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Melvin Jerome " Mel " Blanc ( May 30 , 1908  July 10 , 1989 ) was an American voice actor , actor , radio comedian , and recording artist . He began his 60 - plus - year career performing in radio , but is best remembered for his work in animation as the voices of Bugs Bunny , Daffy Duck , Porky Pig , Tweety Bird , Sylvester the Cat , Yosemite Sam , Foghorn Leghorn , Marvin the Martian , Pepé Le Pew , Speedy Gonzales , Wile E . Coyote , Road Runner , the Tasmanian Devil , and many of the other characters from the " Looney Tunes " and " Merrie Melodies " theatrical cartoons during the golden age of American animation . He was , in fact , the voice for all of the major male Warner Bros . cartoon characters except for Elmer Fudd , whose voice was provided by fellow radio actor Arthur Q . Bryan ( although Blanc later voiced Fudd , as well , after Bryan ' s death ). James Gilmore " Jim " Backus ( February 25 , 1913  July 3 , 1989 ) was an American radio , television , film , and voice actor . Among his most famous roles were the voice of nearsighted cartoon character Mr . Magoo , the rich Hubert Updike III on the radio version of " The ___MASK42___ Show ", Joan Davis ' s character ' s husband ( a domestic court judge ) on TV ' s " I Married Joan ", James Dean ' s character ' s father in " Rebel Without a Cause ", and Thurston Howell III , on the 1960s sitcom " Gilligan ' s Island ". He also starred in his own show of one season , " The Jim Backus Show ", also known as " Hot Off the Wire ". Warner Bros . Entertainment Inc . ( known professionally as Warner Bros . Pictures , often referred to as Warner Bros . and Warner Brothers and abbreviated as WB ) is an American entertainment company , film studio and film distributor that is a division of Time Warner and is headquartered in Burbank , California . It is one of the " Big Six " major American film studios . An animated series is a set of animated works with a common series title , usually related to one another . These episodes typically share the same main characters , some different secondary characters and a basic theme . Series can have either a finite number of episodes like a miniseries , a definite end , or be open - ended , without a predetermined number of episodes . They can be broadcast on television , shown in movie theatres , released direct - to - video or on the internet . Like animated films , animated series can be of a wide ___MASK54___ of genres and can also have different target audiences , from children to adults . Looney Tunes is an American animated series of comedy short films produced by Warner Bros . from 1930 to 1969 during the golden age of American animation , alongside its sister series " Merrie Melodies ". It was known for introducing such famous cartoon characters as Bugs Bunny , Daffy Duck , Porky Pig , Elmer Fudd , Tweety Bird , Sylvester the Cat , Yosemite Sam , Foghorn Leghorn , Marvin the Martian , Pepé Le Pew , Speedy Gonzales , Wile E . Coyote and the Road Runner , the Tasmanian Devil and many others . These characters themselves are commonly referred to as the " Looney Tunes ". The ___MASK42___ Show is an American radio and television series presented in diverse formats over a nine - year period and starring British - Canadian - American actor ___MASK42___ . Rebel Without a Cause is a 1955 American melodrama film about emotionally confused suburban , middle - class teenagers filmed in CinemaScope . Directed by ___MASK100___ , it offered both social commentary and an alternative to previous films depicting delinquents in urban slum environments . The film stars James Dean , Sal Mineo and Natalie Wood . Gilligan ' s Island is an American sitcom created and produced by Sherwood Schwartz via United Artists Television . The show had an ensemble cast that featured Bob Denver , ___MASK98___ Jr ., Jim Backus , Natalie Schafer , Russell Johnson , Tina Louise , and Dawn Wells . It aired for three seasons on the CBS network from September 26 , 1964 , to April 17 , 1967 . Originally sponsored by Philip Morris & Co and Procter & Gamble , the show followed the comic adventures of seven castaways as they attempted to survive the island on which they had been shipwrecked . Most episodes revolve around the dissimilar castaways ' conflicts and their unsuccessful attempts , for whose failure Gilligan was frequently responsible , to escape their plight . Warner Bros . Cartoons , Inc . was the in - house division of Warner Bros . Pictures during the Golden Age of American animation . One of the most successful animation studios in American media history , Warner Bros . Cartoons was primarily responsible for the " Looney Tunes " and " Merrie Melodies " theatrical cartoon short subjects . The characters featured in these cartoons , including Bugs Bunny , Daffy Duck , Porky Pig , Speedy Gonzales , Sylvester and Tweety , Wile E . Coyote and The Road Runner , are among the most famous and recognizable characters in the world . Many of the creative staff members at the studio , including directors and animators such as ___MASK64___ , ___MASK40___ , ___MASK35___ , Tex Avery , Robert Clampett and Frank Tashlin , are considered major figures in the art and history of traditional animation . Foghorn J . Leghorn is a character that appears in the " Looney Tunes " and " Merrie Melodies " cartoons for Warner Bros . Pictures . He was created by ___MASK35___ and writer Warren Foster , and starred in 28 cartoons from 1946 to 1963 in the Golden Age of American Animation . All 28 of these cartoons were directed by McKimson . A - Lad - In His Lamp is a 1948 Warner Bros . Looney Tunes cartoon starring Bugs Bunny and featuring the Genie and Caliph Hassan Pfeiffer who is after Bugs and the Genie in his lamp . The voices of Bugs Bunny and Caliph Hassan Pheffer are voiced by Mel Blanc and the voice of the Smokey the Genie is played by Jim Backus in one of his first professional roles . The cartoon is a takeoff of the story of Aladdin ' s Lamp . Elements of this short would later be re - used for the Arabian Era in Bugs Bunny & Taz : Time Busters . Time Warner , Inc . ( also known as AOL Time Warner from 2001 - 2003 ; stylized as TimeWarner ) is an American multinational media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered in New York City . It is currently the world ' s third largest entertainment company in terms of revenue , after Comcast and The ___MASK81___ Company . It was also once the world ' s largest media conglomerate . Time Warner was first founded in 1990 with the merger of Time Inc . and Warner Communications . The current company consists largely of the assets of the former Warner Communications ( as well as HBO , a Time Inc . subsidiary prior to the merger ), and the assets of Turner Broadcasting ( which was acquired by the company in 1996 ). Time Warner currently has major operations in film and television , with a limited amount in publishing operations . Among its most popular assets are HBO , Turner Broadcasting System , The CW Television Network , Warner Bros ., CNN , DC Comics , and as of August 2016 , Hulu , owning 10 %. In the past , other major divisions of Time Warner included Time Inc ., AOL , Time Warner Cable , Warner Books and Warner Music Group . All of these operations were either sold to other investors or spun off as independent companies from 2004 to 2014 . Bugs Bunny is an animated cartoon character ; created in 1940 by Leon Schlesinger Productions ( later Warner Bros . Cartoons ) and voiced originally by the legendary vocal artist , Mel Blanc . Bugs is best known for his starring roles in the " Looney Tunes " and " Merrie Melodies " series of animated short films , produced by Warner Bros . during the golden age of American animation . His popularity during this era led to his becoming an American cultural icon , as well as the official mascot of Warner Bros . Entertainment .