Noël blanc meaning

In His Own Words: Noel Blanc on Mel Blanc

Suspended Animation #344

Noel Blanc is the son of legendary voice artist Mel Blanc. When Mel died, Noel was one of the people who continued providing voices for the characters that Mel had performed including for Tiny Toon Adventures.

After his fifty-two year old father had a near-fatal car accident in 1961, he voiced some of the Looney Tunes characters while Mel was recovering from his injuries.

Mel’s January 24th accident on a stretch of Sunset Boulevard known as Dead Man’s Curve found him taken to UCLA with both of his legs fractured, multiple ribs broken, and his pelvis shattered. Even worse, he had sustained a triple skull fracture. For two weeks, he was in a coma, his family and doctors unable to get a response.

Then, about fourteen days after the crash, one of Blanc’s neurologists, Dr. Louis Conway, got a strange idea. As recounted by Noel, the doctor bent over Blanc’s bed and said, “Bugs Bunny, how are you doing today?”

After a few moments of silence, a faint voice replied, “What’s up, doc?” Amazed, the doctor tried a

Noel Blanc

Born:

Noel Barton Blanc
19 October 1938 (age 86)
Los Angeles, California

Occupation(s)

Voice actor
C.E.O. of Warner-Blanc

Years active

1960 to 2006

Noel Barton Blanc (born 19 October 1938) is an American voice actor. He is the son of Mel Blanc, known for voicing many cartoon characters. After his father had a near-fatal car accident in 1961, he voiced some to most of the Looney Tunes characters during Mel's approximately year-long recovery.

In February 1991, Blanc was in a helicopter, for which he owned and piloted, and was injured when the aircraft collided with a small plane above Santa Paula Airport. Two other people were also injured, including actor Kirk Douglas, and two people in the plane were killed.[1] He had multiple fractures to his right leg, five broken ribs, a bruised lung, and bruised kidney. He was then taken to the intensive care unit at the Santa Paula Hospital.[2]

Since 2004, Noel has been largely retired from full-time voice acting work. He has allowed other voice acting talents, such as Joe Alaskey and Jeff

Noel Blanc

American voice actor (born 1938)

Noel Blanc

Born

Noel Barton Blanc


(1938-10-19) October 19, 1938 (age 86)

Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Occupation(s)Voice actor, commercial producer
Years active1951–2012 (voice actor)
1955–present (commercial producer)
Spouses

Larraine Zax

(m. 1967; div. 1972)​

Martha Smith

(m. 1977; div. 1986)​

Katherine Hushaw

(m. 1998)​
FatherMel Blanc

Noel Barton Blanc (born October 19, 1938)[1] is an American commercial producer, retired voice actor, and the son of the late 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, and throughout Noel's childhood, adolescence and early adulthood, he worked with his father on the Looney Tunes.[2] In 1961, Noel performed some of Mel's voices, uncredited,

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