Pinto Colvig
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| Pinto Colvig | |
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| 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. He graduated from Oregon State University in 1911.
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[edit] 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.[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. 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.
[edit] Life and Death
Colvig died of lung cancer on October 3, 1967, at age 75. A lifelong smoker, Colvig was one of the pioneers in advocating warning labels about cancer risk on cigarette packages in the United States.
[edit] References
- ^ Battling Bozos. Retrieved on 2008-02-18.
