Edward Stacey "Tedd" Pierce III was an American screenwriter and voice actor of animated cartoons, principally from the mid-1930s to the late 1950s.
10 Facts About Tedd Pierce
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Tedd Pierce spent the majority of his career as a writer for the Warner Bros.
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Tedd Pierce worked as a writer at Fleischer Studios from 1939 to 1941.
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Jones credited Tedd Pierce in his autobiography Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist as being the inspiration for the character Pepe Le Pew, the haplessly romantic French skunk due to Tedd Pierce's self-proclamation that he was a ladies' man.
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Tedd Pierce had one son, named Geoffrey Pierce, from a formal marriage.
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Tedd Pierce was said to have added an extra "D" to his name as a way of lampooning puppeteer Bil Baird when he dropped one of the "L"s from his first name.
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Tedd Pierce contributed the story of the Tom and Jerry short Tall in the Trap, directed by Gene Deitch.
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Tedd Pierce's credited output includes Freleng's Hare Do, Bad Ol' Putty Tat, Bunker Hill Bunny and Big House Bunny ; Jones' Hare Tonic and Broom-Stick Bunny ; and McKimson's Hillbilly Hare, Lovelorn Leghorn and Cat-Tails for Two, the last of which was Speedy Gonzales' first appearance.
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Tedd Pierce imitated Bud Abbott in one Warner short casting Abbott and Costello as alley cats Babbit and Catstello and two Warner shorts casting them as mice.
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Tedd Pierce voiced Tom Dover in The Dover Boys, the "tall, thin" character in Wackiki Wabbit, and the French chef Louis in French Rarebit.