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Red Coffey is a Actor born on 24 april 1923 at Arkansas City (USA)

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Birth name Merle H. Coffman
Birth 24 april 1923 at Arkansas City (USA)
Death 1 august 1988 (at 65 years)

Merle Coffman, better known by his stage name Red Coffey (April 24, 1923 – August 1, 1988), was a voice actor and comedian best known for playing Quacker in the Tom and Jerry cartoons at MGM from 1950 to 1957.

Coffey's first role in animation appears to have been in Little Quacker (released January 7, 1950), and he subsequently was hired to play the little duck in another seven cartoons. After Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera left MGM and opened their own studio in 1957, they hired Coffey to play a duck similar to Quacker in a number of cartoons, such as Slumber Party Smarty and Duck in Luck with Yogi Bear, as well as a number of other appearances in Hanna-Barbera cartoons, such as Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy, Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks and Loopy De Loop. However, when Hanna and Barbera turned the character into Yakky Doodle and gave him his own series in 1961 as part of The Yogi Bear Show, Los Angeles children's show host Jimmy Weldon was hired for the role. Coffey finally received a screen credit for the Hanna-Barbera cartoon This is My Ducky Day starring Loopy De Loop, but his name was spelled Red Coffee. Coffey apparently changed the spelling of his stage name around 1960.

Coffey was also a nightclub comic, working in an act through the 1950s with Jerry Wallace. Coffey also appeared on KTTV's The Dude Martin Show and spent 1960 in a company of Olsen and Johnson's Hellzapoppin', which toured the United States with the Harlem Globetrotters.

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Joseph Barbera
(8 films)

William Hanna
(8 films)

Kenneth Muse
(8 films)

Scott Bradley
(7 films)

Irven Spence
(6 films)

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Filmography of Red Coffey (8 films)

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The Vanishing Duck (1958)

Directed by Joseph Barbera, William Hanna
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about cats, Mise en scène d'un rongeur, Mise en scène d'une souris, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Red Coffey, June Foray, George O'Hanlon
Roles Little Quacker (voice) (uncredited)
Rating68%

George donne à Joan un petit canard pour son anniversaire. Tom voudrait bien le manger, mais ses plans sont contrariés quand le canard (et, plus tard, Jerry) trouve un pot de crème qui rend invisible pendant un certain temps.

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Happy Go Ducky (1958)

Le Lapin de Pâques apporte un oeuf pour Tom et Jerry, l'œuf éclot et un petit canard "Quacker" en sort. Le canard est mignon mais crée des ravages tout en criant sans fin "Joyeuses Pâques!"

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Southbound Duckling (1955)

Un caneton migre vers le sud et atterrit inopinément dans l'écuelle de Tom...

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That's My Mommy (1955)

Directed by Joseph Barbera, William Hanna
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about cats, Mise en scène d'un rongeur, Mise en scène d'une souris, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Red Coffey
Roles Little Quacker (voice) (uncredited)
Rating75%

Un petit canard, éclos de l'œuf sous Tom, est convaincu qu'il est sa mère. Tom aimerait bien manger le canard nouveau-né, mais Jerry lui montre la vérité tout en lui évitant d'être mangé par Tom.

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