1. Gregory Lewis Burson was an American voice actor.
12 Facts About Greg Burson
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Greg Burson was best known for being one of the many successors to voice actors Daws Butler and Mel Blanc following their deaths in 1988 and 1989 respectively.
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Greg Burson was trained by Daws Butler, who was his acting mentor and one of his influences.
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Greg Burson based his Yogi voice on Butler's portrayal in the earlier Yogi Bear episodes, due to having grown up watching them as a child.
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Greg Burson inherited the role of Mr Magoo in the animated segments of the live action feature film of the same name in 1997.
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Greg Burson was one of the successors to Mel Blanc, and voiced many of his characters as well, including Bugs Bunny, for whom he was given the responsibility of voicing in 1995's Carrotblanca, a well-received 8-minute Looney Tunes cartoon originally shown in cinemas alongside The Amazing Panda Adventure and The Pebble and the Penguin.
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Greg Burson found Bugs' voice difficult to get right, eventually basing it on Blanc's portrayal in the 1950s.
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Greg Burson voiced Bugs in the 1997 short From Hare to Eternity, which is notable for being dedicated to Friz Freleng.
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Greg Burson provided Bugs' voice in new animation for Bugs 'n' Daffy, which ran on Kids' WB from 1995 to 1998.
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Greg Burson lent his voice to several promos for Fox Kids.
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In May 2004, Greg Burson was arrested by detectives after barricading himself inside his home in Tujunga for six hours before surrendering.
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The incident resulted in Greg Burson being blacklisted for the rest of his life.