[Groop]OT Question for Mark

[Mark Evanier]

On Sun, 14 Oct 2001 22:34:37 -0700, "Gary Grossmann"
<grossfam@olywa.net> wrote:

>A number of your articles about voice actors indicate they are usually a
>pretty tight knit bunch.  So it surprised me to learn there were actually
>quite a few other voices in the Warner Brothers cartoons besides Mel Blanc,
>but I can't remember ever seeing anyone's name in the credits other than Mr.
>Blanc.  Do you know why?  I would think he would want his fellow voice
>actors to be listed.  (Probably he had no say in it?)  Thanks -Gary G.

ME: Well, that's an interesting question, Gary.  Yes, there were many
other voice actors in Warner Brothers cartoons -- Stan Freberg, June
Foray, Arthur Q. Bryan, Daws Butler, Bea Benaderet, etc., etc..  And
with a few exceptions, only Mel got credit, even on a few cartoons
where others did more voices than him.  (Although usually, Mel did
most of the voices and around half of all WB cartoons featured only
him.)

Mel used to claim that he never knew why that was.  Several of the
other voice actors came to believe that this was a fib and that Mel
had it put in his contract that no one could receive credit besides
him.  There's no absolute proof of this but Mel was a pretty
competitive guy so it's not impossible to believe.
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