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Mel Blanc

1908 - 1989

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Melvin Jerome Blanc (born Blank ; May 30, 1908 – July 10, 1989) was an American voice actor and radio personality whose career spanned over sixty years. Referred to as "The Man of a Thousand Voices", he is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential voice actors of all time. Blanc is best known for providing voices for Looney Tunes cartoons by Warner Bros. during the golden age of American animation. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2024). Mel Blanc is the 2,140th most popular actor (down from 2,004th in 2024), the 3,787th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,283rd in 2019) and the 1,048th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Mel Blanc ranks 2,140 out of 13,578. Before him are Joanna Shimkus, Pedro Alonso, Gina Gershon, Richard Roundtree, William Baldwin, and Mayumi Tanaka. After him are Calista Flockhart, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Ottavia Piccolo, Peter Krause, James Finlayson, and Dermot Mulroney.

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Among people born in 1908, Mel Blanc ranks 141. Before him are Vazgen I, Françoise Dolto, Juan López Fontana, Jacques Massu, Johanna Budwig, and Petro Shelest. After him are Luis Regueiro, Karel Ančerl, Giacomo Manzù, Ahmad Shukeiri, Lupe Vélez, and Bruno Lüdke. Among people deceased in 1989, Mel Blanc ranks 112. Before him are Sourou-Migan Apithy, André Cayatte, Arnaldo Ochoa, Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama, Edward Ochab, and Paul Shenar. After him are Betti Alver, Michał Rola-Żymierski, Robert B. Anderson, Elisaveta Bykova, Richie Ginther, and Gerhard Schröder.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mel Blanc ranks 3,787 out of 20,380. Before him are Alvin E. Roth (1951), Jim Thompson (1906), Gina Gershon (1962), Richard Roundtree (1942), William Baldwin (1963), and Reggie Fils-Aimé (1961). After him are Carmine Coppola (1910), Calista Flockhart (1964), Eric Singer (1958), Marie Laveau (1801), Jim Garrison (1921), and William Windom (1827).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Mel Blanc ranks 1,048. Before him are Richard Bull (1924), Gil Birmingham (1953), Jack Klugman (1922), Gina Gershon (1962), Richard Roundtree (1942), and William Baldwin (1963). After him are Calista Flockhart (1964), Peter Krause (1965), Dermot Mulroney (1963), Richard Beymer (1938), Robert Wisdom (1953), and Chloë Grace Moretz (1997).

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