Johnny Murray was an American voice actor. Before 1929, he was a
cornetist at the Cocoanut Grove. In 1929, he was under a contract with
First National Pictures to sing for Richard Barthelmess in his films;
he provided Barthelmess's voice in Weary River. He is most famous
today for his role as Bosko, the first star of Warner Brothers
cartoons. He was the voice actor for Bosko in the 1933 short, Bosko's
Picture Show. This cartoon is infamous for perhaps containing the
first cartoon depiction of Adolf Hitler, and possibly of being among
the first, if not first, widely distributed films that contain verbal
usage of the f-bomb. If that is the case, Murray is the first person
to use the f-bomb in Hollywood cinema.[original research?]
cornetist at the Cocoanut Grove. In 1929, he was under a contract with
First National Pictures to sing for Richard Barthelmess in his films;
he provided Barthelmess's voice in Weary River. He is most famous
today for his role as Bosko, the first star of Warner Brothers
cartoons. He was the voice actor for Bosko in the 1933 short, Bosko's
Picture Show. This cartoon is infamous for perhaps containing the
first cartoon depiction of Adolf Hitler, and possibly of being among
the first, if not first, widely distributed films that contain verbal
usage of the f-bomb. If that is the case, Murray is the first person
to use the f-bomb in Hollywood cinema.[original research?]
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