Noel Blanc

Noel Blanc
Born
Noel Barton Blanc

(1938-10-19) October 19, 1938
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupations
  • Voice actor
  • commercial producer
Years active
  • 1960–2005 (voice actor)
  • 1951–present (commercial producer)
Spouses
Larraine Zax
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(m. 1967; div. 1972)​
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(m. 1977; div. 1986)​
Katherine Hushaw
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(m. 1998)​
FatherMel Blanc

Noel Barton Blanc (born October 19, 1938)[1] is an American commercial producer and retired voice actor. He is the son of cartoon voice actor Mel Blanc.

Early life and career

Blanc was born on October 19, 1938, in Los Angeles, California. He is the only child of voice actor Mel Blanc. Throughout Noel's childhood, adolescence and early adulthood, he worked with his father on the Looney Tunes cartoons, with Mel training him in the field of voice characterization.[2][3] In 1961, Noel performed some of Mel's voices, uncredited, when Mel was injured in a car crash.[a] On January 29, 1962, they formed Blanc Communications Corporation,[9][10] a media company which remains in operation.[11] Together, they produced over 5,000 public service announcements and commercials, appearing with Kirk Douglas, Lucille Ball, Vincent Price, Phyllis Diller, Liberace, and The Who. Kirk Douglas' son, Joel, served as one of the executives at Blanc Communications Corporation and helped to develop and produce commercials until the late 1980s.[12]

Following Mel Blanc's death in 1989, Noel voiced Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd (a character that was originally Arthur Q. Bryan's role that Mel occasionally performed during Bryan's lifetime and inherited after Bryan's death), the Tasmanian Devil, Porky Pig, Tweety and other characters in Tiny Toon Adventures and a series of You Rang? answering machine messages;[13][14][15][16] he was one of several successors to his father in the immediate aftermath of Mel's death, with others including Jeff Bergman, Joe Alaskey, Bob Bergen, Greg Burson, Maurice LaMarche, Billy West and most recently Eric Bauza. Warner Bros. had been splitting up the various voice-acting roles to prevent any one of them from being a singular successor.[17] He later contributed voice work to Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story.

Personal life

Relationships and marriages

Blanc has been married three times; he first married Larraine Zax in 1967; they divorced in 1972. Blanc then married actress Martha Smith in 1977; the marriage lasted for nine years, until they divorced in 1986. Blanc married his third wife, Katherine Hushaw, at the Warner Bros. Studios on June 3, 1998.[18][19]

Helicopter incident

In February 1991, Blanc was injured in his personal helicopter when the aircraft collided with a small plane above Santa Paula Airport. Two other people were also injured, including Kirk Douglas, and two people in the plane were killed.[20] Blanc suffered multiple fractures to his right leg, five broken ribs, a bruised lung, and a bruised kidney. He was taken to the intensive care unit at Santa Paula Hospital.[21]

Filmography

Television and film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1960Dog Gone PeopleKid on Television[22]Uncredited
1990–1992Tiny Toon AdventuresPorky Pig
Tasmanian Devil
The Great and Powerful Principal		 5 episodes
1992The Plucky Duck ShowAdditional Voices
1993General Electric's Carousel of ProgressRadio Personalities[23]
20012001 Chevrolet Monte Carlo 400Himself, Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety[24][25][26]Televised stock car race
2005Stewie Griffin: The Untold StoryElmer FuddDirect-to-video
2005Family GuyElmer FuddEpisode: "Stewie B. Goode"

Video games

Documentaries

  • This Is Your Life – Himself
  • Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toontown – Himself
  • 50 Years of Bugs Bunny in 31/2 Minutes – Porky Pig[27]
  • Happy Birthday, Bugs!: 50 Looney Years – Himself, Porky Pig[28]
  • What's Up Doc? A Salut/refe to Bugs Bunny – Himself
  • Entertaining the Troops – Himself
  • Behind the Tunes – Himself
  • 100 Greatest Cartoons – Himself
  • The Chuck Woolery Show – Himself
  • Vicki! – Himself
  • Friz on Film – Himself
  • Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices – Himself
  • King-Size Comedy: Tex Avery and the Looney Tunes Revolution – Himself
  • I Know That Voice – Himself

Theme park attractions

Discography

  • Looney Tunes: Love Songs for My Valentine – Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig[31]
  • You Rang?: Bugs Bunny – Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, Tasmanian Devil, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Pepé Le Pew, Yosemite Sam, Speedy Gonzales[13][14]
  • You Rang?: Daffy Duck – Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, Yosemite Sam, Pepé Le Pew, Tasmanian Devil, Speedy Gonzales[15]
  • You Rang?: Porky Pig – Porky Pig, Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, Yosemite Sam, Pepé Le Pew, Speedy Gonzales, Foghorn Leghorn, Chicken Little[32]
  • You Rang?: Sylvester and Tweety – Sylvester, Tweety, Porky Pig, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, Yosemite Sam, Foghorn Leghorn, Speedy Gonzales, Pepé Le Pew[33]
  • You Rang?: Holidays and Special Occasions – Porky Pig, Daffy Duck, Foghorn Leghorn, Elmer Fudd, Yosemite Sam, Bugs Bunny, Sylvester, Tweety, Speedy Gonzales[34]
  • Bugs Bunny and the Pink Flamingos – Porky Pig[35]
  • Bugs Bunny at the Symphony – Porky Pig[36]

Notes

  1. ↑ Attributed to multiple references:[4][5][6][7][8]

References

  1. ↑ "Noel Blanc". CaliforniaBirthIndex.org. Retrieved September 13, 2024.
  2. ↑ Blanc, Mel; Bashe, Philip (1988). That's Not All, Folks!. Warner Books. pp. 272, 274. ISBN 0-446-51244-3.
  3. ↑ "Bob Bergen Official Web Site: Cool Clips". BobBergen.com. Retrieved May 16, 2010.
  4. 1 2 Mel Blanc visits Gadgets in the Eastwood Mall (Home of The Looney Tunes Revue and Sammy Sands) (1982). YouTube. Eastwood Mall. December 1982. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
  5. ↑ Brown, Peter H.; Pinkston, Jim (December 14, 1986). "LIKE FATHER, LIKE..." Los Angeles Times.
  6. ↑ McGarry, T.W. (June 2, 1988). "The Voice: Mel Blanc Is 1980, and He's Also, Bugs, Tweety, Porky, Elmer..." Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on October 29, 2020.
  7. ↑ Ohmart, Ben (November 15, 2012). Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices. ISBN 9781593932596. Retrieved November 23, 2023. 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."
  8. ↑ Nydell, Tim (May 1, 2022). Noel Blanc Interview (Son of Mel Blanc - The Man of a Thousand Voices). YouTube. Pressing Rewind with Tim Nydell. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  9. ↑ Blanc, Mel (1988). That's not all Folks!. Warner Books. ISBN 0-446-51244-3.
  10. ↑ "BLANC COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION :: California (US) :: OpenCorporates". opencorporates.com. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
  11. ↑ "Blanc Communications Corporation official site". Retrieved October 8, 2017.
  12. ↑ "Herald and Review from Decatur, Illinois on September 12, 1982 · Page 73". Newspapers.com. September 12, 1982. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
  13. 1 2 Bryan, John (November 9, 2012). Noel MelBlanc full. YouTube. Big Bear Productions. Retrieved April 23, 2025.
  14. 1 2 You Rang? Answering Machine Messages Bugs Bunny. YouTube. Metacom, Inc., Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. 1990. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
  15. 1 2 Blanc, Noel (1990). You Rang? Answering Machine Messages Daffy Duck. YouTube. Metacom, Inc., Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Retrieved September 10, 2024. I remember [Noel Blanc] appearing on an episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show YEARS ago with other children of celebrities, and he mentioned [that] he had just recorded a whole series of answering machine tapes as the Looney Tunes characters. He seemed poised to take over for his father [Mel Blanc] back then, but soon after [Mel] passed away, Noel sort of drifted away from doing the voices.
  16. ↑ Evanier, Mark (March 23, 2013). "IAQ03". News From ME. Retrieved December 25, 2025.
  17. ↑ Alaskey, Joe (2009). That's Still Not All Folks!. BearManor Media. p. 96. ISBN 978-1-59393-112-4. (Page 96 (1/2), Page 96 (2/2))
  18. ↑ "Cartoons fill out Blanc wedding party". Tampa Bay Times. June 2, 1998. Retrieved December 1, 2025.
  19. ↑ "Mel Blanc's son marries at Warner Bros. Studios". Deseret News. June 3, 1998. Archived from the original on November 23, 2023. Retrieved December 1, 2025.
  20. ↑ Gorman, Gary; O'Donnell, Santiago (February 14, 1991). "2 Die as Plane, Copter Crash; Kirk Douglas, 2 Others Hurt". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
  21. ↑ "Kirk Douglas, Noel Blanc Recovering After Air Collision That Killed Two". AP NEWS. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
  22. ↑ Scott, Keith (October 3, 2022). Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, Vol. 2. BearManor Media. p. 196.
  23. ↑ "Noel Blanc". IMDb. Archived from the original on January 10, 2020. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  24. ↑ 2001 Chevy Monte Carlo 400 [5/16]. YouTube. TNT. September 8, 2001. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  25. ↑ 2001 Chevy Monte Carlo 400 [8/16] (7th Caution). YouTube. TNT. September 8, 2001. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  26. ↑ 2001 Chevy Monte Carlo 400 [16/16] (Post Race). YouTube. TNT. September 8, 2001. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  27. ↑ "50 Years Of Bugs Bunny - Happy Birthday Bugs". Dailymotion. Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. December 1, 1989. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  28. ↑ Fifty Years of Bugs Bunny in 3 1/2 Minutes. YouTube. Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. May 9, 1990. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  29. ↑ Dunne, Samantha (September 27, 2021). "'May the century begin': History behind Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress". ClickOrlando. Retrieved September 10, 2024. 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.
  30. ↑ Wolo, Dee (July 17, 1985). Rabbitcadabbra - Magic Mountain 7-18-85. YouTube. Six Flags. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  31. ↑ Looney Tunes: Love Songs for My Valentine (uses Gadgets samples). YouTube. Brach's. 1990. Retrieved June 30, 2026.
  32. ↑ Blanc, Noel (1990). You Rang? Answering Machine Messages Porky Pig. YouTube. Metacom, Inc., Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  33. ↑ Blanc, Noel (1990). You Rang? Answering Machine Messages Sylvester and Tweety. YouTube. Metacom, Inc., Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  34. ↑ You Rang? Answering Machine Messages Holidays and Special Occasions. YouTube. Metacom, Inc., Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. 1990. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  35. ↑ Bugs Bunny and the Pink Flamingos - Golden Story Book 'n' Tape (Audio Only). YouTube. Golden Books. 1991. Retrieved December 21, 2024.
  36. ↑ "Sydney Symphony* – Bugs Bunny At The Symphony (2010, CD)". Discogs. WaterTower Music. July 13, 2010. Archived from the original on August 28, 2023. Retrieved December 1, 2025.
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