Harry E. Lang

Harry E. Lang
Born	(1894-12-29)December 29, 1894 New York City, U.S.
Died	August 5, 1953(1953-08-05) (aged 58) Hollywood, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1929–1953

Harry Edward Lang (December 29, 1894 – August 5, 1953) was an American actor who appeared in The Cisco Kid. He was known for working at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio.

Biography

Lang was born on December 29, 1894, in New York City. He made his film debut in the 1929 Vitaphone short, Who's Who?, in which he and partner Bernice Haley performed an early version of Who's on First?^[1] Lang and Haley also performed in a 1930 comedy skit named "Who's Your Boss?".^[2]

He provided vocal effects for Tom in the Tom and Jerry cartoons from 1940 to 1953, and occasionally did the speaking voice for Tom from 1943 to 1946.^[3][4]

In 1946, he was cast as Pancho in The Cisco Kid radio series, opposite Jack Mather in the title role.^[5][6][7]

Death

In 1953, Lang fell ill with heart trouble and was forced to leave The Cisco Kid. After a brief return to the show, he died from a heart attack on August 5, 1953, at his home in Hollywood, California. Mel Blanc replaced him as Pancho until the series ended in 1956.^[5][6]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref(s).
1929	Who's Who?	Skit Performer	Uncredited
1933	Parade of the Wooden Soldiers	Voice, uncredited	[4]
1936	Wash Your Step
1937	The Wayward Pups	Cat	Voice, uncredited	[4]
1938	Buried Treasure	Leopard		[4]
	There Goes My Heart	Newsboy	Uncredited
1939	Jitterbug Follies	Announcer, Heckling Penguin singing	Voice, uncredited	[4]
	The Little Goldfish	Undersea Creatures		[4]
	Bad Boy	Vanetti	Uncredited
	Dick Tracy's G-Men	Barossa
	Rio	Taxi Driver
1940	Puss Gets the Boot	Jasper	Voice, uncredited	[4]
	The Egg Hunt	Jeeves, Platypus		[4]
1941	The Alley Cat	Tom, Toodles Galore, Butler		[3][4]
	The Midnight Snack	Tom Cat		[4]
	Sing for Your Supper	Musician	Uncredited
	The Fox and the Grapes	Fox (whistling)	Voice, uncredited	[4]
	The Tangled Angler	Fish (whistling)		[4]
	The Night Before Christmas	Tom Cat		[4]
1942	Fraidy Cat			[4]
	Chips off the Old Block	Butch		[3]
	A Battle for a Bottle	Cat		[4]
	Old Blackout Joe	Air Raid Warden, "All clear!"		[4]
	Song of Victory	Hitler Vulture		[4]
	The Gullible Canary	Crow		[4]
	Fine Feathered Friend	Tom Cat		[3]
	Malice in Slumberland	Vocal effects		[4]
1943	Sufferin' Cats	Tom Cat, Meathead, Tom's Conscience		[4]
	Kindly Scram	Igor Puzzlewitz, Bull		[4]
	Plenty Below Zero	Crow (saying "Moron")		[4]
	The Lonesome Mouse	Tom Cat, Jerry Mouse, Jerry's Inner Voice		[4]
	Reason and Emotion	Radio News Voice, Listener, Dummy, Donkey Man, Adolf Hitler		[4]
	Nursery Crimes	Mouse		[4]
	The Cocky Bantam	Freddy Falcon, Japanese		[4]
	Baby Puss	Tom Cat, Topsy Cat		[4]
	The Herring Murder Mystery	Igor Puzzlewitz, Sherlock Shad, Bailiff, Smoked Salmon, Mackerel, Sliverfish, Herring		[4]
1944	The Greatest Man in Siam	King Size, Smartest Man in Siam, Draft Board Man, Richest Man in Siam, Fastest Man in Siam, Hottest Man in Siam, additional voices		[4]
	Giddy Yapping	Igor Puzzlewitz		[4]
	Mr. Fore by Fore	Igor Puzzlewitz, Bull		[4]
	Fish Fry	Andy Panda		[4]
	The Bodyguard	Tom Cat, Jerry Mouse		[4]
	As the Fly Flies	Igor Puzzlewitz		[4]
	Mouse Trouble	Tom Cat		[4]
1945	Dog, Cat and Canary	Flippity and Flop		[4]
	The Pied Piper of Basin Street	Mayor		[4]
	Mouse in Manhattan	Jerry Mouse, Alley Cat		[3][4]
	Booby Socks	Cat		[4]
	Donald's Crime	Donald's Conscience		[4]
	Duck Pimples	Leslie J. Clark
	Phoney Baloney	Newsboy #2
	Captain Tugboat Annie	Man	Uncredited
	Speaking of Animals: From A to Zoo	Hippopotamus	Voice, uncredited
	Quiet Please!	Tom Cat		[4]
1946	Catnipped	Surgeons, Flippity and Flop		[4]
	The Hick Chick	Charles (screeching sounds)
	Solid Serenade	Tom Cat		[4]
	Cagey Bird	Flippity		[4]
	Mysto Fox	M.C.		[4]
	Silent Tweetment	Flippity		[4]
1947	Woody the Giant Killer	Buck Beaver		[8][4]
	Down the Drain	Cat
	Speaking of Animals: Ain't Nature Grand	Rabbit		[9]
	Speaking of Animals: Dog Crazy	Mr. Jackson the Dog, and the Goat
1948	Kiddie Koncert	Wally Walrus, Sniffs, "That's my boy", "Food!!"		[4]
	Playful Pelican	Andy Panda (whistling), Paddy Pelican, Baby Pelican		[10]
1949	Jerry's Diary	Uncle Dudley, Tom Cat	[4]
1950	A Lady Without Passport	Clerk	Uncredited
1951	Soldiers Three	Shopkeeper
1952	Triplet Trouble	Tom Cat	Voice, uncredited	[4]
	Push-Button Kitty			[4]
	Cruise Cat			[4]
1953	The Missing Mouse			[4]
	Abbott and Costello Go to Mars	French Waiter	Uncredited
	The Golden Blade	Magician	Uncredited, released posthumously
	Two Little Indians	Tom's Coonskin Cap	Archive recording, uncredited released posthumously
	The Three Little Pups	Cat Puppet	Archive recording from The Alley Cat, uncredited, released posthumously
1954	Socko in Morocco	Legionnaire Sergeant	Voice, uncredited, released posthumously	[4]

Radio

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref(s).
1946–1953	The Cisco Kid	Pancho

References

1. "Examining the Origins of Abbott and Costello's "Who's on First?". Retrieved May 1, 2018.
2. "Havana Yarn in 'Her Man', Palace Film". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. October 12, 1930. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
3. "Rachel's Turn On The Fence: Another Look At THE ALLEY CAT (1941)". The Home For Orphan Toons. July 2, 2008. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
4. Scott, Keith (October 3, 2022). Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, Vol. 2. BearManor Media.
5. "The Cisco Kid Volume 4. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
6. "Harry Lang Dies". The Times Union. Associated Press. August 5, 1953. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
7. Francis, Nevins (2008). "Ride, Amigos, Ride: Gilbert Roland Takes Over". The Cisco Kid : American hero, Hispanic roots. p. 127.
8. ""Woody The Giant Killer" (1947)". cartoonresearch.com. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
9. "Frequently Asked Questions". cartoonresearch.com. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
10. "Andy Panda in "Playful Pelican" (1948) |". cartoonresearch.com. Retrieved July 13, 2022.

External links

• Harry E. Lang at IMDb