Pinto Colvig
Vance DeBar Colvig Sr. (September 11, 1892 – October 3, 1967), professionally Pinto Colvig, was an American vaudeville actor, voice actor, newspaper cartoonist and circus performer, whose schtick was playing the clarinet off-key while mugging. Colvig was the original performer of the Disney characters Pluto and Goofy, as well as Bozo the Clown. In 1993, he was posthumously made a Disney Legend for his contributions to Walt Disney Films, including Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Fun and Fancy Free.
Pinto Colvig | |
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Pinto Colvig recording his voice for Goofy. | |
Born | Vance DeBar Colvig September 11, 1892 Jacksonville, Oregon, U.S. |
Died | October 3, 1967 75) | (aged
Resting place | Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City |
Alma mater | Oregon State University |
Occupation | Actor, voice actor, newspaper cartoonist, circus performer |
Years active | 1925–1967 |
Spouse(s) | Margaret Bourke Slavin
( m. 1916; died 1950)Peggy Bernice Allaire ( m. 1952) |
Children | 5, including Vance DeBar Colvig, Jr. |
Personal life
Colvig was born Vance DeBar Colvig Sr. in Jacksonville, Oregon, one of seven children of Judge William Mason Colvig (1845–1936) and his wife, Adelaide Birdseye Colvig (1856–1912).[1] Although William Colvig was a pioneer, an attorney and a distinguished Oregonian, he was never actually a judge.[2] Pinto attended Oregon State University sporadically from 1910 to 1913.[3]
After marrying Margaret Bourke Slavin (1892–1950) in 1916, he settled with her in San Francisco, where four of their five boys were born (their last son was born in Los Angeles).[4]
A lifelong smoker, Colvig was one of the pioneers in advocating warning labels about cancer risk on cigarette packages in the United States.
Colvig was the father of the character and voice actor Vance Colvig, who also later portrayed Bozo the Clown on a live TV program.
Career
In 1916, Pinto Colvig worked at the Animated Film Corp in San Francisco. The company produced animated cartoons several years before Walt Disney did and was the oldest known studio of its kind established in the West Coast. In 1922, Colvig created a newspaper cartoon panel titled "Life on the Radio Wave" for the San Francisco Chronicle. The feature ran three or four times per week on the newspaper's radio page, was syndicated nationally[5], and lasted six months.[6]
By the late 1920s, Colvig became associated with Walter Lantz, with whom he attempted to establish a cartoon studio, creating a character called "Bolivar, the Talking Ostrich", which would have appeared in sound shorts. When Lantz became producer of Universal's Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoons in 1929, Colvig was hired as an animator, also working as a storyman and voice artist, briefly voicing Oswald.[7]
In 1931, Colvig joined Walt Disney Productions as a writer, also providing sound effects, including the barks for Pluto the Pup. The following year he began voicing Goofy, originally known as Dippy Dawg.[8] Other notable characters he voiced include Practical Pig, the pig that built the "house of bricks" in the Disney short "Three Little Pigs", and both Sleepy (originally to be voiced by Sterling Holloway) and Grumpy in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. He also provided Ichabod Crane's screams in The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad in 1949. He directed (along with Erdman Penner and Walt Pfeiffer) the 1937 Mickey Mouse short Mickey's Amateurs.
While he would be associated with Disney for most of his career, Colvig did not work for the studio between 1937 and 1940 after falling out with Disney. He was offered a job with Fleischer Studios, then planning to produce a competing feature-length animation film in the wake of Disney's success with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, moving to Miami in early 1938. For Fleischer, he worked on 1939's Gulliver's Travels, for which he voiced town crier Gabby, who was spun off into his own short-lived series. He also voiced Bluto for the studio's Popeye the Sailor cartoons, replacing Gus Wickie, who had decided to stay in New York rather than move to Miami. Colvig's departure from Disney meant that the increasingly popular Goofy went voiceless for a number of years. A select few shorts during the interim period of leave featured a soundalike voice for Goofy provided by impersonator Danny Webb, who also did the voice of Egghead (later to be re-named Elmer Fudd) in Looney Tunes.[9] He also began working on radio, providing voices and sound effects, including the sounds of Jack Benny's Maxwell on The Jack Benny Program, later performed by Mel Blanc.[3] After returning to California in 1939, Colvig began to devote himself to acting, appearing for the Warner Bros. animation studio and MGM, where he voiced a Munchkin in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz.[10]
In 1946, Colvig was cast as Bozo the Clown for Capitol Records. He played the role for a full decade, which also included portraying the character on television.[3][11] During this period, Colvig also recorded the "Filbert the Frog" song, which featured Colvig's virtuoso use of the glottal stop as a musical instrument in itself.
Colvig's last known performance as Goofy for the Telephone Pavilion at Expo 67. Colvig's dialogue for this exhibit was recorded six months before his death.[12]
Death
Colvig died of lung cancer on October 3, 1967, in Woodland Hills, California, at age 75.[13] He was interred at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City.[14]
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1925 | Hey Fever Time | Voice, Uncredited | |
After a Reputation | Voice, Uncredited | ||
Buster be Good | Voice, Uncredited | ||
Oh! Buster! | The Butler | Voice, Uncredited | |
Buster's Nightmare | Voice, Uncredited | ||
1926 | A Prodigal Bridegroom | Animator | |
1928 | The Cockeyed Family | Orange Farmer | Voice, Uncredited |
All Alike | Writer | ||
Standing Pat | Writer | ||
1930 | Tramping Tramps | Voice, Uncredited | |
Hot for Hollywood | Oswald the Lucky Rabbit | Voice, Uncredited | |
My Pal Paul | Oswald the Lucky Rabbit | Animator and voice, Uncredited | |
Henpecked | Oswald the Lucky Rabbit | Writer, animator and voice Uncredited | |
The Chain Gang | Hounds | Voice, Uncredited | |
Not So Quiet | Writer and animator, Uncredited | ||
Spooks | Hippo | Writer, animator and voice, Uncredited | |
Snappy Salesman | Oswald the Lucky Rabbit | Writer, animator and voice, Uncredited | |
Cold Feet | Oswald the Lucky Rabbit | Writer, animator and voice, Uncredited | |
The Singing Sap | Animator | ||
The Detective | Animator | ||
The Fowl Ball | Animator | ||
The Navy | Oswald the Lucky Rabbit | Animator and voice, Uncredited | |
Mexico | Animator | ||
Africa | Oswald the Lucky Rabbit | Animator and voice, Uncredited | |
Alaska | Oswald the Lucky Rabbit | Animator and Voice, Uncredited | |
Mars | Animator | ||
1931 | Shipwreck | Animator | |
College | Animator, Uncredited | ||
China | Animator, Uncredited | ||
What a Doctor | Animator and voice, Uncredited | ||
The Farmer | Animator | ||
The Fireman | Animator | ||
Sunny South | Animator | ||
The Bandmaster | Animator | ||
The Stone Age | Animator | ||
The Hunter | Animator | ||
The Moose Hunt | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
Kentucky Belles | Writer | ||
Mickey Steps Out | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
Mickey's Orphans | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
1932 | The Duck Hunt | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited |
The Mad Dog | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
Barnyard Olympics | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
Mickey's Revue | Dippy Dog, Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
Just Dogs | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
Mickey's Nightmare | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
Trader Mickey | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
The Whoopee Party | Goofy | Voice, Uncredited | |
Touchdown Mickey | Goofy | Voice, Uncredited | |
The Wayward Canary | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
The Klondike Kid | Goofy, Pluto, Pierre | Voice, Uncredited | |
Babes in the Woods | Gnomes, Various | Voice, Uncredited | |
Three's a Crowd | Various | Voice, Uncredited | |
Santa's Workshop | Santa's Secretary | Voice, Uncredited | |
Mickey's Good Deed | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
1933 | Building a Building | Pegleg Pete | Voice, Uncredited |
The Mad Doctor | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
Mickey's Pal Pluto | Pluto's Angel | Voice, Uncredited | |
Mickey's Mellerdrammer | Goofy | Voice, Uncredited | |
Ye Olden Days | Goofy | Voice, Uncredited | |
Three Little Pigs | Practical Pig | Writer and voice | |
I Like Mountain Music | Yodeler, Various | Voice, Uncredited | |
The Steeple Chase | Colonel Rolf Rolfe, Stable Boy #1, Stable Boy #2 | Voice, Uncredited | |
1934 | Playful Pluto | Colonel Rolf Rolfe, Stable Boy #1, Stable Boy #2 | Voice, Uncredited |
The Grasshopper and the Ants | Goofy | Voice, Uncredited | |
The Big Bad Wolf | Practical Pig | Voice | |
Orphan's Benefit | Goofy | Voice, Uncredited | |
Servants' Entrance | Mustard Pot | Voice, Uncredited | |
1935 | The Tortoise and the Hare | Starter | Voice, Uncredited |
Mickey's Service Station | Goofy | Voice, Uncredited | |
The Cookie Carnival | Gingerbread Man | Writer and voice, Uncredited | |
Who Killed Cock Robin? | Prosecutor Parrot | Voice, Uncredited | |
Dancing on the Moon | Various | Voice, Uncredited | |
Mickey's Garden | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
Mickey's Fire Brigade | Goofy | Voice, Uncredited | |
Music Land | Writer and voice, Uncredited | ||
Pluto's Judgement Day | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
On Ice | Goofy, Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
Broken Toys | W.C. Fields Doll, Various | Writer and voice, Uncredited | |
1936 | Mickey's Grand Opera | Pluto | Voice |
Three Little Wolves | Practical Pig | Voice | |
Moving Day | Goofy | Voice, Uncredited | |
Alpine Climbers | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
Donald and Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | ||
Three Blind Mouseketeers | Tall thin Mouseketeer | Voice, Uncredited | |
Mickey's Elephant | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
Mother Pluto | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
1937 | The Worm Turns | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited |
Magician Mickey | Goofy | Voice, Uncredited | |
Mickey's Amateurs | Goofy, Pegleg Pete, Singing Contestant | Writer, director and voice, Uncredited | |
Moose Hunters | Goofy | Voice, Uncredited | |
The Impractical Joker | Irving | Voice, Uncredited | |
Hawaiian Holiday | Goofy and Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | Sleepy / Grumpy | Voice, Uncredited | |
1938 | Poor Little Butterfly | Voice, Uncredited | |
Poor Elmer | Voice, Uncredited | ||
The Pygmy Hunt | Laughing Hyena | Voice, Uncredited | |
Merbabies | Writer | ||
1939 | The Lone Stranger and Porky | Villain's Horse | Voice, Uncredited |
Customers Wanted | Bluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
The Practical Pig | Practical Pig | Voice | |
The House That Jack Built | Jack the Beaver, Ostrich | Voice, Uncredited | |
Wotta Nitemare | Bluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
Ghosks is the Bunk | Bluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
Hobo Gadget Band | Lead Hobo | Voice, Uncredited | |
Snowman's Land | Little Mountie | Voice, Uncredited | |
It's the Natural Thing to Do | Bluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
The Wizard of Oz | Munchkins | Voice, Uncredited | |
Jeepers Creepers | Ghost | Voice, Uncredited | |
Gulliver's Travels | Gabby | Voice, Uncredited | |
1940 | Shakespearian Spinach | Bluto | Voice, Uncredited |
Females Is Fickle | Jellyfish | Voice, Uncredited | |
Me Feelins Is Hurt | Bluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
Onion Pacific | Bluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
Nurse-Mates | Bluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
A Case of Spring Fever | Coily | Voice, Uncredited | |
Wedding Belts | Henry Jive | Voice, Uncredited | |
Fightin Pals | Bluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
You Can't Shoe a Horse Fly | Horsefly | Voice, Uncredited | |
Popeye Meets William Tell | High Governor | Voice, Uncredited | |
King for a Day | Gabby | Voice, Uncredited | |
The Constable | Gabby | Voice, Uncredited | |
Poopdeck Pappy | Bruiser | Voice, Uncredited | |
Popeye Presents Eugene, the Jeep | Delivery Man | Voice, Uncredited | |
1941 | All's Well | Gabby | Voice, Uncredited |
Two for the Zoo | Gabby | Writer and voice, Uncredited | |
Swing Cleaning | Gabby | Voice, Uncredited | |
Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy | Camel | Voice, Uncredited | |
Canine Caddy | Gabby | Voice, Uncredited | |
Fire Cheese | Gabby | Voice, Uncredited | |
Gabby Goes Fishing | Gabby | Voice, Uncredited | |
It's a Hap-Hap-Happy Day | Gabby | Voice, Uncredited | |
Lend a Paw | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
Man's Best Friend | Hunter | Voice, Uncredited | |
The Flying Bear | Barney Bear | Voice, Uncredited | |
The Thrifty Pig | Practical Pig | Voice, Uncredited | |
Mr. Bug Goes to Town | Mr. Creeper | Voice, Uncredited | |
7 Wise Dwarfs | Doc | Voice, Uncredited | |
The Tangled Angler | Pete Pelican | Voice, Uncredited | |
1942 | The Raven | Writer, Uncredited | |
Aloha Hooey | Cecil Crow | Voice, Uncredited | |
Mickey's Birthday Party | Goofy | Voice, Uncredited | |
Pluto Junior | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
Conrad the Sailor | Conrad Cat | Voice, Uncredited | |
Symphony Hour | Goofy | Voice, Uncredited | |
The Army Mascot | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
The Sleep Walker | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
Bats in the Belfry | Bats | Voice, Uncredited | |
Out of the Frying Pan Into the Firing Line | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
T-Bone for Two | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
Blitz Wolf | Sergeant Pork, the Third Pig | Voice, Uncredited | |
Saludos Amigos | Goofy | Voice, Uncredited | |
Pluto at the Zoo | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
Ding Dog Daddy | Goofy | Voice, Uncredited | |
1943 | Pluto and the Armadillo | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited |
Hop and Go | Claude Hopper | Voice, Uncredited | |
Private Pluto | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
Victory Vehicles | Goofy | Voice, Uncredited | |
One Ham's Family | Father Pig | Voice, Uncredited | |
The Stork's Holiday | Stork | Voice, Uncredited | |
1944 | The Three Caballeros | Aracuan | Voice, Uncredited |
How to Be a Sailor | Goofy | Voice, Uncredited | |
How to Play Golf | Goofy | Voice, Uncredited | |
Batty Baseball | Pitcher | Voice, Uncredited | |
Springtime for Pluto | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
How to Play Football | Goofy | Voice, Uncredited | |
First Aiders | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
1945 | Tiger Trouble | Goofy | Voice, Uncredited |
Dog Watch | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
The Eyes Have It | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
African Diary | Goofy | Voice, Uncredited | |
Californy er Bust | Goofy | Voice, Uncredited | |
Canine Casanova | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
The Legend of Coyote Rock | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
No Sail | Goofy | Voice, Uncredited | |
Hockey Homicide | Goofy | Voice, Uncredited | |
Wild and Woolfy | Silm, Horse | Voice, Uncredited | |
Canine Patrol | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
1946 | A Knight for a Day | Goofy | Voice, Uncredited |
Pluto's Kid Brother | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
Make Mine Music | Vocal effects | Voice, Uncredited | |
In Dutch | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
Squatter's Rights | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
The Purloined Pup | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
A Feather in His Collar | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
Frank Duck Brings 'em Back Alive | Goofy | Voice, Uncredited | |
Double Dribble | Goofy | Voice, Uncredited | |
1947 | Variety Girl | Special Voice Impersonation | Voice, Uncredited |
Pluto's Housewarming | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
Rescue Dog | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
Clown of the Jungle | Aracuan Bird | Voice, Uncredited | |
Crazy with the Heat | Goofy | Voice, Uncredited | |
Fun and Fancy Free | Goofy | Voice, Uncredited | |
Mickey's Delayed Date | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
Foul Hunting | Goofy | Voice, Uncredited | |
Mail Dog | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
King-Size Canary | Cat | Voice, Uncredited | |
Pluto's Blue Note | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
1948 | Bill and Coo | Singer | Voice, Uncredited |
Melody Time (segment: 'Blame it on the Samba') |
Aracuan Bird | Voice, Uncredited | |
They're Off | Goofy | Voice, Uncredited | |
The Big Wash | Goofy | Voice, Uncredited | |
Mickey Down Under | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
Bone Bandit | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
Pluto's Purchase | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
Cat Nap Pluto | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
Pluto's Fledgling | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
Mickey and the Seal | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
Tea for Two Hundred | Ants | Voice, Uncredited | |
Wild and Woody! | Sheriff, Devil | Voice, Uncredited | |
1949 | Pueblo Pluto | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited |
Pluto's Surprise Package | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
Pluto's Sweater | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
Bubble Bee | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
Tennis Racquet | Goofy | Voice, Uncredited | |
Little Rural Riding Hood | Country Wolf | Voice, Uncredited | |
Goofy Gymnastics | Goofy | Voice, Uncredited | |
Sheep Dog | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
1950 | Pluto's Heart Throb | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited |
Pluto and the Gopher | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
How to Ride a Horse | Goofy | Voice, Uncredited | |
Wonder Dog | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
How to Ride a Horse | Goofy | Voice, Uncredited | |
Primitive Pluto | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
Puss Cafe | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
Pests of the West | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
Food for Feudin | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
Camp Dog | Pluto, Goofy | Voice, Uncredited | |
Hold That Pose | Goofy | Voice, Uncredited | |
1951 | Alice in Wonderland | Flamengo | Voice, Uncredited |
Hello Aloha | Goofy | Voice, Uncredited | |
Man's Best Friend | Goofy | Voice, Uncredited | |
Two Gun Goofy | Goofy | Voice, Uncredited | |
Teachers Are People | Goofy | Voice, Uncredited | |
Pluto's Party | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
No Smoking | Goofy | Voice, Uncredited | |
Cold Turkey | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
Get Rich Quick | Goofy | Voice, Uncredited | |
R'coon Dawg | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
Lion Down | Goofy | Voice, Uncredited | |
1952 | Fresh Laid Plans | Farmer | Voice, Uncredited |
Pluto's Christmas Tree | Pluto, Goofy | Voice, Uncredited | |
How to Be a Detective | Goofy | Voice, Uncredited | |
Uncle Donald's Ants | Ants | Voice, Uncredited | |
Father's Day Off | Goofy | Voice, Uncredited | |
Two Weeks Vacation | Goofy | Voice, Uncredited | |
Tomorrow We Diet! | Goofy | Voice, Uncredited | |
Plutopia | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
Cold War | Goofy | Voice, Uncredited | |
Home Made Home | Pluto, Goofy | Voice, Uncredited | |
Cold Storage | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
1953 | Father's Day Off | Goofy | Voice, Uncredited |
The Simple Things | Pluto | Voice, Uncredited | |
For Whom the Bulls Toil | Goofy | Voice, Uncredited | |
Father's Week-end | Goofy | Voice, Uncredited | |
How to Dance | Goofy | Voice, Uncredited | |
How to Sleep | Goofy | Voice, Uncredited | |
1954 | Spare the Rod | Pygmy Cannibals | Voice, Uncredited |
1959 | Sleeping Beauty | Maleficent's Goon | Voice, Uncredited |
1961 | Aquamania | Goofy | Voice, Uncredited |
1965 | Freewayphobia | Goofy | Voice, Uncredited |
Goofy's Freeway Troubles | Goofy | Voice, Uncredited | |
Donald Duck Goes West | Goofy | Voice, (final film role) | |
Discography
- Bozo At The Circus (Capitol, 1946)[15] as Bozo the Clown
- Mickey and the Beanstalk (Capitol, 1947)[16] as Goofy
- Here Comes...Colonna's Trolley (Capitol, 1947)[15] as Additional Voice Characterizations
- Bozo and his Rocket Ship (Capitol, 1948)[15] as Bozo the Clown
- Bozo Under The Sea (Capitol, 1948)[15] as Bozo the Clown
- Bozo and the Birds (Capitol, 1949)[17]
- The Grasshopper And The Ants (Capitol, 1949)[18] as The Grasshopper
- Bozo on The Farm (Capitol, 1950)[15] as Bozo the Clown
- Bozo Has A Party (Capitol, 1952)[15] as Bozo the Clown
- Mickey Mouse's Candy Mine (RCA, 1952)[19] as Goofy
- Bozo At The Dog Show (Capitol, 1954)[15] as Bozo the Clown
- Bozo's Merry-Go-Round Music (Capitol, 1954)[15] as Bozo the Clown
- Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party (Capitol, 1954)[20] as Goofy, Pluto, Grumpy, Practical Pig, Cleo
- Walt Disney's Song Parade from Disneyland (Golden, 1956)[21] as Goofy
- Mickey and the Beanstalk (Disneyland, 1963)[16] as Goofy
- Goofy's TV Spectacular (Disneyland, 1964)[22] as Goofy
- Children's Riddles and Game Songs (Disneyland, 1964)[22] as Goofy (speaking voice only)
References
- Medford Pioneers
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- "Pinto Notes".
- Oregon Encyclopedia
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- "Stripper's Guide Obscurity of the Day, May 4, 2011". Retrieved 2011-05-04.
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- Egan, Timothy (July 14, 1991). "Northwest Noir: An Art of the Serious Goofy". The New York Times.
- Canemaker, John (1999-10-21). "Four: Ted and the Boys: Animation's First Story Department". Paper Dreams: The Art & Artists of Disney Storyboards (1st ed.). Disney Press. p. 86. ISBN 978-0-7868-6307-5.
- "Interview with Billy Bletcher, by Michael Barrier and Milton Gray". Funnyworld. 1978. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
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