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Walter Tetley

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1915-06-02

Day of Death

1975-09-04

Place of Birth

Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

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]

Filmography (40)

⭐ 3.8 Role: Timmy (voice)

A Christmas Story

1972
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⭐ 7.0 Role: Andy Panda (voice) (uncredited)

Playful Pelican

1948
⭐ 5.8 Role: Casper (voice) (uncredited)

There's Good Boos To-Night

1948
⭐ 7.3 Role: Andy Panda

The Wacky Weed

1946
⭐ 6.8 Role: Andy Panda

Apple Andy

1946
⭐ 0 Role: Reddy Kilowatt (voice) (uncredited)

Reddy Made Magic

1946
⭐ 6.7 Role: Grocery Delivery Boy

Molly and Me

1945
⭐ 5.7 Role: Soldier (uncredited)

Follow the Boys

1944
⭐ 6.5 Role: Unknown

The Lodger

1944
⭐ 6.7 Role: Page Boy (uncredited)

Mystery Broadcast

1943
⭐ 5.8 Role: Sammy

The Gorilla Man

1943
⭐ 6.9 Role: 'Shorty', a studio pageboy

Who Done It?

1942
⭐ 6.0 Role: Messenger Boy

Thunder Birds

1942
⭐ 6.0 Role: Red Cross Nurse Trainee (uncredited)

Thunder Birds

1942
⭐ 5.8 Role: Newsboy (uncredited)

Invisible Agent

1942