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Resuming my 'photo-op' series, here's a person you probably wouldn't recognize visually, but his voice is unmistakable...
Back in April, 2005, the American Royal Arts gallery in Fort Lauderdale, Florida - which specialized in displaying animation art and photographs of famous rock stars - was celebrating the 97th birthday of legendary animator/artist Myron Waldman (who worked for Paramount, under the [Max & Dave] Fleischer Studios, making cartoons starring 'Betty Boop', 'Popeye', and 'Superman').
Funimal and 
I went to the gallery to meet Mr. Waldman. Naturally, I'd brought my camera to take pictures of him. I'd also brought along my copy of Leonard Maltin's "Of Mice and Magic" (a historic look at the animated theatrical short subject), for him to autograph.
While there, one of Mr. Waldman's friends was attending the birthday party... veteran actor Sid Raymond, who was a regular contributor to the Famous Studios cartoons of the 1940s and 1950s (many of which were also worked on by Myron). If you're still unfamiliar with him, you'd easily recognize his vocal talents: he was the voice of the 'Baby Huey', 'Katnip' in "Herman & Katnip" shorts, and the 'Wolf' in "Blackie the Sheep" shorts (all for Paramount), and 'Heckle & Jeckle' (temporarily, for Terrytoons). In 1994, Sid reprised the vocal role of 'Baby Huey' for a made-for-TV revival of the giant duck character, which lasted just one season. (The only time I remember seeing him act live, was on one of the 'Classic 39' episodes of "The Honeymooners" with Jackie Gleason, back in the 1950s.)
Attending said birthday with his wife, Sid was still in great form, doing impersonations of Jerry Lewis, Humphrey Bogart, and Edward G. Robinson for the gallery staff and customers alike. So, naturally, I just had to have my picture taken with him; Funimal did the honors with my camera. Afterward, I got both Sid and Myron to place their respective signatures in my copy of "Of Mice and Magic".
Sadly, both gentlemen passed away in 2006; Myron was just a few weeks shy of his 98th birthday, while Sid was 97.
I'll have one more animation-related 'photo-op' later this month; so, "stay tooned"!
Back in April, 2005, the American Royal Arts gallery in Fort Lauderdale, Florida - which specialized in displaying animation art and photographs of famous rock stars - was celebrating the 97th birthday of legendary animator/artist Myron Waldman (who worked for Paramount, under the [Max & Dave] Fleischer Studios, making cartoons starring 'Betty Boop', 'Popeye', and 'Superman').
Funimal and 
I went to the gallery to meet Mr. Waldman. Naturally, I'd brought my camera to take pictures of him. I'd also brought along my copy of Leonard Maltin's "Of Mice and Magic" (a historic look at the animated theatrical short subject), for him to autograph. While there, one of Mr. Waldman's friends was attending the birthday party... veteran actor Sid Raymond, who was a regular contributor to the Famous Studios cartoons of the 1940s and 1950s (many of which were also worked on by Myron). If you're still unfamiliar with him, you'd easily recognize his vocal talents: he was the voice of the 'Baby Huey', 'Katnip' in "Herman & Katnip" shorts, and the 'Wolf' in "Blackie the Sheep" shorts (all for Paramount), and 'Heckle & Jeckle' (temporarily, for Terrytoons). In 1994, Sid reprised the vocal role of 'Baby Huey' for a made-for-TV revival of the giant duck character, which lasted just one season. (The only time I remember seeing him act live, was on one of the 'Classic 39' episodes of "The Honeymooners" with Jackie Gleason, back in the 1950s.)
Attending said birthday with his wife, Sid was still in great form, doing impersonations of Jerry Lewis, Humphrey Bogart, and Edward G. Robinson for the gallery staff and customers alike. So, naturally, I just had to have my picture taken with him; Funimal did the honors with my camera. Afterward, I got both Sid and Myron to place their respective signatures in my copy of "Of Mice and Magic".
Sadly, both gentlemen passed away in 2006; Myron was just a few weeks shy of his 98th birthday, while Sid was 97.
I'll have one more animation-related 'photo-op' later this month; so, "stay tooned"!
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I always saw his name spelled Syd Raymond instead of Sid. But he was indeed a talented performer, I first saw his name credited in his radio performances on "Escape" and "X Minus One" It was only later that I found out he was the voice of Baby Huey and Katnip, since those cartoons didn't carry voice credits. :)
Most of the early Fleischer and Famous Studios cartoon shorts went without vocal credits for all of its regular performers - including Jack Mercer (the voice of 'Popeye'), Mae Questal (the voice of 'Betty Boop' and [later on] 'Little Audrey'), Jackson Beck (the voice of 'Bluto' and 'Buzzy the Crow'), and Arnold Stang (the voice of 'Shorty', 'Blackie the Sheep', and [especially] 'Herman the Mouse'). Besides the aforementioned cartoon characters, Sid Raymond also provided the (uncredited) voices of miscellaneous gangsters and sports announcers. And in "Popeye's 20th Anniversary" (1954), Sid also did celebrity impersonations for caricatures of Jerry Lewis and Jimmy Durante. Not bad for someone whose first name was spelled with an I or a Y, eh?
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