Joe Dougherty

For the American Olympic rower, see Joe Dougherty (rower).
Joe Dougherty
Born
Joseph Tapley Dougherty

(1898-11-04)November 4, 1898
Missouri, U.S.
DiedApril 19, 1978(1978-04-19) (aged 79)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1927–1967

Joseph Tapley Dougherty (November 4, 1898 – April 19, 1978)[1] was an American actor, who provided the original voice of the Warner Bros. animation character, Porky Pig, starting with the character's debut in I Haven't Got a Hat in 1935 through Porky's Romance in 1937. Treg Brown changed his voice for Porky. Due to Dougherty's stutter, Count Cutelli was brought for additional lines due to the length of the audio and budgetary issues.

After that, Mel Blanc took over the role and voiced Porky for 52 years. Dougherty spoke with a natural stutter that became one of the character's trademarks; Dougherty's inability to control his stutter was a factor in the part being recast.[2][3][4][5] According to Friz Freleng, the director of I Haven't Got a Hat, Dougherty would get nervous every time they said cut. Freleng also called the casting for someone who stuttered and they landed on Dougherty.[6][7]

  1. ^ "All California, Death Index, 1940-1997 results for Joe Dougherty". Ancestry.com.
  2. ^ "Mel Blanc: From Anonymity To Offscreen Superstar (The advent of on-screen voice credits)". Cartoon Research. 2016-09-12. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
  3. ^ Korkis, Jim (2019-05-31). "Who Was Count Cutelli?". Cartoon Research. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
  4. ^ Shell, Mark (2005). Stutter. Harvard University. pp. 86–87. ISBN 9780674019379.
  5. ^ Blanc, Mel (1989). That's Not All Folks!. Warner Books. p. 66. ISBN 9780446512442.
  6. ^ Friz Freleng at Reg Hartt's Cineforum, Toronto, Canada, 1980. 12:27-13:11
  7. ^ Friz on Film