Arthur Q. Bryan
Biography
Arthur Q. Bryan was an American radio performer and actor who voiced Elmer Fudd for Warner Bros. cartoons and played Dr. Gamble on the comedy Fibber McGee and Molly. Born in Brooklyn in 1899, he began singing tenor on radio before taking announcing jobs in New York, New Jersey, and Philadelphia. He first voiced Elmer in 1940, with Elmer's Candid Camera, and kept the part until he died in 1959. On radio he was heard on The Grouch Club, played Waymond Wadcliffe and Major Hoople, and took the part of Dr. Gamble on Fibber McGee and Molly from 1943. He also played Lucius Llewellyn and Floyd Munson on The Great Gildersleeve. He moved to Hollywood in 1936 to write scenarios for Paramount, and his screen parts were mostly minor or uncredited, among them The Devil Bat (1940) and Road to Singapore (1940). He also appeared on television, as Mr. Boggs in the sitcom Professional Father.
60years old at death
- Born Brooklyn
- Died Hollywood
- Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
- Also credited as Arthur Quirk Bryan
Movie Career
- Films
- 10
- Career span
- 42 years1940 to 1982
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A change of course
Bryan first entered the film industry in 1936, when he moved to Hollywood to work as a scenario writer for Paramount Pictures.
A first
Bryan's last original performance as the voice of Fudd was in Person to Bunny, Warner Bros.' spoof of Edward R. Murrow.
Arthur Q. Bryan movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Rabbit Seasoning1952 Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Familyas Elmer Fuddvoice
IMDb rating 8.35.1K votes
Worked with
Arthur Q. Bryan shares five films with Mel Blanc, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Online
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