Woody Woodpecker Unknown Voice Artist?

[tristar]

I've found a video on Youtube, while despite many factual errors in the description, slows down Woody's voice to reveal what Mel Blanc and Ben Hardaway's laughs sound like.

But then, he slows Woody's singing in Ski For Two and The Barber of Seville to reveal that it definately is not Hardaway's sped-up singing voice we hear for Woody.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXciQmSCYFw

Any thoughts?

[Matt the Y]

That is baritone voice Lee Sweetland providing Woody's "singing" voice in both those cartoons. The very same person who provides the baritone singing opening (at normal speed) at the beginning of the 1945 Lantz short, "The Sliphorn King of Polaroo". He also voices Woody singing "Occhi Chornya" as Ivan Awfulitch in "The Dippy Diplomat" as well.

[Fibber Fox]

That is baritone voice Lee Sweetland providing Woody's "singing" voice in both those cartoons. The very same person who provides the baritone singing opening (at normal speed) at the beginning of the 1945 Lantz short, "The Sliphorn King of Polaroo". He also voices Woody singing "Occhi Chornya" as Ivan Awfulitch in "The Dippy Diplomat" as well.

He taught voice for years. I'm trying to find the piece I wrote where I mentioned him, but it seems the first reference I found about him was as a vocal coach at MGM.

F. Fox

[Brandon Panther]

Gracie Lantz sounds like a dude.

[Fibber Fox]

Gracie Lantz sounds like a dude.

I didn't realise you were personally acquainted.

F. Fox.

[Brandon Panther]

I didn't realise you were personally acquainted.

F. Fox.
I'm not, just commenting on the "normal speed" of the 1957 Woody. That probably isn't even her, and the person that made that video messed up.