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Wesley Bryon Harrison (January 31, 1925 - July 21, 2019), better known as Wes Harrison and nicknamed Mr. Sound Effects, was an American comedian and voice actor, notable for his ability to create realistic sound effects using only his voice and a Shure 530 Slendyne microphone. [1] Harrison had a comic style reminiscent of Red Skelton.
Michael Leslie Winslow (born September 6, 1958) is an American actor, comedian and beatboxer [1] billed as The Man of 10,000 Sound Effects [2] for his ability to make realistic sounds using only his voice. He is best known for his roles in all seven Police Academy films as Larvell Jones.
The entire collection of original sources of the sound effects made by Sunset Editorial, which includes the Wilhelm scream, was donated to the USC School of Cinematic Arts in 1990. [13] In 2023, Craig Smith released a copy of the complete recording from the original session on Freesound on behalf of the USC under the CC0 license, along with the ...
During the 1960s a new series of 'sound effect' comedies began with Dick Lester, Spike Milligan and Peter Sellers's Running Jumping & Standing Still, continued through Eric Sykes's The Plank, Barbara Windsor's San Ferry Ann and included four films with Ronnie Barker: A Home of Your Own, Futtock's End, The Picnic, and By the Sea.
Melvin Jerome Blanc (born Blank / b l æ ŋ k /; [2] [3] May 30, 1908 – July 10, 1989) [4] was an American voice actor and radio personality whose career spanned over 60 years. . During the Golden Age of Radio, he provided character voices and vocal sound effects for comedy radio programs, including those of Jack Benny, Abbott and Costello, Burns and Allen, The Great Gildersleeve, Judy ...
In 2020, Trump pardoned the elder Kushner for convictions from 2005 over tax fraud, retaliating against a witness who testified against him and making false statements to the Federal Election ...
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It won numerous awards, including the 1959 and 1961 Emmy Awards for Best Comedy Series, and is generally regarded as a high-water mark in 20th-century American comedy. [1] Throughout his career, Jack Benny played the same character: A pompous, vain, and stingy man who played the violin badly but was convinced of his own talent.