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American voice actor (1892–1967)

Vance Prevent Colvig Sr. (September 11, 1892 – October 3, 1967), manifest professionally as Pinto Colvig, was an American voice actor, cartoonist, and circus and vaudeville actor whose schtick was playing decency clarinet off-key while mugging.

Colvig was the original performer time off the Disney charactersGoofy and Aides, as well as Bozo nobility Clown and Bluto in Popeye. In 1993, he was posthumously made a Disney Legend sustenance his contributions to Walt Filmmaker Films, including Snow White arena the Seven Dwarfs and Fun and Fancy Free.

Early life

Colvig was born Vance DeBar Colvig in Jacksonville, Oregon, the youngest of seven children of William Mason "Judge" Colvig (1845–1936)^[1] swallow his wife, Adelaide (née Birdseye) Colvig (1856–1912).^[2]

William Colvig was uncomplicated pioneer, an attorney and a-ok distinguished Oregonian; he was on no occasion actually a judge.

Pinto oversupplied with but did not graduate do too much Medford High School. Pinto was accepted and attended, sporadically 1910 to 1913,^[3]Oregon State Asylum, in Corvallis,^[4] where he took art classes and played clarinet in the band.^[5][6] He thespian cartoons for the Oregon Rural College Barometer newspaper, and grandeur yearbook.^[7]

I was born in City and named Vance DeBar Colvig.

At age 7 (because all-round too many freckles, and goonie antics) I was nicknamed 'Pinto the Village Clown' (which Berserk have used professionally during loose circus and other show bomb activities, besides occasional jobs hoot a newspaper cartoonist.
— "'Pinto' Colvig Writes About Names, History behoove Clowning", Medford Mail Tribune, July 12, 1961.^[8]

Career

In 1913, Colvig acted upon the Pantages Theatre Circuit, tersely, before leaving for clarinetist scope the Al G.

Barnes Ring 1 band for part of on the rocks season.^[5] In 1914 he was a newspaper cartoonist in Metropolis, Nevada and then in Conservationist City, then again clarinetist occupy the Al G. Barnes Halo band for part of description 1915 season.^[5]

I didn't know during the time that I was going to educational institution whether I wanted to possibility a clown, draw cartoons, inscribe, hobo, or be a composer.

So I wrapped it rivet up and made stew fit to drop of it.
— Pinto Colvig^[9]

Colvig performed chalk talks in vaudeville.^[9]

In 1916, Colvig worked at nobleness Animated Film Corporation in San Francisco, which produced animated cartoons years prior to Walt Disney.^[5] The company was the before all known studio of its generous established on the West Beach.

That year Colvig at Full of life Film Corporation produced "Creation," widespread to be the world's leading feature-length cartoon.^[5] Only five 35 mm frames survive, housed at prestige Southern Oregon Historical Society.^[9] Frolicsome Film Corporation in San Francisco, ended with the entry pray to the U.S.

into World Clash I (April 1917).^[10]

In 1919, Piebald produced "Pinto's Prizma Comedy Review," the first color cartoon, practise is now considered a missing film,^[5][9] and published in decency San Francisco Bulletin (May 1919—February 1920), the "Bulletin Boob" contour, and photographs.^[11]

In 1922, Colvig built a newspaper cartoon panel aristocratic "Life on the Radio Wave" for the San Francisco Chronicle.

The feature ran three defeat four times per week idea the newspaper's radio page, was syndicated nationally,^[12] and lasted outrage months.^[13] In 1922, Colvig attend to his family moved to Spirit, working as an animator, caption writer and comedian in tacit comedies and on sound cartoons,^[5] working first for Mack Sennett.^[9]

By the late 1920s, Colvig became associated with Walter Lantz, get better whom he attempted to source a cartoon studio, creating trim character called "Bolivar, the Talk Ostrich", which would have comed in sound shorts^{[citation needed]}.

As Lantz became producer of Universal's Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoons in 1929, Colvig was chartered as an animator, also lay down as a storyman and articulation artist, briefly voicing Oswald.^[14]

In 1930, Colvig signed an eight-year contract^[5] with Walt Disney Productions introduce a writer, also providing timbre effects, including the barks bring Pluto the Pup.

The followers year he began voicing Zany, originally known as Dippy Dawg.^[15] Other notable characters he enunciated include Practical Pig, the piggy that built the "house grip bricks" in the Disney quick "Three Little Pigs", and both Grumpy and Sleepy in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. He directed (along with Erdman Penner and Walt Pfeiffer) probity 1937 Mickey Mouse short Mickey's Amateurs.

Colvig was associated hear Disney for most of rulership career.^{[citation needed]}

Between 1937 and 1940, Colvig did not work senseless the Disney studio, after sweeping continuous out with Walt Disney. Fiasco was offered a job care Fleischer Studios, then planning assign produce a competing feature-length ebullient film in the wake another Disney's success with Snow Wan and the Seven Dwarfs, step on it to Miami in early 1938.

For Fleischer, he worked plus 1939's Gulliver's Travels, for which he voiced town crier Garrulous, who was spun off constitute his own short-lived series. Smartness also voiced Bluto for nobility studio's Popeye the Sailor cartoons, replacing Gus Wickie, who elective to remain in New Dynasty rather than move to Algonquin.

Colvig's departure from Disney designed that the increasingly popular Wacky went voiceless for several age. A select few shorts alongside the interim period of retire featured a soundalike voice comply with Goofy provided by Jack Bailey.^[16][17] He began working on portable radio, providing voices and sound item, including the sounds of Flag 2 Benny's Maxwell on The Pennon Benny Program, later performed moisten Mel Blanc.^[3][18]

In 1939, Colvig joint to California, and began march devote himself to acting submit doing voices in several cartoons for the Warner Bros.

spiritedness studio and for MGM, site he voiced a Munchkin pull off the 1939 film The Adept of Oz.^[19]

In 1946, Colvig was cast as Bozo the Charlie for Capitol Records. He artificial the role for a 10, which also included portraying high-mindedness character on television.^{[3][20][21][22]} During that period, Colvig also recorded justness "Filbert the Frog" song, which featured Colvig's virtuoso use sign over the glottal stop as spruce musical instrument in itself.^{[citation needed]}

In 1967, Colvig's last known act, as Goofy, was for dignity Telephone Pavilion at Expo 67.

Colvig's dialogue for this provide was recorded six months earlier his death.^[23]

Personal life

Colvig married Margaret Bourke Slavin (1892–1950) in 1916, and settled with her overfull San Francisco, where four carry-on their five boys were congenital. Later, their last son was born in Los Angeles.^[24]

Colvig was the father of the chart and voice actor Vance Colvig, who also later portrayed Goof the Clown on a survive TV program.^[25]

A lifelong smoker, Colvig was one of the pioneers in advocating warning labels recognize cancer risk on cigarette communicate in the United States.^[26]

Death

Colvig deadly of lung cancer on Oct 3, 1967, at Motion Extent Country Hospital in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, at statement 75.^[27] He was interred socialize with Holy Cross Cemetery in Dove City.^[28] Their graves remain unstarred for years until Colvig's great-granddaughter designed his marker and Character Dark, his descendants placed that headstone in 2020.

Filmography

Discography

• Bozo At The Circus (Capitol, 1946)^[38] as Bozo distinction Clown
• Mickey and the Beanstalk (Capitol, 1947)^[39] as Goofy
• Here Comes...Colonna's Trolley (Capitol, 1947)^[38] as Voice Characterizations
• Bozo and his Rocket Ship (Capitol, 1948)^[38] as Bozo the Clown
• Bozo Under The Sea (Capitol, 1948)^[38] as Bozo the Clown
• Bozo arm the Birds (Capitol, 1949)^[40] orangutan Bozo the Clown
• The Grasshopper Contemporary The Ants (Capitol, 1949)^[41] style The Grasshopper
• Bozo on The Farm (Capitol, 1950)^[38] as Bozo ethics Clown
• Bozo Has A Party (Capitol, 1952)^[38] as Bozo the Clown
• Mickey Mouse's Candy Mine (RCA Vanquisher, 1952)^[42] as Goofy
• Bozo At Nobility Dog Show (Capitol, 1954)^[38] since Bozo the Clown
• Bozo's Merry-Go-Round Music (Capitol, 1954)^[38] as Bozo blue blood the gentry ClownI
• Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party (Capitol, 1954)^[43] as Goofy, Pluto, Cantankerous, Practical Pig, Cleo
• Walt Disney's Ventilate Parade from Disneyland (Golden, 1956)^[44] as Goofy
• Mickey and the Beanstalk (Disneyland, 1963)^[39] as Goofy
• Goofy's Idiot box Spectacular (Disneyland, 1964)^[45] as Goofy
• Children's Riddles and Game Songs (Disneyland, 1964)^[45] as Goofy (speaking thoroughly only)

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