Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
June 2, 1915
Place of Birth:
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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Walter Tetley
Biography
Walter Tetley (June 2, 1915 – September 4, 1975) 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. He died in 1975 at age 60, having never fully recovered from his injuries.
[biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | A Christmas Story | Timmy (voice) |
| 1948 | Playful Pelican | Andy Panda (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1948 | There's Good Boos To-Night | Casper (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1946 | The Wacky Weed | Andy Panda |
| 1946 | Apple Andy | Andy Panda |
| 1946 | Reddy Made Magic | Reddy Kilowatt (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Molly and Me | Grocery Delivery Boy |
| 1944 | The Lodger | |
| 1943 | Mystery Broadcast | Page Boy (uncredited) |
| 1943 | The Gorilla Man | Sammy |
| 1942 | Invisible Agent | Newsboy (uncredited) |
| 1942 | The Pride of the Yankees | Cake Delivery Boy (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Thunder Birds | Messenger Boy |
| 1942 | Thunder Birds | Red Cross Nurse Trainee (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Who Done It? | 'Shorty', a studio pageboy |
| 1942 | Broadway | Western Union Messenger (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Out of the Fog | |
| 1941 | Horror Island | Delivery Boy (uncredited) |
| 1941 | The Haunted Mouse | Mouse (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1940 | The Villain Still Pursued Her | Telegram Boy (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Emergency Squad | Matt |
| 1940 | Under Texas Skies | Theodore |
| 1940 | My Son, My Son! | Newsboy |
| 1940 | Tom Brown's School Days | Student |
| 1939 | Tower of London | Chimney Sweep |
| 1939 | They Shall Have Music | Rocks Mulligan |
| 1939 | The Spirit of Culver | Hank |
| 1939 | The Family Next Door | Boy |
| 1939 | You Can't Cheat an Honest Man | Boy with Candy Cane (uncredited) |
| 1939 | First Love | Willie, Country Club Page |
| 1939 | Boy Slaves | Pee Wee |
| 1938 | Prairie Moon | Clarence Nails Barton |
| 1938 | Lord Jeff | Tommy Thrums |
| 1937 | Clock Cleaners | Stork (voice) |
| 1936 | Cupid Gets His Man | Dan Cupid (voice) |
| 1936 | The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg | Felix the Cat (voice) |
| 1936 | Neptune Nonsense | Felix the Cat (voice) |
| 1936 | Bold King Cole | Felix the Cat (voice) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1969 | The Dudley Do-Right Show | |
| 1959 | The Bullwinkle Show | Sherman (voice) |
| 1959 | The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends | Walter Tetley Sherman (voice) |
| 1956 | The Gerald McBoing-Boing Show | Dusty (voice) |