Mel-Blanc/filmography|archive-date=October 13, 2007}}</ref>

===Voice work for Hanna-Barbera and others===
In 1960, after the expiration of his exclusive contract with Warner Bros., Blanc continued working for them, but also began providing voices for the TV cartoons produced by [[Hanna-Barbera]]; his roles during this time included [[Barney Rubble]] of ''[[The Flintstones]]'' and [[List of The Jetsons characters#Mr. Spacely|Cosmo Spacely]] of ''The Jetsons''. His other voice roles for Hanna-Barbera included [[Dino (The Flintstones)|Dino the Dinosaur]], [[Secret Squirrel]], [[Speed Buggy]], and [[Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels|Captain Caveman]], as well as voices for ''[[Wally Gator]]'' and ''[[The Perils of Penelope Pitstop]]''.

Blanc also worked with former ''Looney Tunes'' director Chuck Jones, who by this time was directing shorts with his own company Sib Tower 12 (later [[MGM Animation/Visual Arts]]), doing vocal effects for the ''[[Tom and Jerry]]'' series from 1963 to 1967. Blanc was the first voice of [[Toucan Sam]] in [[Froot Loops]] commercials.

Blanc reprised some of his Warner Bros. characters when the studio contracted him to make [[DePatie-Freleng Enterprises|new theatrical cartoons]] in the mid- to late 1960s. For these, Blanc voiced Daffy Duck and [[Speedy Gonzales]], the characters who received the most frequent use in these shorts (later, newly introduced characters such as Cool Cat and Merlin the Magic Mouse were voiced by [[Larry Storch]]). Blanc also continued to voice the ''Looney Tunes'' for the bridging sequences of ''[[The Bugs Bunny Show]]'', as well as in numerous animated advertisements and several compilation features, such as ''[[The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie]]'' (1979). He also voiced [[Granny (Looney Tunes)|Granny]] on [[Peter Pan Records]] in ''4 More Adventures of Bugs Bunny'' (1974) and ''Holly-Daze'' (1974), in place of [[June Foray]],<ref name="Christmas Records">{{cite web|url=https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/bugs-bunnys-high-fructose-christmas-record/|title=Bugs Bunny's High-Fructose Christmas Record|website=Cartoon Research|language=en-US|access-date=August 6, 2018}}</ref> and replaced the late [[Arthur Q. Bryan]] as [[Elmer Fudd]]'s voice during the post-golden age era.

===Car accident and aftermath===
On January 24, 1961, Blanc was driving alone when his sports car was involved in a [[head-on collision]] on [[Sunset Boulevard]]; his legs and his pelvis were fractured as a result.<ref>{{cite news|date=January 25, 1961|title=Mel Blanc, Man of Many Voices, Badly Injured|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7806040/mel_blanc/|newspaper=The Terre Haute Tribune|page=5|agency=[[United Press International]]|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|access-date=February 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190217051645/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7806040/mel_blanc/|archive-date=February 17, 2019|url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref name="bio">{{cite book|title=That's Not All, Folks!|year=1988|first1=Mel|last1=Blanc|first2=Philip|last2=Bashe|publisher=Warner Books|isbn=0-446-51244-3|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/thatsnotallfolks00blan|pages=1, 84, 235–237, 239}}</ref> He was in a coma and completely non-responsive. About two weeks later, one of Blanc's neurologists at the [[UCLA Medical Center]] tried a different approach than just trying to address the unconscious Blanc—address his characters instead. Blanc was asked, "How are you feeling today, Bugs Bunny?" After a slight pause, Blanc answered, in a weak voice, "Eh&nbsp;... just fine, Doc. How are you?"<ref name="Blanc" /> The doctor then asked [[Tweety]] if he was there, too. "I tawt I taw a puddy tat", was the reply.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radiolab.org/story/248590-blanc/|title=What's Up, Doc?|date=November 6, 2012|access-date=October 27, 2014|series=[[Radiolab]]|last=Horowitz|first=Daniel}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.openculture.com/2013/05/the_strange_day_when_bugs_bunny_saved_the_life_of_mel_blanc.html|title=The Strange Day When Bugs Bunny Saved the Life of Mel Blanc|date=May 6, 2013|publisher=OpenCulture.com|last=Rix|first=Kate}}</ref> Blanc returned home on March 17. Four days later, Blanc filed a [[United States dollar|US$]]500,000 lawsuit against the City of Los Angeles. His accident, one of 26 in the preceding two years at the intersection known as [[Dead Man's Curve#Other sharp curves|Dead Man's Curve]], resulted in the city funding the restructuring of curves at the location.
[[File:Mel Blanc 1976 2.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Blanc in 1975]]
Years later, Blanc's son [[Noel Blanc|Noel]] revealed that he performed some of his father's Warner Bros. characters for some cartoons during his recovery.<ref name="Gadgets Interview">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJeySvo5HVA&t=761s|title=Mel Blanc visits Gadgets in the Eastwood Mall (Home of The Looney Tunes Revue and Sammy Sands) (1982)|date=January 15, 2025|publisher=YouTube|access-date=May 5, 2025}}</ref><ref name="Loop Lines">{{cite book|title=Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices|isbn=9781593932596|last1=Ohmart|first1=Ben|date=November 15, 2012|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p8KCDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT182|access-date=April 22, 2025|quote=According to one report, Noel, by then a fair imitator of his father's characters, was asked by Warner Bros. to loop a series of cartoons, ones which needed an extra phrase or word redone. He would still pinch-hit for Mel later on occasion too, but "about 99% of what the public hears is my dad. My voice is basically used in public service announcements and on Armed Forces broadcasts."}}</ref><ref name="FilmGen">{{cite book|title=Creating The Filmation Generation|isbn=9781605490441|url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Lou_Scheimer/sVB5zwEACAAJ&pg=PT93|quote=We used a lot of the main Warner characters, except Bugs Bunny and the little mouse guy, Speedy Gonzales. And I think it's one of the few times we used that wonderful voice actor, Mel Blanc, although he may have been ill then. He had a terrible accident, and that may be the time his son (Noel Blanc) did some stuff for us, imitating his dad.|access-date=April 22, 2025|last1=Scheimer|first1=Lou|last2=Mangels|first2=Andy|date=December 15, 2012|publisher=TwoMorrows}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Cm8nlBAie0&t=1361s|title=Noel Blanc interview (son of Mel Blanc - the man of a thousand voices) 2022|date=May 1, 2022|publisher=YouTube|access-date=April 22, 2025}}</ref> Warner Bros. had also asked [[Stan Freberg]] to provide the voices for Bugs Bunny and Porky Pig, but Freberg declined, out of respect for Blanc.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGvzwCP2VWM&t=650s|title=Stan Freberg - The Complete "Pioneers of Television" Interview|date=January 29, 2022|publisher=YouTube|access-date=February 1, 2025}}</ref> [[Jerry Hausner]] briefly filled in for Blanc as Bugs and Yosemite Sam for some commercials and spots for ''The Bugs Bunny Show'' and additional lines in ''[[Devil's Feud Cake]]''.<ref name="On Record">{{cite web|title=Bugs Bunny on Record|url=https://www.newsfromme.com/2004/11/09/bugs-bunny-on-record/|publisher=News From ME|access-date=November 24, 2024}}</ref><ref name="CartoonVoices">{{cite book|last1=Scott|first1=Keith|title=Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, Vol. 2|date=October 3, 2022|publisher=BearManor Media|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Collectors Choice">{{cite web|title=The Thad Review: "Looney Tunes Collector's Choice" Vol. 4|url=https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/the-thad-review-looney-tunes-collectors-choice-vol-4/|first=Thad|last=Komorowski|work=Cartoon Research|date=November 18, 2024|access-date=November 24, 2024}}</ref> At the time of the accident, Blanc was also serving as the voice of [[Barney Rubble]] in ''[[The Flintstones]]''. His absence from the show was relatively brief; [[Daws Butler]] provided the voice of Barney for a few episodes, after which the show's producers set up recording equipment in Blanc's hospital room and later at his home to allow him to work from there. Some of the recordings were made while he was in full-body cast as he lay flat on his back with the other ''Flintstones'' co-stars gathered around him.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1828&dat=19880904&id=EsMnAAAAIBAJ&pg=1214,1135635|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712201936/http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1828&dat=19880904&id=EsMnAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cL4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=1214,1135635|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 12, 2012|title=Blanc laments lack of cartoon quality|newspaper=[[Anchorage Daily News]]|last=Craig|first=Paul|agency=Mcclatchy News Service|date=September 4, 1988|access-date=June 20, 2020}}</ref> He returned to ''The Jack Benny Program'' to film the program's 1961 Christmas show, moving around by crutches and a wheelchair.<ref>{{cite news|date=November 24, 1961|title=Mel Blanc Is Back at Work|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7812606//|newspaper=The Vernon Daily Record|agency=[[Associated Press]]|page=3|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 11, 2016}} {{Open access}}</ref>

===Later years===
On January 29, 1962, Mel and his son Noel formed Blanc Communications Corporation,<ref name="Banc_Bio">{{cite book|last=Blanc|first=Mel|year=1988|title=That's Not All Folks!|publisher=Warner Books|isbn=0-446-51244-3|url=https://archive.org/details/thatsnotallfolks00blanc|pages=228, 252}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Blanc Communications Corporation, California, US|url=https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_ca/C0427033|access-date=June 21, 2021|website=Open Corporates}}</ref> a media company which produced over 5,000 commercials and public service announcements, which remains in operation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.melblanccommunications.com/|title=Blanc Communications Corporation official site|access-date=October 8, 2017}}</ref> Mel and Noel appeared with many stars, including: [[Kirk Douglas]], [[Lucille Ball]], [[Vincent Price]], [[Phyllis Diller]], [[Liberace]] and [[The Who]].{{clear left}}

In the 1970s, Blanc gave a series of college lectures across the US and appeared in commercials for [[American Express]]. In 1972, [[Chuck McKibben]] started working as Blanc's personal recording engineer/producer and studio manager. His daily responsibilities at Mel Blanc Audiomedia in [[Beverly Hills, California]] included recording Blanc's voice for a variety of film, advertising and theme park projects.<ref>The Hollywood Reporter, section R5, November 29, 1972</ref><ref name="Last Interview">{{cite web|url=https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/in-his-own-words-mel-blancs-last-interview/|title=In His Own Words: Mel Blanc's Last Interview|website=Cartoon Research|language=en-US|access-date=October 25, 2024}}</ref> In 1982, Mel's production company, Blanc Communications Corporation, collaborated on a special with the Boston-based Shriners' Burns Institute called ''Ounce of Prevention'', which became a 30-minute TV special.<ref name="Ounce1">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRoyZTD_4Sk&t=3005s|title=Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices|date=August 13, 2012|publisher=YouTube|access-date=May 11, 2025}}</ref><ref name="Ounce2">{{cite web|url=http://library.nfpa.org/surpass/websafari.exe/detail?sid=84E152E6-849C-449D-AB27-22DA2C07555B&database=database&list=R&rec=29&marc=9208|title=Ounce of prevention|access-date=October 8, 2017|website=Charles S. Morgan Technical Library|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008175005/http://library.nfpa.org/surpass/websafari.exe/detail?sid=84E152E6-849C-449D-AB27-22DA2C07555B&database=database&list=R&rec=29&marc=9208|archive-date=October 8, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Throughout the late 1970s and 1980s, Blanc performed his ''Looney Tunes'' characters for bridging sequences in various compilation films of [[Golden age of American animation|Golden Age-era]] Warner Bros. cartoons, such as: ''[[The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie]]'', ''[[The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie]]'', ''[[Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales]]'', ''[[Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island]]'' and ''[[Daffy Duck's Quackbusters]]''. His final performance of his ''Looney Tunes'' roles was in ''Bugs Bunny's Wild World of Sports'' (1989). After spending most of two seasons voicing the diminutive robot Twiki in ''[[Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV series)|Buck Rogers in the 25th Century]]'', Blanc's last major original character was [[Heathcliff (comic strip)|Heathcliff]], who he voiced from 1980 to 1988.

In the live-action film ''[[Strange Brew]]'' (1983), Blanc voiced the father of [[Bob and Doug McKenzie]], at the request of comedian [[Rick Moranis]]. In the live-action/animated movie ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]'' (1988), Blanc reprised several of his roles from Warner Bros. cartoons (Bugs, Daffy, Porky, Tweety, and [[Sylvester the Cat|Sylvester]]), but left [[Yosemite Sam]] to [[Joe Alaskey]] (who later became one of Blanc's regular replacements until his death in 2016). The film was one of the few [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] projects in which Blanc was involved. Blanc died just a year after the film's release. His final recording session was for ''[[Jetsons: The Movie]]'' (1990).<ref>[[Jerry Beck|Beck, Jerry]]. ''The Animated Movie Guide'' (2005).</ref>

==Personal life==
Blanc and his wife Estelle Rosenbaum were married on January 4, 1933,<ref name=NYTobit/> and remained married until his death in 1989.<ref name=NYTobit/> Their son, [[Noel Blanc]], was also a voice actor.<ref name=NYTobit/>

Blanc was a [[Freemasonry|Freemason]] as a member of Mid Day Lodge No. 188 in [[Portland, Oregon]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Mel Blanc|url=https://freemasonry.bcy.ca/biography/blanc_m/blanc_m.html|website=Grand Lodge of British Columbia and Yukon|access-date=July 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224012055/https://freemasonry.bcy.ca/biography/blanc_m/blanc_m.html|archive-date=December 24, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Tribe|first1=Ivan|title=Brother Mel Blanc: "The Man of a Thousand Voices"|url=http://www.knightstemplar.org/KnightTemplar/articles/20130309.htm|access-date=July 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519234545/http://www.knightstemplar.org/KnightTemplar/articles/20130309.htm|archive-date=May 19, 2023}}</ref> He held membership at the lodge for 58 years. Blanc was also a [[Shriners|Shriner]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Famous Freemasons (A – Z) – Freemasons Community|url=https://freemasonscommunity.life/famous-freemasons/|access-date=May 19, 2023|website=freemasonscommunity.life}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Baum|first=Gary|date=May 25, 2017|title=Inside Hollywood's Secret Masonic History, From Disney to DeMille|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/inside-hollywoods-secret-masonic-history-disney-demille-1006571/|access-date=May 19, 2023|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Brother Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices|url=http://www.knightstemplar.org/KnightTemplar/articles/20130309.htm|access-date=May 19, 2023|website=www.knightstemplar.org|archive-date=May 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519234545/http://www.knightstemplar.org/KnightTemplar/articles/20130309.htm|url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Death==
[[File:Mel Blanc 4-15-05.JPG|thumb|right|Blanc's tombstone at [[Hollywood Forever Cemetery]]]]
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Blanc began smoking at least one pack of cigarettes per day at the age of nine and continued up through 1985, having quit smoking after being diagnosed with [[emphysema]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Mel Blanc: His Voice Is His Fortune|first=Aljean|last=Harmetz|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1988-11-27/features/8803090392_1_noel-blanc-mel-blanc-bugs-bunny|date=November 27, 1988|newspaper=[[Sun-Sentinel]]|location=Ft. Lauderdale|access-date=July 19, 2013|archive-date=November 8, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131108110354/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1988-11-27/features/8803090392_1_noel-blanc-mel-blanc-bugs-bunny|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was later diagnosed with [[chronic obstructive pulmonary disease]] (COPD), after his family checked him into the [[Cedars-Sinai Medical Center]] in Los Angeles on May 19, 1989<ref name=NYTobit/> when they noticed he had been coughing profusely while shooting an [[Oldsmobile]] commercial.<ref name="Last Interview"/> He was originally expected to recover,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Feldman|first1=Paul|title=Mel Blanc Dies; Gave Voice to Cartoon World|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/archives/la-me-mel-blanc-19890711-20160706-snap-story.html|website=Los Angeles Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160713102745/https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/archives/la-me-mel-blanc-19890711-20160706-snap-story.html|archive-date=July 13, 2016|date=July 11, 1989|url-status=live}}</ref> but after his health had worsened, doctors discovered that he had advanced [[coronary artery disease]]. He also fell from his bed and broke his femur during the stay.

Blanc died at the age of 81 from complications related to both illnesses on July 10, 1989, at 2:30&nbsp;pm, nearly two months after being admitted into the hospital.<ref name=NYTobit/> He is interred in [[Hollywood Forever Cemetery]] section 13, Pinewood section, plot No. 149 in Hollywood.<ref name="Wilson">{{Cite book|last=Wilson|first=Scott|year=2016|title=Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons|edition=3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7-DgDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA68|location=Jefferson, North Carolina|publisher=McFarland|page=68|isbn=978-0-7864-7992-4}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gravehunter.net/mel_blanc.htm|title=Grave Hunter finds Mel Blanc burial place|website=Gravehunter.net|access-date=September 4, 2019|archive-date=August 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804004926/http://www.gravehunter.net/mel_blanc.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> His will specified that his memorial marker read "{{allcaps|That's all folks}}"—the phrase with which Blanc's character, Porky Pig, concluded Warner Bros. cartoons from 1937 to 1946.{{cn|date=May 2025}}

==Legacy==
Blanc is regarded as the most prolific voice actor in entertainment history.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yImkNboc4tsC&pg=PA217|page=217|title=Raised by the Stars: Interviews with 29 Children of Hollywood Actors|last=Thomas|first=Nick|publisher=McFarland|year=2011|isbn=978-0-7864-8807-0}}</ref> He was the first voice actor to receive on-screen credit.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/100578330/|title=Look Who's Talking!|newspaper=[[The Cincinnati Enquirer]]|page=9|first=Suzanne V.|last=Horvath|date=October 13, 1946|access-date=January 20, 2020}}</ref>

Blanc's death was considered a significant loss to the cartoon industry because of his skill, expressive range, and the sheer number of the continuing characters he portrayed, whose roles were subsequently assumed by several other voice talents. As film critic [[Leonard Maltin]] observed, "It is astounding to realize that Tweety Bird and Yosemite Sam are the same man!"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/news/celebrity-deaths/mel-blanc-man-of-a-thousand-voices/1440/|title=Legacy dot com on Mel Blanc|website=[[Legacy.com]]|date=May 30, 2013}}</ref> [[Darrell Van Citters]] drew a lithograph titled "Speechless" in tribute to Blanc, which showed a spotlight on a microphone while the ''Looney Tunes'' characters somberly bowed their heads in a moment of silence.<ref>{{cite web|title=Speechless Cel - Tribute to Mel Blanc Newest Tribute to Mel Blanc|url=https://www.animationartwork.com/artwork/sku10019|publisher=Fascination St. Gallery - Animation Art & Collectibles|access-date=July 31, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060207030339/http://www.animationartwork.com/artwork/sku10019|archive-date=February 7, 2006}}</ref>

Blanc said that Sylvester the Cat was the easiest character for him to voice, because "[he's] just my normal speaking voice with a spray at the end"; and that Yosemite Sam was the hardest, because of his loudness and raspiness.<ref name="Blanc"/> A doctor who examined Blanc's throat found that he possessed unusually thick, powerful [[vocal cords]] that gave him an exceptional range, and compared them to those of opera singer [[Enrico Caruso]].<ref name="Blanc"/>

After his death, Blanc's voice continued to be heard in newly released productions, such as recordings of Dino the Dinosaur in the live-action films ''[[The Flintstones (film)|The Flintstones]]'' (1994) and ''[[The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas]]'' (2000). Similarly, recordings of Blanc as Jack Benny's Maxwell were featured in ''[[Looney Tunes: Back in Action]]'' (2003). In 1994, the Blanc estate and Warner Bros. created the Warner-Blanc Audio Library, consisting of 550 songs and voices of Blanc's ''Looney Tunes'' characters, which he had begun setting down at his multi-track studio in 1958. 15 hours of new tapes of Mel's material were discovered in 1996.<ref name="Through Tapes">{{cite news|last1=Editorial Staff|first1=Albany Herald|title=Blanc's voice to live on through tapes|date=November 23, 1996|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1s1EAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA2|access-date=September 13, 2024|work=The Albany Herald}}</ref><ref name="Daily Sentinel">{{cite news|last1=Editorial Staff|first1=Daily Sentinel|title=People in the news|date=November 24, 1996|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pDhEAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA19|access-date=September 13, 2024|work=The Daily Sentinel}}</ref><ref name="New Tapes">{{cite book|title=Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices|isbn=9781593932596|last1=Ohmart|first1=Ben|date=November 15, 2012|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p8KCDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT236|access-date=November 23, 2023|quote=In 1994, the Blanc estate and Warner Bros. forged a new alliance: the Warner-Blanc Audio Library, which consisted of approximately 550 songs and voices of every character in Mel's repertoire, which he had begun setting down at his multi-track studio in 1958 amid fears of a future when he'd be around no longer to record. 15 hours of new tapes of Mel's material had been discovered in 1996, and Noel expected to find more soon. Of course Mel's death never did diminish his impact on society as a cult icon. New technology has made him fresh for each generation. Around 1998 a line of talking watches featuring Warner characters where released under a joint venture from Warner-Blanc, digitizing some of Mel's vast back catalog to use in new items. The Mel Blanc Voice Watch Collection by Armitron was produced to celebrate what would have been his 90th birthday. Daffy spitting, "You're desthpicable", Tweety chirping, "I tawt I taw a puddy tat", and the ever popular Bugs asking the eternal question, "What's up, doc?" were a few choices emanating for 10 or 15 seconds from a small computer chip and miniature speaker at the press of a button. The price for each: $50.}}</ref> Noel Blanc stated that they could also rearrange "syllables" of the new recordings to create custom dialogue for the characters.<ref name="Show Bunny">{{cite news|last=Shamray|first=Gerry|title=SHOW ME THE BUNNY - Part 1 of a 2-part interview with Noel Blanc|url=http://www.dvdfile.com/news/views/frame_by_frame/2000/10_10.html|date=October 24, 2000|publisher=DVDFile|access-date=July 31, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001024133956/http://www.dvdfile.com/news/views/frame_by_frame/2000/10_10.html|archive-date=October 24, 2000}}</ref><ref name="Move Around">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7M2AAHr0Lfw&t=483s|title=Noel Blanc, Hot Rod & Restoration Trade Show|date=November 12, 2017|publisher=YouTube|access-date=April 23, 2025}}</ref> These recordings were also used for toys, watches, video games, commercials, and websites.<ref name="Blanc in Merch">{{cite book|title=Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices|isbn=9781593932596|last1=Ohmart|first1=Ben|date=November 15, 2012|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p8KCDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT225|access-date=November 23, 2023|quote=Mel and WB were/are inseparable. In 1982 he and Noel began a massive recording project at JEL Recording Studios in which Mel recorded the audio for fifty automated stage shows featuring Bugs, Daffy, and the gang, full of dialogue and song. It stemmed from a long-term contract between Warner-Blanc Audio Associates and JEL, under the direction of Noel and Bill Baldwin, Jr. For years, on a weekly basis, these new recordings of Mel's voices were also given to a variety of toys, watches, video games, websites, etc.}}</ref> Later archive recordings of Blanc were featured in [[computer-generated imagery]]-animated ''Looney Tunes'' theatrical shorts; ''[[I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat]]'' (shown with ''[[Happy Feet Two]]'') and ''[[Daffy's Rhapsody]]'' (shown with ''[[Journey 2: The Mysterious Island]]'').<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=78492|title=More 3D Looney Tunes Shorts On The Way|date=June 8, 2011|publisher=ComingSoon.net|access-date=October 29, 2012|archive-date=August 25, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120825000327/http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=78492|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Vary|first=Adam B.|url=http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/11/14/tweety-bird-sylvester-looney-tunes-clip-exclusive/#more-53075|title=Looney Tunes short with Tweety Bird, Sylvester|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=November 14, 2011|access-date=October 29, 2012}}</ref>

For his contributions to the radio industry, Blanc has a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] at 6385 [[Hollywood Boulevard]]. His character Bugs Bunny was also awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on December 10, 1985.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bugs Bunny|url=http://www.walkoffame.com/bugs-bunny|publisher=Hollywood Chamber of Commerce|access-date=June 28, 2012}}</ref>

Blanc trained his son Noel in the field of voice characterization.<ref>{{cite book|title=That's Not All, Folks!|year=1988|first1=Mel|last1=Blanc|first2=Philip|last2=Bashe|publisher=Warner Books|isbn=0-446-51244-3|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/thatsnotallfolks00blan|pages=272, 274}}</ref> Noel performed his father's characters (particularly Porky Pig) on some programs, but did not become a full-time voice artist. Warner Bros. expressed reluctance to have a single voice actor succeed Blanc,<ref>{{cite book|title=That's Still Not All Folks!|year=2009|first1=Joe|last1=Alaskey|publisher=BearManor Media|isbn=978-1-59393-112-4}}</ref> and employed multiple new voice actors to fill the roles since the 1990s, including Noel Blanc, [[Jeff Bergman]], [[Joe Alaskey]], [[Greg Burson]], [[Billy West]] and [[Eric Bauza]].

On September 19, 2017, publisher [[Penguin Random House]] released the picture book ''Melvin the Mouth'', written by Mel's daughter-in-law Katherine Blanc and illustrated by Jeffrey Ebbeler. The book follows the daily life of Blanc (here named "Melvin") during his childhood, in which he makes his comical noises and sound effects.<ref>{{cite web|title=Melvin the Mouth by Katherine Blanc (Author); Jeffrey Ebbeler (Illustrator)|url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/551301/melvin-the-mouth-by-katherine-blanc-author-jeffrey-ebbeler-illustrator/9781580897143|publisher=Penguin Random House Canada|access-date=April 24, 2025}}</ref><ref name="Melvin1">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B79SkOkR13M|title=Melvin The Mouth by Katherine Blanc - PenguinRandomHouse.com|date=September 2, 2017|publisher=YouTube|access-date=April 25, 2025}}</ref> An audiobook adaptation was released on December 15, 2017, narrated by Ramón De Ocampo.<ref name="Melvin2">{{cite web|title=Melvin the Mouth by Katherine Blanc|url=https://play.google.com/store/audiobooks/details?pcampaignid=yt&id=AQAAAICj5VNl4M|publisher=Google Play|access-date=April 25, 2025}}</ref><ref name="Melvin3">{{cite web|title=Melvin the Mouth by Katherine Blanc|url=https://www.audiobooks.co.uk/audiobook/melvin-the-mouth/322718|publisher=Audiobooks.com|access-date=April 25, 2025}}</ref><ref name="Melvin4">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhB3yk9ltng|title=Melvin the Mouth by Katherine Blanc · Audiobook preview|date=February 10, 2024|publisher=YouTube|access-date=April 25, 2025}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Radio===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Original air date
! Program
! Role
|-
| 1933
| ''[[Al Pearce|The Happy-Go-Lucky Hour]]''
| rowspan="2" | Additional voices
|-
| 1937
| ''[[Joe Penner|The Joe Penner Show]]''
|-
| 1938
| ''[[The Mickey Mouse Theater of the Air]]''
| Mayor of Hamelin, Neptune's Son, Priscilly, Royal Herald, additional voices<ref name="Mickey Theater">{{cite web|url=https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/cartoon-characters-on-radio-part-iv-more-from-mel-blanc/|title=Cartoon Characters On Radio, Part IV — More From Mel Blanc|website=Cartoon Research|language=en-US|access-date=May 14, 2025}}</ref>
|-
| 1939–1943
| ''[[Fibber McGee and Molly]]''
| Hiccuping Man
|-
| 1939–1955
| ''[[The Jack Benny Program]]''
| Sy, Polly the Parrot, Mr. Finque, Nottingham, Train Announcer, Jack Benny's Maxwell, additional voices
|-
| 1940–1944, 1947–1948
| ''Point Sublime''
| August Moon
|-
| 1941–1943
| ''[[The Great Gildersleeve]]''
| Floyd Munson
|-
| 1942–1947
| ''[[The Abbott and Costello Show (radio program)|The Abbott and Costello Show]]''
| Himself, Botsford Twink, Scotty Brown
|-
| 1943–1947
| ''[[Burns and Allen|The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show]]''
| The Happy Postman
|-
| 1943–1955
| ''[[The Judy Canova Show]]''
| Paw, Pedro, Roscoe E. Wortle
|-
| 1944
| ''Nitwit Court''
| Bigelow Hornblower
|-
| rowspan="2" |1945
|''[[The Life of Riley]]''
| rowspan="2" |Additional voices
|-
|''It's Time to Smile'' (The Eddie Cantor Show)
|-
| 1946–1947
| ''[[The Mel Blanc Show]]''
| Himself, Dr. Christopher Crab, Zookie
|-
| 1955–1956
| ''[[The Cisco Kid (TV series)|The Cisco Kid]]''
| Pan Pancho (replacing [[Harry E. Lang]]),<ref name="Thousand">Ohmart, Ben; Mitchell, Walt (2012). ''Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices''. Bearmanor Media. {{ISBN|978-1593937881}}.</ref> additional voices
|}

===Film===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Film
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1937–1989
| ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' and ''[[Merrie Melodies]]'' shorts
| Numerous voices
| Includes the ''[[List of Bugs Bunny cartoons|Bugs Bunny]]'', ''[[List of Elmer Fudd cartoons|Elmer Fudd]]'' (before and after [[Arthur Q. Bryan]] voiced Elmer, and even during Bryan's lifetime.) ''[[List of Porky Pig cartoons|Porky Pig]]'', ''[[List of Daffy Duck cartoons|Daffy Duck]]'' and ''[[List of cartoons featuring Sylvester|Sylvester]]'' series (817 cartoons total)
|-
|1938–1939
|[[The Captain and the Kids (film series)|''The Captain and the Kids'']] theatrical shorts
|John Silver
|5 shorts, uncredited
|-
| 1940
| ''[[Pinocchio (1940 film)|Pinocchio]]''
| Gideon (hiccup)
|uncredited
|-
| 1940–1941
| ''[[Woody Woodpecker (franchise)|Woody Woodpecker]]'' theatrical shorts
| [[Woody Woodpecker]], various characters
|4 shorts, uncredited
|-
|1941
| ''[[Color Rhapsody]]'' theatrical shorts
| Various Insects, [[The Fox and the Crow (animated characters)|Fox]], [[The Fox and the Crow (animated characters)|Crow]]
|1 short, uncredited
|-
|1941–1942
|''[[Speaking of Animals Down on the Farm|Speaking of Animals]]'' theatrical shorts
|Various animals (voices)
|uncredited<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=DataBase|first=The Big Cartoon|title=Speaking Of Animals Theatrical Series – Paramount Pictures |url=https://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/Paramount_Pictures/Speaking_Of_Animals/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240728230719/https://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/Paramount_Pictures/Speaking_Of_Animals/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 28, 2024|access-date=November 19, 2021|website=Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB)|language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="2" |1942
| ''[[Horton Hatches the Egg (film)|Horton Hatches the Egg]]''
| [[Horton the Elephant]] (sneezing), Small Hunter, various characters
|uncredited
|-
|''[[Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book]]''
|[[Kaa]] (voice)
|uncredited<ref>{{Cite web|date=February 18, 2021|title=A Mel Blanc Discovery |url=https://leonardmaltin.com/a-mel-blanc-discovery/|access-date=February 20, 2021|website=Leonard Maltin's Movie Crazy|language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
| 1943–1945
| ''[[Private Snafu]]'' [[World War II|WWII]] shorts
| [[Private Snafu]], [[Bugs Bunny]], additional characters
|24 shorts, uncredited
|-
| 1944
| ''[[Jasper Goes Hunting]]''
| Bugs Bunny
| [[Puppetoons|Puppetoon]]; cameo<br />uncredited
|-
|1948
| ''[[Two Guys from Texas]]''
| Bugs Bunny (voice)
| Animated cameo
|-
|rowspan="2" |1949
| ''[[My Dream Is Yours]]''
| Bugs Bunny, [[Tweety]] (voices)
| Animated cameos
|-
| ''[[Neptune's Daughter (1949 film)|Neptune's Daughter]]''
| Pancho
|
|-
|1950
|''[[Champagne for Caesar]]''<ref>{{cite web|title=Champagne for Caesar (1950): Full Credits|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/70606/champagne-for-caesar#credits|access-date=March 25, 2016|website=Turner Classic Movies}}</ref>
|Caesar (parrot)
|
|-
|1952
|''[[Jack and the Beanstalk (1952 film)|Jack and the Beanstalk]]''
|Various animals (voices)
|uncredited<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/_img/movies/credits_abbott-and-costello-jack-and-the-beanstalk-65.5_5.jpg |title=Archived copy |access-date=November 19, 2021 |archive-date=November 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119065857/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/_img/movies/credits_abbott-and-costello-jack-and-the-beanstalk-65.5_5.jpg |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|1957
|''[[Hemo the Magnificent]]''
| Squirrel (voice)
|uncredited
|-
|rowspan="2" |1961
|''[[Snow White and the Three Stooges]]''
|Quinto the Puppet (voice)
|(uncredited)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Snow White and the Three Stooges (1961)|url=https://threestooges.net/filmography/episode/231|access-date=November 19, 2021|website=threestooges.net}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Breakfast at Tiffany's (film)|Breakfast at Tiffany's]]''
| Holly's Drunk Visitor
| Cameo<ref>{{cite web|last1=Alexander|first1=Vincent|title=The Influence Of Looney Tunes On Live-Action Filmmakers|url=https://www.cartoonbrew.com/classic/the-influence-of-looney-tunes-on-live-action-filmmakers-239709.html|date=April 24, 2024|publisher=Cartoon Brew|access-date=May 30, 2025}}</ref>
|-
| 1962
| ''[[Gay Purr-ee]]''
| Bulldog
|
|-
|1962–1965
| ''[[Loopy De Loop]]'' theatrical shorts 
| Crow, Braxton Bear, Skunk, Duck Hunter
|5 shorts
|-
| 1963–1967
| ''[[Tom and Jerry]]'' theatrical shorts
| [[Tom Cat|Tom]] and [[Jerry Mouse|Jerry]]'s vocal effects
| 34 shorts directed by [[Chuck Jones]]
|-
|rowspan="2" |1964
| ''[[Kiss Me, Stupid]]''
| Dr. Sheldrake
|
|-
| ''[[Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!]]''
| Grifter Chizzling, Southern-Accented Bear on Train, Mugger (grumbling sounds)
|
|-
| 1966
| ''[[The Man Called Flintstone]]''
| [[Barney Rubble]], Dino
| Based on [[The Flintstones]] series
|-
| 1970
| ''[[The Phantom Tollbooth (film)|The Phantom Tollbooth]]''
| Officer Short Shrift, The Dodecahedron, The Demon of Insincerity
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1974
| ''[[Journey Back to Oz]]''
| Crow
|
|-
| ''[[A Political Cartoon]]''
| Bugs Bunny (voice)
| Cameo
|-
| 1976
| ''Son of Football Follies''
| Various characters (voices)
|<ref name="FootballFollies1">{{cite book|author=Popular Photography staff|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KXOfbgilEOAC&pg=PA202|title=Popular Photography Vol. 88, No. 2|chapter=MOVIE FILMS/VIDEOTAPES|date=February 1981|page=202|publisher=[[Ziff-Davis Publishing Company]]|access-date=May 12, 2025}}</ref><ref name="FootballFollies2">{{cite web|last1=Weinberg|first1=Scott|title=NFL Greatest Follies Complete Collection|url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/15805/nfl-greatest-follies-complete-collection/|date=May 12, 2005|publisher=DVD Talk|access-date=May 12, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171217202315/https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/15805/nfl-greatest-follies-complete-collection/|archive-date=December 17, 2017}}</ref><ref name="FootballFollies3">{{cite book|title=Sports Fans 2.0: How Fans Are Using Social Media to Get Closer to the Game|isbn=9780810890770|last1=Sutera|first1=David M.|date=April 25, 2013|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DosS-vzJu3QC&pg=PA91|access-date=May 11, 2025}}</ref>
|-
| 1979
| ''[[The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie]]''
| Bugs Bunny, [[Daffy Duck]], [[Porky Pig]], [[Marvin the Martian]], [[Wile E. Coyote]], [[Pepé Le Pew]], Dr. I.Q High, Hassan
|
|-
|1981
| ''[[The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie]]''
|Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, [[Yosemite Sam]], Porky Pig, Pepé Le Pew, [[Sylvester the Cat|Sylvester]], Tweety, Rocky, Mugsy, King Arthur, Sir Osis of Liver, Sir Loin of Beef, Gerry the Idgit Dragon, Treasury Director, Judge, Cops, Clancy, Clarence, O'Hara, Cats in B.A. (voice)
|
|-
|1982
| ''[[Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales]]''
|Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig and Yosemite Sam (voice)
|
|-
|rowspan="2" |1983
| ''[[Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island]]''
| Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Sylvester, Yosemite Sam, Speedy Gonzales, Bugs Bunny, [[Tasmanian Devil (Looney Tunes)|Tasmanian Devil]], [[Foghorn Leghorn]], Pepé Le Pew, Spike, Crows
| 
|-
| ''[[Strange Brew]]''
| Father McKenzie (voice)
|
|-
| 1986
| ''[[Heathcliff: The Movie]]''
| [[Heathcliff (comic strip)|Heathcliff]]
|
|-
|rowspan="2" |1988
| ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]''
| Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Tweety, Sylvester 
|
|-
| ''[[Daffy Duck's Quackbusters]]''
| Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig and J.P. Cubish
|
|-
| 1989
| ''The Super Duper Football Follies''
| Various characters (voices)
| Credited under "Special Thanks To";<ref name="FootballFollies3"/><ref name="FootballFollies4">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fGmPgS7Wp8&t=3153s|title=NFL Super Duper Football Follies|date=November 28, 2015|publisher=YouTube|quote=Special Thanks To: Mel Blanc.|postscript=Mel Blanc is credited for his voicework in a separate heading in Super Duper Football Follies.|access-date=May 12, 2025}}</ref> posthumous release
|-
| 1990
| ''[[Jetsons: The Movie]]''
| [[Cosmo Spacely]]
| Additional lines by [[Jeff Bergman]]; dedicated in memory; posthumous release
|-
| 1994
| ''[[The Flintstones (film)|The Flintstones]]''
| Dino
| rowspan="6" |Archival recordings; posthumous release
|-
| 2000
| ''[[The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas]]''
| Puppy Dino
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Looney Tunes: Back in Action]]''
| Gremlin Car
|-
| 2011
| ''[[I Tawt I Taw A Puddy Tat]]''
| Tweety, Sylvester
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Daffy's Rhapsody]]''
| Daffy Duck
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Flash in the Pain]]''
| Tweety
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1950–65
| ''[[The Jack Benny Program]]''
| Professor LeBlanc, Sy, Department Store Clerk, Gas Station Man, Mr. Finque, additional characters
|62 episodes
|-
| 1958
| ''[[Perry Mason (1957 TV series)|Perry Mason]]''
| Casanova (voice)
| Episode: "The Case of the Perjured Parrot"<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kelleher |first1=Brian |last2=Merrill |first2=Diana |year=1987 |chapter=Episode Guide, The Second Season |chapter-url=http://www.perrymasontvshowbook.com/pmb_c901.htm |title=The Perry Mason TV Show Book |location=New York |publisher=St. Martin's Press |pages=[https://archive.org/details/perrymasontvshow00kell/page/105 105–117] |isbn=978-0-312-00669-3 |url=https://archive.org/details/perrymasontvshow00kell/page/105}}</ref>{{Rp|108–109}}
|-
| 1959
| ''[[The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis]]''
| Mr. Ziegler
| Episode: "The Best Dressed Man"
|-
| 1960–1966
| ''[[The Flintstones]]''
| [[Barney Rubble]], [[Dino (The Flintstones)|Dino]], additional voices
|163 episodes
|-
| 1960
| ''[[Mister Magoo]]''
| Additional voices
| 37 episodes
|-
| 1961
| ''[[Dennis the Menace (1959 TV series)|Dennis the Menace]]''
| Leo Trinkle
| Episode: "Miss Cathcart's Friend"
|-
| 1962–1963;<br />1985–1987
| ''[[The Jetsons]]''
| [[Cosmo Spacely]], additional voices
|55 episodes
|-
| 1962–1963
| ''[[The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series|Lippy the Lion & Hardy Har Har]]''
| Hardy Har Har, additional voices
|52 episodes
|-
| 1963
| ''[[Wally Gator]]''
| Colonel Zachary Gator
| Episode: "Carpet Bragger"
|-
| 1964–1965
| ''[[Ricochet Rabbit & Droop-a-Long]]''
| Droop-a-Long Coyote, additional voices
|23 episodes
|-
| 1964–1966
| ''[[Breezly and Sneezly]]''
| Sneezly Seal
|23 episodes
|-
| 1964
| ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies]]''
| Dick Burton
| 1 episode
|-
| 1964–1966
| ''[[The Munsters]]''
| Cuckoo Clock (voice)
| 6 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1965–1966
| ''[[The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show]]''
| [[Secret Squirrel]]
| 26 episodes
|-
|''[[Sinbad Jr. and His Magic Belt]]''
| Salty the Parrot
| 81 episodes
|-
| 1966
| ''[[The Monkees (TV series)|The Monkees]]''
| [[Monkeemobile]] engine (voice)
| 1 episode
|-
| 1969–1970
| ''[[The Perils of Penelope Pitstop]]''
| Yak Yak, The Bully Brothers, Chug-A-Boom
|7 episodes
|-
|1969
|''[[The Pink Panther Show]]''
| Drunk Man
|1 episode
|-
|1970
|''[[Where's Huddles?]]''
| Bubba McCoy
|11 episodes
|-
| 1970
| ''Tales of Washington Irving''
| Brom's Dog, Nicholas Vedder, Lead Dwarf, Ninepin Bowlers, Mayor Elect, Candidate, Baby Rip, additional voices
| TV special<ref name="AniTV">{{cite book|title=Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-five Years, 1962-1987|isbn=9780810821989|last1=Woolery|first1=George W.|date=1989|publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=us9kAAAAMAAJ&q=tales+of+irving+washington+mel+blanc|access-date=May 12, 2025}}</ref><ref name="AmerLit">{{cite book|title=American Literature on Stage and Screen: 525 Works and Their Adaptations|isbn=9780786492794|last1=Hischak|first1=Thomas S.|date=January 10, 2014|publisher=McFarland |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vfie60kGGuAC&pg=PA118|access-date=May 12, 2025}}</ref><ref name="Sleepy Hollow">{{cite book|title=A Study Guide for Washington Irving's Legend of Sleepy Hollow|isbn=9781410337160|author=Gale Cengage Learning|date=September 15, 2015|publisher=Gale Cengage Learning |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uWOqCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT11|access-date=May 12, 2025}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |1971–1972
|''[[Curiosity Shop]]''
| Ole Factory the Bloodhound, Halcyon the Hyena, Computer, additional voices
|17 episodes<ref name="Kids' TV">{{cite book|title=Kids' TV: The First 25 Years|isbn=9780871967947|last1=Fischer|first1=Stuart|date=1983|publisher=Facts on File |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sewvAAAAMAAJ&q=mel+blanc+curiosity+shop|access-date=May 14, 2025}}</ref><ref name="Sunny Days">{{cite book|title=Sunny Days: The Children's Television Revolution That Changed America|isbn=9781501137815|last1=Kamp|first1=David|date=May 18, 2021|publisher=Simon and Schuster |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CYIqEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA160|access-date=May 14, 2025}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show]]''
| Barney Rubble, additional voices
|15 episodes
|-
| 1972–1989
|[[List of Looney Tunes television specials|Looney Tunes TV specials]]
| Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd, Sylvester, Tweety, Wile E. Coyote, Pepé Le Pew, Marvin the Martian, Tasmanian Devil, Yosemite Sam, Foghorn Leghorn, Speedy Gonzales, additional voices
|20 specials
|-
| 1972–1973
| ''[[The Flintstone Comedy Hour]]''
| Barney Rubble, Dino, Zonk, Stub
|18 episodes
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1973
| ''[[Speed Buggy]]''
| rowspan="2" | Speed Buggy
|16 episodes
|-
| ''[[The New Scooby-Doo Movies]]''
| Episode: "The Weird Winds of Winona"
|-
| ''[[A Very Merry Cricket]]''
| Tucker R. Mouse, Alley Cat
| rowspan="2" | TV special
|-
| 1975
| ''[[Yankee Doodle Cricket]]''
| Tucker R. Mouse, Rattlesnake, Bald Eagle
|-
|-
| 1977–1978
| ''[[Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics]]''
| Speed Buggy, Captain Caveman, Barney Rubble
|4 episodes
|-
| 1977–1980
| ''[[Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels]]''
| Captain Caveman
|40 episodes
|-
| 1977–1986
|[[The Flintstone Primetime Specials|Flintstones TV specials]]
| rowspan="2" |Barney Rubble, Dino
|6 specials
|-
| 1978
| ''[[Hanna-Barbera's All-Star Comedy Ice Revue]]''
| TV special
|-
| 1978–1979
| ''[[Galaxy Goof-Ups]]''
| Quack-Up
|13 episodes
|-
|1979
| ''[[The New Fred and Barney Show]]''
| Barney Rubble, Dino, additional voices
|17 episodes
|-
| 1979–1981
| ''[[Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV series)|Buck Rogers in the 25th Century]]''
| Twiki (voice)
|25 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1980–1982
| ''[[Heathcliff (1980 TV series)|Heathcliff]]''
| [[Heathcliff (comics)|Heathcliff]]
|26 episodes
|-
| ''[[The Flintstone Comedy Show]]''
| Barney Rubble, Dino, Captain Caveman
|36 episodes
|-
|1980
|''[[Murder Can Hurt You]]''
| Chickie Baby (voice)
|TV movie<ref>{{Cite web|title=Chickie Baby|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Murder-Can-Hurt-You/Chickie-Baby/|access-date=January 13, 2022|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
| 1981–1982
| ''[[Trollkins]]''
| Additional voices
|13 episodes
|-
| 1982
| ''[[Yogi Bear's All Star Comedy Christmas Caper]]''
| Barney Rubble, additional voices
| TV special
|-
| 1984–1986
| ''[[Heathcliff (1984 TV series)|Heathcliff and the Catillac Cats]]''
| Heathcliff
|86 episodes
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Press Your Luck]]''
| Sylvester, Speedy Gonzales, Porky Pig
|1 episode<ref>{{cite web|title=Top Five 'Press Your Luck' Moments|url=https://programminginsider.com/top-five-press-luck-moments/|date=September 19, 2017|publisher=Programming Insider|access-date=March 7, 2025}}</ref>
|-
| 1986–1988
| ''[[The Flintstone Kids]]''
| Dino, Robert Rubble, Captain Caveman, Piggy McGrabit
|26 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1987
| ''[[Sparky's Magic Piano]]''
| Max, Sam, Laughing Audience Member
| TV special<ref name="Zeta">{{cite web|author=Zeta Minor staff|title=James Doohan 1920-2005|url=https://www.zetaminor.com/news_archive/news_2005/news_2005_07_wk3.htm|date=July 21, 2005|publisher=Zeta Minor|quote=Revelation will release the 1987 animated film ''Sparky's Magic Piano'' on DVD on September 26th. The film, which features the vocal talents of Mel Blanc, Tony Curtis and Vincent Price, will be in 4:3 format, with Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo audio.|access-date=May 13, 2025}}</ref><ref name="Sparky 1">{{cite book|title=The New York Times Guide to the Best Children's Videos|isbn=9780671036690|last1=Fisrt!|first1=Kids|date=November 1999|publisher=Simon and Schuster |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SJe5WmqVNvcC&pg=PA228|access-date=May 11, 2025}}</ref><ref name="Sparky 2">{{cite book|title=The Piano on Film|isbn=9781476686349|last1=Huckvale|first1=David|date=March 2, 2022|publisher=McFarland |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N1RhEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA128|access-date=May 11, 2025}}</ref><ref name="Sparky 3">{{cite book|title=Rachmaninoff and His World|isbn=9781476686349|last1=Bullock|first1=Philip Ross|date=August 12, 2022|publisher=University of Chicago Press |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XkR3EAAAQBAJ&pg=PA233|access-date=May 11, 2025}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones]]''
| Barney Rubble, Dino, Cosmo Spacely
| rowspan="2" | TV movie
|-
| 1988
| ''[[Rockin' with Judy Jetson]]''
| Cosmo Spacely
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1989
| ''[[Dance Party USA]]''
| Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig
|1 episode<ref name="DanceParty1">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpARN1kVzfs|title=Mel Blanc Phone Interview as Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, Daffy Duck and Porky Pig|date=February 28, 2018|publisher=YouTube|access-date=March 7, 2024}}</ref><ref name="DanceParty2">{{cite web|title=Hill ex-TV personality sliding up the pole of success|url=https://www.chestnuthilllocal.com/stories/hill-ex-tv-personality-sliding-up-the-pole-of-success,11040|date=March 8, 2018|publisher=The Chestnut Hill Local|access-date=March 7, 2025}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Hanna-Barbera's 50th: A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration]]''
| Barney Rubble 
| TV special; aired seven days after his death
|}

===Video games===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1990
| ''[[Bugs Bunny's Birthday Ball]]''
| Sylvester
| Archival recording
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time]]''
| Pirate Yosemite Sam, Daffy Duck
| Archival recordings
|}

===Theme park attractions===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1964
| ''[[Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress|Carousel of Progress]]''
| Uncle Orville, Parrot, Cuckoo Clock, Radio Personalities
| Mel Blanc's voices for the Cuckoo Clock and Radio Personalities were re-recorded by his son Noel Blanc in 1993.<ref>{{cite web|title='May the century begin': History behind Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress|date=September 27, 2021 |url=https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2021/09/27/may-the-century-begin-history-behind-walt-disneys-carousel-of-progress/|publisher=ClickOrlando|quote=Since 1964, Uncle Orville has been voiced by the one and only Mel Blanc. Blanc originally voiced the cuckoo clock in the Carousel, and a few other odds and ends but those were re-voiced for 1993 by his son, Noel Blanc.|access-date=September 10, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1980
| ''The Bugs Bunny Merrie Holiday Revue''
|  Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Sylvester, Tweety, Foghorn Leghorn
| Live show at [[Six Flags AstroWorld]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Bugs Bunny Merrie Holiday Revue|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/rides-attractions/The-Bugs-Bunny-Merrie-Holiday-Revue/|access-date=May 15, 2025|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
| 1981–1984
| ''Foghorn Leghorn''
| Foghorn Leghorn
| 10-minute animatronic show at [[Six Flags Great America]]'s Snowshoe Saloon,<ref name="GAFoggy1">{{cite web|title=Dazzling New Shows Catch Great America's Spotlight|date=March 12, 2018 |url=https://www.greatamericaparks.com/great-america-history/1981-press-releases/dazzling-new-shows-catch-great-americas-spotlight/|publisher=Great America Parks|access-date=February 21, 2025}}</ref><ref name="GAFoggy2">{{cite web|title=Foghorn Leghorn show|url=https://www.greatamericaparks.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=416|publisher=Great America Parks|access-date=February 21, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122164642/https://www.greatamericaparks.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=416|archive-date=January 22, 2021}}</ref><ref name="GAFoggy3">{{cite web|title=Foghorn Leghorn - Show guide front and back|url=https://www.greatamericaparks.com/images/displayimage.php?pid=430|publisher=Great America Parks|access-date=February 21, 2025}}</ref> designed by Creative Presentations<ref name="Creative Presentations">{{cite web|title=Animatronic Analysis - Creative Presentations|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_L3v3LnhPk&t=164s|publisher=YouTube|access-date=March 9, 2024|author=Pasq|date=January 16, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| 1982–1984
| ''The Looney Tunes Revue''
| Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Pepé Le Pew, Yosemite Sam, Sylvester, Sylvester Jr., Tweety, Speedy Gonzales, Foghorn Leghorn, Henery Hawk, Tasmanian Devil
| Animatronic show at Gadgets restaurants, designed by Advanced Animations (later Warner Technologies)<ref name="Gadgets 1">{{cite web|title=Gadgets Restaurant|date=December 28, 2018|url=https://berksnostalgia.com/gadgets-restaurant-berkshire-mall/|publisher=Berks Nostalgia|access-date=March 9, 2024}}</ref><ref name="Gadgets 2">{{cite web|title=Scott's World; NEWLN: Restaurants serve up Mel Blanc characters|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/12/05/Scotts-WorldNEWLNRestaurants-serve-up-Mel-Blanc-characters/7113439448400/|publisher=United Press International|access-date=March 9, 2024}}</ref><ref name="Gadgets 3">{{cite news|title=NOW, A ROBOT AT THE PIANO|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/07/27/style/now-a-robot-at-the-piano.html|work=The New York Times|date=July 27, 1984|access-date=March 9, 2024|last1=Schmidt|first1=William E.}}</ref><ref name="Gadgets 4">{{cite web|title=Larry Nikolai on Gadgets|url=https://www.facebook.com/ArtofLarryNikolai/posts/heres-another-restaurant-show-from-the-80s-that-i-worked-on-that-i-tend-to-forge/1796236413758195/|publisher=Facebook|access-date=March 9, 2024}}</ref><ref name="Gadgets 5">{{cite web|url=https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/eating-at-bullwinkles/|title=Eating at Bullwinkle's|website=Cartoon Research|language=en-US|access-date=May 5, 2025}}</ref>
|-
| 1991
| ''[[Looney Tunes River Ride]]''
| rowspan="3" |Tasmanian Devil
| rowspan="2" |Archival recordings
|-
| rowspan="2" |1992
| ''[[Yosemite Sam and the Gold River Adventure!]]''
|-
| ''[[Six Flags Great America|Bugs Bunny Goin' Hollywood]]''
| Archival recordings<ref name="Goin' Hollywood">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSJCg_3qtJY|title=Looney Tunes Goin' Hollywood|date=September 28, 2008|publisher=YouTube|access-date=November 19, 2023}}</ref>
|}

===Discography===
*Yah, Das Ist Ein Christmas Tree and I Tan't Wait Til Quithmuth Day (Capitol, 1950, Album CAS-3191) 
*''Clink, Clink, Another Drink'' ([[Bluebird Records|Bluebird]], 1942)<ref name="Thousand" /> as Drunk
*''Bugs Bunny Stories for Children'' ([[Capitol Records|Capitol]], 1947)<ref name="Golden">[https://web.archive.org/web/20120711032422/http://records.goldenagecartoons.com/wb01.html "Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Capitol Records Discography, 1946–1954"]. Web.archive.org, Retrieved October 9, 2019.</ref> as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, additional voices
*''The Woody Woodpecker Song'' (Capitol, 1948)<ref name="Lantz">[https://web.archive.org/web/20120509091827/http://records.goldenagecartoons.com/lantz01.html "Walter Lantz Capitol Records Discography"]. Web.archive.org, Retrieved October 9, 2019.</ref> as Woody Woodpecker
*''Bugs Bunny and the Tortoise'' (Capitol, 1948)<ref name="Golden"/> as Bugs Bunny, Cecil Turtle, Daffy Duck, Henery Hawk, additional voices
*''That's All Folks!'' (Capitol, 1948)<ref name="Golden"/> as Porky Pig
*''Won't You Ever Get Together With Me'' (Capitol, 1948)<ref name="Golden"/> as Tweety, Sylvester
*''Bugs Bunny in Storyland'' (Capitol, 1949)<ref name="Storyland">[http://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/bugs-bunny-in-storyland-the-good-the-bad-the-bugs/ "'Bugs Bunny in Storyland': The Good, The Bad, and the Bugs"]. Cartoon Research, Retrieved October 9, 2019.</ref> as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Beaky Buzzard, Old King Cole, Fiddlers Three, Mary's Lamb, Bo Peep's Sheep, Big Bad Wolf
*"Clink, Clink, Another Drink" (with [[Spike Jones and His City Slickers]]) (Bluebird Records, 1949), sings the bridge and hiccups
*''Woody Woodpecker and His Talent Show'' (Capitol, 1949)<ref name="Woody">[https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/a-birthday-look-at-mel-blancs-woody-woodpecker-records/ "A Birthday Look at Mel Blanc's Woody Woodpecker Records"]. Cartoon Research, Retrieved October 9, 2019.</ref> as Woody Woodpecker, Stanley Squirrel, Billy Goat, Plato Platypus, Fido, Happy Hedgehog, Harry Humbug
*''Bugs Bunny Sings with Daffy Duck, Tweety Pie, Yosemite Sam, Sylvester'' (Capitol, 1950)<ref name="Golden"/> as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Yosemite Sam, Tweety, Sylvester
*''Bugs Bunny Meets Hiawatha'' (Capitol, 1950)<ref name="Golden"/> as Bugs Bunny
*''Daffy Duck Meets Yosemite Sam'' (Capitol, 1950)<ref name="Golden"/> as Daffy Duck, Yosemite Sam
*''Tweety Pie'' (Capitol, 1950)<ref name="Golden"/> as Tweety, Sylvester
*''Woody Woodpecker's Picnic'' (Capitol, 1951)<ref name="Woody"/> as Woody Woodpecker, Tommy Turtle, English Bulldog, German Shepherd, Irish Setter, Scotty
*''Henery Hawk'' (Capitol, 1951)<ref name="Golden"/> as Henery Hawk, Foghorn Leghorn, Daffy Duck
*''Tweety's Puddy Tat Twouble'' (Capitol, 1951)<ref name="Golden"/> as Tweety, Sylvester
*''Tweet, Tweet, Tweety'' (Capitol, 1952)<ref name="Golden"/> as Tweety, Sylvester
*''Bugs Bunny and the Grow-Small Juice'' (Capitol, 1952)<ref name="Golden"/> as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck
*''Henery Hawk's Chicken Hunt'' (Capitol, 1952)<ref name="Golden"/> as Henery Hawk, Foghorn Leghorn, additional voices
*''Bugs Bunny and Aladdin's Lamp'' (Capitol, 1952)<ref name="Golden"/> as Bugs Bunny, Genie
*''Woody Woodpecker and the Scarecrow'' (Capitol, 1952)<ref name="Thousand"/> as Woody Woodpecker, additional voices
*''Daffy Duck's Feathered Friend'' (Capitol, 1952)<ref>[https://www.discogs.com/Mel-Blanc-Daffy-Ducks-Feathered-Friend/release/13800947 "Daffy Duck's Feathered Friend"]. Discogs.com, Retrieved October 9, 2019.</ref> as Daffy Duck
*''Sylvester and Hippety Hopper'' (Capitol, 1952)<ref name="Thousand"/> as Sylvester, Sylvester Jr., additional voices
*''Woody Woodpecker and the Animal Crackers'' (Capitol, 1953)<ref name="Thousand"/> as Woody Woodpecker, additional voices
*''Woody Woodpecker and the Lost Monkey'' (Capitol, 1953)<ref name="Thousand"/> as Woody Woodpecker, additional voices
*''Bugs Bunny and Rabbit Seasoning'' (Capitol, 1953)<ref name="Thousand"/> as Bugs Bunny
*''Snowbound Tweety'' (Capitol, 1953)<ref name="Thousand"/> as Tweety, Sylvester
*''Woody Woodpecker and His Spaceship'' (Capitol, 1953)<ref name="Thousand"/> as Woody Woodpecker, additional voices
*''Wild West Henery Hawk'' (Capitol, 1953)<ref name="Thousand"/> as Henery Hawk, Foghorn Leghorn, additional voices
*''Pied Piper Pussycat'' (Capitol, 1953)<ref name="Golden"/> as Sylvester, additional voices
*''Daffy Duck's Duck Inn'' (Capitol, 1954)<ref name="Thousand"/><ref>[https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/bugs-bunny-and-his-friends-on-capitol-records/ "Bugs Bunny and His Friends on Capitol Records"]. Cartoon Research, Retrieved October 9, 2019.</ref> as Daffy Duck, Dog
*''Bugs Bunny and the Pirate'' (Capitol, 1954)<ref name="Golden"/> as Bugs Bunny, Yosemite Sam
*''Woody Woodpecker and the Truth Tonic'' (Capitol, 1954)<ref name="Lantz"/> as Woody Woodpecker, additional voices
*''Tweety's Good Deed'' (Capitol, 1954)<ref name="Golden"/> as Tweety, Sylvester, additional voices
*''Woody Woodpecker's Fairy Godmother'' (Capitol, 1955)<ref name="Thousand"/> as Woody Woodpecker, additional voices
*''Woody Woodpecker in Mixed-Up Land'' (Capitol, 1955)<ref name="Thousand"/> as Woody Woodpecker, additional voices
*''Woody Woodpecker Meets Davy Crockett'' (Capitol, 1955)<ref name="Thousand"/> as Woody Woodpecker, additional voices
*''Woody Woodpecker's Family Album'' ([[Decca Records|Decca]], 1957)<ref>[https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/woody-woodpecker-on-records/ "Woody Woodpecker on Records"]. Cartoon Research, Retrieved October 9, 2019.</ref> as Pepito, sailor, Malamute, [[Andy Panda]], Fluten Bluten, Heinie the Hyena, [[Homer Pigeon]], Cuckoo, [[Oswald the Lucky Rabbit]]
* "There's a Hole in the Iron Curtain" (with [[Mickey Katz]] and His Orchestra) (Capitol, 1960, Album 45-5425)
*''Bugs Bunny Songfest'' ([[Golden Records|Golden]], 1961)<ref>[https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/golden-records-bugs-bunny-songfest-1961/ "Golden Records' "Bugs Bunny Songfest" (1961)"]. Cartoon Research, Retrieved October 9, 2019.</ref> as Bugs Bunny, Sylvester, Tweety, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Henery Hawk, Pepé Le Pew, Speedy Gonzales, Hippety Hopper, Foghorn Leghorn, Cicero Pig
*''[[Speedy Gonzales (song)|Speedy Gonzales]]'' ([[Dot Records|Dot]], 1962) as Speedy Gonzales
*''Magilla Gorilla and His Pals'' (Golden, 1964)<ref>[https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/hanna-barberas-magilla-gorilla-on-the-record/ "Hanna Barbera's "Magilla Gorilla" on the Record"]. Cartoon Research, Retrieved October 14, 2019.</ref> as Droop-A-Long
*''The Flintstones: Flip Fables'' (Hanna-Barbera, 1965)<ref name="Stories">[https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/flintstone-bedtime-stories/ "Flintstone Bedtime Stories"]. Cartoon Research, Retrieved October 14, 2019.</ref> as Barney Rubble, Chubby, Tubby, Stubby, Landlord, Beowolfe
*''The Flintstones: Hansel and Gretel'' (Hanna-Barbera, 1965)<ref name="Stories"/> as Barney Rubble, Hansel, Gretel, Strudelmeyer, Fang, Witch, Reporter
*''Treasure Island Starring Sinbad, Jr.'' (Hanna-Barbera, 1965)<ref>[https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/sam-singer-and-hanna-barberas-sinbad-jr-on-records/ "Sam Singer and Hanna-Barbera's "Sinbad Jr." on Records"]. Cartoon Research, Retrieved October 14, 2019.</ref> as Salty
*''Secret Squirrel and Morocco Mole in: Super Spy'' (Hanna-Barbera, 1965)<ref>[https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/hanna-barberas-secret-squirrel-on-records/ "Hanna-Barbera's "Secret Squirrel" on Records"]. Cartoon Research, Retrieved October 14, 2019.</ref> as Secret Squirrel, Tyrone
*''The New Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This?'' (Hanna-Barbera, 1966)<ref>[https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/the-day-alice-fell-through-her-tv-the-1966-hb-special/ "The Day "Alice" Fell Through Her TV: The 1966 HB Special"]. Cartoon Research, Retrieved October 14, 2019.</ref> as Barney Rubble, March Hare, Prosecuting Attorney/King's Son
*''The Flintstones Meet the Orchestra Family'' ([[Sunset Records|Sunset]], 1968)<ref>[https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/the-flintstones-meet-the-orchestra-family-1968/ ""The Flintstones' Meet The Orchestra Family" (1968)"]. Cartoon Research, Retrieved October 14, 2019.</ref> as Barney Rubble
*''The New Adventures of Bugs Bunny'' ([[Peter Pan Records|Peter Pan]], 1973)<ref name="Storyland"/> as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd, Yosemite Sam, Petunia Pig, Speedy Gonzales, Pablo, Wile E. Coyote, Road Runner, additional voices
*''Four More Adventures of Bugs Bunny'' (Peter Pan, 1974)<ref name="Storyland"/> as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd, Yosemite Sam, Petunia Pig, Speedy Gonzales, Tweety, Sylvester, Granny, Road Runner, additional voices
*''Holly Daze'' (Peter Pan, 1974)<ref name="Christmas Records"/> as Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Speedy Gonzales, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, Granny, Yosemite Sam, Foghorn Leghorn, Sylvester, Junior, Santa Claus, narrator, Radio Announcer
*''Bugs Bunny Goes To Sea'' ([[Fisher-Price]], 1978)<ref>{{cite web|title=#13 Book - Warner Brothers "Bugs Goes To Sea"|url=https://thisoldtoy.com/L_FP_set/toy-pages/0-99/13-book-BugsBunnyGoesToSea.html|publisher=This Old Toy|access-date=February 21, 2025}}</ref> as Bugs Bunny, Yosemite Sam, additional voices
*''The Desert Island'' (Fisher-Price, 1978)<ref>{{cite web|title=#14 Book - Warner Brothers "The Desert Island"|url=https://thisoldtoy.com/L_FP_set/toy-pages/0-99/14-book-TheDesertIsland.html|publisher=This Old Toy|access-date=February 21, 2025}}</ref> as Bugs Bunny, Yosemite Sam
*''Looney Tales'' (Fisher-Price, 1978)<ref>{{cite web|title=#15 Book - Warner Brothers "Looney Tales"|url=https://thisoldtoy.com/L_FP_set/toy-pages/0-99/15-book-LooneyTales.html|publisher=This Old Toy|access-date=February 21, 2025}}</ref> as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd, Tweety, Sylvester, Granny, additional voices
*''Looney Tunes Learn About Numbers'' (Warner Audio Publishing, 1986)<ref name="Learn">{{Cite web|url=https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/mel-blanc-presents-listening-and-learning-with-bugs-friends/|title=Mel Blanc Presents Listening and Learning with Bugs & Friends &#124;|website=Cartoon Research|access-date=February 27, 2022}}</ref> as Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, Yosemite Sam, additional voices
*''Looney Tunes Learn About The Alphabet'' (Warner Audio Publishing, 1986)<ref name="Learn"/> as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Yosemite Sam, additional voices
*''Looney Tunes Learn About Going To School'' (Warner Audio Publishing, 1986)<ref name="Learn"/> as Bugs Bunny, Sylvester, Sylvester Jr., Tweety, additional voices
*''Looney Tunes Learn About Sing-Along Songs'' (Warner Audio Publishing, 1986)<ref name="Learn"/> as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Tweety, Sylvester, Elmer Fudd, Yosemite Sam, additional voices
*''Looney Tunes Learn About Colors'' (Warner Audio Publishing, 1986)<ref name="Learn"/> as Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, additional voices
*''Looney Tunes Learn About Shapes and Sizes'' (Warner Audio Publishing, 1986)<ref name="Learn"/> as Bugs Bunny, Cecil Turtle, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, additional voices

==References==
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===Bibliography===
* ''That's Not All, Folks!'', 1988 by Mel Blanc, Philip Bashe. Warner Books, {{ISBN|0-446-39089-5}} (Softcover), {{ISBN|0-446-51244-3}} (Hardcover)
* Terrace, Vincent. ''Radio Programs, 1924–1984''. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1999. {{ISBN|0-7864-0351-9}}

==External links==
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* {{IMDb name|305|Mel Blanc}}
* [https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/17262%7C110653/Mel-Blanc#overview Mel Blanc] at [[Turner Classic Movies]]
* {{Discogs artist|Mel Blanc}}
* {{Internet Archive|OTRR_Mel_Blanc_Singles|The Mel Blanc Show}}
* [http://www.toonopedia.com/blanc.htm Toonopedia article about Mel Blanc]
* [http://melblancshow.googlepages.com 40 MP3 downloads of The Mel Blanc Show] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090929105719/http://melblancshow.googlepages.com/|date=September 29, 2009}}
* [https://www.otroutlaws.com/album/14/various-artists/the-mel-blanc-show The Mel Blanc Show on Old Time Radio Outlaws]
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