Here we have three minutes from "All American Co-Ed," a 1941 college comedy and I call your attention to the young actor doing the impression of Gary Cooper and, later, Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy. That's Kent Rogers and if you've watched a lot of old cartoons, you've heard his voice, especially in old Warner Brothers cartoons like Hollywood Steps Out that featured a lot of celebrity imitations.
He was the first voice of Henery Hawk, Junior Bear and Beaky Buzzard, among many other roles. He was also one of the many actors who spoke for Woody Woodpecker for a time. And the other day here, I mentioned the little pig in Tex Avery's cartoon, One Ham's Family. If I remember correctly, Rogers did the Red Skelton impression as the pig.
He was very good and what could have been a great career — both on-camera and off — was cut short in 1943 when he went into the Navy and was killed in a plane crash during training exercises. Thereafter, Mel Blanc spoke for Henery, Stan Freberg took over as Junyer Bear and they took turns playing Beaky. Thanks to whoever found this clip and uploaded it to YouTube…
