Tedd Pierce
Tedd Pierce | |
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Born | Edward Stacey Pierce III August 12, 1906 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Other names | Ted Pierce |
Occupation(s) | Animation screenwriter, voice actor |
Years active | 1933[1]–1968 |
Employer(s) | Warner Bros. Cartoons (1933–1939, 1941–1964) Fleischer Studios (1939–1941) UPA (1953) Walter Lantz Productions (1961–1962) Rembrandt Films/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio (1962) |
Spouse |
Wanda Reeves (m. 1928) |
Children | 1 |
Edward Stacey "Tedd" Pierce III (August 12, 1906 – February 19, 1972) was an American screenwriter and voice actor of animated cartoons, principally from the mid-1930s to the late 1950s.
Biography
Pierce was the son of a stockbroker, Samuel Cuppels Pierce, who in turn was the son of Edward S. Pierce, a long-serving treasurer of the St. Louis-based Samuel Cuppels Woodenware Company. Pierce completed his education through the fourth year of high school, according to the 1940 census records.[2]
Pierce spent the majority of his career as a writer for the
In early credits, his name was spelled "T-E-D". He was said to have added an extra "D" to his name as a way of lampooning puppeteer Bil Baird when he dropped one of the "L"s from his first name.[4]
He contributed (with Bill Danch) the story of the
In his Warners career, Pierce worked with three of the best-known Warner animation directors (Jones, McKimson and Friz Freleng). While rotating between Jones and Freleng (often in collaboration with Michael Maltese) for much of the 1940s, the dissolution of their partnership in 1946 left Pierce reassigned solely to Freleng's unit. Freleng would, however, replace Pierce with Warren Foster (then McKimson's primary storyman) in 1949 owing to his dissatisfaction with Pierce's output, reassigning Pierce to McKimson's unit for much of his remaining tenure at Warner's. Pierce's credited output includes Freleng's Hare Do (1949), Bad Ol' Putty Tat (1949), Bunker Hill Bunny (1950) and Big House Bunny (1950); Jones' Hare Tonic (1945, an early success for both of them) and Broom-Stick Bunny (1956); and McKimson's Hillbilly Hare (1950), Lovelorn Leghorn (1951) and Cat-Tails for Two (1953), the last of which was Speedy Gonzales' first appearance. Because much of Pierce's Termite Terrace career was spent with McKimson's unit, however, it would follow that Pierce was generally overshadowed by his contemporaries Maltese and Foster.
Pierce also got occasional voice work in the shorts: he gave voice to the tough guy in
He imitated
While it has been speculated that Pierce did voice-work for coming-attractions trailers for Universal Studios, experts in the voice acting field such as Keith Scott have disputed this point.
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1936 | At Your Service Madame |
W.C. Squeals[6] |
Voice (uncredited) |
1936 | Toy Town Hall | Ben Bernie imitation[7] | Voice (uncredited) |
1936 | The CooCoo Nut Grove | W.C. Fields[8] |
Voice, uncredited |
1937 | Uncle Tom's Bungalow | Narrator[9] | Voice (uncredited) |
1937 | The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos | Ben Birdie/Tizzy Fish/Jack Bunny[10] | Voice (uncredited) |
1939 | Gulliver's Travels | King Bombo | Voice, Uncredited |
1941 | Mr. Bug Goes to Town | C. Bagley Beetle | Voice |
1942 | The Squawkin' Hawk | Rooster[11] | Voice (uncredited) |
1942 | The Dover Boys at Pimento University; or, The Rivals of Roquefort Hall |
Tom Dover/Larry Dover[12] | Voice (uncredited), writer |
1942 | A Tale of Two Kitties | Babbit[13] | Voice (uncredited) |
1943 | Super-Rabbit | Man #2/Football cheerleader[14] | Voice (uncredited), writer |
1943 | The Aristo-Cat |
Bertie[15] | Voice (uncredited), writer |
1943 | Wackiki Wabbit | Tall castaway[16] | Voice (uncredited), writer |
1944 | Hare Force | Sylvester the Dog[17] | Voice (uncredited), writer |
1946 | Quentin Quail | Quentin Quail[18] | Voice (uncredited), writer |
1947 | Scent-imental Over You | Crowd[19] | Voice (uncredited), writer |
1947 | Tweetie Pie | Writer, Won the 1948 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film[20] | |
1948 | Bugs Bunny Rides Again | Crowd[21] | Voice (uncredited), writer |
1954 | When Magoo Flew | Writer,[22] Won the 1955 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film | |
1954 | Bell Hoppy | Writer[23] | |
1957 | Ducking the Devil | Writer | |
1961 | Hoppy Daze |
Writer[24] | |
1968 | What's So Bad About Feeling Good? | Writer (final role) |
References
- ^ a b "Warner Club News (1947) |". cartoonresearch.com. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
- ^ 1940 census record
- ^ David Germain blog entry
- ISBN 978-0374526207.
- ISBN 1556525915.
- ISBN 979-8-88771-010-5.
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- ^ The Aristo Cat (1943 - Turner Classic Movies
- ISBN 979-8-88771-010-5.
- ISBN 979-8-88771-010-5.
- ISBN 979-8-88771-010-5.
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- ISBN 0-8050-1644-9.
- ISBN 979-8-88771-010-5.
- ISBN 9780819572707.
- ISBN 0-8050-1644-9.
- ISBN 0-8050-1644-9.
External links
- Tedd Pierce at IMDb
- Tedd Pierce at Behind The Voice Actors