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| Born | May 8, 1899 Brooklyn, New York USA |
| Died | November 18, 1959 (aged 60) |
Arthur Q. Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 326 - The old St Peter's Basilica is consecrated 1302 - Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bryan (May 8, 1899 – November 18, 1959) was a United States comedian and voice actor, remembered best for his longtime recurring role as well-spoken, wisecracking Dr. Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 326 - The old St Peter's Basilica is consecrated 1302 - Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience primarily by making them laugh Voice acting is the art of providing voices for animated characters (including those in feature films television series animated shorts and Video games) and Gamble on the legendary radio comedy Fibber McGee & Molly and for creating the voice of cartoon legend Elmer Fudd. Fibber McGee and Molly was a radio show that played a major role in determining the full form of what became classic old-time radio. Elmer J Fudd is a fictional Cartoon character and one of the most famous Looney Tunes characters
Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Bryan grew up with a deep desire to go into show business, stumbling through the industry for several years before finding steady if unsatisfying work as a bit player and occasional film narrator in Hollywood. Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. But it began to pay off when Bryan came to prominence in his late 30s as the voice of Egghead and Elmer Fudd at Warner Brothers animation unit, headed by Leon Schlesinger. Elmer J Fudd is a fictional Cartoon character and one of the most famous Looney Tunes characters Elmer J Fudd is a fictional Cartoon character and one of the most famous Looney Tunes characters Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (or Warner Bros, Warner Bros Pictures) is one of the world's largest producers of Film and Leon Schlesinger ( May 20, 1884 – December 25, 1949) was an American Film producer, most noted for founding
Along with Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Porky Pig, all voiced by Mel Blanc, one of Warner's early big stars was Bryan's Elmer Fudd. Clyde Rabbit (uncleMrs Bugs Bunny (wifePapa Bunny (fatherMama Bunny (motherRugs Bunny Daffy Duck is an Animated cartoon character in the Warner Brothers Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of Porky Pig is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros Melvin "Mel" Jerome Blanc ( May 30, 1908 – July 10, 1989) was an American voice actor and Comedian The slow-talking, slower-witted, enunciation-challenged Mr. Fudd is a game hunter whose Brooklynesque speech (courtesy of Bryan's own childhood upbringing in the borough) was exaggerated for memorable effect by his habitual substitution of [W]] for the letters L and R, an effect further immortalised by the tongue-in-cheek screen credits of the 1941 Bugs Bunny short, Wabbit Twouble. L is the twelfth letter of the Latin alphabet. Its name in English is el or occasionally ell (ɛl R is the eighteenth letter of the modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled ar (ɑr pronounced or) Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Wabbit Twouble ( Rabbit Trouble) is a Merrie Melodies Cartoon starring Bugs Bunny, produced by Leon Schlesinger (1941). Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
When watching him perform, director Bob Clampett (or "Wobert Cwampett" in the screen credit) thought Bryan's girth added to the hilarity of his dialogue, and redesigned Fudd as a fat man. Robert Emerson "Bob" Clampett ( May 8 1913 &mdash May 4 1984) was an American Animator, producer After a few shorts, Clampett decided it was a mistake, and Fudd returned to his classical form. But fat or slimmed, Bryan's Fudd was so popular, that the character's shorts were used to create and develop the character of Bugs Bunny, with the first "official" Bugs Bunny appearance coming in the Fudd cartoon, A Wild Hare (1940). Clyde Rabbit (uncleMrs Bugs Bunny (wifePapa Bunny (fatherMama Bunny (motherRugs Bunny A Wild Hare (re-released as The Wild Hare) is a Warner Bros Merrie Melodies Animated Short film. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Bryan's work in animation was not left unnoticed by radio producers. Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. Although his first forays into that medium were inevitably accompanied by instructions that he use the Fudd voice, Bryan soon came to the attention of Don Quinn and Phil Leslie, the production and writing team responsible for Fibber McGee and Molly and their supporting characters, two of whom spun off into their own radio hits, The Great Gildersleeve and Beulah. Fibber McGee and Molly was a radio show that played a major role in determining the full form of what became classic old-time radio. Phil L Leslie Sr ( March 11, 1909 - September 23, 1988) was born in St Fibber McGee and Molly was a radio show that played a major role in determining the full form of what became classic old-time radio. The Great Gildersleeve (1941-1957 initially written by Leonard Lewis Levinson was one of broadcast history's earliest Spin-off programs For other uses see Beulah. The Beulah Show is an American situation-comedy series that ran in radio on CBS
The Gildersleeve character, played by Harold Peary, became series broadcasting's first successful spin-off hit; that plus the onset of World War II (which cost Fibber McGee & Molly their Mayor LaTrivia, when Gale Gordon went into the Coast Guard in early 1942, and "The Old Timer" Bill Thompson was drafted almost a year later) nabbed nearly every other remaining male voice. Harold (Hal Peary (born Harrold José Pereira de Faria, July 25, 1908 – March 30, 1985) an American Actor World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Gale Gordon ( February 20, 1906 – June 30, 1995) was an American character actor Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bill Thompson ( July 8, 1913, Terre Haute Indiana – July 15, 1971, Culver City, California) was an American
Quinn and Leslie hired Bryan first for the new Great Gildersleeve series, to play the part of one of Gildersleeve's cronies, Floyd Munson the barber (originally played by Mel Blanc, and no relation to the later character of barber Floyd Lawson played by Howard McNear on television's The Andy Griffith Show). Melvin "Mel" Jerome Blanc ( May 30, 1908 – July 10, 1989) was an American voice actor and Comedian Floyd Lawson was a Fictional character on the American TV sitcom The Andy Griffith Show Howard T McNear ( January 27, 1905 &ndash January 3, 1969) was an American film television and radio character actor The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised by CBS between October 3 1960 and April 1 His work on the series (in Bryan's natural voice) so impressed the pair that Bryan was added to the cast of their main show, Fibber McGee and Molly, in 1943.
On Fibber, Bryan found himself in the unusual position of being smarter than, more educated than, and generally superior to his foil, titular braggart McGee. Playing Doc Gamble, Bryan was a polar opposite of the Fudd character---Gamble was well-spoken, even-tempered, and usually got the best of McGee, which Elmer could never do with Bugs.
Bryan never earned a big break in film in spite of his vocal success; his film work remained largely uncredited cameos, usually employing the Fudd persona, or minor supporting roles in B-movies. But he found regular film work regardless, appearing in dozens of films over the years, in such successful releases as Samson and Delilah (1949); two Bob Hope/Bing Crosby "Road" films, Road to Singapore (1940) and Road to Rio (1947); and the Ozzie and Harriet feature Here Come the Nelsons (1952). Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bob Hope, KBE KCSG ( May 29, 1903 &ndash July 27, 2003) was an American comedian and actor who appeared in Harry Lillis “Bing” Crosby ( May 3, 1903 &ndash October 14, 1977) was an Academy Award winning American Popular Road to Singapore is a 1940 Paramount Pictures film starring Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour, and Bob Hope, which marked the Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Road to Rio is a 1947 Comedy film, directed by Norman Z McLeod and starring Bing Crosby as Scat Sweeney Bob Hope Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet was a long-running American Television series, airing on ABC from October 3, Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Bryan continued as the Fibber show's secondary male lead, even after Thompson and (for a time) Gordon returned to the show, and he stayed as Dr. Gamble all the way through its final incarnation on the NBC Monitor series in 1959, as well as playing Floyd on "Gildersleeve" through its conclusion in 1954. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Bryan's final original work as Fudd came in the Warner Bros. Edward R. Murrow spoof Person to Bunny (1960). Edward R Murrow (born Egbert Roscoe Murrow; April 25 1908 &ndash April 27 1965) was an American journalist Person to Bunny is a Bugs Bunny cartoon released on April 1, 1960.
He didn't live to see that cartoon hit the screen, however: Bryan died of a heart attack in November, 1959, with Hal Smith and later Mel Blanc himself taking over the voice of Elmer Fudd. Myocardial infarction ( MI or AMI for acute myocardial infarction) also known as a heart attack, occurs when the blood supply Harold John "Hal" Smith ( August 24, 1916 - January 28, 1994) was an American Character actor and voice-over Melvin "Mel" Jerome Blanc ( May 30, 1908 – July 10, 1989) was an American voice actor and Comedian
The DVD specials for some cartoons such as What's Opera, Doc?, in Looney Tunes Golden Collection, includes bits of conversation between Bryan and Mel Blanc, affording a rare opportunity to hear them working together, and to hear Bryan's natural voice (no trouble with R's and L's). What's Opera Doc? is a 1957 Animated cartoon short in the Merrie Melodies series directed by Chuck Jones for The Looney Tunes Golden Collection is a yearly series of six four-disc DVD box sets from Warner Bros
External links
- Arthur Q. Bryan at the Internet Movie Database
- Fibber McGee & Molly, radio episodes
| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Bryan, Arthur Q. |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Voice Actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 8, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brooklyn, New York |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 18, 1959 |
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