William Pennell (March 3, 1889 – September 5, 1956) was an American voice actor and

baritone A baritone is a type of classical music, classical male singing human voice, voice whose vocal range lies between the bass (voice type), bass and the tenor voice type, voice-types. It is the most common male voice. The term originates from the ...

singer, who was the original voice of the character Bluto on the animated ''

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. At the time, Pennell sang in a vocal quartet which was used by

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. Gus Wickie replaced Pennell as Bluto from 1935.

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* American male voice actors American baritones Fleischer Studios people 1889 births 1956 deaths 20th-century American singers 20th-century American male singers {{US-voice-actor-stub