# Ed Wynn: Most impersonated voice of all time?

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**Tags:** disney-hulu, cartoons-animation\
**Created:** [October 28, 2020, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-wynn-most-impersonated-voice-of-all-time/924102 "2020-10-28T10:05:37Z")\
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> [@psychonaut](#):
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> Are there any more Ed Wynn impersonations we can add to the list?

I just stumbled across [the Muppet Wiki’s article on Ed Wynn](https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Ed_Wynn) which lists five one-off characters on _Sesame Street_ (Dr. Edwynn, Mr. Monster, one version of the Big Bad Wolf, and an unnamed seal and genie) and one recurring character on _Muppets Tonight_ (Mr. Poodlepants) that copy Wynn’s voice. It also claims that Ed Wynn’s voice was used for several characters “throughout the run of _Muppet Babies_”.

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> [@What\_Exit](#):
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> He claims it is his natural speaking voice. I’ve never seen anything to indicate he is lying. Just a very odd coincidence?

This annoys me. Discourse cutting out the quote means you’re never sure which post people are responding to.

Assuming this post was a response to mine, I feel that Slater is speaking in his natural voice and mannerisms. But I feel his natural voice and mannerisms are reminiscent of Jack Nicholson. And I feel that helped his career take off. Reminding people of an already popular actor probably helped Slater get cast in roles when he was starting out. So he’s not lying but the similarity is not a coincidence.

Plus, my post was mostly intended as a joke.

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> [@CalMeacham](#):
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> Disney claimed that they didn’t use the practice of Rotoscoping (which was invented by their competitor, Fleischer Studios), but animators who worked there said that they did sometimes use it.

I can confirm this from what I’ve read. Some scenes in Snow White were definitely rotoscoped. Most scenes used the live-action footage as mere reference, though.

Fleischer’s patent on rotoscoping had expired in 1934 and many studios used it after that.

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Another Ed Wynn imitation was in a TV ad campaign during the 1970s-80s for Hostess Hohos. I remember the falsetto lilt when it pronounced the product name: “HO-stess HO-hos!”

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> [@F.U.Shakespeare](#):
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> Another Ed Wynn imitation was in a TV ad campaign during the 1970s-80s for Hostess Hohos.

Was it this one?

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/53UF-Pb0RRY/hqdefault.jpg "Classic Hostess Commercial with Twinkie the Kid and Happy Ho Ho") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53UF-Pb0RRY)

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That’s the one. I didn’t realize he had a name: Happy Hoho.

The 1960s cartoon “The Super 6” may merit mention because it has three characters whose voices were based on well-known celebrity voices Super Bwoing (Jimmy Stewart), Magneto Man (Cary Grant) and Super Scuba (Dean Martin).

Another cartoon around the same time: Cool McCool, whose voice was based on Jack Benny.

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I think that sums up the way I feel about. He absolutely sounds like he’s imitating Jack but he just happens to sound a lot like Jack. 🙂

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> [@Alessan](#):
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> The answer to the OP is not an actor at all: it’s **Chuck Yeager,** WW2 ace, test pilot and the first man to break the speed of sound. His relaxed, West Virginia-tinged drawl has become the default “pilot voice”, imitated by countless movie and real-life pilots.

To be honest, that’s kind of true for the military in general. I remember a memoir about army basic training where the author claimed that by the end of the 12-weeks, everybody had a southern accent, “even the kid from Brooklyn.”

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Here’s a real competitor for Ed Wynn as “most imitated voice” – W.C. Fields.  
the following list from the Wikipedia page includes non-speaking roles, one-offs, and direct portrayals of Fields, but there’s no doubt that his voce and style were heavily used by other characters

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> ### Caricatures and imitations[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=W._C._Fields&action=edit&section=20)]
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> - The character Horatio K. Boomer in the _[Fibber McGee and Molly](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibber_McGee_and_Molly)_ radio show had a persona and delivery very much like the characters portrayed by W.C. Fields.
> - A caricature of Fields appears in the _[Lucky Luke](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky_Luke)_ comic book album _[Western Circus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Circus_(Lucky_Luke))_ and again in the animated feature _[Lucky Luke: The Ballad of the Daltons](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Ballade_des_Dalton)_ .[[122]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._C._Fields#cite_note-122)
> - Cartoonist [Al Hirschfeld](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Hirschfeld) portrayed Fields in caricature many times, including the book cover illustrations for _Drat!_ , _A Flask of Fields_ , and _Godfrey Daniels!_ – all edited by Richard J. Anobile.[_[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)_ ]
> - The TV show _[Gigglesnort Hotel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigglesnort_Hotel)_ featured a puppet character named “W. C. Cornfield” who resembled Fields in appearance and voice.[[123]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._C._Fields#cite_note-123)
> - Impressionist [Rich Little](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Little) often imitated Fields on his TV series _[The Kopycats](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kopycats)_ , and he used a Fields characterization for the [Ebenezer Scrooge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebenezer_Scrooge) character in his [HBO](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HBO) special _[Rich Little’s Christmas Carol](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Little%27s_Christmas_Carol)_ (1978), a one-man presentation of _[A Christmas Carol](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Christmas_Carol)_ .
> - A 1960s Canadian cartoon series for kids _[Tales of the Wizard of Oz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tales_of_the_Wizard_of_Oz)_ featured a Wizard with a voice imitation of Fields, a nod to the real-life choice of Fields to play the Wizard in the 1939 film classic opposite [Judy Garland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_Garland).
> - Fields is among the many celebrities caricatured in the 1936 [Merrie Melodies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merrie_Melodies) short _[The Coo-Coo Nut Grove](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Coo-Coo_Nut_Grove)_ .
> - Fields is seen sitting on the spectators’ bench in the Disney cartoon _[Mickey’s Polo Team](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey%27s_Polo_Team)_ (1936).
> - He appears as W.C. Fieldmouse in the Merrie Melodies short _[The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Woods_Are_Full_of_Cuckoos)_ (1937).
> - In the 1938 [Silly Symphonies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silly_Symphonies) cartoon _[Mother Goose Goes Hollywood](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Goose_Goes_Hollywood)_ Fields is caricatured as [Humpty Dumpty](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humpty_Dumpty), in reference to his role in the live-action film _[Alice in Wonderland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_in_Wonderland_(1933_film))_ (1933).
> - One episode of _[The Flintstones](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flintstones)_ featured a tramp who gets old clothes belonging to Fred from his wife Wilma, then when Fred attempts to take back a coat, is trounced with the tramp’s cane. The tramp has Fields’ voice and persona.
> - [Firesign Theatre](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firesign_Theatre) member [Philip Proctor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Proctor) used a voice impersonation of Fields for two characters on the albums _[Waiting for the Electrician or Someone Like Him](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waiting_for_the_Electrician_or_Someone_Like_Him)_ and _[How Can You Be in Two Places at Once When You’re Not Anywhere at All](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Can_You_Be_in_Two_Places_at_Once_When_You%27re_Not_Anywhere_at_All)_ .
> - _[The Wizard of Id](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wizard_of_Id)_ comic strip contains a shady lawyer character, a Fields caricature named “Larsen E. Pettifogger”.
> - In the second series of the TV drama _[Gangsters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangsters_(TV_series))_ a character named the White Devil is introduced, who styles himself W.D. Fields affecting the vocal mannerisms and appearance of W.C. Fields to confuse and confound his enemies. Played by series writer [Philip Martin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Martin_(screenwriter)), he himself is credited in the final episode as “Larson E. Whipsnade” after Fields’ character in _[You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Can%27t_Cheat_an_Honest_Man)_ .
> - [Paul Frees](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Frees) adapted a Fields comic routine for the animated TV special _[The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mad,_Mad,_Mad_Comedians)_ in 1970.
> - Actor Bob Leeman portrayed Fields in the 1991 movie _[The Rocketeer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rocketeer_(film))_ .
> - In 1971 [Frito-Lay](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frito-Lay) replaced the _[Frito Bandito](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frito_Bandito)_ TV ad campaign with one featuring W.C. Fritos, a round, top-hat wearing character modeled on the movie persona of Fields. Also, circa 1970 [Sunkist Growers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunkist_Growers) produced a series of animated TV ads featuring the “Sunkist Monster”, whose voice was an impression of Fields performed by [Paul Frees](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Frees).
> - Canadian actor [Andrew Chapman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Chapman) played W.C Fields in a vaudeville-themed episode of “[Murdoch Mysteries](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murdoch_Mysteries)” in season 8, titled “The Keystone Constables”.
> - Comedian [Mark Proksch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Proksch) impersonates Fields in a number of [On Cinema](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Cinema) episodes, beginning with the series’ Second Annual Oscar Special and continuing through a majority of the seasons.
> - A caricature played by [Seth MacFarlane](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_MacFarlane) appeared in the _[Family Guy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Guy)_ episode “Burning Down the Bayit”. He appears as a wealthy man remarking that Goldman’s Pharmacy might be a good place to get shoes for his dog.

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> [@CalMeacham](#):
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> Here’s a real competitor for Ed Wynn as “most imitated voice” – W.C. Fields.  
> the following list from the Wikipedia page includes non-speaking roles, one-offs, and direct portrayals of Fields

How nice of the good folks at Wikipedia to have compiled such a list (which I’m sure isn’t anywhere near exhaustive). Seems the number of voice portrayals may indeed be even greater than those for Wynn.

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> [@CalMeacham](#):
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> I don’t know of any other cartoons that used a Lahr-inspired voice, though.

Not a cartoon, but in old _Shazam_ comic books, when you read Mr. Tawney’s dialog balloons, it’s hard not to hear Lahr’s voice in your head.

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It’s not among the most imitated (at least by people not directly imitating him, but **Groucho Marx** certainly has a unique style and persona.

At least one animated character used his voice not in direct imitation – the Vlasic Pickle Stork, voiced by Pat Harrington

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/5qQO6CVxyWw/hqdefault.jpg "Vlasic Pickles - "Mom, the Stork's Here" (Commercial, 1975)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qQO6CVxyWw)

Bugs Bunny has imitated him several times, but it’s pretty obviously supposed to be Groucho

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/9j1Cpr82jLs/hqdefault.jpg "Wideo Wabbit (1956) 'You Beat Your Wife' scene Original VS Censored version comparison") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9j1Cpr82jLs)

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> [@Little\_Nemo](#):
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> This annoys me. Discourse cutting out the quote means you’re never sure which post people are responding to.

If you’re replying to somebody right after they posted and you want to include their quote to make it clear who you’re replying to, instead of clicking “Reply” you can highlight what you want quoted and choose the “Quote” link that pops up. Then the quote stays put.

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Wayne Brady’s Ed Wynn impression on “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” (2:10): [https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2qz312](https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2qz312)

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> [@F.U.Shakespeare](#):
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> Magneto Man (Cary Grant)

I think Fancy, from _Top Cat_, also was based on Cary Grant. The others were voiced pretty straight by character actors with distinctive voices of their own, except TC himself who was sort-of Phil Silvers-ish.

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> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#):
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> Wayne Brady’s Ed Wynn impression on “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” (2:10): [https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2qz312](https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2qz312)

I was going to complain that this example doesn’t fit the criteria, since it’s just a nonce impression as part of an impromptu comedy act, but the other comedian’s hypocritical put-down of it (“Can’t you do anyone from the last ten years?”) is absolutely priceless. So instead I will graciously thank you for sharing that link. Welcome to the Straight Dope!

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> [@CalMeacham](#):
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> I’m not sure Orson Welles […] had so many.

Not so many separate imitators, but Maurice Lamarche has made quite the career out of his obvious Welles in different guises.

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Great thread.

IMHO, I think your initial post is probably the correct one, with maybe WC Fields in second.

So not to derail it, but to maybe move in a tangent & as you alluded to with your spoiler: it really struck me as I’ve been reading the replies how really old all the examples are. Other than maybe Jack Nicholson, I don’t really see any celebrities above who are active any longer or even alive in most cases. I’m wondering why this is?

Is it that there are no distinct voices anymore? (although I wonder if we will see a wave of Trump based characters since he has such a distinctive speaking style)

Is it that the golden age of cartoons has passed?

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Funny how Bert Lahr sued when his voice was imitated to sell breakfast cereal, but Ed Wynn’s estate seemingly had no objection to his voice being imitated to sell chocolate snack cakes.

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> [@GMANCANADA](#):
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> Is it that there are no distinct voices anymore? (although I wonder if we will see a wave of Trump based characters since he has such a distinctive speaking style)

well, part of the issue is that there’s a lot of past history to draw on, and several of those old voices were significantly different enough and had characteristic catchphrases so that they can be recognized. If you talk about an Ed Wynn (in his persona as the “Perfect Fool”) or Jimmy Durante or Groucho Marx or Cary Grant or W.C. Fields or Bert Lahr you can immediately imagine what that voice would be like.

How many actors or entertainers today have the kind of recognizable characteristics that let you instantly identify them? Sylvester Stallone’s style makes him one of these, but how do you do, say, Keanu Reeves (without quoting a line from one of his films, or saying “Woah!”) so people kniow it’s him?

The problem is even older for female entertainers. Aside from a few with recognizable verbal hooks – Fanny Brice or Barbra Streisand or Katherine Hepburn, for instance (all of whom were widely impersonated), how many women can you identify by voice alone? There was one female voice impersonator that I remember, but she often used visual cues. I think there are a lot fewer female impersonated voices than male ones. There certainly are some that can be done (Joan Rivers, for instance), but when Tina Fey does Sarah Palin, I know who she’s doing from the look and what she says, not from the sound of her voice.

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