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Walter Tetley

Walter Tetley

Born: 1915-06-02 • Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

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
A Christmas Story poster
A Christmas Story
1972 • Timmy (voice)
No Image
Playful Pelican
1948 • Andy Panda (voice) (uncredited)
There's Good Boos To-Night poster
There's Good Boos To-Night
1948 • Casper (voice) (uncredited)
The Wacky Weed poster
The Wacky Weed
1946 • Andy Panda
Apple Andy poster
Apple Andy
1946 • Andy Panda
No Image
Reddy Made Magic
1946 • Reddy Kilowatt (voice) (uncredited)
Molly and Me poster
Molly and Me
1945 • Grocery Delivery Boy
Follow the Boys poster
Follow the Boys
1944 • Soldier (uncredited)
The Lodger poster
The Lodger
1944
Mystery Broadcast poster
Mystery Broadcast
1943 • Page Boy (uncredited)
The Gorilla Man poster
The Gorilla Man
1943 • Sammy
Who Done It? poster
Who Done It?
1942 • 'Shorty', a studio pageboy
Thunder Birds poster
Thunder Birds
1942 • Messenger Boy
Thunder Birds poster
Thunder Birds
1942 • Red Cross Nurse Trainee (uncredited)
Invisible Agent poster
Invisible Agent
1942 • Newsboy (uncredited)
The Pride of the Yankees poster
The Pride of the Yankees
1942 • Cake Delivery Boy (uncredited)
Broadway poster
Broadway
1942 • Western Union Messenger (uncredited)
Out of the Fog poster
Out of the Fog
1941
Horror Island poster
Horror Island
1941 • Delivery Boy (uncredited)
The Haunted Mouse poster
The Haunted Mouse
1941 • Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
Let's Make Music poster
Let's Make Music
1941 • Eddie
The Villain Still Pursued Her poster
The Villain Still Pursued Her
1940 • Telegram Boy (uncredited)
Under Texas Skies poster
Under Texas Skies
1940 • Theodore
Tom Brown's School Days poster
Tom Brown's School Days
1940 • Student
My Son, My Son! poster
My Son, My Son!
1940 • Newsboy
Emergency Squad poster
Emergency Squad
1940 • Matt
Tower of London poster
Tower of London
1939 • Chimney Sweep
First Love poster
First Love
1939 • Willie, Country Club Page
They Shall Have Music poster
They Shall Have Music
1939 • Rocks Mulligan
The Family Next Door poster
The Family Next Door
1939 • Boy
The Spirit of Culver poster
The Spirit of Culver
1939 • Hank
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man poster
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
1939 • Boy with Candy Cane (uncredited)
Boy Slaves poster
Boy Slaves
1939 • Pee Wee
Prairie Moon poster
Prairie Moon
1938 • Clarence Nails Barton
Lord Jeff poster
Lord Jeff
1938 • Tommy Thrums
Clock Cleaners poster
Clock Cleaners
1937 • Stork (voice) (uncredited)
Cupid Gets His Man poster
Cupid Gets His Man
1936 • Dan Cupid (voice)
Bold King Cole poster
Bold King Cole
1936 • Felix the Cat (voice)
Neptune Nonsense poster
Neptune Nonsense
1936 • Felix the Cat (voice)
The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg poster
The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg
1936 • Felix the Cat (voice)