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Joe Alaskey
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American actor (1952–2016)
Joe Alaskey was an American actor and voice performer who lived from 1952 to 2016. He is best known for his work voicing classic cartoon characters, particularly for Warner Bros., which made him a significant figure in animation history.
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Troy, New York, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Joseph Francis Alaskey III (April 17, 1952 – February 3, 2016) was an American stand-up comedian, actor, voice artist, and impressionist. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joe Alaskey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
- Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary! — Self (archive footage)2020
- Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz — The Wizard of Oz / Butch / Droopy (voice)2016
- Tom and Jerry: Spy Quest — Droopy (voice)2015
- Murder Comes To Town — Narrator (voice)2014
- Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure — King Droopy (voice)2013
- The One and Only June Foray — Self2013
- Tom and Jerry: Robin Hood and His Merry Mouse — Friar Tuck / Droopy (voice)2012
- Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz — Wizard of Oz / Butch / Droopy (voice)2011
- Laff Riot — (voice)2010
- The Essential Bugs Bunny — Bugs Bunny2010
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Troy
- Place of death
- Green Island
- Occupation
- comedian
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Award
- Daytime Emmy Award
- Official website
- www.joealaskey.com
- Residence
- Encino
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- date of birth
- 1952-04-17
- date of death
- 2016-02-03
- cause of death
- cancer
- birth name
- Joseph Francis Alaskey III
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1975-00-00
- end of work period
- 2016-00-00
- name in native language
- Joe Alaskey
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
Joseph Francis Alaskey III (April 17, 1952 – February 3, 2016) was an American actor and comedian. He was one of Mel Blanc's successors at the Warner Bros. Animation studio until his death. He alternated with Jeff Bergman, Greg Burson, Jim Cummings, Bob Bergen, Maurice LaMarche and Billy West in voicing Warner Bros. cartoon characters such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Sylvester, Tweety, Elmer Fudd, Yosemite Sam, Foghorn Leghorn, Pepé Le Pew, Marvin the Martian, Speedy Gonzales, Taz, Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner, among many others. He also voiced Plucky Duck on Tiny Toon Adventures from 1990 to 1995. Alaskey was the second actor to voice Grandpa Lou Pickles on Nickelodeon's Rugrats (taking over after David Doyle's death in 1997). He would later reprise his role in the spin-off series All Grown Up!.
Early life
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