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Walter Tetley

Walter Tetley

Birthday: 1915-06-02 | Place of Birth: Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Walter Tetley (June 2, 1915 – September 4, 1975)[1] was an American voice actor specializing in child impersonation during radio's classic era, with regular roles on The Great Gildersleeve and The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show, as well as continuing as a voice-over artist in animated cartoons, commercials, and spoken-word record albums. He is perhaps best known as the voice of "Sherman" in the Jay Ward-Bill Scott Mr. Peabody TV cartoons. Walter Tetley's perennially adolescent voice was the result of a medical condition which arrested his development, preventing his voice from breaking into maturity as well as preventing his further physical growth. In 1971 Tetley was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident and used a wheelchair for the rest of his life. Numerous sources have suggested Tetley may have lost his southern California home in the same period and lived out his days in a trailer. He died in 1975 at age 60, having never fully recovered from his injuries. His interment was in Chatsworth's Oakwood Memorial Park.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1946
The Wacky Weed

as    Andy Panda

1939
They Shall Have Music

as    Rocks Mulligan

1938
Lord Jeff

as    Tommy Thrums

1936
The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg

as    Felix the Cat (voice)

1936
Neptune Nonsense

as    Felix the Cat (voice)