Who was the famous voice actor who died in 1989 and gave his voice to the 1949 "Looney Tunes" short film "The Grey Hounded Hare"?
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The Grey Hounded Hare The Grey Hounded Hare is a 1949 "Looney Tunes" short film made by Warner Bros. Pictures and starring the voice talent of Mel Blanc. It was directed by Robert McKimson, and animated by John Carey, Phil DeLara, Manny Gould and Charles McKimson, with music scored by Carl Stalling. The title refers to the greyhounds of the plot as well as "hounded" meaning pestered or pursued relentlessly.
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Mel Blanc Melvin Jerome "Mel" Blanc (May 30, 1908 – July 10, 1989) was an American voice actor, actor, radio comedian, and recording artist. He began his 60-plus-year career performing in radio, but is best remembered for his work in animation as the voices of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Tweety Bird, Sylvester the Cat, Yosemite Sam, Foghorn Leghorn, Marvin the Martian, Pepé Le Pew, Speedy Gonzales, Wile E. Coyote, Road Runner, the Tasmanian Devil, and many of the other characters from the "Looney Tunes" and "Merrie Melodies" theatrical cartoons during the golden age of American animation. He was, in fact, the voice for all of the major male Warner Bros. cartoon characters except for Elmer Fudd, whose voice was provided (uncredited) by fellow radio actor Arthur Q. Bryan, although Blanc later voiced Fudd as well after Bryan's death.
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Kent Rogers Kent Byron Rogers (July 31, 1923 – July 9, 1944) was an American actor and impressionist who appeared in several live-action shorts and features, and a voice actor for Warner Bros. and Walter Lantz Productions.
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Jerry Dexter Jerry Dexter (April 18, 1935 – June 21, 2013) was an American actor and voice actor best known for playing teenage boys and young men in animated television series for Hanna-Barbera Productions from the late 1960s to the 1980s.
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Wet Hare Wet Hare is a 1962 animated short film in the "Looney Tunes" series produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc. In this cartoon, Bugs Bunny finds himself at odds with Blacque Jacque Shellacque, a ruthless lumberjack with a French Canadian accent who wants to control the water supply by building a series of dams. The title is yet another pun on "hair/hare".
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Hare Ribbin' Hare Ribbin' is a 1944 animated short film in the "Merrie Melodies" series, directed by Robert Clampett and featuring Bugs Bunny. The plot features Bugs' conflict with a red-haired hound dog, whom the rabbit sets out to evade and make a fool of using one-liners, reverse psychology, disguises and other tricks. It was released in theaters by Warner Bros. Pictures on June 24, 1944. The title is a pun on "hair ribbon".
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Arthur Q. Bryan Arthur Quirk Bryan (May 8, 1899 – November 18, 1959) was an American actor, voice actor, comedian and radio personality, remembered best for his longtime recurring role as well-spoken, wisecracking Dr. Gamble on the radio comedy "Fibber McGee and Molly" and for creating the voice of the Warner Brothers cartoon character Elmer Fudd.
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The Railway Dragon The Railway Dragon is a 1989 American television animated film. Leslie Nielsen featured as the narrator.
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Buddy's Bearcats Buddy's Bearcats is an American animated short film, released June 23, 1934. It is a "Looney Tunes" cartoon, featuring Buddy, the second star of the series. It was supervised by Jack King; musical direction was by Norman Spencer.
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Carman Maxwell Carman Griffin "Max" Maxwell (December 27, 1902 – September 22, 1987) was an American animator and voice actor.
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Charles Judels Charles Judels (August 17, 1882 – February 14, 1969) was a Dutch-born American film actor. He appeared in 137 films between 1915 and 1949. He also did extensive work as a voice-over actor in animated films, including the voices of Stromboli and the evil coachman in Walt Disney's "Pinocchio" (1940), and in the Warner Brothers "Looney Tunes" short "Porky's Garden" (1937). He was born in Amsterdam, and died in San Francisco, California.
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Horton Hatches the Egg (film) Horton Hatches the Egg is a ten-minute animated short film based on the book by Dr. Seuss, by Leon Schlesinger Productions in 1942, released as part of Warner Bros.' "Merrie Melodies" series. The short, which in contrast to the original children's book, was more adult-oriented and was directed by Bob Clampett. Horton was voiced by Kent Rogers along with the Peter Lorre fish, Sara Berner voiced Mayzie and the elephant bird, Frank Graham narrated, and Mel Blanc performed most of the other voices.
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Frigid Hare Frigid Hare is a Warner Bros. "Merrie Melodies" short, released on October 7, 1949. It is directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese. The title can be seen as a simple play on "frigid air" and/or on the refrigerator brand called "Frigidaire".
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Ron Gans Ronald Kenneth Gans (August 9, 1931 – June 29, 2010), sometimes credited as Ron Kennedy, was an American voice-over artist and character actor, known for portraying Q.T. the Orangutan on The Disney Channel's "Dumbo's Circus", the voice of Armus in "", the voice of Eeyore on "Welcome to Pooh Corner", and the voice of the Spider in "The Mother Goose Video Treasury". He also voiced the Stunticon Drag Strip in "The Transformers". Gans died in Los Angeles at the age of 78, due to complications from pneumonia.
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The Abominable Snow Rabbit The Abominable Snow Rabbit is a six-minute 1961 Warner Bros. "Looney Tunes" theatrical cartoon starring Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck. The cartoon was directed by Chuck Jones and co-directed by Maurice Noble, with a story by Tedd Pierce. The cartoon's title is taken from the phrase and horror film "The Abominable Snowman". It was the final original Chuck Jones theatrical cartoon with Daffy Duck.
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Cal Howard Cal Howard (July 24, 1911 – September 10, 1993) was an American cartoon story artist, animator and director mostly remembered for his work at Walter Lantz and Warner Bros.". He was also the voice actor of Gabby Goat.
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Gandy Goose Gandy Goose was a classic Terrytoons cartoon character. He was frequently paired with Sourpuss, a cat, beginning in the 1939 short "G-Man Jitters". Sourpuss' first appearance was in the 1939 "The Owl and the Pussycat". Voiced by composer and orchestral arranger Arthur Kay, Gandy spoke in a lyrical vocal parody of radio comedian Ed Wynn while Sourpuss vocally impersonated an impatient Jimmy Durante. Their surreal adventures often showcase extended dreams, bookended by coarse bedroom arguments.
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Robert O. Smith Robert O. Smith (November 27, 1942 – May 30, 2010) was an American voice actor.
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Hare Do Hare Do is a 1948 "Merrie Melodies" Cartoon starring Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd which was released in 1949. It is one of the few Bugs Bunny/Elmer Fudd pairings directed by Friz Freleng that was released after "Hare Trigger", the debut of Yosemite Sam (most of whose appearances were in cartoons directed by Freleng). The title of the cartoon is an obvious pun on the term "hairdo," another word for a hairstyle. This is also last cartoon where Bugs is seen sitting on The Warner Bros. Shield and then he pulls it down during the post-1948 period. This would not occur again until (Blooper) Bunny in 1991.
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Cliff Edwards Clifton Avon Edwards (June 14, 1895 – July 17, 1971) — known as "Ukulele Ike" — was an American singer, actor and voice actor who enjoyed considerable popularity in the 1920s and early 1930s, specializing in jazzy renditions of pop standards and novelty tunes. He had a number-one hit with "Singin' In The Rain" in 1929. He also did voices for animated cartoons later in his career, and is best known as the voice of Jiminy Cricket in Walt Disney's "Pinocchio" (1940) and Fun and Fancy Free (1947).
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Wally Burr Walter S. Burr (June 2, 1924 – July 9, 2017), also credited as Wally Burr and Walter Burr, was an American voice actor and director.
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Along Came Daffy Along Came Daffy is a 1947 Warner Bros. cartoon in the "Looney Tunes" (reissued as a "Blue Ribbon Merrie Melody" on July 24, 1954) series, featuring Daffy Duck and two characters resembling Yosemite Sam. It was directed by Friz Freleng and written by Michael Maltese and Tedd Pierce. All voices are performed by Mel Blanc. "Along Came Daffy" is one of only two Warner Bros. shorts (the other being "Honey's Money") in which Yosemite Sam is not paired with Bugs Bunny (although at one point Daffy does ask, "What's cookin', Doc?", a variant of Bugs's "What's up, Doc?" catchphrase along with the famous "eh" and the imitated 'carrot chewing').