Walter Tetley (June 2, 1915 â€" September 4, 1975) was an American
actor and 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.Tetley's foray into voices for
theatrical cartoons began in 1936, as the voice of Felix the Cat in
three of Van Beuren's Rainbow Parade cartoon shorts: The Goose That
Laid the Golden Egg, Neptune Nonsense, and Bold King Cole. The latter
short starts with Tetley singing "Nature and Me", showcasing his song
styling abilities. For his entire adult life, Tetley had the voice and
appearance of a preteen boy, which led to him largely taking voice
roles for young boys. The exact cause was never confirmed - while
co-star Bill Scott half-jokingly claimed that Tetley had been
castrated, it is also possible that he had Kallmann syndrome. Whatever
the cause, his unusual situation would allow him to hold roles for
young boys far longer than actual boys of that age could before their
voices would lower due to puberty.In the late 1940s, he was the voice
of Andy Panda in the Walter Lantz cartoons distributed by Universal
Pictures.In 1946, Tetley supplied the voice of the electric utility
mascot Reddy Kilowatt in the short film Reddy Made Magic, produced by
Lantz with Reddy Kilowatt creator Ashton B. Collins, Sr.; Tetley also
performed the film's theme song. In 1959 he reprised the role in a
John Sutherland-produced remake called The Mighty Atom.
actor and 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.Tetley's foray into voices for
theatrical cartoons began in 1936, as the voice of Felix the Cat in
three of Van Beuren's Rainbow Parade cartoon shorts: The Goose That
Laid the Golden Egg, Neptune Nonsense, and Bold King Cole. The latter
short starts with Tetley singing "Nature and Me", showcasing his song
styling abilities. For his entire adult life, Tetley had the voice and
appearance of a preteen boy, which led to him largely taking voice
roles for young boys. The exact cause was never confirmed - while
co-star Bill Scott half-jokingly claimed that Tetley had been
castrated, it is also possible that he had Kallmann syndrome. Whatever
the cause, his unusual situation would allow him to hold roles for
young boys far longer than actual boys of that age could before their
voices would lower due to puberty.In the late 1940s, he was the voice
of Andy Panda in the Walter Lantz cartoons distributed by Universal
Pictures.In 1946, Tetley supplied the voice of the electric utility
mascot Reddy Kilowatt in the short film Reddy Made Magic, produced by
Lantz with Reddy Kilowatt creator Ashton B. Collins, Sr.; Tetley also
performed the film's theme song. In 1959 he reprised the role in a
John Sutherland-produced remake called The Mighty Atom.
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