ACTOR

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 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 short-lived sitcom. However, he 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, Foghorn Leghorn, the Tasmanian Devil, and numerous other characters from the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies theatrical cartoons. Blanc also voiced the Looney Tunes characters Porky Pig and Elmer Fudd after replacing their original performers Joe Dougherty and Arthur Q. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mel Blanc has received more than 6,155,222 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia. Mel Blanc is the 2,006th most popular actor (down from 1,789th in 2019), the 3,283rd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,985th in 2019) and the 926th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 6.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Mel Blancs by language

Over the past year Mel Blanc has had the most page views in the with 730,583 views, followed by Spanish (32,265), and Italian (14,096). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (85.72%), Yoruba (49.65%), and Greek (25.49%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Mel Blanc ranks 2,006 out of 13,578. Before him are John C. Reilly, Diane Baker, Peter van Eyck, Cherry Jones, Josh Holloway, and Sofia Helin. After him are Julian Sands, Bill Cobbs, Shashi Kapoor, Danny Huston, Joe Don Baker, and Michel Constantin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Mel Blanc ranks 142. Before him are Aurelio Peccei, Ivan Yefremov, Lee Krasner, Mario Evaristo, Anna Sten, and Juan López Fontana. After him are Lupe Vélez, Paul Henreid, Henryk Zygalski, Elio Vittorini, John Tuzo Wilson, and Michel Marcel Navratil. Among people deceased in 1989, Mel Blanc ranks 103. Before him are Ahmed Abdallah, Ondrej Nepela, Charles Vanel, Anthony Quayle, André Cayatte, and Zinka Milanov. After him are Edward Ochab, Leyla Mammadbeyova, Gilbert Simondon, Elisaveta Bykova, Prince Wolfgang of Hesse, and Hans Hellmut Kirst.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mel Blanc ranks 3,283 out of 20,380. Before him are Ted Nelson (1937), Thomas A. Hendricks (1819), Cherry Jones (1956), Josh Holloway (1969), Cynthia Rothrock (1957), and Edgar Lee Masters (1868). After him are Henry Fairfield Osborn (1857), Bill Cobbs (1934), Lizzo (1988), David Lee Roth (1954), Jim Thompson (1906), and Joe Don Baker (1936).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Mel Blanc ranks 926. Before him are Bruce Boxleitner (1950), Dan Blocker (1928), John C. Reilly (1965), Diane Baker (1938), Cherry Jones (1956), and Josh Holloway (1969). After him are Bill Cobbs (1934), Joe Don Baker (1936), Ann Miller (1923), Sung Kang (1972), Jean Smart (1951), and Marlon Jackson (1957).

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Television and Movie Roles

Breakfast at Tiffany's
Holly's Drunk Visitor (voice) (uncredited)
Holly Golightly is an eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian millionaire. But when young writer Paul Varjak moves into her apartment building, her past threatens to get in their way.
Oct 6o 19617.673 / 10
Pinocchio
Gideon (hiccup) (voice) (uncredited)
When loving Geppetto creates a wooden puppet, his wish is granted when it comes to life as a little wooden boy named Pinocchio. With his faithful friend and conscience Jiminy Cricket by his side, Pinocchio, embarks on fantastic adventures that his bravery, loyalty and honesty until triumphs in his triumphs in his quest for his heart's desire: to become a real boy.
Feb 23o 19407.105 / 10
The Sword in the Stone
TIger / Talbot (voice) (uncredited)
Wart is a young boy who aspires to be a knight's squire. On a hunting trip he falls in on Merlin, a powerful but amnesiac wizard who has plans for him beyond mere squiredom. He starts by trying to give him an education, believing that once one has an education, one can go anywhere. Needless to say, it doesn't quite work out that way.
Dec 25o 19637.252 / 10