Mel Blanc

Mel Blanc was an American voice actor, comedian, singer, radio personality, and recording artist who was best known for his voice work with, , , , and radio work on  and The Hoot Owls.

For Disney, he provided the voice of Gideon in Pinocchio. However, when it was decided that Gideon would be mute, Blanc's lines were cut from the final film, except for three hiccups.

At one point, he was considered to voice Dopey in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by Walt Disney.

Blanc also provided the voice of Cousin Orville in the Magic Kingdom attraction Carousel of Progress. While the attraction has been updated with new voice actors over the years, Blanc's recordings are still used in the attraction. Additionally, he provided the voice of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit for a brief period in 1957.

In Who Framed Roger Rabbit, he reprised the voices of several of his classic Warner Bros. characters except for Yosemite Sam, whom he refused to voice due to always being rough on his throat (the role went to Joe Alaskey instead, as a result).