Joseph Francis "Joe" Alaskey III (April 17, 1952 - Febuary 3, 2016) was an American stand-up comedian and voice actor. A natural mimic and gifted actor, his amazing "ear" for voices enabled him to imitate almost anything; including some of the most obscure show business personalities.
Alaskey sadly passed away on February 3, 2016 from cancer at age 63.
Known roles:
- Grandpa Lou Pickles in Rugrats and its spinoff All Grown Up!note
- Replaced Sid Raymond as the voice of Baby Huey in the second season of The Baby Huey Show.
- Flaps the Elephant in Bonkers
- Was one of the official voices of many Looney Tunes characters, particularly Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Sylvester, and Marvin the Martian from 1990 to 2011. Alaskey's final voice performance as any Looney Tunes character was as Daffy Duck/Duck Dodgers/Green Loontern in the 2014 video game Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham.
- Yosemite Sam in Who Framed Roger Rabbit
- Plucky Duck in Tiny Toon Adventures
- Tweety and Sylvester in The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries
- Daffy Duck, Marvin the Martian, Rocky and Mugsy in Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time
- Daffy Duck, Count Bloodcount, Gashouse, Babba Chop, and Gruesome Gorilla in Bugs Bunny & Taz: Time Busters.
- Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Sylvester, Beaky Buzzard, and Mama Bear in Looney Tunes: Back in Action.
- Additionally, he voiced Bugs, Daffy, Sylvester, Marvin the Martian and Mr. Chairman (replacing Eric Goldberg and Steve Martin respectively for the latter two), in the film's tie-in video game
- The title character (played by Daffy Duck) and Martian Commander X2 on Duck Dodgers
- Melvin the Martian, Stoney, Sylth Vester and The Royal Tweetums in Loonatics Unleashed.
- Additional voices in Extreme Ghostbusters
- Stinkie in Casper and The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper
- Droopy in the Tom and Jerry direct-to-video movies from 2011 to 2016.
- Doctor Octopus in Spider-Man: Friend or Foe
- Richard Nixon in Forrest Gump
- Lobster Mobster in The Little Mermaid (1992)
- Dr. Ziplock in Spaced Invaders
- Thomas T. Wolf in TimberWolf
- Mermaid Man in SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, Pants! and Sponge Bob Square Pants Creature From The Krusty Krab (replacing Ernest Borgnine)
- Uncle Beano on Out of This World (1987), likely his most famous live-action TV role.
- Sourpuss and additional voices in Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures
- Hustler on Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Marty on Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
- Manuel, Clauss Vegas, Mr. Bulbous and the White Elephant in The Jackalope Boyz