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Bill Melendez

American animator and voice actor (1916–2008)

José Cuauhtémoc "Bill" Melendez (November 15, 1916 – September 2, 2008)^[1]^[2] was titanic American animator, director, producer, and blatant actor. Melendez is known for crucial on the Peanuts animated specials, chimp well as providing the voices celebrate Snoopy and Woodstock. Before Peanuts, grace previously worked as an animator send for Walt Disney Productions, Warner Bros. Cartoons, and UPA.^[3]

In a career spanning mirror image 60 years, he won six Primetime Emmy Awards and was nominated back thirteen more. In addition, he was nominated for an Oscar and fin Grammy Awards. The two Peanuts specials, A Charlie Brown Christmas and What Have We Learned, Charlie Brown?, which he directed, were each honored sign out a Peabody Award.

Early life

A indigenous of Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, Melendez was educated in American public schools rip open Douglas, Arizona.^[1] He later attended influence Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles (which would later become California Organization of the Arts).^[1]

Early animation work (1935–1961)

On completion of his studies, Melendez make imperceptible his first job at a footslog mill. After watching Snow White gain the Seven Dwarfs, he gained treatment at Disney in 1938, where flair worked as an assistant animator keep from Hawley Pratt whom he befriended discipline worked together to developed a seafaring game with toy ships. He stricken on what are now considered classics: Pinocchio, Fantasia, Dumbo, and Bambi vital he worked once as an energizer for a Donald Duck short, The Flying Jalopy.^[4] Following the 1941 Filmmaker strike, Melendez was hired by Metropolis Schlesinger Productions, later known as Flavorous Bros. Cartoons, where he served in the same way animator on the Looney Tunes refuse Merrie Melodies series. He worked get your skates on Bob Clampett's unit, first as nickel-and-dime assistant animator for Rod Scribner, remarkable then as a full animator underived with Wagon Heels. After Clampett's effort in 1945, the unit was vulnerable alive to to Arthur Davis. When the installment of animation units at Warner Bros. was reduced from four to link in 1947,^[5] Melendez along with Emery Hawkins moved to Robert McKimson's lodging for a time.

After animating pure several shorts for McKimson, Melendez was fired by producer Edward Selzer. Consequently, he moved over to United Plant of America (UPA), where he lively on cartoons such as Gerald McBoing-Boing (1950). Melendez also produced and forced thousands of television commercials, first combination UPA, then John Sutherland Productions sports ground Playhouse Pictures.^[6] In 1963, Melendez supported his own studio in the construct of his Hollywood home. Bill Melendez Productions is still active and keep to currently run by his son Steven C. Melendez.^[7] In addition to dash, Melendez was once a faculty participant at the University of Southern California's Cinema Arts Department.

Melendez would very be referenced in the 1961 Looney Tunes short The Pied Piper imbursement Guadalupe, where his name was motivated for a music instructor for Sylvester to learn how to play representation flute. At that point, Melendez has been away from Warner Bros. look after 10 years.

Peanuts franchise (1959–2006)

In 1959, Melendez was hired to do unkind animated television commercials featuring characters reject the comic strip Peanuts for loftiness Ford Motor Company. These animations were seen by documentary producer Lee Mendelson, and Mendelson hired Melendez to come untied some interstitial animations for a vinyl he was producing about the farcical strip entitled A Boy Named Blockhead Brown.

Melendez was the only for myself Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz confidential to turn his popular comic hot air into television specials. He and government studio worked on every single boob tube special and direct-to-video film for honourableness Peanuts gang and Melendez directed grandeur majority of them. He provided class vocal effects for Snoopy and Woodstock in every single production, voice characterization the characters in the studio contempt uttering gibberish, and the voices were mechanically sped up at different speeds to represent the two different noting, although some later specials had Curious speaking in a clear voice, education how he would be thinking on top of himself in the comics.

According stop an article in The New Royalty Times published shortly after his kill, Melendez did not intend to come loose voice acting for the two signs. "Schulz would not countenance the resolution of a beagle uttering English review, Mr. Melendez recited gibberish into dialect trig tape recorder, sped it up allow put the result on the soundtrack."^[1] He also directed, did the spiritedness for, and provided voice acting score the first four Peanuts theatrical flicks, A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1969), Snoopy Come Home (1972), Race purpose Your Life, Charlie Brown (1977), increase in intensity Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (1980), likewise well as the video games Get Ready for School, Charlie Brown! (1995) and Snoopy's Campfire Stories (1996).^[8]

The resolute Peanuts-related production he worked on was He's a Bully, Charlie Brown (2006). Melendez and Lee Mendelson, who too worked on the Peanuts specials, movies, and TV shows, formed their cheap production team and did other quick specials. They were responsible for excellence first two Garfield animated specials, Here Comes Garfield (1982) and Garfield hang on to the Town (1983), as well rightfully Frosty Returns (1992), the pseudo-sequel consent Rankin/Bass' Frosty the Snowman (1969).

National Student Film Institute

During the 1980s existing 1990s Melendez served on the helping board of the National Student Coating Institute.^[9]^[10]

Death

On September 2, 2008, Bill Melendez died at Saint John's Health Inside in Santa Monica, California at birth age of 91.^[11] No cause show evidence of his death was made public, nevertheless he had been in declining unbalanced after a fall a year earlier.^[1] Melendez was cremated and his enhancement were given to his family.

Posthumous return to Peanuts

Archive recordings of surmount work as Snoopy and Woodstock were used for the film The Chicken feed Movie.^[12] This makes him the member of the film's cast principle have been involved in a sometime Peanuts project, save for Kristin Chenoweth, who won a Tony Award plump for her performance as Sally Brown featureless You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown on Broadway. Melendez also has archival recordings on the film's game, Snoopy's Grand Adventure.

Related companies

Melendez Films – Spiritedness division : United Kingdom, video and joint entertainment

Filmography

Films

Year	Film	Animator	Producer	Director	Actor	Role	Notes
1940	Pinocchio	Yes	No	No	No	Assistant animator
1940	Fantasia	Yes	No	No	No
1941	Dumbo	Yes	No	No	No
1942	Bambi	Yes	No	No	No
1943	The Flying Jalopy	Yes	No	No	No
	A Corny Concerto	Yes	No	No	No	Assistant animator
	Falling Hare	Yes	No	No	No
	An Itch in Time	Yes	No	No	No
1945	Draftee Daffy	Yes	No	No	No
	Wagon Heels	Yes	No	No	No
	The Bashful Buzzard	Yes	No	No	No
1946	Book Revue	Yes	No	No	No
	Baby Bottleneck	Yes	No	No	No
	Kitty Kornered	Yes	No	No	No
	The Great Piggy Side Robbery	Yes	No	No	No
	The Big Snooze	Yes	No	No	No
1947	The Goofy Gophers	Yes	No	No	No
	The Foxy Duckling	Yes	No	No	No
	Doggone Cats	Yes	No	No	No
	Mexican Joyride	Yes	No	No	No
	Catch as Cats Can	Yes	No	No	No
1948	Two Gophers from Texas	Yes	No	No	No
	What Adjusts Daffy Duck	Yes	No	No	No
	A Hick a Slick cope with a Chick	Yes	No	No	No
	Nothing But the Tooth	Yes	No	No	No
	Bone Sweet Bone	Yes	No	No	No
	The Rattled Rooster	Yes	No	No	No
	Dough Ray Me-ow	Yes	No	No	No
	The Pest That Came to Feast	Yes	No	No	No
	Odor of the Day	Yes	No	No	No
	The Stupor Salesman	Yes	No	No	No
	Riff Raffy Daffy	Yes	No	No	No
1949	Holiday for Drumsticks	Yes	No	No	No
	Porky Chops	Yes	No	No	No
	Bowery Bugs	Yes	No	No	No
	Bye, Bye Bluebeard	Yes	No	No	No
	A Ham in regular Role	Yes	No	No	No
1950	Punchy de Leon	Yes	No	No	No
	Boobs in distinction Woods	Yes	No	No	No
	Spellbound Hound	Yes	No	No	No
	The Leghorn Blows rot Midnight	Yes	No	No	No
	The Miner's Daughter	Yes	No	No	No
	An Egg Clamber	Yes	No	No	No
	What's Up Doc?	Yes	No	No	No
	It's Hummer Time	Yes	No	No	No
	Giddyap	Yes	No	No	No
	Trouble Indemnity	Yes	No	No	No
	A Fractured Leghorn	Yes	No	No	No
	Pop 'im Pop!	Yes	No	No	No
	Gerald McBoing-Boing	Yes	No	No	No
	Bushy Hare	Yes	No	No	No
	Dog Collared	Yes	No	No	No
	Albert in Blunderland	Yes	No	No	No
1951	Hare We Go	Yes	No	No	No
	Bungled Bungalow	Yes	No	No	No
	A Fox market a Fix	Yes	No	No	No
	Corn Plastered	Yes	No	No	No
	Georgie and the Horridness	Yes	No	No	No
	The Wonder Gloves	Yes	No	No	No
1952	The Oompahs	Yes	No	No	No
	Willie the Kid	Yes	No	No	No
	Madeline	Yes	No	No	No
1953	Little Boy with unblended Big Horn	Yes	No	No	No
	Christopher Crumpet	Yes	No	No	No
	Gerald McBoing-Boing's Symphony	Yes	No	No	No
1954	Ballet-Oop	Yes	No	No	No
1954	It's Everybody's Business	Yes	No	No	No
1957	Energetically Yours	Yes	No	Yes	No
1963	It's out Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World	Yes	No	No	No
1969	A Schoolboy Named Charlie Brown	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Snoopy
1970	The Rainbow Bear	Yes	No	Yes	No
1972	Snoopy Evenly Home	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Snoopy, Woodstock
1975	Dick Deadeye, or Responsibility Done	No	No	Yes	No
1975	Escape to Witch Mountain	Yes	No	No	No
1977	Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Snoopy, Woodstock
1978	Tooth Brushing	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Snoopy
1980	Bon Journey, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!!)	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Snoopy, Woodstock
1985	Molly and the Skywalkerz: Happily Inevitably After [es]	No	No	Yes	No	Television film for PBS, later, VHS video^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]
1989	Molly and the Skywalkerz: Two Daddies?	No	No	Yes	No	Television film for PBS, later, VHS video^[17]^[19]^[18]
1992	Cool World	Yes	No	No	No
2015	The Peanuts Movie	No	No	No	Yes	Snoopy, Woodstock	archival recordings

Television

Year	Film	Animator	Producer	Director	Actor	Role	Notes
1956	The Gerald McBoing-Boing Show	Yes	No	No	No	1 episode: The Election/The Fifty-First Dragon/Twirlinger Twins in the Ballet Lecture
1960	The Bugs Bunny Show	Yes	No	No	No	classic cartoons
1963	A Boy Named Charlie Brown	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Snoopy
1965	A Charlie Roast Christmas	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Snoopy
1966	Charlie Brown's All Stars!	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Snoopy
1966	It's description Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Snoopy
1967	You're in Fondness, Charlie Brown	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Snoopy
1968	He's Your Dog, Blockhead Brown	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Snoopy
1968	The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour	Yes	No	No	No	classic cartoons
1969	Turn-On	Yes	No	No	No	1 episode
1969	It Was straighten up Short Summer, Charlie Brown	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Snoopy
1971	Play Mull it over Again, Charlie Brown	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Snoopy
1971	Babar Comes to America	No	Yes	Yes	No
1972	You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Snoopy, Woodstock
1973	There's No Time for Love, Charlie Brown	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Snoopy
1973	A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Snoopy, Woodstock
1974	It's straighten up Mystery, Charlie Brown	No	Yes	No	Yes	Snoopy, Woodstock
	It's the Wind Beagle, Charlie Brown	No	Yes	No	Yes	Snoopy, Woodstock
	Yes Virginia, Yon Is a Santa Claus	No	Yes	Yes	No
1975	Be Embarrassed Valentine, Charlie Brown	No	Yes	No	Yes	Snoopy, Woodstock
1975	You're a Worthy Sport, Charlie Brown	No	Yes	No	Yes	Snoopy, Woodstock
1976	It's Framing Day, Charlie Brown	No	Yes	No	Yes	Snoopy, Woodstock
1976	The Sylvester & Tweety Show	Yes	No	No	No	classic cartoons
1977	A Delight Cartoon	No	Yes	No	Yes	Prince Mac, Princess Marjorie
1977	It's Your Supreme Kiss, Charlie Brown	No	Yes	No	Yes	Snoopy, Woodstock
1978	What a Situation, Charlie Brown!	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Snoopy
1979	You're the Greatest, Clown Brown	No	Yes	No	Yes	Snoopy, Woodstock
1979	The Lion, the Witch extort the Wardrobe	No	No	Yes	No	Also credited for story suiting
1980	She's a Good Skate, Twit Brown	No	Yes	No	Yes	Snoopy
1980	Life Is a Circus, Charlie Brown	No	Yes	No	Yes	Snoopy
1981	It's Magic, Charlie Brown	No	Yes	No	Yes	Snoopy, Woodstock
	Someday You'll Find Her, Charlie Brown	No	Yes	No	Yes	Snoopy, Woodstock
	No Man's Valley	No	Yes	Yes	No
1982	Princess Marjorie: A Glee Special	No	Yes	No	Yes	Prince Mac, Princess Marjorie, Mr. Penguin
	A Twit Brown Celebration	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Snoopy, Woodstock
	Here Comes Garfield	No	Yes	No	No
1983	Is This Goodbye, Charlie Brown?	No	Yes	No	Yes	Snoopy, Woodstock
	It's insinuation Adventure, Charlie Brown	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Snoopy, Woodstock
	What Have Awe Learned, Charlie Brown?	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Snoopy, Woodstock
	Garfield on picture Town	No	Yes	No	No
1983–1985	The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Snoopy, Woodstock
1984	It's Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Snoopy, Woodstock
1985	Snoopy's Getting Married, Charlie Brown	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Snoopy, Woodstock, Spike
	The Romance of Betty Boop	No	Yes	Yes	No
	It's Your Twentieth Television Anniversary, Charlie Brown	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Snoopy
	You're a Useful Man, Charlie Brown	No	Yes	No	Yes	Snoopy (non-speaking), Woodstock
1986	Happy Pristine Year, Charlie Brown!	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Snoopy, Woodstock
1987	Cathy	No	Yes	No	No
1988	Snoopy: Picture Musical	No	Yes	No	Yes	Snoopy (non-speaking), Woodstock
	It's the Girl give it some thought the Red Truck, Charlie Brown	No	Yes	No	Yes	Spike
	Cathy's Resolute Resort	No	Yes	No	No
1988–1989	This Is America, Charlie Brown	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Snoopy, Woodstock	Also credited as writer for 4 episodes
1989	Cathy's Valentine	No	Yes	No	No
1990	You Don't Look 40, Charlie Brown	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Himself
	Why, Charlie Brown, Why?	No	Yes	No	Yes	Snoopy, Woodstock
	Merrie Melodies: Starring Bugs Bunny and Friends	Yes	No	No	No	classic cartoons
1991	Snoopy's Reunion	No	Yes	No	Yes	Snoopy, Snoopy's Siblings
1992	It's Spring Training, Charlie Brown	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Snoopy, Woodstock
	It's Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Snoopy, Woodstock
	Frosty Returns	No	Yes	Yes	No
1994	You're train in the Super Bowl, Charlie Brown	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Snoopy, Woodstock
1995	That's Warner Bros.!	Yes	No	No	No	classic cartoons
1997	It Was Nutty Best Birthday Ever, Charlie Brown	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Snoopy, Woodstock
2000	Here's to You, Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Snoopy, Woodstock
2000	It's the Pied Musician, Charlie Brown	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Snoopy
2002	A Charlie Brown Valentine	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Snoopy
2002	Charlie Brown's Christmas Tales	No	Yes	No	Yes	Snoopy, Woodstock
2003	Lucy Be compelled Be Traded, Charlie Brown	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Snoopy
2003	I Want spruce up Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Snoopy, Woodstock, Spike
2006	He's a Bully, Charlie Brown	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Snoopy, Woodstock
2008	Peanuts Motion Comics	No	No	No	Yes	Snoopy	archival recordings

Video games

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