Joe Alaskey obit

Joe Alaskey, voice of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, dies aged 63.

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Joe Alaskey, who provided the voice for famous cartoon characters including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety and Sylvester the Cat, has died aged 63.

Alaskey, who was born in New York on April 17, 1952, died from cancer on February 3, 2016.

Joe Alaskey voiced the famous cartoon characters Sylvester the Cat and Tweety.

 Before working on TV and films, Alaskey was a successful stand-up impressionist and worked on a Boston radio morning show called Effective Radio with Bill, along with June Foray, before he was hired by Warner Bros in 1989 to take over from famed voice artist Mel Blanc, who had died that year.

Alaskey, who said he sang every day to keep the larynx supple, also voiced other legendary Looney Tunes characters, among them Elmer Fudd, Marvin the Martian, Plucky Duck on Tiny Toon Adventures, Grandpa Lou Pickles on Rugrats, and the ghost Stinkie from Casper. In 2004, he won a Daytime Emmy Award for his work on the cartoon Duck Dodgers, providing the voice of the eponymous hero, whom he described as "an egotistical, obnoxious duck with his own show".

He was also the narrator on the television documentary series Murder Comes To Town, which aired on the Investigation Discovery Network. Alaskey remained a great imitator of voices and he supplied the voice of Richard Nixon in the Oscar-winning film, Forrest Gump.

He was also used to re-dub actors for the TV or airline releases of movies when "rude" words had to be replaced; he cleaned up 62 swear words uttered by Jack Lemmon in David Mamet's profanity-filled Glengarry Glen Ross.

Filmography

Films

Year Title Role Notes

1988 Who Framed Roger Rabbit Yosemite Sam Voice, Film debut

Lucky Stiff Ron Douglas

1990 Spaced Invaders Dr. Ziplock Voice

1991 Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes Daffy Duck / Marvin the Martian Voice, Direct-to-video

1992 Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation Plucky Duck / Elmer Fudd / Tupelo Toad / Johnny Carson / Ed McMahon

1993 Super Mario Bros. Goombas Uncredited

Bank Robber Night Clerk #2

The Waiter Producer Short

1994 Forrest Gump President Richard Nixon Voice

1995 Casper Stinkie Voice

Carrotblanca Daffy Duck / Sylvester the Cat Voice, Short

Another Froggy Evening Marvin the Martian Voice, Short

1996 Marvin the Martian in the Third Dimension Duck Dodgers / K-9 / Martian Commander Voice, Short

1997 Father of the Bird Sylvester the Cat Voice, Short

1998 Quest for Camelot Sing-Alongs Daffy Duck / Tweety Bird Voice, Direct-to-video

Looney Tunes Sing-Alongs Daffy Duck / Tweety Bird Voice, Direct-to-video

The Rugrats Movie Grandpa Lou Pickles Voice

2000 Tweety's High Flying Adventure Bugs Bunny / Daffy Duck / Sylvester the Cat / Tweety Bird / Pepé Le Pew

Marvin the Martian / Henery Hawk / Colonel Rimfire Voice, Direct-to-video

Rugrats in Paris: The Movie Grandpa Lou Pickles

2001 Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase Officer Wembly Voice, Direct-to-video

Timber Wolf Thomas Timber Wolf

2002 Balto II: Wolf Quest Hunter / Nuk

2003 Rugrats Go Wild Grandpa Lou Pickles Voice

Looney Tunes: Stranger Than Fiction Daffy Duck / Sylvester the Cat / Sylvester Jr. / Tweety Bird / Marvin the Martian Voice, Direct-to-video

Looney Tunes: Reality Check Daffy Duck / Sylvester the Cat / Tweety Bird / Cecil Turtle / Beaky Buzzard

Looney Tunes: Back in Action Bugs Bunny / Daffy Duck / Sylvester the Cat / Beaky Buzzard / Mama Bear Voice

2004 Hare and Loathing in Las Vegas Bugs Bunny Voice, Short

Daffy Duck for President Bugs Bunny / Daffy Duck

2006 The Legend of Sasquatch Dave Voice

Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas Daffy Duck / Sylvester the Cat / Foghorn Leghorn / Pepé Le Pew / Marvin the Martian [11] Voice, Direct-to-video

2007 Elf Bowling the Movie: The Great North Pole Elf Strike Santa Claus / Bagger / Chief Manamana Voice

2008 Justice League: The New Frontier Bugs Bunny [11] Voice, Direct-to-video

2009 The Haunted World of El Superbeasto Erik the Newscaster / Van Sloan

2011 Tom and Jerry and the Wizard of Oz The Wizard of Oz / Butch / Droopy Dog

2012 Tom and Jerry: Robin Hood and His Merry Mouse Friar Tuck / Droopy Dog

2013 Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure Droopy Dog / King Droopy

2015 Tom and Jerry: Spy Quest Droopy Dog

Dark Seduction Fatman

2016 Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz The Wizard of Oz / Butch / Droopy Dog Voice, Posthumous release



Television

Year Title Role Notes

1986 Night Court Thomas Dobbs Episode: "Author, Author"

1987 Head of the Class Jack Episode: "Ode to Simone"

1987-1988 Super Password Himself 10 episodes

1987-1991 Out of this World Beano Froelich 68 Episodes

1988 Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures Sourpuss Voice

1989 Couch Potatoes Himself as the announcer and neighbor of host Marc Summers 9 Episodes

1990 Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures Voice

1990-1992 Tiny Toon Adventures Plucky Duck / Daffy Duck / Porky Pig / Sylvester

Elmer Fudd / Yosemite Sam / Marvin the Martian

Wile E. Coyote / Speedy Gonzales

Hugo the Abominable Snowman / Pete Puma Voice, Main Role

85 Episodes

1991 Back to the Future The Sheriff Voice, 2 Episodes

1991 Where's Waldo? Voice

1992 Nurses Trekker #1 Episode: "Eat Something"

1992 The Little Mermaid Lobster Mobster Voice, 3 Episodes

1992 Tom & Jerry Kids Voice, Episode: "Penthouse Mouse/12 Angry Sheep/The Ant Attack"

1992 The Golden Palace Mr. Smith #3 Episode: "Camp Town Races Aren't Nearly as Much Fun as They Used to Be"

1993 Bonkers Flaps the Elephant Voice, 4 Episodes

1994-1996 Duckman Dream Sequence Criminal Voice, 3 Episodes

1995-2000 The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries Sylvester / Tweety / Marvin the Martian Voice

1995 The Baby Huey Show Baby Huey VoiceSeason Two Only

1996 Life with Louie Johnny Love Voice, Episode: "A Fair to Remember"

1996-1998 The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper Stinkie / Gorey Narrator Voice, Recurring Role

52 Episodes

1996 Quack Pack Amos Slade Voice, Episode: "Ducky Dearest"

1997 Extreme Ghostbusters Sturt Voice, 3 Episodes

1997-2004 Rugrats Grandpa Lou Pickles Voice

1998 The Drew Carey Show Daffy Duck Voice, Episode: "My Best Friend's Wedding"

1999 Timon & Pumbaa Little Jimmy Voice, 2 Episodes

1999 Hey Arnold! German Major / Soldier #2 Voice, Episode: "Veterans Day"

1999 Men in Black: The Series Short Bug / Truck Driver Voice, Episode: "The Mine, Mine, Mine Syndrome"

2000 Buzz Lightyear of Star Command Soda Vendbot / Newspaper Vendbot Voice, Episode: "The Slayer"

2001 Johnny Bravo Jean Paul / Piney / Platypus Voice, Episode: "Lumberjack Johnny"[11]

2001 Time Squad Robin Hood / Wilbur / Mayor Voice, Episode: "If It's Wright, It's Wrong/Recruitment Ad/Killing Time"

2001 Samurai Jack General / Alien #3 Voice, Episode: "Episode VII"[11][11]

2003 Teamo Supremo Chief Voice, Episode: "The Chief of Cheer"

2003 Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law Peter Potamus / FEAR #1 / Employee Voice, 2 Episodes

2003-2005 Duck Dodgers Captain Duck Edgar Dumas Aloysius Dodgers

Martian Commander X-2 / Tomar-Re / Muttley / Rocky

Beaky Buzzard / Himself Voice, Main role, 39 Episodes [11]

2003 My Life as a Teenage Robot Ivan / Storeowner #3 / Eyedrop Salesman Voice, Episode: "See No Evil"

2003-2008 All Grown Up! Grandpa Lou Pickles / Rustler #2 Voice

2006-2007 Avatar: The Last Airbender Dealer / Broadsword Man Voice, 2 Episodes

2006 Codename: Kids Next Door Principal Smelling Voice, Episode: "Operation R.E.C.E.S.S."

2006-2007 Loonatics Unleashed Melvin the Martian / Sylth Vester / The Royal Tweetums / Stoney the Stone Voice, 5 Episodes

2008-2013 The Garfield Show Additional Voices Voice, 5 Episodes

2014-2016 Murder Comes to Town Narrator 20 episodes, on the Investigation Discovery true crime TV series.