Bullwinkle J. Moose | |
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The Bullwinkle Show character | |
First appearance | Rocky and His Friends (1959) |
Created by | Alex Anderson Jay Ward[1] |
Voiced by | Bill Scott (1959–1985)[2] Scott Wilson (Bullwinkle’s Call Of The Wild Show, WYME TV Animated Skits for Bullwinkle's Restaurant)[3] Chuck McCann (Wish commercial)[4] Frank Welker (TV ads, including Taco Bell commercials) Keith Scott (1992–2000; 2012) Tom Kenny (2014; 2024) Brad Norman (2018–present)[5] Tex Brashear (2024; Rocky and Bullwinkle Visit Clute)[6] |
In-universe information | |
Species | Western moose |
Gender | Male |
Bullwinkle J. Moose is a fictional character and one of the two main protagonists of the 1959–1964 animated television series Rocky and His Friends and The Bullwinkle Show, often collectively referred to as Rocky and Bullwinkle, produced by Jay Ward and Bill Scott. When the show changed networks in 1961, the series moved to NBC and was retitled The Bullwinkle Show, where it stayed until 1964. It then returned to ABC, where it was in repeats for nine more years. It has been in syndication ever since.[7]
In 1996, Bullwinkle was ranked #32 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time.[8]