| Pinto Colvig | |
|---|---|
| Born | Vance DeBar Colvig September 11, 1892 Jacksonville, Oregon |
| Died | October 3, 1967 (aged 75) |
| Occupation | Clown, voice actor |
Vance DeBar "Pinto" Colvig (September 11, 1892 – October 3, 1967) was a vaudeville actor, radio actor, newspaper cartoonist, prolific movie voice actor, and circus performer whose schtick was playing clarinet off-key while mugging. Events 9 - The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Jacksonville is a city in Jackson County, Oregon, a few miles west of Medford. Events 42 BC - First Battle of Philippi: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight an indecisive battle with Caesar's Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Events 9 - The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 42 BC - First Battle of Philippi: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight an indecisive battle with Caesar's Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Vaudeville was a Genre of variety entertainment prevalent on the stage in the United States and Canada, from the early 1880s An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint. A cartoonist is a person who specializes in drawing Cartoons Traditionally much of this work was and still is humorous and is intended primarily for entertainment purposes Voice acting is the art of providing voices for animated characters (including those in feature films television series animated shorts and Video games) and A circus is most commonly a traveling company of performers that may include acrobats, Clowns trained animals trapeze acts Hoopers, tightrope walkers The performing arts are those forms of Art which differ from the Plastic arts insofar as the former uses the artist's own Body, Face and presence A shtick ( Yiddish: שטיק) (or schtick) is a comic theme or Gimmick. The clarinet is a Musical instrument in the Woodwind family The name derives from adding the suffix -et meaning little to the Italian word He graduated from Oregon State University in 1911. Oregon State University ( OSU) is a Coeducational public Research[[ university]] located in Corvallis, Oregon, United
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Career
Born in Jacksonville, Oregon, Colvig is probably best known as the voice of Disney's Goofy and the original Bozo the Clown, a part he played for a full decade beginning in 1946. Jacksonville is a city in Jackson County, Oregon, a few miles west of Medford. Goofy is an Animated cartoon character from Walt Disney 's Mickey Mouse universe. Bozo the Clown is a Clown character whose widespread Franchising in early Television made him the best-known clown character in the United States Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. [1] He also provided the voice for Practical Pig, the pig who built the "house of bricks" in the Disney short Three Little Pigs, as well as both Sleepy and Grumpy in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and the barks for Pluto the dog. Three Little Pigs is an animated Short film released on May 27, 1933 by United Artists, produced by Walt Disney Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a 1937 American film based on the eponymous German fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm. Colvig worked for not only the Disney studio, but the Warner Bros. animation studio, Fleischer Studios (Bluto, Gabby), and MGM, where he voiced a Munchkin in The Wizard of Oz. Warner Bros Cartoons Inc was the Animation division of Warner Bros Fleischer Studios Inc is an American corporation which originated as an Animation studio located at 1600 Broadway, New York City New York. Bluto (sometimes known as Brutus) is a cartoon character created in 1932 by Elzie Crisler Segar as a one-time character named "Bluto the Terrible" in his Gabby was a Max Fleischer animated Cartoon series distributed through Paramount Pictures. The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical - Fantasy film mainly directed by Victor Fleming and based on the 1900 children’s
Life and Death
Colvig died of lung cancer on October 3, 1967, at age 75. Lung cancer is a Disease of uncontrolled Cell growth in tissues of the Lung. Events 42 BC - First Battle of Philippi: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight an indecisive battle with Caesar's Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. A lifelong smoker, Colvig was one of the pioneers in advocating warning labels about cancer risk on cigarette packages in the United States. A cigarette ( French "small Cigar " from cigar + -ette) is a product consumed through Smoking and manufactured The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
References
- ^ Battling Bozos. Retrieved on 2008-02-18. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 3102 BC - Epoch (origin of the Kali Yuga. 1229 - The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II Holy
External links
- Pinto Colvig at the Internet Movie Database
- ABC News Investigates Bozo's Origin (2001)
- ABC News: Bozo Finally Unmasked (2004)
- Associated Press: Who's the First Bozo? (2004)
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