16 Facts About JC Melendez

1.

Jose Cuauhtemoc "Bill" Melendez was an American character animator, voice actor, film director and producer.

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2.

JC Melendez is known for working on the Peanuts animated specials.

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3.

JC Melendez provided the voices of Snoopy and Woodstock in the latter as well.

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4.

JC Melendez later attended the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles.

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5.

On completion of his studies, JC Melendez was hired by Disney in 1935 where he worked on what are now considered classics: Pinocchio, Fantasia, Dumbo, and Bambi.

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6.

JC Melendez worked in Bob Clampett's unit, first as an assistant animator for Rod Scribner, and then animator.

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7.

JC Melendez produced and directed thousands of television commercials, first at UPA, then Playhouse Pictures and John Sutherland Productions.

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8.

In 1963, JC Melendez founded his own studio in the basement of his Hollywood home.

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9.

Bill Melendez Productions is still active and is currently run by his son Steven C Melendez.

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10.

JC Melendez was referenced in the 1961 Looney Tunes short The Pied Piper of Guadalupe, directed by Friz Freleng.

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11.

JC Melendez was referenced as J C Melendez, alluding to the name he was credited with in a few dozen Warner Bros.

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12.

JC 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.

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13.

On September 2,2008, Bill JC Melendez died at Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California at the age of 91.

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14.

JC Melendez had been in declining health after a fall a year earlier.

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15.

JC Melendez was cremated and his ashes were given to his family.

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16.

JC Melendez has archival recordings on the film's game, Snoopy's Grand Adventure.

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