Jose Cuauhtemoc "Bill" Melendez was an American character animator, voice actor, film director and producer.
16 Facts About Bill Melendez
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Bill Melendez provided the voices of Snoopy and Woodstock in the latter as well.
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Bill Melendez later attended the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles.
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On completion of his studies, Bill Melendez found his first job at a lumber mill.
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Bill Melendez worked in Bob Clampett's unit, first as an assistant animator for Rod Scribner, and then as a full animator.
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Bill Melendez produced and directed thousands of television commercials, first at UPA, then Playhouse Pictures and John Sutherland Productions.
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In 1963, Bill Melendez founded his own studio in the basement of his Hollywood home.
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Bill Melendez Productions is still active and is currently run by his son Steven C Melendez.
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Bill Melendez was referenced in the 1961 Looney Tunes short The Pied Piper of Guadalupe, directed by Friz Freleng.
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Bill Melendez, alluding to the name he was credited with in a few dozen Warner Bros.
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In 1959, Bill Melendez was hired to do some animated television commercials featuring characters from the comic strip Peanuts for the Ford Motor Company.
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Bill Melendez provided the vocal effects for Snoopy and Woodstock in every single production, voice acting the characters in the studio by uttering gibberish, and the voices were mechanically sped up at different speeds to represent the two different characters, although some later specials had Snoopy speaking in a clear voice, reflecting how he would be thinking to himself in the comics.
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On September 2,2008, Bill Melendez died at Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California at the age of 91.
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Bill Melendez had been in declining health after a fall a year earlier.
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Bill Melendez was cremated and his ashes were given to his family.
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Bill Melendez has archival recordings on the film's game, Snoopy's Grand Adventure.