Noel Blanc

Noel Barton Blanc (born October 19, 1938) is a retired American voice actor, and the son of the cartoon voice actor, Mel Blanc.

Noel Blanc
Born	Noel Barton Blanc October 19, 1938 Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Voice actor
Years active	1960–2006
Spouse(s)	Larraine Lax ​ ​ (m. 1967; div. 1972)​ Martha Smith ​ ​ (m. 1977; div. 1986)​ Katherine Hushaw ​ ​ (m. 1998)​
Children	Mario Blanc

Early life and career

Blanc is the son of voice actor Mel Blanc, and throughout Noel's childhood and early adulthood, he worked with his father on the Looney Tunes voices so that when the time came, he could take over for his father.[1] Following his father's death, Noel voiced Elmer Fudd, The Tasmanian Devil, Porky Pig and other characters in Tiny Toon Adventures and Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story. But even before then, it was revealed years later - by Mel Blanc himself - that Noel had ghosted for him for several cartoons during his time of recovery from the 1961 car accident, and he even made a recording studio in Pacific Palisades.[2]

Blanc also appeared in the television booth during the 2002 Chevrolet Monte Carlo 400 due to a promotion with Looney Tunes at Richmond International Raceway in 2001 and 2002. Noel did his Bugs Bunny voice, lamenting that he did not get to start the race at all.[3] He retired from voice acting in 2006. He spends much of his time residing in his father's waterside cabin at Big Bear Lake, California.

Personal life

Blanc has been married three times; he first married Larraine Lax 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. In 1998, Blanc married his third wife Katherine Hushaw, they were married at the Warner Bros. Studios on June 3, 1998.[4][5]

Filmography

Television and film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1960	Dog Gone People	Additional Voices[6]	Uncredited
1990–1992	Tiny Toon Adventures	Porky Pig The Tasmanian Devil The Great and Powerful Principal Additional Voices	6 Episodes
1992	The Plucky Duck Show	Additional Voices
1993	General Electric's Carousel of Progress	Radio Personalities[7]
2005	Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story	Elmer Fudd	Direct-to-video
2006	Family Guy	Elmer Fudd	Episode: Stewie B. Goode

Documentaries

• This Is Your Life – Himself
• Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toontown – Himself
• 50 Years of Bugs Bunny in 3¹/₂ Minutes – Himself, Porky Pig
• Happy Birthday, Bugs!: 50 Looney Years – Himself, Porky Pig
• What's Up Doc? A Salute 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

• Tomorrowland – Radio Personalities
• Carousel of Progress – Radio Personalities

References

1. "Bob Bergen Official Web Site: Cool Clips". Bobbergen.com. Retrieved 2010-05-16.
2. "BUCKiT #6-Noel Blanc: The Son of Mel Blanc, Voice of the Looney Tunes". 2018-07-25. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
3. 2002 Chevy Monte Carlo broadcast
4. https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1998/06/02/stone-temple-pilots-singer-arrested
5. https://www.deseret.com/platform/amp/1998/6/3/19383652/mel-blanc-s-son-marries-at-warner-bros-studios
6. Ohmart, Ben (2012). Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices. BearManor Media. p. 571. ISBN 978-1-5939-3788-1. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
7. Noel Blanc - IMDb

External links

• Noel Blanc at IMDb